Grass Stiching

None of my on-going projects are in the position of being worthy of a visual record yet - so time for some eye candy... I found this via Mike McDowell's pinterest site and just couldn't resist :)
Featured on pavingexpert.com here (just scroll down). Imagine the possibilities!
P.S. I'm sorry it's such a small pic but I could not find better

Bag! Ladies!

Bag by Tjou-tjou

My fabulous new handbag! Do yourself a favour and pop over to tjou-tjou for a peek at Henriette's latest creation... and then get your hands on one - I am totally in love with mine.

Conversation with Self

"Conversations with self" 

I've been experimenting and playing with an idea...something I rarely get the time to do - it usually gets no further than my imagination. I have to keep reminding myself that nothing beats hands on play.
scalpel, magazine, profile and viola!

A Blogger In Need, Is a Blogger In Deed

First some background to this post:

As you may or may not know I’ve been doing the “Blogging your way” course through Holly Becker from décor8 because I felt that I needed a new way of looking at my blog. I’ve loved every minute. I’ve been invigorated, inspired and the learning curve has been huge. This post is a step to putting that learning into practice and the bounce back into my blogging.

Have you ever felt stuck in a blog rut? Well, that’s me now…maybe you can help me out :)  

So I thought I’d learn some more about you and about me, from you. If you have a moment I’d appreciate it hugely if you would give me some constructive feedback on my blog.

This is the idea…I’ve devised a picture-poll on Pinterest for those of you who like quick and beautiful. 

However if you prefer to peruse my neck of the woods a little and then leave me a note (via comment or e-mail) I’ve designed a little feedback questionnaire below. (Each question has a link to a somewhat relevant post so you get a bit of an introduction if you haven't visited before.)

Enough about me! Let me know a little about you.

And that's it! If you've gotten this far here's a big blogger hug from me xxx

All Picture No Sound...yet

MIG Moodboard

So this is the other thing I've been occupying my time with!
Part of my homework for The Blogging Your Way Course - I'm planning a more interesting but no less imperfect future and you're invited :)

Oops! I just realised I forgot to add this...
Some of the images I used I've collected on pinterest.

The seagull: Marc Johns
Water colour bird illustr: Matt Sewell
Beans: Peter at slouvlakiforthesoul.com
White ink on brown paper by: Oh! Deer Julie
Oh! and last but not least the cup: Annette Oberwelland
Stiched labels and pressed flowers: found via carly-mac.tumblr.com

Market of Loveliness

I can't believe it's been more than a week since I last posted about the 'Market of Loveliness'! But here it finally is.

My first retail experience was really a very pleasant one in the small personal space of 'I Love My Laundry'. After a rather chaotic start (I had no idea what to price my various items at) we all settled down to some dim sum and a wine tasting hosted by the 'Land of Hope' label. Great wine with a great ethic behind it - not to mention a rather nice looking label :). Clayton shared some of the 'I love my... ' brand vision and Carmen introduced the Sweet&Soutie concept to everyone.

Then all that was left to do was shop!

Life On The Shelf!

And so the big day arrives for me...

I have never had the guts to sell my stuff, or even display it, so I have quite a build up, 

and now it's up for grabs - officially priced and on the shelf, and table and anywhere else it could fit, 

at the coolest 'destination laundry' in Africa (in fact the only of it's kind in Africa)...come and get it!

A full report back on the launch evening of Sweet&Soutie's Market of Loveliness will follow shortly.