Tag Archives: books

persephone classics

By diana | Published: 09/03/2010

persephone books reprints neglected classics 20th century women writers. the titles are chosen to appeal to busy women who rarely have time to spend in ever-larger bookshops and who would like to have access to a list of books designed to be neither too literary nor too commercial.

i would buy these books by the covers alone, which i love love love (the classics range).

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things

By diana | Published: 25/02/2010

i wasn’ t planning on posting today because i’ve been sick in bed for a day and a half. however, there’s only so much sleeping and tv watching a girl can do before feverish boredom sets in. so i decided to play around with my camera which hasn’t got much love from me lately, and took some shots of things i own & treasure.

i found this cup & saucer in a second hand shop in kleinmond. it was made by a finnish company called arabia (i assume it’s from the 50’s/60’s) and is, by far, my… Read the rest

Posted in My Stuff | Also tagged bowls, collectables, ephemera, home, house, jewellery, My Stuff, my things, things, Vintage | 2 Comments

kris·miss·moss gift guide

By diana | Published: 17/11/2009

i’m thinking about christmas already. sigh. my family has instituted a one gift per person R100 limit (to combat the “meltdown“). i told them R100 is almost impossible, so i’m shooting for under 200 bucks. anything handmade is great to me, and anything i can order online is even better. if i can walk to a shop – wonderful, but that kind of limits you geographically & since i’m out in “the sticks” (as some might say) i welcome e-commerce with open arms (i’m also lazy). PLUS i’d also like to inject some christmas cheer into the south african postal

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Posted in My Stuff | Also tagged bags, beatnik bazaar, buy cool, caitlin quiet, christmas, clothing, couchies, curios, decor, dvds, etsy, franzart, gift guide, gifts, handmade, holidays, jewellery, jezze prints, kim gray, marisa girardi, moleskine, online shopping, presents, sewing, shine shine, skinny laminx, south africa, take2.co.za, textiles, the wren, threadless, victoria's secret | 5 Comments

russian criminal tattoos

By diana | Published: 02/08/2009

Russian criminal tattoos have a complex system of symbols which can give quite detailed information about the wearer. Not only do the symbols carry meaning but the area of the body on which they are placed may be meaningful too.

volumes I, II & III

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enjoy your killifish

By diana | Published: 08/07/2009

Posted in Amusing | Also tagged budgie, canary, german shepherd, goldfish, instructional, killifish, monkey, parakeets, persian cat, pets, poodle, Vintage | Leave a comment

why cats paint

By diana | Published: 12/05/2009

a theory of feline aesthetics. now that’s something i want to read.

Posted in Amusing | Also tagged dancing with cats, satire, why cats paint | Leave a comment

roald dahl, hallowed be thy name

By diana | Published: 12/03/2009

my childhood was basically made up of enid blyton and roald dahl. the BFG, matilda, twits, witches… then i found two collections of his adult short stories (switch bitch and kiss kiss – exactly like in the pic above) in the bookcase at home and read them over and over again, until the pages started falling out. i thought the psychedelic sex scene at the end of ‘bitch’ was especially amusing. if you find them, buy them! ps: how great are penguin & pelican book covers? my illustration lecturer used to cream his pants over them.

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take 100’s of pictures of one thing, and you have a book

By diana | Published: 11/03/2009

this dude took hundreds of pics of doorbells in florence, and now it’s going to be a book. PRETTAY cool. so, i guess, go to some rad euro city (or any other place!) and start taking pictures, folks.