Some sweet little calico bookbags in Cloudbirds and Orla are now listed in my Etsy shop.

A little while ago – the end of last year or so – I spotted a sign tied to a pole just near the Mill Street offramp onto De Waal Drive. It was typical of the kind of sign that the more desperate breed of housepainter or plumber daubs roughly onto an old piece of …

It was my first proper Making Friday this year, and I have to admit, it was a bit of a washout. I decided to cut some magnets, and made so many mistakes and mis-cuts, it was a bit ridiculous. I was far more successful at putting together a big metal shelf, but can’t possibly photograph …

My Colt Circles design has never been a bestseller, but I still reckon it’s a sleeper, and when I eventually get around to covering a squishy sofa in the Colt Circles in Sand, it will get the attention it deserves. In the meantime, check out what a cute lampshade the Colt Circles in Seafoam makes:

I have a new favourite hobby called Pinterest. I’ve always enjoyed cutting pics out of magazines, sorting them into themes/moods/colours and pasting them in (click here to read an old post about my scrapbooks), and this is the digital version of this hobby. What happens is that people create accounts (you have to apply and …

I love visiting Laughton’s Hardware in Seapoint. It’s a family business, has a great Art Deco sign outside, has a friendly, on-the-ball guy downstairs who is genuinely interested in helping you find the solution to your hardware problem, and is full of surprising and useful things. While buying bits and bobs there recently, I spotted …