Decorex Cape Town 2013

love milo @ decorex, a lovely shop that I wrote about here a while back 

Don't you just love the colour on the walls?

Beyond Innovation showcased the most fabulous printed fabrics - see more here

I just adore this chair!

Indigi Designs - fabulous locally made items that are just begging for you to take them home.

Funky, functional and a definite feeling of "I want that!" when I saw this exhibit.

More sharing tomorrow.

Happy May Day folks!

Love & Lace Ceramics

When we were at Longridge Wine Estate for lunch the other day, we all admired the beautiful table ware and I was lucky enough to find out who the creator of these beautiful ceramics is. Michele Murray is the artistic mind behind the gorgeous creations of Love & Lace Ceramics. Have a look at these......

from here

from here

Gorgeous, don't you think? You can see more of her work, the retail outlets that stock her ceramics and photos of her studio and exhibitions on the Facebook page here.

Happy day!

About cats and dogs

The Cheetah and I had two "charges" for the weekend a while ago. They are our neighbours and their owners went camping for a couple of days, leaving them in our care. Of course the Cheetah and his friend had a lot of fun with these two but they had to make sure to keep the rascals off our property. Our "girls" (three cats) are not impressed by canine visitors at all and would be most offended if we'd let them in.

 ready to go for a walk

getting all tangled up

I've got to keep up.....

Walking them was a lot of fun since they're so well-behaved. It took a while to "un-tangle" them from the tree and each other but we managed eventually (giggle...)

Happy weekend!!

Elsbeth Eksteen @ Kamersvol Geskenke

Being the image/design junkie that I am, I headed off to Kamersvol Geskenke for a bit of eye candy and some wonderful photo opportunities. I was not disappointed.

One of the stalls that grabbed my attention, was that of Elsbeth Eksteen. Her quirky, fun paintings are just sooo divine, they can only make you smile. Personally I adore the friend(ly) fox.....  You can follow her blog here, on Facebook here, Etsy shop here and her webpage here.

Some more images borrowed from her site:

pic source

pic source

This is the stuff that little (and big) girls' dreams are made of. Enjoy!

Happy day!

That time of the year again

With the beautiful, warmer weather of October, comes the inevitable wind so typical of our region; almost like the Mistral of Provence. After a long night of terrible winds, I had some tidying up to do around the house and garden, shredding all branches and leaves that had "come undone" in the storm.....

With the composting bin almost up to the brim again, I am happy....

Happy day!

One of our favourite indulgences is a visit to Cassis in Cape Town.  There you will find none of those cakes decorated in bright, unnatural coloured icing/fondant that looks too fake to eat.  The pastries and tarts are simple,  fresh, delicious and too good to resist. This is why....

If any of you visit our beautiful Mother City one day, CASSIS is one stop you HAVE to make; it is even worth it for us to drive 60km's just for this taste experience. Yummmm!

Happy day!

HEROINE

HEROINE is the label of the very talented young Cape Town designer Danielle Hartman. She was chosen as one of eight finalists for the Elle/Mr Price New Talent Designer Search competition.

Here are a few of her creations for the competition. I can see great things happening for this girl in the future; women fighting over the last Heroine outfit on the rail.... (smile...) The beautiful Delft-inspired prints are gorgeous and just to die for, I want that skirt, so badly!!! And the white, pleated dress with the leather cut-out detail.......me, me, me!!! (My son likes the white dress too..hehe)







You can follow her on Facebook here

Well done Danni, we are very proud of you!