I had a crazy week up in Joburg, working on the FoodWineDesign Fair, and returned just in time to take the day off for my birthday. In a nutshell, that’s a list of excuses for having neglected my poor, news-hungry blog of late. But, of course, I’ve been instagramming up a storm, so here’s an …
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Monkey & Ellie
I had a lucky day at Milnerton Market on Sunday, snagging this little teak monkey who cleaned up beautifully (he was HORRIBLY dressed in red and black lederhosen with fur on his head!), and the dear little ebony elephant too. PS: I’ve struck on the brilliant idea of selling some select vintage goods in my …
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Colours
I’ve been doing so much propping and shooting for the new Skinny laMinx catalogue lately, I have props in all the colours in the rainbow lying about! I lined some up, just for fun.
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Creative Courage
My recent travels have meant I’m blogging a bit late about this, but I still want to tell you about the fantastic e-course that Stephanie Levy is running, called Creative Courage – a guide for women about finding, following, and realizing your creative goals. Stephanie has interviewed 12 expert guests (me included!) to share their personal stories …
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US Trip – Meeting Orla Kiely
Last year, I was hoping to be in town for the opening of the first Orla Kiely store in New York, but missed it by a matter of days. So this time around, 5 Mercer Street was one of the first things I pencilled into my planning, but it was only on the last of …
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US Trip – Camp Squam
So, on with the travelogue: The reason I headed to the USA this time around was to teach a course that I devised called Very Simple Screenprinting at the famous Squam Art Workshop‘s Fall session. Last Wednesday, I took the train north from NYC, and joined a bunch of other teachers and students at an …
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Sofa frenzy
Well, that was exciting! Yesterday afternoon I sent out a newsletter to all my local subscribers, giving them the scoop that I was selling my showroom sofa in my Solid Orla print at a significant discount. Within minutes I had a list of potential buyers, eagerly offering their cashola. Well, the deal is all done …
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New shop window
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 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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