On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

12 of my dream gifts this year

I'm moving to Joburg in a short while and I'm going to be like a chicken without a head for the first while. Short girl driving in the big bad city - SO I'll need a map. If I could choose I'd like one of these cool Crumpled City Maps. They're printed on special technological material that makes them super light and they are waterproof. Nifty, huh?

Alexis Anne Mackenzie's Collages 

Take a look!

http://www.alexisanne.com/ 

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

12 of my dream gifts this year

 

 

 

Two toned flats from Marais USA 

https://www.maraisusa.com

 

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

12 of my dream gifts this year

Street Style Memory Game

http://www.bispublishers.nl/bookpage.php?id=148

click it!

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

12 of my dream gifts this year

I am saying:

"You should go over here and enter this competition."

But what I'm really  saying is: 

"Look at this nice picture but don't follow the link and enter the competition so I can be greedy and nasty and win."

Miss Moss does floss

and she posts pretty things too

one of them is about me!

Johannesburg trip 3 - The largest bookstore in the world

So on one of our trips into the city we just quickly made a stop at THE BIGGEST BOOK STORE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE! We didn't really know where to look and down which passage to go in case we disappeared into a labyrinth where David Bowie had a crystal ball. The collectors treasury is truly a well kept secret in Jozi - I think - they also have pretty antiques, but we left empty handed as every item was like a million rand, because they are old old and really are priceless! It sort of makes you dizzy to see so much reading material in one place. Crayzay

Johannesburg trip 2

Superella- opposite the Bamboo centre

Elle Buter's store, Superella opposite the Bamboo Center in main road Mellville is really a treat. The patterns get drawn up and cut right there, by Ella herself [who by the way is a such a SUPER person.] and the garments are stitched up right behind the rails of her ''I have to have this'' clothing, the fact that you get to see everything come together so nicely is brilliant. The whole feel of this brilliantly designed and decorated store is fantastic, from the completely white interior to the hand written garment labels. Ella has such a clean, no fuss design aesthetic which I really do admire; her attention to detail is insanely fabulous. If I wasn't a Permanently poor ex-student looking for a job that pays a lot of money, but will settle for being a waitress- I would totally have skipped out of that store with a tractor load of dresses and shirts and pinafores to wear every single day.

Johannesburg trip 1

  

Arts on Main is such a fantastic gem of a place. Driving through inner city JHB to get there, AnMari was telling her insanely intelligent boyfriend Wilhelm[who was kind enough to play taxi driver to us newbies] to turn around. We were in the ghetto, yo! You cross the Nelson Mandela bridge from Kansas city into what feels like where JLO is still Jenny. Eventually having done a trillion U-turns, we arrived at AOM. Gollygee, priveleged people who live in Jozi, do yourselves a favour and spend a morning at AOM. The Black Coffee store is too fantastic, with their studio/seamstresses sitting right there. AnMari and I bought ourselves souvenirs in the form of canvas bags, hers from the JHB art fair, mine boasting illustrations on how to get that Soweto style. Sheeshkebab, I sound like a tourist. There was also this crazy weird sound installation exhibition [excuse my french, I don't speak art] that was all these speakers on the wall, and if I stood on my tip toes and closed my one ear I could here this strange form of speech, glossolalia. If you step away and listen to it at once its like what I think God hears when we all send up those 'I need a parking' prayers. Crazy! All in all, what a fantastic place!

I am making the big move to the city of Johannesburg in 2011. In preparation for this adventure, my future flatmate, AnMari and I are going over to Jozi from Saturday through to Wednesday. Getting ready for a lot of driving and traffic and hooting and ooohing and aaahing. It's all very exciting. Anyways, one of our stops on our map is Wolves, the cake and coffee shop belonging in part to Angie of Lucky Pony. I really can't wait for this, I've been reading too many fantastic things about this little gem of a place. I'll take a trillion photies and holler back at you guys. Are you jealous? Images pinched from the lovely Lauren of Glossary, who got there before I did.

I just thought I'd make all you terrific kids day by reminding you of the brilliance that is Stella McCartney S/S 2011. Feast your eyes!

How sweet are these egg cups from Liberty? 

TOO sweet okay. Going on my 'in your dreams' Christmas wishlist.

Every kid likes to eat donuts by the poolside,

no one likes to sit in them. 

Bare-bummed kids with lylos have the best time.