All in all, an excellent long Freedom Day weekend was had. First, a brief list of cool weekend happenings, followed by a looong market post: – Our “difficult” neighbours moved out. Big phew. Catharsis planned. – A brand new niece and nephew were born on Thursday and Sunday – Isabel Moore and Noah Edmunds respectively. …
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Freedom Day Weekend
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Recipe for disaster
Take one crazy-looking protea bloom, add a favourite Arabia jug and some water, and apply two curious cats. Leave unattended on the dining room table on a Sunday morning. Once a loud crash is heard, watch cats flee with bristling tails, then remove jug pieces from floor and mop up water, all the while shooting …
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Absoluutly gorgeous
Mmm, my first purchase on Etsy – a vintage fabric pillow from Dutch Etsy seller Absoluut. It’s going to look great on our newly made-up sofa covering. I had a really hard time choosing which one I wanted to buy. Go see for yourself, but lock up your credit card first. I’m off to Wellington …
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Bags of Change
Another post about another friend. Kath Leone is a textile designer from Cape Town who works freelance in London. Whenever she comes home to visit, I get to look through photos of her recent design work, and am blown away every time. She’s so talented! Kath recently sent me an email about Bags of Change …
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New on Etsy – Bird Tree
Sheesh, all I seem to do is post about what I’ve put up on Etsy these days. I resolve to become a little less of an advertorial and a little more interesting very soon. Actually, immediately. Just after this pic of the Bird Tree magnet that’s in my shop now, I’ll tell you something interesting …
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New in my shop today
This Singing Bird makes its appearance in my shop today! It’s an A4-sized magnet cut from cork paper and magnetic sheeting.
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Pistoles Press
While looking through Etsy yesterday, my eye was caught by this beautiful Japanese woodblock print called Sage Forestscape, by Lana Lambert of Pistoles Press . I was starting to think I was a pretty dab hand with a blade, but when I saw Lana’s cutout book Arbouricon I (see below), I was left speechless. How …
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Nearly there
I made this magnet frame as a baby shower gift for my brother and sister-in-law. For the purposes of this shot, it’s holding a pic of our kitties, but it won’t be long before it’ll be holding up a succession of super-cute pics of a wee, toothless niece.
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Tamlin Blake
I mentioned this exhibition in the post that follows, but then decided that it really does deserve a whole blog post of its own. I went to Tamlin Blake’s show, Birthright at the Bell Robert’s gallery last evening. The work that really stood out for me was this one called Abundance (Nguni hide), painstakingly made …
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