Special Packaging for Five Special Little Girls

I recently completed a commission for Loola Lay – four dresses and a shrug for five special and much loved granddaughters.  Gran was quite specific about some of the details she wanted, some of which deviated from what I normally do – in a good way, I hasten to add!  It was such a pleasure making the garments and it seemed appropriate to do something a little different for the packaging...

Jasmine, Charis, Gabriella, Emma and Elise, I hope you have fun wearing your garments!

Imagine...

... a place where you can feel as tall as the sky is high because you can touch all the colours of the rainbow, lose yourself for hours on end, experience textures aplenty and very quickly plump up your credit card balance.  Well, imagine no more!  Places like this do exist.

One of my favourite shops when I'm home is Waste Centre Fabrics in Durban, Umgeni Road.  I've been to so many fabric shops where I can go in and spend hours trying to decide what to buy because it's a case of choosing the best from a disappointing selection.  With Waste Centre, and this branch in particular, it's quite possible to go in at sunrise and emerge at sunset because there is just so much to choose from.  Sadly, funds are finite and I can't buy everything... well, I could if someone were to sponsor me.  I'd be quite up for the challenge!  Thank you Jackie (Branch Manager) and the Team.

Out of the Blue Surprise!

What a fantastic surprise to come back to after being in South Africa for three weeks. Good thing I wasn't at the market on that day.  I'm too short and would never have been able to drape myself over the bar like Penny!  Thank you Pen and Min.

Nature-inspired Market Stall

Nature truly is an inspiration.  It wasn't difficult to come up with a plan for my market stall display. It all started WHEN...

One of our lovely neighbours, Chris, decided to evict his bay tree.  I happened to be walking past once the eviction had taken place and he flippantly asked me whether I'd like the tree trunk which he was about to throw into the refuse dump...  

As it happened and around about the same time, one of our other lovely neighbours, Karen, decided that she too wanted to evict a bay tree or two, so I also snapped these up.  

With all the heavy winds at the beginning of the year, there is plenty of wood around... a worthy source for a base or two or three.

Put all of these together, add the-one-I-love with his woodwork tools and it all came together very nicely!