Have you been to The Pillow Lab? It’s the Skinny laMinx research facility, dedicated to solving urgent questions around the issue of how to mix and match scatter cushions and throw pillows to perfection. It’s important, groundbreaking work, and the Pillow Lab has been doing fascinating research in the realm of throw pillows and cushions. …
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Introducing The Pillow Lab
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Competition: Stick-it-to-Win-It
Our launch of the Colour Pop pillows was so much fun! But apart from the yummy doughssants from Jason Bakery and delicious colour-changing gin from Hope on Hopkins, the most fun was when everyone got stuck in to our Stick-it-to-Win-it Competition! We made a little video to show you what to do: Our shop will …
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Launching Pops of pure Skinny laMinx colour!
Usually we launch a new pattern at this time of year, but we’re breaking that habit because we’ve noticed something: our customers can get overwhelmed by all the choices of pattern at Skinny laMinx. We have more than 70 options to choose from! So, instead of a new PATTERN, we’re highlighting the other thing that’s …
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Skinny laMinx Workshops: Decorate a doughssant
Have you booked a spot at our Doughssant Decorating Workshop with Jason Bakery on Thursday evening, 3 May? Send a mail to shop@skinnylaminx.com to book your spot.
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Flower Fields Doughssant
We LOVE the Flower Fields-inspired doughssant made by Jason Bakery this Saturday!
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A Skinny Doughssant?
F I R S T L Y. . . do you know about the unholy union of croissant X doughnut, known as a Doughssant? It’s the terrifyingly decadent brainchild of our friends & neighbours, Jason Bakery, whose weekly inventiveness (there’s a new doughssant EVERY SATURDAY!) results in winding queues down Bree Street, as salivating Capetonians queue …
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Cut Out Indecision Competition
Did you know that there are over 70 fabric choices in the Skinny laMinx shop? It’s a LOT to choose from, which can be a bit mind boggling when you’re trying to decide which fabric to choose for an upholstery project. I’ve invented a super-low-tech upholstery tool to help you make a decision. Just hold one …
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Herds in the wild
Not long ago, I met afan in our shop, and she told me about her daughter’s home in Stockport, where they’ve used our Herds fabric in the kids’ room. The curtains look fabulous… and so does the rest of this beautiful (and super-useful eco-friendly) home. Find a Herds pillow here, fabric by the metre here, and …
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Adding Mumbai
When we launched the Roof Garden design in three colourways last year, we named them after imaginary rooftop gardens across the world, in Cairo, Rio and Miami. Well, we decided to spice things up a bit, so we’ve added another colourway, this time named for an imaginary roof garden in… Mumbai! Find three sizes of …
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