I’ve got my forehead to the grindstone (nose completely worn away by now), working on my new catalogue, taking heaps of photos and generally having a blast with styling and planning it all. Now I’m in the nitty gritty stage of editing and checking, which is kind of dreary. To keep me going, I thought …

Some locals may know about the Name Your Hood initiative, where there’s a competition to re-name some of our Cape Town neighbourhoods currently just lumped together under a rather vague indication like ‘Town’, or ‘The City’. The area I work in, and walk through every day, runs between Buitensingel, Strand and Buitengracht, and is situated …

Last week was spent doing an intensive photography intro course at the Cape Town School of Photography. My afternoons had me breaking my brain on the concepts and applications of apertures and shutter speeds, while the rest of the day was spent on my homework (photographing the insides of paper bags, and more!), and I …

It’s going to be a mad week, as I’ll be doing a photography course at the Cape Town School of Photography while trying to keep on top of my workload at Skinny laMinx, so this will be my only blog post, probably. So I won’t be blogging, but what I will be doing  is sending …

Simple and cheerful Cloudbirds pencil bags can now be found for sale in my Etsy shop.

Starting this weekend, there’s furniture for sale at the Skinny laMinx shop. Pop in and see the awesome cocoa Eep! sofa, a variety of little vintage stools, a mid-century table, and more, all for sale on Somerset Road in Greenpoint. Click here for a Google map and directions to the shop which is open from …

A ray of sunshine came out over the weekend, and I galloped after it with my camera, snapping our recently revamped cushion selection on the sofa. Love ’em all!

Join us on Saturday 25 June from 10am to 3pm for a Winter Sale of bespoke handbags, jewellery, clothing, lighting and home décor by Missibaba, Queen Magpie, Moonbasket, Fabric and Skinny laMinx. SALE prices on selected items, so come early! Missibaba Workshop – Unit 3 Selwyn Studios, The Palms, 145 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. Parking can be found in …