A local favourite.
I saw them play a magical set in an old church in Cape Town a few months ago. So wonderfully talented. I have never seen an audience so quiet and mesmerized.
Have a listen / buy their full album here.
B I T S B O B S A N D B E A T S
Marize Engelbrecht.
Graphic Designer.
Cape Town / Amsterdam.
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Bits, Bobs & Beats
Needle and Thread by Michelle Viljoen
My friend, Michelle, did a lovely little shoot with Thomas and Ashleigh this weekend while he tattooed a daisy on her toe. Have a look at the rest of the photos here.
Wonderfully yummy food blog by Celine Steen from Switzerland. Beautiful photography and mostly vegan recipes too!
‘Have Cake, Will Travel” - I think that will be my new motto in life.
By Michael Tymbios.
Another local favourite.
Here’s a snippet from my 15 favourite things on Thunder In Our Hearts. This was so much fun. What a great feature!
Thank you Amber. :)
Kinfolk Magazine Issue 01 is out!
And oh so beautiful! I can’t wait to make a perfect pot of tea, put my feet up and drool all over my laptop tonight. (charming, i know) You can find this lovely new online magazine here. Enjoy!
52 Bunch Of Flowers I Bought Myself by Julia Schauenburg
“I had a bunch of flowers in my living room that was getting old and dry and it had started looking quite sculptural, turning into something else. I was watching them die and started thinking about what they stood for and how they were cut and sacrificed for the pleasure of the moment. It got me wondering how the gesture of giving flowers implies the desire to manifest an emotion which is timeless in it’s nature. I saw the dying of the flowers as a beautiful metaphor for the moment when romance turns into nostalgia. I somehow liked the idea then to take it upon myself to buy myself flowers once a week for a year, in an act of self honour, I would then watch them die and take their portrait as a document of their existence, a sacrifice for my pleasure and a gesture of romance. It was a pretty wonderful thing to do.”
Have a look at the rest of the series here.
Read more about it here.
“Kinfolk is a growing community of artists with a shared interest in small gatherings. We recognize that there is something about a table shared by friends, not just a wedding or once-a-year holiday extravaganza, that anchors our relationships and energizes us. We have come together to create Kinfolk as our collaborative way of advocating the natural approach to entertaining that we love.
Every element of Kinfolk – the features, photography, and general aesthetics – are consistent with the way we feel entertaining should be: simple, uncomplicated, and less contrived. Kinfolk is the marriage of our appreciation for art and design and our love for spending time with family and friends.”
By Thomas Pepler.
One of my favourite local photography blogs.
Now that’s an idea!
I have been seeing these charming ‘book planters’ around the internet for a while now and finally decided to share when I found this brilliant DIY. I have so many old books lying around. Itching to make one!
Believer or not, these are words to live by.
“Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things that you have and experience.” Galatians 6:1-6 (from The Message translation)
(Photo by Empalagarme De Mar)
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Justin Vernon sure is spoiling us this year.
“Bon Iver’s beautiful medley of Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me andNick Of Time, the b-side to the Calgary 12”. Just press play and enjoy this beauty. “I can’t make you love me” - oh you can, Justin Vernon, you definitely can.” - disconaivete
