I don’t know what this stuff is called, and I don’t even know where I got it from, but it’s rather fab. You can cut any shape you like, then apply a lot of heat, peel off the top layer, and your shape will have fused to the fabric in a slightly rubbery fashion. That’s …
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Making Friday 9 March
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Early lunch
Foodie supreme, Nikki Werner, just popped in with homemade Sevilla orange marmalade and a baguette roll for me. I can’t possibly wait for lunchtime, so snacktime it is. Thanks, Nikki! (check out her food blog here)
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Regrets, I have a few…
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Making Friday – 2 March
It might have been due to all the creative energy concentrated in the city over the weekend, as a result of the Design Indaba, but whatever it was, I had a super-productive Making Friday last week. Hooray! After Giselle popped around on Thursday to tend to my window boxes, I couldn’t wait to try my …
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At the Market
I went to Milnerton Market on Sunday, supposedly to buy plants, but it just so happened to be particularly good pickings this weekend, and, having just read David Southwood’s Milnerton Market book, I couldn’t possibly make it a simple in-out operation. So lots of treasure hunting was done, and lots of pics were snapped on …
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In love with colour
… and a lot of it is pink!
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Everything Counts
Hey! I’ve got an idea! Stop what you’re doing right now and watch this. You may get a Depeche Mode earworm, but it’ll put a big smile on your face. (via All Hail The Black Market)
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Making Friday last week
I’m so happy that it seems my Making Fridays are becoming a part of my weeks again, and last Friday was a fab one, even if the things I was Making were very much shop-related. I got out my ceramics transfers and box of blank mugs and made a whole heap of mugs. I picked …
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You Make Me Smile
Valentine’s Day is coming, and for once I’m ready for it (retail-wise, that is)! I worked hard on my shop window over the weekend with a Valentine’s message for just about everyone out there: And if you want to share the same message of sweet non-threatening but heartfelt appreciation with your best friend, your boss, …
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