Chapel Goods

Sooo excited!! Collected my bag from Caleb, owner of Chapel Goods,
He makes leather and canvas bags, he also makes custom sized bags to
fit your laptop or iPad, they stunning, strong and durable. He displays
his goods at the Neigbourhood Goods Market at the Old Biscuit Mill.

Toodu - Put your to do list to work

Now, you can stop beating yourself up, and instead get organised,
cleverly, with the help of Toodu.    Toodu is more than just a to do list. Adding an item to your
toodu list activates a non-intrusive introduction with the people
and companies that have put up their hands and said they can
help you get what you need to do, done.

Mardigras and JWT go under cover in Cape Town

How about going to a fancy dress party as a Traffic Light?
Or if you’re bigger boned, what about a post box?
Or telephone booth? Costume hire store Mardigras,
together with JWT Cape Town has dressed various
urban structures in central Cape Town in their very
own hand-stitched costumes.

The ‘soft and cuddly’ suited-structures have stopped
pedestrians in their tracks.

So keep an eye out, there might be a fire hydrant
just dying to meet you. www.mardigras.co.za

Frieda Lühl Jewellery

  

 

I received a beautiful ring for Christmas, a ring that I fell in

love with the moment I saw it. It's silver and copper, it's absolutely

pretty, one of my favourite items in my jewellery box.

I also met Frieda at the Neighbourhood Goods Market and I

fell in love with all her work. She was kind enough to let me
share her work with you. 

The materials used in making my ring are silver and copper.
The silver ring becomes white after a specific process of
heating it up, putting it in acid and scrubbing it to draw a thin
fine silver layer to the top. The black hollow space around the
heart is oxidised. The copper heart is heat treated to give it's
red colour and is coated with beeswax to preserve
the colour. The ring is constructed from plate and the top is
hollow inside to keep it as light as possible. 

The ring is part of the heart range created by Frieda which
was shown at her solo exhibition in Windhoek.
For more photos on the heart range have a look at her website.

Eco-Punk

I met Anke at the Night Market in the Old Biscuit Mall
on wednesday. I was greeted with a smile and was
immediately attended to. Service like that always makes
me want to interact with the designer and it
also helped when choosing a little outfit for my
God child for christmas.

Her clothing designs are bright, eco-friendly and
very edgy hence the name eco-punk, her prices
are very affordable and she caters for girls and boys alike.
I was torn between the jumpsuit and gorgeous
little skirt, both of them were very different and had it's
own personality, like my little Joshya.

I liked the jumpsuit because of the use of colour and
the easiness of it all and I loved the skirt because of
the various material designs on it but most
of all the spiders, I think that just made it different,
loved it!

Have a look at her collection on facebook/website,
you won't be sorry!

Thanks again for the amazing service and designs.

Online Shopoholic

navigate, navigate, quantity 1, checkout please!
Just a few items from Spence the online shop, who sell
various products from talented designers like Missibaba,
Steffany Roup and Adriaan Kuiters.
Because hearts are my fav at the moment, I naturally
fell in love with Steffany's Necklace.

Christmas Gifting Part 1

So for secret santa this year one of my friends suggested we do it
a little differently, instead of the normal pick a name out
of a hat and buy a gift for that person, we then all decided to
buy a gender neutral gift then when we all assembled pick names
out of a hat, to determine who needs to pick a gift first, once that
person chooses a gift they open it and the next person has the
choice of choosing a sealed gift or the gift the first person opened,
yikes, and so on and so on, I can't wait to see some cat fights taking
place, it's going to be brilliant!

Our exchange will be taking place on 23rd December and we
will also be having a wonderful Christmas Eve meal, I am really
looking forward to spending time with my friends whom I should
actually be calling my family, love you guys!

So for those of you who can't seem to get your heads around
what perfect gift to get that special person here are a few ideas.

For Little Girls & Boys:

Wooden toys and Plastic toys from ToysRUs.
Cute outfits at Ackermans and Woolworths.
A summer hamper - Cap, Swimsuit, Bucket and Spade, Sunblock.
Musica & CNA has some really nice children's DVD's.
Don't forget visiting Heartworks they always have a stunning
range of goodies and last but not least Mü&Me, I love the Hugo
notebooks!!!!!