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Etsy prints

2 Apr

My, I love these from Ashley Goldberg on Etsy.

Scandinavian dreaming

27 Mar

I am going to Copenhagen and Sweden in June (hello David Swenson), and I am very much looking forward to some Scandinavian design (goodbye credit card).

I love this Swedish apartment:

Images via Desire to Inspire

Paying attention Santa?

20 Dec

 

 

Online spending bliss

15 Dec

I am a good shopper.  It’s something I do well.  Shopping online though takes my skill set to a whole new level, and feeds my introverted nature (agorophobia anyone?). 

Delighted doesn’t come close when I stumbled upon Meekel today.  Add to that Yuppie Chef and old faithful Amazon and I hardly ever have to leave the house!

Here are my favorites from Meekel:

Jen

Thanks for coming November

28 Nov

This has been a week I’d rather forget (and believe me, I’m all about seeing patterns and learning from them, etc, etc, but damn the last 7 days have kicked my ass!).  In fact November (I usually love November as it’s my birthday month and indicates all sorts of much anticipated things like summer holidays, beaches, sea swimming and sleeping in late), has been a month from hell.  Really.  November 2011 almost had me in the ground (or at least on some serious coping medication).

And the last weekend in November pulled out all the stops and said: “Hey, bitch, you are 30 and awesome and everything, but for fuck sakes can you please sort your shit out!”  Take three ex-boyfriends, one foot-in-mouth friend, too much wine, some insane blasts from the past, a long-desired unrequited flame, a bad case of an inability to say ‘no’ and some wild hormones, and you have the following:

  • Exhaustion on a very basic level (and finally making some decisions because something had to give)
  • A realisation that even when money is good, toxic work environments contaminate your soul (and may led to homicide)
  • Ex-boyfriends arriving in your space literally one behind the other is something to take note of.  Some represent a youthful love that has a special place in your heat always, but is so very far removed from who you are now; some represent something you’ve always wanted, never had, and on reflection may not want at all anymore; and some just leave a bitter-sweet taste in your mouth and a desire to shake your head and shout “Really?! Really?!”. 
  • Being on The Pill is not a joke and the beginning of that journey shouldn’t be taken lightly, because: goodbye contraceptive pill, hello mad moods and a body in turmoil. 
  • When I am unable to practice every morning, I need to reassess.  When I am hating practicing, my body hurts all over and I keep hitting snooze, taking a few days off is ok.
  • Thank God for the lightness of retail (thank you Anthropologie):

 

A beautiful space

15 Nov

I’ll have one of these, thanks

Via Desire to Inspire

Love is

14 Nov

Hello little orange metal cabinet.  I love you.

And I love Vamp.

Dirty thirties

14 Oct

Hello October. And that means that it’s almost November, my birthday month,  and since this year is the year I turn 30, I will be celebrating even more than the usual month-long festivities.

Anthropologie is one of my very favourite online destinations.  Birthday elf, go shopping!

Jen x

A Friday gift (besides that it’s Friday)

25 Aug

So what’s better than a Friday? 

Well.  A Friday when you’d been mentally preparing yourself for a mad day and then you find out that you have the entire morning free … to do loads of other shit.  But that’s not the point. 

 What it means for me is that I can yoga myself at a reasonable hour (read 6am) and then pack my car and carry things about in preparation for a pop-up shop at Aquaonline (all without excessive preplanning and lack of sleep).  Oh yes.

And today has seen me viciously swiping my credit card machine.  I love the sound of till slips printing.

Lessons this week ?

  • I’m actually pretty socially awkward without alcoholic lubrication
  • I’m 30 really soon
  • Eka pada shirshasana will be the end of me
  • It’s not that I’m old fashioned, but I really do like to be chased.  Use it don’t use it
  • I remain obsessed with ceramics

    http://katsuyoaoki.s1.bindsite.jp/Works.html

  • I like men.  Much.  And it becomes more obvious the longer I remain single …

  • South Africa has some seriously amazing jewelry designers.  Skermunkil is way up there.

 

http://luckypony.co.za/?p=12336
  •  I would very much like to wear Madewell every day

 

http://www.madewell.com/
  •  Spring is a tease.  But I see it over there.  Yes I do.  Hello balmy good humour and happy times.

xx

Coffee table pretty please

18 Aug

Right, my brain is melting.  I kid you not.  Too much work, and too many balls in the air.  I need a PA and I courier.

Erm, where was I?  Oh yes.  Frazzled.  And my poor blog gets left out in the cold.  Much like my cat who is giving me the cold kitty shoulder as I’ve been too busy to devote all my free time to stroking him.

My house is looking lovely, after I painted some plastic animals and plastic army dudes neon pink (I will post pics…).  But I really need a new coffee table.  And it has to be one that is big enough and low enough to handle an impromtu informal snacking vibe.  I have my eye on one from Modernist (ok, I have my eye on many things from Modernist, but I’m being restrained).  Who’s up for making my day?

On another note:

Blog (via Urban Dictionary) 

To spew uncontrollably from one’s brain; involuntary and unstoppable release of thoughts onto electronic media.

“Dude. I totally just blogged all over that web page.”
“When I read about what happened last night, it made me blog all over my website.”
“I thought that chick was so hot that I had to blog as soon as I got home”

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