Thanks to a request for a custom order from one of my shoppers, I’ve made 20 Eep! teatowels in a vibrant tomato red. Find them in my Etsy shop today. (I’m not sure why, but reds always come out wierdly onscreen. Just to let you know, the real thing is not blotchy in the least.)

Cast iron gifts were the order of the day for Paul’s birthday, it seems. I gave him the japanese bird bottle opener, bought online at Canoe, and our blacksmith friend, Conrad Hicks, made him the amazing little knife. Visit Conrad’s website to see more of his beautiful blacksmithery.

Look what came in the post, all the way from Brisbane! It’s my prize from Tiel of TskTsk for leaving the 1000th comment on her blog! Hmm. Boggle Junior? Does Tiel think my spelling needs some practice, perhaps? Not at all! The box is just a cleverly disguised treasure chest. Look at the prize Tiel …

It’s Paul’s birthday today, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to spread the news about his recent (and very deserved) good fortune. Ahem. Paul Edmunds is the 2007 recipient of the Tollman Prize ! I’m awfully proud of him. He works so hard and consistently, making such amazing things and really, in my perfectly …

Just me, the cats and the heater for most of Sunday. I lit a candle, brewed a cuppa, and got out my scissors to chop up all the mags I’d finished reading. Bliss.

It’s new in my Etsy shop this weekend, but actually, this green cloud print was one of the first screenprints I made, so it’s been in my studio for quite a while. I cut the stencil from paper, and only two of my prints worked out. So shoppers on the lookout for rare green cloud …

The July horoscope in Fairlady magazine is for Cancer. Flummoxed me a bit (pincers? sideways scuttling?), but eventually I settled on this.And this is how they used it in the mag. I really like the little crop they did for the second page. Have a good weekend!PS: Cape Town readers, take a peek at Nice …

I’m no knitter, me, but I know some of you are, so this is for you. Paul and I had dinner at a friend’s last night, where we met the lovely Asta from Iceland, who told me about her very clever sister-in-law, who has an online shop, selling glorious knitting patterns like these.Helene Magnusson (help! …

This Lonely Bird was cut from black paper. I just made it for fun, but then somebody bought it. And in other news, some blogs I’ve started visiting lately:Take a look at Nice Things – a South African design blog that’s new to me, but oddly enough, has been right under my nose, because the …