A GIRL CAN DREAM

In my dream world a box arrives in the post with my name on it. I frantically rip it open-  lets be serious how rad are packages in the post- and inside are all these sexy little kitchen numbers. We bake delicious things for the whole world and we all live happily ever after. PS In this dream we live in Meryl Streep's kitchen from 'Its Complicated'

 

1. Rice dk Melamine Cups Set of 6

2. Rice Set of Three Melamine Spoons

 

3. WICKED COOL ASSORTMENT OF BOWLS, PLATES, AND TRAYS FROM HERE

 

AWESOME SPATULAS FROM HERE

WIN! WIN! WIN!

Crabtree and Evelyn along with Kim Gray are giving away a scrumptious Lavender Hand Care Ritual hamper that includes: the Scrub Cleanser, rejuvenating Hand Remedy and the Hand Therapy {pump dispenser}. Retail value: R830- just in time for Mothersday! I love C & E -it reminds me of my mum, she keeps a massive tube of the hand therapy that has lived in her bag since time began. I remember loving rubbing the thick mixture into my hands just so that they would smell like her:) Go here to enter.  

 

Your mother will love you seriously mine gets hysterical when she sees that little Crabtree logo flash before her eyes. She might even cry.

TREASURES FOR CHARITY

Treasures for Charity was started by Simona Mugnai and Nicola Ashe in 2009, when they discovered they had wardrobes bursting at the seams with stuff they never wore anymore, or had worn once and wouldn’t wear again! They knew there would be other girls out there who were in the same position, so they started canvassing their friends and families and soon they had a mass of clothing, accessories, shoes and handbags which they sold for charity at an event in November 2009. It was a phenomenal success and they raised over R25 000 for the Izulu Orphan Projects and the rest they say… is history!

 
That time of year has come around again and I cannot wait to be first in line. This is such a fantastic event and an awesome opportunity for us more fortunate fashionistas to cleanse our wardrobe and give back. On coming back from thailand I realised that I needed to evacuate a fair portion of my cupboard to make room for all my hotter younger things (The Nazi Boyfriend has expressed some negative feelings on my attempts at making inroads into his cupboard). Instead of sobbing and clutching and throwing my sad self around in protest I will happily get rid of my treasures I no longer wear because this tie I know they will go to someone who will love them as much maybe even more than I do. For all the details and drama go to their website treasuresforcharity.wordpress.com.

HOORAY!

Hello my lovelies I am officially back! Ok I have been secretly back for a while now but had a Whole lot of work things to do do I am eternally sorry for the abandonment! Thailand was completely amazing It was such a treat to be able to spend time with my lovely sisters whom I adore and my mum hooray. Its amazing how much the youngest has grown. The timid little rabbit has now grown into a skinny jean wearing, weyfarer rocking little beauty with a hysterical opinion on any and every topic it is so rad when a small person turns into such a rock star, and the oldest has just got engaged! When I say 'just' I mean afew days before our thai date with destiny so I had an excuse to buy any and every wedding magazine known to man which has thrilled me to the very core. My hand luggage weighed a flipping ton by the time we got to Phuket because of the library of wedding mags I had feverishly stuffed into every pocket and compartment) I am  completely over the top with wedding fever, hysteria, madness (the boyfriend should be worried) but more of that later.
 

When we arrived in the land of the Thai Thai's our tour guide came on the form of one of my very own followers yay aka a fab friend of the oldest. The friend is well versed in the language of Thai tourism infact I am going to go out on a limb and say she might even be the best, so she has subsequently been ordained her the  guru of all things Thai. So as soon as we were checked into our insanely sex and the city-esque hotel we immediately refered to the gurus words of wisdom and began our adventure!
To say that our holiday was incredible would be an understatement. Thailand is such a fantastic destination with so much to do and see and your reubels really can go a long way there. Later on in the week I am going to give you the official Thai list of musts, a merger if you will, from me and guru of all things Thai. In the mean time I just wanted to let you know that I am officially back and am alive so you can call off your search parties and panic attacks, your daily read is back on the menu:) YAY

