One of our all-time favourite stylists, bloggers (and human beings, actually) is Vicki Sleet of I Want That, so we were glad to hear that she’s about to have a little daughter! The news came in around the time we started planning our made-to-order wallpaper launch, which is why we had the brainwave of offering …
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Made-to-order wallpaper giveaway
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Eat & Make
A year ago, in their Spring Issue, Sweet Paul magazine published a gorgeous article on Skinny laMinx (read it here), and they’ve certainly been busy since then, with Paul Lowe having just launched the Sweet Paul recipe book / kitchen crafts book, called SWEET PAUL EAT & MAKE. Congratulations! Now, which of the yummy recipes to …
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Pebble Dresses
It’s always fun to spot people using Skinny laMinx goods and fabrics out there in the real world, and we love it when we can get a pic to share, too, like this one of a sweet little girl called Iris, wearing a Skinny laMinx smock dress. And then there’s this magnificent frock, spotted …
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Stacks of Stock Sale – now online
Last week, we were selling our single-sided cushion covers at 50% of the normal price in our shop at 201 Bree St. Lucky for people in Cape Town, but now it’s everyone else’s turn! Til 6pm on Sunday 15 March, take advantage of our Stacks of Stock sale. All single-sided 50x50cm cushion covers are now …
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In store: Flow & Kinfolk
This weekend, not only do we have a sale, but you’ll also find a bumper crop of fantabulous magazines at 201 Bree Street! On the same day, both Flow magazine (a lush, inspiring Dutch mag) and the new Kinfolk arrived in our shop. Email Astrid if you want to reserve and pay ahead for your copy.
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Stacks of Stock Sale
The new style Skinny laMinx cushion cover has printed fabric on both sides, but in our stock take this week, we found STACKS of single-sided cushion covers, and they need to find a home. That’s why, starting on Thursday this week, and running til Saturday 8 March, if you visit the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree Street, you’ll find single-sided cushion …
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Ottilie’s lamps
I love it when I spot things people have done with Skinny laMinx fabrics, and really love this lampshade project and pics from Ottilie in Germany. Thanks for sharing, Otillie! Please do email me your pics of what you get up to with Skinny laMinx fabrics. I’ve started a category on the blog for these, …
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On a mini-sabbatical
I’m out of action for the rest of the week, as I’m off to the Design Indaba Conference (gonna see Stefan Sagmeister! Naoto Fukasawa! Thomas Heatherwick!). Follow me while I’m there on Instagram. I’m not promising anything, but last year I had lots of fun sketching the delegates, so keep an eye out in case inspiration …
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First Thursdays and yellow dots
Last week we put a big yellow dot on the front of our shop at 201 Bree Street, in an attempt to infect the city with enthusiasm for World Design Capital dottiness. Now we want to spread yellow dot fever even more! If you’re in Cape Town and don’t have a yellow dot in your life yet, …
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