Lessons from a Monkey
What a hot weekend! Early morning dips in the sea and Myyög have helped us survive, but mostly we’ve stayed indoors, watching and learning from the Monkey, who is an expert in the art of minimal...
View ArticleShaggy dogs
While on Noordhoek Beach these holidays (see previous post), we spotted a really funny looking shaggy black dog, with crazy wild hair – some of it tied up with a scrunchie – and giant floormop feet....
View ArticleDiggi Dot – the Movie
I hope you spotted the fun we were having on Instagram with a series of short-short ‘teaser’ videos leading up to the Diggi Dot launch? Well, now that we’ve finally launched, here’s a full video...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleAnimation WIP
Stop-motion animation is painstaking, back-breaking work. I did know this when I embarked on making a little promotional animation for my Flower Dreams launch (coming up 18 April), but I can be very...
View ArticleFlower Dreams…
I’ve been making this little animation for a while now, and am so excited to share it with you. My new fabric collection (launching later in April) is called Flower Dreams , and I thought a...
View ArticleCat animation
I’m really enjoying the animation feature in Photoshop, which is an easy to make your own animations. I made one this morning, using these 8 cat cutouts I made a while back. I used the single shot I...
View ArticleFlower Dreams tea towel
When I released my Flower Dreams fabric collection earlier this year, everyone was asking me if there was a new flowery tea towel to match. There wasn’t, but then I thought that maybe there should be,...
View ArticleFlower Dreams…
I’ve been making this little animation for a while now, and am so excited to share it with you. My new fabric collection (launching later in April) is called Flower Dreams , and I thought a...
View ArticleCat animation
I’m really enjoying the animation feature in Photoshop, which is an easy to make your own animations. I made one this morning, using these 8 cat cutouts I made a while back. I used the single shot I...
View ArticleFlower Dreams tea towel
When I released my Flower Dreams fabric collection earlier this year, everyone was asking me if there was a new flowery tea towel to match. There wasn’t, but then I thought that maybe there should be,...
View ArticleInstagram tales
On Saturday, I made a comic on Instagram while baking a cake. The post Instagram tales appeared first on Skinny laMinx.
View ArticleThe Skinny laMinx shop turns ONE
All of next week, we’ll be celebrating the one year anniversary of opening the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree St., Cape Town. Hooray! One of the things we’re celebrating with is a stop-motion animation...
View ArticleSpin the bottle
Last week, someone from Absolut Vodka dropped this beaded bottle off at my studio. Not just any old beaded bottle, mind you. This one’s been beaded with the Skinny laMinx logo! It’s hard to see it all...
View ArticleLessons from a Monkey
What a hot weekend! Early morning dips in the sea and Myyög have helped us survive, but mostly we’ve stayed indoors, watching and learning from the Monkey, who is an expert in the art of minimal...
View ArticleShaggy dogs
While on Noordhoek Beach these holidays (see previous post), we spotted a really funny looking shaggy black dog, with crazy wild hair – some of it tied up with a scrunchie – and giant floormop feet....
View ArticleDiggi Dot – the Movie
I hope you spotted the fun we were having on Instagram with a series of short-short ‘teaser’ videos leading up to the Diggi Dot launch? Well, now that we’ve finally launched, here’s a full video...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleWeaving update
I have so many looms! How did this happen? Well, how could I resist a simple frame loom for just R150? It’s so easy to pick up and put away, so that’s what I’ve spent the last little while doing while...
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