SAWADTI- THATS THAI FOR GOODBYE

Hooray! I am going on holiday. Are you going to miss me? I hope so. I am off to Thailand to try and fix the horrific shorts tan that has taken over my thighs, and also to spend some much needed time with my mum and sisters. I am so so excited, My big sister just got engaged so this is our final swan song as young, unmarried, twenty somethings. Then big sister is getting married and I'm turning 25 (which my little sister informs me in already a quarter of the way through my life-but this is only if I am lucky to live to a hundred which in all honesty is very improbable) So I might as well write off my life after my birthday and just learn to needle point start getting used to pro-nutro. So I bid you farewell, don't panic I will be back in 2 weeks so please God don't go adopting another blogger to keep you entertained. Bye

WIN!

If you do one thing today go over to Joanne Goddard's blog and enter this competition. Rifle papers (the company behind these delightful characters are giving away a set  of 50 personalized illustrated notes and calling cards. Get this they will paint 1-2 whimsical portraits (in your likeness, and you can also add your fiance or puppy or whomever, if you'd like) and use hand-drawn lettering. You will be a rock-star in your town if you walk around handing these puppies outI might go so far as to say that people will personally track down your services just to get their hands on one of your calling cards they might even frame it and put it up in their house and make it an heirloom and you will forever be immortalised.  If I win I am going to keep them all to my self I couldn't bring myself to give them away to strangers!

FANCY PANTS

Our friends at Czar (the newer sexier Society cafe) are once again throwing one hell of a good excuse to don your fancy pants and teach the dance floor a lesson. I am forecasting some really good food, lots of glammed up gorgeous people some gate crashers sitting on the pavement frantically calling everyone in their phonebook trying desperately to get on the guest list. If pavement culture is not your vibe then you are going to want to get on the guest list immediately. So, head over here, leave a comment and get your name on the guest list or you will be very very sorry indeed. See you later x

CHEW THAT MAGAZINE

"Chew magazine  is the original online glossy magazine for the new generation, featuring culture, fashion, photography, creativity, commentary, interviews, opinion, illustration, design, art, music reviewsand journalistic features. This new magazine only serves the freshest and hottest goodies received from contributors around the world andshares inspiration for our new generation." 

I am a sucker for online mags and this one is completely bloody awesome! I love the fact that its contributors come from all corners of our humungous planet 
(I wonder how they choose) It is jam packed with beautiful snippets and interesting articles. Chew will literally swallow you up and tangle you in all its links and clicks and deliciousness. Yum

The Underground Issue #11

We Heart Bloggers by Rachel Arthur. "During the Milan Fashion Week last season, D&G and then Dolce & Gabbana invited a handful of leading fashion bloggers to sit on the front row of their womenswear shows alongside the industry's most respected print editors. [it] marked the nail in the coffin, if you like, for the acceptance of bloggers as an integral part of the fashion world". Read more...

Shelflife's Gary du Plessis takes us on a tour of their street space, tells us about the most underground brands and how to spot a fake New Era. Watch the video...

"You have a eureka! moment accompanied by a gospel choir and George Michael singing Freedom in your mind". Kudakwashe Maradzika investigates the pros and cons of being a human Swiss army knife and working for the man. Read more...

Greg Bowes Dishes up the freshest albums from Four Tet's (Kieran Hebden) leftfield sensibilities to the British two-piece Fuck Buttons who can be as abrasive and uncompromising as their name suggests. Read more...

Ingrid Sinclair interviews the beautiful love child of the underground and the mainstream Jax Panik. Watch music video...

Photography by TOMAAS, Renata Paskal and Fenia Labropoulou

GET YOUR KICKS ON

YAY! Kim gray is going on a give-away frenzy in honor of her birthday. This week she is giving away some awesome Converse so get entering its too easy not to get all riled up about. Get clicking kids.

