Wren

I can draw and sketch but in all honestly, I’m not much good at anything other than animals (to see my drawings click here and here). I love observing them and ‘drawing’ their characters out through my pencil/charcoal or whatever medium I am working in. For this reason I fell in love with Kay McDonagh’s etchings. She has portrayed the personality of the animal/pet through the paper and I cannot help but feel as though I know them. See for yourself:

“Spike”

“Whizer”

…and my favourite is:

“Mice Dreams”

Note: All these prints are available on kaymcdonagh’s etsy shop.

Finally I am catching up and my shop won’t look like the Sahara desert anymore. Click here to see all the new bags available in my etsy (US and int) and dawanda (EU and UK) shop.

The two pictures below are the Pincushion Protea’s buds. I cannot find words to describe them - they are more beautiful than I have ever noticed.

These photo’s were taken by Jeremy and again, the macro lens (which was borrowed). I have got to get one of those!

Visit my etsy shop.

**NOTE** All Organic Coffee Bags that have extra-long straps (they can be worn across your chest) are called ’sling bags’. The Organic Coffee Bags that are worn over your shoulder are now called ’shoulder bags’.

For the past two weeks my shop has been rather empty but no more becuase Fatimah and I have been sewing like mad and here are the latest creations:

From top left: Stripe and Floral Big Town Bag, Origin Organic Coffee Sling Bag, Penny Leaf Gray Small Town Bag, Pink Olive Leaf Big Town Bag, Purple Stripe Organic Coffee Sling Bag, Asian Elephant Organic Coffee Sling Bag, Deep Red Olive Leaf Small Town Bag, Gentle Two-Tone Leaf Big Town Bag, Soft Bourbon Organic Coffee Sling Bag and Ethiopia Organic Coffee Sling Bag.

Visit my shop to say hi to these newby’s.

If you want to buy a bag as a Christmas present and you live outside South Africa you need to do this by the 25th of November.

If you want to order a bag for Christmas and you live outside South Africa you need to do it by the 20th of November (at the latest).

International postage usually takes between 5-10 working days to arrive but to be on the SUPER SAFE side the Post Office advise that all Christmas items be posted a month before.

The Organic Coffee Sling Bags have been selling really well (faster than I can stock my shop). So for those of you who are wanting a Coffee Bag and are waiting for me to post some new ones up, why not select your own coffee sack and lining colour and I will make it up for you.

Below are photographs of some of the coffee sacks that I have. Each one is special. Of some I have more than one and of others, only one. To ensure that you get the one you want, send me an email asap with your order.

For the lining colour you can choose from (picture below, from top right): Stone, Off-white, Navy Blue, Black, Rust, Cream and as of next week there will also be a Military Green option.

You also need to let me know what length strap you would like: an extra long (over the head and across the chest) strap or a normal length (over the shoulder) strap.

Have fun!

Two gorgeous new fabrics for bags: “The Purple Disa Big Town Bag” and “The Folk Leaves Small Town Bag“.

The extra long strap Organic Coffee Sling Bag (”The Coffee Hunters”) is perfect for using on your bicycle or if you just like having a bag that can fit over your head and sit across you chest. The print is beautiful too and the light brown on the reverse side matches the rust hemp lining perfectly!

There are also two normal length strap Organic Coffee Sling Bags: “Mount San Francisco” and “ElBorbollon”

…and not to put the least last but there is also a new “Cute blue Bird Pouch” in my shop.

Visit my etsy shop to see these new bags (and bird pouch).