After I posted about minä perhonen earlier in the week, Japanese blogger, Miho Sakato let me know that Akira Minagawa is holding a masterclass at the Nederlands Textielmuseum at the end of November. Read more details here. If I lived nearby, I’d definitely apply! Thanks, Miho! Check out Miho’s blog and sakatodesign website now.

Lists are the secret to getting things done. It’s true, and here’s a case study to prove it: Last month, Jesse handed her graphic novel manuscript to the publishers and then turned around to consult the list that had been growing on her wall as her deadline shrank.Since then, I’ve practically felt the air in …

It’s always great fun to see action shots of things bought from my Etsy shop. Lottie sent me this one, telling me that her boyfriend has been instructed that this is the Teatowel That Must Not Be Touched. I hope he listens… And this one I found at Making it Lovely – the blog kept …

Whoops, SprayGlue pipped me to the post on this one, but no matter, I still must let everyone know about the launch of the Petticoat spring/summer collection. This limited edition Daisy Slip is definitely on my must-have list.

Currently, the Cape Town skyline has a skeletal aspect as everyone gets out their crane in the building frenzy ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. It’s opened my eyes to the variety and beauty of cranes, and the interesting shapes and forms of a building site. Recently, I’ve spotted some beautiful building site photos, …

I love all the pretty pics on my favourite design blogs, but there are a few wordy blogs I like too. The wry social observations of the Thirty-year-old Secretary are definitely a favourite – Fritz can always raise a chuckle.Last night, after having been tickled by Monday’s post about the birthday avocado, I had an …

Through today’s Etsy front page, I stumbled upon Whitney Phippen’s Lucky Me Beads shop. I rather admired the styling of her product shots and thought I’d share. And in other Etsy news, take a look at The Storque – the new online Etsy newspaper, with news on trends, a how-to section, a craftism piece, and …

I’ve been doing horoscope illustrations for FairLady magazine for a year now, and I reckon they improved a lot over the course of last year (from this to this). We’re back to Virgo again. This time around, I’m trying out a different style from last year’s cutouts. This was drawn with charcoal, then scanned, reversed, …

How could I resist paying 50m of narrow twill tape for only R30? It is a bit tangled though… … and four days later I’m still rolling this snarlup into balls. Still, it’s made the Snook one happy cat.