Win with Tashkaya!

To celebrate the release of Summer 2011 collection Tashkaya
Fashion is running a competition on Facebook and Twitter.
The competition will run from Monday 15 November 2010 to Monday 6
December 2010. The winners will be chosen by a random draw on
Wednesday 8 December 2010.

The total prize is valued at R4000. The prize will consist of
Tashkaya clothing to the value of R1000. If you have "liked"
Tashkaya on our Fan page or follow us on Twitter you double the
size of your prize to R2000. If you win you get up to 5 bonus
prizes (Valued at R400 each) to give to any of your friends who
also entered the sweepstakes via your invites.

If you enter via Twitter then for every person that enters
through the link in your tweet you get an extra entry. So make
sure you re-tweet your entry, the more people who enter via your
tweet the better your chances of winning!

To enter go to the Facebook or Twitter page below page

You are allowed to enter via Facebook and Twitter simultaneously.
Remember you get an extra entry for every person who uses your
tweet to enter, this will increase your chances of winning even
further.

Clothing comes in size small, medium or large.

www.twitter.com/tashkaya

Nic Wells Bladen, Jane Eppel and The Homestead

I was lucky enough to go to the open day today at the magnificent 200year old home of sculptor & jeweller Nic Wells Bladen and painter and print maker Jane Eppel. They and their work and their home are just lovely.

Both artists draw inspiration from the natural beauty of the Cape Peninsula, especially the fynbos of the Kalk Bay mountains behind their home.

"Most recently Jane has completed the 'Clovelly garden' series, (created for the forthcoming exhibition; 'Casa Labia In Bloom'), in which she juxtaposes delicate insects (cut from copper entirely by hand) with monoprints of weeds and flowers growing in the cracks of the old garden steps. Jane is currently showing work at 'Print: an exhibition of etchings' at These Four Walls Gallery in Observatory" (http://www.janeeppel.com/).

I love how her paintings and prints depict things that I so relate to & am inspired by - alcoves that are so comforting; open country roads; chidlren on swings; week-ends away with dear friends, prayer flags..

"Nic's work as a jeweller and sculptor entails casting actual plant-matter in precious metals. As bespoke jewellery or as freestanding sculptures, Nic's exquisite botanical work is widely acclaimed both in South Africa and Europe (www.nicbladen.com)".

I kept trying to walk out of Nic's exhb room, but it was like leaving dear family in a war torn country, they were pleading for me to take them with me.

So for my birthday and our 10th anniversary my darling Doc with his huge generous heart bought me white milkwood earings and a pendant AND a pink Jane Eppel print.  Thank-you my lovely. I will post the photos I took tomorrow.

Vintage street open this Sat

This is to let you know that from now on Vintage Street will be open every Saturday and Wednesday. 

Yes, indeed.

This Saturday is Lucy Jordan day. Remember her? "At the age of thirty seven / She realised / 

She'd never ride / Through Paris / In a sports car / With the wind blowin' / Through her hair ..." 

We at Vintage Street refuse to realise any such thing. We have silken summery scarves to wear in top-down sports cars 

and crisp Breton stripe T-shirts to wear on yachts in the Riviera ... everything on the rails is summer-inspired -- 

that means extra-dreamy -- and, as you would expect from us, extra clean and fresh.

Come for coffee and a browse this Saturday between 10 and 5 -- or any Wednesday or Saturday thereafter. 

THEN IS NOW.

Vintage Street

5 Lock Rd

Kalk Bay

Daisy 083 704-2123

www.vintagestreet.co.za

Artist Melanie Hillebrand

PE ceramicist and gallery director Melanie Hillebrand is currently on show at the Irma Stern museum until Sat only. Her art is such a wonderful blend between African, Asian and European. It made my heart beat fast and the cells in my body so enlivened. Her worked is also so generously priced.

She writes of imagining her English grandmother moving to South Africa and her English crockery eventually all breaking and having to commision pieces from people who make beer drinking pots. What results is a squat low shaped beer pot with a design on the top of the vase showing influence from French and English styles, but sometimes with an African theme.

This one is the doc's favourite one

Look at this divine "vuvuzela vase"

There are also some influences from historical Japanese painting

I love this Mexican looking one!

and this Middle Eastern looking one

And these gourgeous colours on the plates.

On show only until Sat 13 Nov. 2010.

Things I've done

http://little-miss-medic.blogspot.com/p/things-ive-done.html.

Little Miss Medic has a wonderful list on her blog that is the other side of a bucket list - a list of "things I've done"

This is my list :

Had my heart broken

Travelled overseas for 4 days to tell the man I loved that I loved him

Married the man of my dreams

Worked as a clown party entertainer, baby sitter, waitress (sometimes all in one day)

Answered a call at 3am

Helped someone to get a bursary to study

Helped people to get jobs

Grouted tiles on a bathroom wall

Swum with a dolphin that came right to shore to fetch me on camps bay beach

Had my fortune told

Cried so much it hurt

Laughed so much it hurt

Read the news on a commercial radio station

Learnt to speak Xhosa

Given birth

Got a job I really wanted only to turn it down because it wasn't right

Got a scholarship I really wanted only to turn it down because it wasn't right.

Dressed up with 3 friends in pyjamas and been to a nightclub incognito

Sunbathed topless

Danced Biodanza

Worked as a pizza delivery gal

Made a child laugh so much the delicious sound of unfettered laughter filled me with pride

Had an hour meeting with Elton John

Win a statement tourquise ring & earings on www.beingbrazen.co.za

Fable Fairy is sponsoring a giveaway on the legendary blog: http://www.beingbrazen.co.za/. You can win a statement tourquise flower ring and bow earings

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Be a follower of http://www.beingbrazen.co.za/. THEN Please leave a comment on the being brazen post "Cute Giveaway" telling Brazen which item you like best on the Fable Fairy goes to market page
2. Blog or tweet about this giveaway for an extra entry (please let me know what the link is to your blog post or tweet)

Giveaway notes: *Anyone may enter. *This giveaway will end on Tuesday, 16 November and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, 17 November. The winner is chosen randomly. Good luck!

Beep Beep Slings

A warm welcome to beautiful Beep Beep Slings on Fable Fairy's page.

Beep Beep slings have no buckles, rings  or knots and they are suitable to carry your  newborn right through to when they begin to take their own steps.

Studies clearly show that baby-wearing is a successful settling method for fussing

babies, and proven to assist in parent/baby bonding. This is "attachment parenting at its best.

They are also small enough to fit in your handbag or glove box and make the ideal

travel companion. Perfect for an afternoon shopping, dining out, airports and

beyond..or just to be close.

I love the black and white Milano design in the collage above,  the Betty design



For more information contact Fran Tannenbaum on 082 563 4053 or fran@bioscopefilms.co.za

 and check out www.beepbeepslings.com

Beep Beep Slings are Milan Inspired, as recently worn by Angelina Jolie and Jules Oliver.