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TWOFOR Sale!
I hope you’re ready to shop up a storm at our Two-For-The-Price-Of-One TWOFOR sale, starting on Thursday 3 September at the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree St. Sale starts at 4pm (we’ll be open til 8pm...
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View ArticleIn the Press: Visi
Have you picked up a copy of the new Visi magazine yet? They have written a lovely piece about our furniture collaboration with Fechters of Knysna. We’re also thrilled to announce that we will be...
View ArticleSkinnylaminxenstein: What’s a clearance sale all about?
Although we’ve had sales before, the weekend’s Warehouse Clearance (now online until 6 September!) was something new for us, because we’ve never slashed our prices as radically as we’ve done for this...
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A Colour Dictionary
Eek! I just bought myself an early birthday present on Amazon, called A Dictionary of Color Combinations, by Sanzo Wada. Sanzo Wada was a Japanese artist, teacher, costume and kimono designer who wrote...
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Making Friday: Punch needle with Crafters Box
Much earlier this year, I had an email from Morgan at The Crafters Box, asking for my postal address. This US-based company, whose aim is to make it easy for people to bring crafting back into peoples’...
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Gift ideas for minimalists
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Biz Books for the Beach
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the beach. Finally! We worked solidly through the end-of-year break, and now it’s time to put the feet up. Hooray! While I plan to mostly spend my holiday...
View ArticleIn The Press: Ideas Magazine South Africa
Thanks so much to Ideas Magazine South Africa for the fabulous feature. You’ll find Ideas on the shelves until the end of January 2019, or you can take a look at the Zinio edition here. The post In...
View ArticleMy mom’s sunshine
This is Old Sol, made by my clever, talented mom after a visit to Bath in the UK, where she saw a paving stone that had been lifted during roadworks, revealing a carved Roman sun on the underside. Old...
View ArticleMood: Sunny!
Here’s where the SunnySide collection all began – on my inspiration board, featuring African baskets (that look like sunshines), bits and pieces from Alexander Girard, a spot of Picasso, some tiles...
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Making Friday: Tiled patterns
I’ve been spending time in the studio preparing for the Ace Camp I’m teaching in Porto next week, carving small 3cm stamps for the students to explore the heck out of. Here are the ones I’ve made, and...
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Having a good day… in Porto
While planning for my trip to Porto with Ace Camps, I immediately thought that I’d love to take one of our Seriously Have a Good Day shopper bags to give to a couple who made a big impression on me and...
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Find us at NYNOW
We’re back in New York City this week, launching our SunnySide kitchen & dining range at NYNOW. from 11-14 August. You’ll find us in Accent on Design, the industry’s leading resource for innovative...
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BeBoKa
Some locals may know about the Name Your Hood initiative, where there’s a competition to re-name some of our Cape Town neighbourhoods currently just lumped together under a rather vague indication like...
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Background news
I’ve got my forehead to the grindstone (nose completely worn away by now), working on my new catalogue, taking heaps of photos and generally having a blast with styling and planning it all. Now I’m in...
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Abacus: A design that counts
It’s time for a giveaway! After a bit of a hiatus, my Abacus design has been reissued in a lovely inky blue as part of the Decorex Designer Collection that launched last week. And now it’s for sale as...
View Article2011 catalogue
Finally, after spending weeks and weeks and weeks styling, photographing and learning new software my 2011 catalogue is ready, and has been uploaded to Issuu for public consumption. Super exciting! My...
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Scraps rainbow
Ah, what a nice way to end the week, sorting out the scraps pile, and generating a beautiful rainbow! (all those with itchy crafty fingers, I’ll photograph these next week and get them into my shop,...
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Watching my step
There’s so much to do before we jet off to the States next week (and Joburg this week), and I’m staying sane by keeping my eyes firmly on the ground for now, which is proving texturally rewarding,...
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