I’ve always found a red and blue combination to be a little bit “obvious”, bringing to mind things like cowboys, Stars & Stripes, Union Jacks – you know what I mean. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Look at this room, photographed for Italian furniture manufacturer Battistella for their children’s range Nidi. It’s that surprising addition …
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Inspired by: Red & Blue & More
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Colour Book: Mimosa Sunrise
There’s something about this photo that I took this pic on a terrace overlooking the street at Hotel Diggi Palace early one morning, that makes me hear angels singing heavenly music. Can you hear them? Aaaahh! It’s also the photo that I used as a starting point for the Mimosa Sunrise colour board in our Colour Book …
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Making Friday: Meet Us +
It’s an unusual Making Friday post this week, as it’s not something I made, but rather something I watched being made in the studio. Over the weeks leading up to the launch of the Diggi Dot fabric collection, you’ll have spotted our little series of teaser videos on Instagram, and the longer video about the collection, too. They …
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Colour Book: Lemon Green
A room painted green is quite something to carry off, although this coffee house I photographed in Jaipur, and used on my Lemon Green colour board certainly manages to create an atmosphere with it. My Lemon Green colour palette in our Colour Book is a fair bit more subtle, with soft sages bumping gently up against sharp …
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Colour Book 2015/16: Fruit Salad
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, …
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Launching Diggi Dot
We had so much fun at the Diggi Dot launch on Friday! Here are some pics of all the things we got up to at the Open Day, including the selfie station, the make-your-own-bunting station, the printing demos and our delicious snacks too. Thanks to everyone who came and who helped make it such a wonderful …
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You are invited
We’re launching a brand new fabric collection this Friday, and to celebrate, we’re having an Open Day at our shop, at 201 Bree St. Please pop in between 10am – 6pm, to see the new prints, and also to participate in some fun activities we have lined up. See you at Skinny laMinx!
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Rainbow
My blog has been full of colour this month, hasn’t it? There’s been my rainbow book collection and my Colour Yum Best Things post, andI think the reason for this is that I started the month by pinning up a tiny square of every single Skinny laMinx print (including the brand new Diggi Dot collection), and …
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