I’m focussing on plants instead of politics.
We spent our holiday very much at home, which was a really good thing to do after a rather disrupted home in 2015. Shortly after having bought the apartment next door early in the year, we found our neighbours were going to have a baby in November, so we rather hastily started our long dreamed-of …
Sometime, things you see on the blogs just stick with you for ever, and this 2011 post from The Brick House is one of those. The rope wall in the blog post is superbly simple, so so effective as a non-solid room divider. I’m going to make sure that one day I have reason to follow the DIY …
One of my biggest jobs every year is styling and photographing our catalogues. This year, I really had a good time working on the Colour Book, where I created five distinct looks that showcase the Diggi Dot collection, and also shows how it integrates with the existing Skinny laMinx prints. It’s a LOT of work, …
I’ve been easing my way back into work this week, starting with planning a new shop window, and also starting to make a very solid plan for 2014. One of my resolutions for the year, however, is to slow down and to look back upon my own history, trying to get a bigger sense of …
The fingers were knotting and the brows were knitting at the Modern Macrame Workshop in my studio on Saturday, where seven gals threw themselves into learning all I had to teach them in the knots department, keeping their strength up with cups of tea and yummy treats. It was fun! I’d be happy to teach …
Quite a while back, I did a blog tutorial for how to make a very simple hanging succulent garden, using the bare basics of a macramé-style structure. It did the job, but last week I decided it was time to finally learn some proper macramé knots. This online tutorial taught me the Larkshead (or half-hitch) knot, …
Another thing I got up to during my week long Making Friday was to make a hanging succulent garden in my studio. It all started with the impulse buy of a magnificent Burro’s Tail from Aspen Flowers in Loop Street, and next thing I was googling macrame tutorials on the internet. Just look at how …