My big brother’s little girl showing she’s at the cutting edge of toddler fashion, wearing the latest Skinny la Minx designs hot off the press. What a darlin’.
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Niecie Darlin’
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Weekend not for the faint-hearted
As promised, an update on the crazee weekend: Thursday dawned with the arrival of painters to finally finish off our renovations (started in June). Great to have the painters, but the timing could have been better. Our lives were in chaos and having this reflected in our apartment was a little too much! Paul also …
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Reportback – not quite
Keeraaazzeeee weekend, and I have the pics to prove it, but my camera battery went flat before I could download. Tomorrow I’ll show the evidence. But, as this blog intends to provide eye candy to those who care, here are pics of what should have been trays if my supplier hadn’t gone red and white …
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Nearly there
Home looked like a factory yesterday afternoon. Spot the skittish Siamese regarding all the mayhem with a wary eye. Above, two of my trays in the Orla design. (Why “Orla”? Well, who does a stem design make you think of?) For some reason, only the red and white trays were delivered from Johannesburg. Everything was …
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For Gary*
As requested by fellow blogger from Durban, Gary* (sparkle mandatory)… Ta-ra – my new businesscard in all its glory! The front side is printed and I’ve stamped the back with a rubber stamp. I lurve it.
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Label
My hurriedly-put-together label/business card for the Somerset Studio Show, currently being made into a rubber stamp.
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Bizzy bizzy
Oy, what a weekend. Loads of fun, with visiting mandolin player, Chris Clarke delighting us with his traditional American and bluegrass music on Friday (thanks for organising, Brendon!), a 40th birthday party on Saturday, a baby shower on Sunday… … and then it suddenly occurred to me, in a brief moment of clarity in my …
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Somerset Studio Show
Capetonians alert! Next Friday, 23 November, is the start of the annual Somerset Studio exhibition, which runs until 25 November. The show is hosted by Carine Terreblanche and Heidi Hesseling in their jewellery workshop and showroom at 67 Somerset Road – that’s one of those beautiful big Victorian houses just opposite the Traffic Department in …
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Sandwiches
I have two more illustrations in the December issue of Fairlady magazine. These are for an article on the “sandwich generation” – women who find themselves emotionally and financially squeezed by demands from their aging parents and dependent children. Yikes! This is the main illustration… … and this “sandwich recipe” appeared on a following page. …
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