We had fun on Thursday evening, putting together a new shop window, which we do try to do about once a month. This one is all about aprons, and I got to give my Supatool a whirl, cutting silhouettes from corrugated card (I’m a supafan now!). Here’s a bit of a photographic record of what …
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New shop window
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Alexander Sacks in Wild Flowers
Alexander Sacks – the ginormous and super-stylish shopping bags – are now available in my online shop in the Wild Flowers print, in Strawberry Plum and Lemon Plum. Look. How ginormous? GiNORmous.
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New beginnings & endings too
I’ve spent the last couple of days getting my new space studio all kitted out with desks and work surfaces so that I can get up there and leave more space in the workroom. All this hammering and sawing has motivated me to tackle some long-neglected tasks, like my beautiful lasercut steel Skinny laMinx Eep! …
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Lampshades
Did you know that Skinny laMinx now makes lampshades to order? I bet you didn’t because I’ve been horribly slack about getting the news out. Nonetheless, this is the news and the news is good. There are three standard sizes, or 250x250mm, 300x250mm, and 350x310mm, all of which can be made up in any Skinny …
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Snap happy
Some of you might know that I have some beautiful vintage Danish furniture for sale in my shop at 201 Bree St. It comes from a treasure trove down at the other end of Bree called Space for Life, where I spent some time yesterday afternoon. Unsurprisingly, I went completely snap-happy, mostly as a defence against …
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Plants abounding
It’s only when all the plants are out on the fire escape for watering that I realise quite how much planty stuff I have going on in my shop! And there are more out front, recently tended to by the wonderful Giselle (and her beautiful apron).
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Season’s Greetings
This past year has been a very big one for Skinny laMinx, it really has. Thanks so much for all the support and encouragement along the way, and all the best for your brand new year, dear readers. xx
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My new shop
It’s been a crazy time, and I haven’t really managed to keep up with blogging. Soon after the launch last Tuesday, Paul and I zoomed off to KZN to spend some time with his dad, and all the files I thought I’d backed up onto my portable hard drive had somehow not come along with …
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Moving Times