HOUSE OF HARLOW

I have fallen head over heals with Nicole Richie's label House of Harlow. Her treasures draw inspiration from a mish-mash of African to Aztec and are made from a unique combination of materials including feature fabric, leather, silk strings, chains, rivets, feathers and gold-plated metals. I am totally thrilled to tell you that you can get her stuff locally can you handle it! Get your lovely self over to shop-label to get in on the Harlow action all you magpies will not be disappointed.

THE STORAGE SAGA

I certainly do not claim to be the guru of organisation. This is infact the source of much frustration to boyfriend as he has a living space neater and more organised than most navy seals. The man practically folds his t-shirts with a ruler. Me, not so much.

If you had to come and visit me, you would clearly be able to see who lives on which side of the bedroom, Boyfriends side looks like it was personally put together by Martha Stewart herself whilst mine resembles more of a 3D Jackson Pollock. You would think that living with the man would have influenced me somewhat in the organisation department but alas it has not. Instead I find myself panicking and putting things away anywhere and everywhere in the fear that he might find something that is not in its place and give me the eyes. I will very sheepishly admit that I have even found socks stashed in my desk drawer (yes, this is true). 


I have decided that since I am spending all this time and effort in sexying up our little love nest I might as well make a concerted effort to start cleaning up my act. The latest issue of Lonny  magazine just came out and the entire issue is conveniently inspired by storage, I figured it cant be so hard. Below I have made a compilation of pretty smart Storage solutions that I intend applying to the flat.

First up is this gorgeous jewelry armoire . I have had countless fights with my fiddly little jewelry box trying to stuff and tuck and compartmentalise all my sparkles so that the damn thing would close. I love the idea of a mini jewelry closet where I can keep all my treasures safe and sound. If anyone knows where I can get one locally I will be eternally grateful. I searched Gumtree and Ebay and I found the most beautiful one on Ebay and got completely over excited but then my bubble was popped when I realised that it is in America so that leaves me armoire-less- sob. I am going to have to befriend a carpenter if I am to realise my armoire dreams.

In the event that I am not visited by the armoire fairies I am going to have to make my own DIY plan. This pic above illustrates the result I want but I am going to have to come up with a cunning plan in order to get there. I intend on combining a wooden box, 3 cutlery holders covered in felt, a slick of paint and a lot of hope that it turns out well. When I get my act together I will take some piccies and let you lot in on the DIY action. 

image from here 

Storing bed linen, duvet inners, quilts etc is such a pain in the a** . They take up so much space. Mine is currently nesting in our top cupboard where I cannot reach very easily so every time I have to take it out I have to climb on a chair and wrestle a sheet, pillow case, duvet cover from the clutches of the huge bedding monster and then quickly slam the cupboard door shut before it pounces down on me. With the addition of a wooden drawer on wheels you can transform the dormant space sleeping under your bed into a useful storage space.

The Clear Box Company has revolutionised my closet. I open my cupboard I browse my sexy shoe library, I slide on a pair that is speaking my language and then I dress from the shoes up. These clever little boxes are available in packs of 3 from Macro .

I love these wicker boxes from Weylandts They are perfect for storing things like handbags and belts and other accessories. The best part is that they have good ventilation so when it is revoltingly hot in the first few months of the year, your goodies wont get all moldy and gross.

THE WORKING PROOF

Part two of my apartment therapy includes a quest to adorn my walls in beauty. During my search I came across the most feel good way of doing this in the form of a very smart organisation called The Working Proof. These smartie pants have created a place where art seeking desperados such as myself can come to satisfy their thirst for beauty and at the same time make a contribution to something meaningful.
The Working Proof seeks to promote art and social responsibility. They pair each print with a charity of the artist's choice and every time one of their prints is sold, 15% of the proceeds are donated to the chosen charity. Clever hu?


* This print was created by Frances Pelzman Liscio it is titled 'Two Dalias'  it features an intricate floral arrangement of dahlias, kalanchoe, violas and Christmas Cactus in various states of bloom and decay