I have been mistaken for a Scandinavian occasionally, due to my blue eyes and blonde hair and penchant for Nordic style, but I’m all South African, with a couple of Irish and English and Scottish ancestors 3 or 4 generations back. However, my mom’s dear friends Monica and Jörgen, both children of Swedish missionaries in …
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My Swedish inheritance
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Until 2019. . .
I’m at work on the last day of 2019, looking at my moodboard, which is all about sunshine and contentment and choosing fabulousness, which are all things that I hope the new year brings to me, and you, and everyone we know and love, and to those we don’t know, too. Thanks so much for …
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Faux Wreath or Real Wreath?
Our roundup of all kinds of festive wreaths from around the web.
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20 Days of HappyThanks #3: Sidai
This post is the third in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Becky and the team at …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #2: Waza Shop
This post is the second in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to WAZA, who are offering a …
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A Colour Dictionary
Eek! I just bought myself an early birthday present on Amazon, called A Dictionary of Color Combinations, by Sanzo Wada. Sanzo Wada was a Japanese artist, teacher, costume and kimono designer who wrote a 6-volume work on colour combinations in the 1930s, which helped to lay the foundations for contemporary colour research. You can see some …
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Making Friday: Why good style is generosity
I took a sneaky snap of a stylish looking person while having a morning coffee, and then, because I enjoyed her look so much, I spent my Making Friday studio time doing a whole heap of little sketches and paintings inspired by that snap. And this is exactly why I called one of my Pinterest …
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Best wishes to Orla Kiely
I took this photo in New York about 6 years ago, heart hammering in my chest, as I had just met my design icon, Orla Kiely and her husband Dermott Rowan in their Mercer Street store. I’d plucked up the courage to ask if they minded that I’d named one of my designs “Orla” in …
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Best Things: Local lamps and stands
It’s not that easy to find a great lampstand or lightfitting when you need one, so I’ve been putting together a collection of my favourites… and ALL of them are designed and made in South Africa. Woltemade Studio makes this large and sculptural A Lamp , which is simultaneously impressive and discreet. Their beautiful Vonk Glass …
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