President ObamaIn Africa, it’s really common to find printed textiles with the faces of political leaders all over them, so I hacked this one together to celebrate the first African president of the USA! I’ll bet that anyone who actually produces an Obama commemorative cloth will sell every last shred of it! I may be …

The Shipping NewsGood news, shoppers! For the month of November, I’ve radically reduced shipping costs in my Etsy shop. This is all in the name of passing on savings that the crashing global economy has, oddly enough, sent my way. And there’s still time to get Skinny laMinx Christmas presents, as my postal service takes …

Go see KamersI’ve had a somewhat lethargic week (even had a nap or two!) after setting up the Kamersvol Geskenke show on Monday. All the preparations really took it out of me. Labelling EVERYTHING – and having to make the labels first – was much more time-consuming than I could ever have thought! Jesse was …

My first Designgoods marketOn Saturday I did my first stint at the newly positioned Designgoods market. It’s been separated from the main food tent at the Neighbourgoods market, which is great, as it’s a lot less crowded, but it does seem that the punters haven’t quite realised that we’re there. It was a fairly slow …

Studio news There’s lots going on in our studio these days! To start with, Medina has been making really interesting shapes and colours in preparation for her small, but very fortunate art students. Then, Odette is having a show of her work, opening tonight at the VEO Gallery in Long Street. Here is one of …

Last Word I’ve been doing illustrations for the Fairlady magazine’s back page, where they always publish a light-hearted piece as a closing word for the magazine. Above is the illustration for a story about how friends are never honest about your hairstyle, and the pic below accompanied a piece about when good people have affairs. …

Window lickingI love the French word for window shopping: it’s leche vitrine, which means “lick window”. This unbelievably cute Crosley portable speaker from Urban Outfitters has me licking that window so hard, I swear the glass is getting thinner! Other reasons to keep leching that vitrine include the Crosley USB turntable…And the fact that if …

We Rocked the DaisiesThis is how our weekend excursion to Rocking the Daisies felt in the daytime. At night, it felt like ice, but most of the time it made me feel – as our friend Justin put it – both young and old at the same time.

Decal garden A local production company recently bought a whole bunch of my decals to stick up in their kitchen. Go check out more pics of their beautiful offices over at the ELLE DECORATION blog.