I love these kitchen finds on Mozi. Olive oil dispenser and tea towl.

Colourful printed cushions are great for livening up a drab room.

I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on this designer laptop cover.

This was the last campaign for American Swiss Jewelry. We just did a beautiful one for summer that is my favourite so far, I’ll have to show you when I am back from leave.

Photographs: Malcolm Dare

I have taken the day off sick today, I guess only because I can, as I am quiet for the first time in months. When there is a shoot on, your body is just not allowed to get sick. I think as I have time to rest, my body has decided, ok you have time to be sick now. Well Thanks! I guess rather now than on a scooter in Bali.

So I am spending my time finding things I like and working on my blog, client list, portfolio etc.. Stuff I can do in bed.

Here are a few things I have found on etsy. I loved these clutches. (I am still thinking weddings, as my brother in-law and super future sister in-law get hitched in November) I think these are fab for bridesmaids and guest alike.

You can find these bags by Girby Aileen’s on etsy.

These are four of the latest bedroom sets I did for Pres Les Linen. A mail order catalogue. I have an art director create mood boards according to the look and feel of the linen and then it is my job to re create the look. There is always a challenge in these types of shoot, finding old headboards are not as easy as finding the latest fashion trend that is staring at you from every shop window. But I really enjoy it and love rummaging through old antique stores and warehouses. Though personally I wouldn’t invest in this type of linen (I’m a plain white cotton girl) I love creating these old worldly sets.

Photographs by Juan Espi

This brings me joy!(and makes me broody). I love these little outfits as seen on Oh Joy designed by 3.1 Philip Lim. What a great find! These little outfits are way too cool for school! You must visit Oh Joy to see the next post on great bed linen.

These are a couple of the shots used for the latest Tempo Watch Campaign. I really enjoyed the shoot. The brief was great and we tried to create an urban city feel and a more glamorous approach. The photographs chosen are always the ones with the least styling, just my luck, but I loved the black and white images and the models speak for themselves. We shot this with Antonia Steyn from One League. I’ll have to try get my hands on some more.

 I had to do some origami the other day, for the first time ever I think, for my stationery shoot I have yet to show you. It really got the nuts and bolts in my brain ticking and I had to start off with something very simple. I tried the gorgeous Wentworth Miller’s origami crane from Prison Break, but I had to backtrack and go a little more simple as seen here with my origami duck

Origami dress by Sandra Buckland . Sandra creates amazing sculptural clothing through wool,paper and even hair. I have a long way to go before doing a dress!

Here is the pattern to fold your own Origami duck. I found it on www.origami.com . There are hundreds of other patterns to try! I’m sure you can do better than I did!  

Well I have had lots of queries about my wedding dress. I by no means can take any credit for it. I found the picture under Kleinfeld Collections on The Knot.  I fell in love with it! Unfortunately with living In South Africa, I didn’t have much access to shipping the beautiful dress from the States with our exchange rate etc. So I called upon Suzy Reynolds who made my matric dance dress. Suzy is fantastic. She points out all the areas she thinks will not flatter you, make you feel uncomfortable, chooses fabric with you and boy does she know her fabric. She was wonderful. She never for a moment made me nervous with my dress. I just loved the result.

Kleinfeld Collection, The Knot

Bracelet zenabu

Here I pulled it out again for my shoot. It is just too pretty to leave hanging in the cupboard.

You can contact Suzy Reynolds on + 27 21 (0) 83 398 6323

While we are on the topic of cakes, here are two talented cake makers. I have used Callie Maritz and Mari-Louis Guy of cakebread for some of my own shoots, and I can vouch. There cupcakes are delicious! See their blog for more info.

Above is a shoot I did for Horizons Inflight Magazine using Cakebread. Mari-Louis made me a huge selection of cupcakes to chose from and really put in a lot of effort for the shoot. I would definitely recommend this team!

This is the first of the “Let them eat cake” shoot I did. Lots more pictures to come. I am still waiting for all the images. But I was dying to post something so long. More to come soon.

Photography by Emielke

I was shooting some Zenabu Jewelry for www.adamandeve.co.za last week and thought I’d share a few of my favourite pieces. I love these swarovski crystal pieces. Justine was even kind enough to let me keep a pair of earrings! I feel super glam in them. I have been very humbled by my gifts this week! Thanks Justine!

You can buy Zenabu Jewels from the Zenabu Shop online and adam and eve .