welcome 2012, welcome welcome

i was so happy to see the beeeehind of bloody 2011. 

it was a really tough year for me in so many ways.......

 (from montmarte.blogspot.com)

i went through a lot of tough personal relationship stuff; lost some friends, that weren't really friends to begin with. i learned that "all fluff" and superficial (like my newly acquired therapist puts it) friends, that can't deal with sometimes the serious/hard things in life, are really not worth shedding tears over. 

i've made peace with being "hectic" as others might put it......i prefer to call myself straight forward, honest, no bullshit. passionate.  

i also experienced what it means when a friend really sticks around and works shit out with you. 

i'm slowly learning what's good and bad for me and trying to listen to that little voice inside that in some weird way always knows best. 

we have moved and then moved again and then inbetween were homeless for a while. finally we have a lovely house to live in and i will post some photos soon.

we've slowly but surely reinvented skermunkil, which was frikkin hard but also and still is amazingly rewarding. 

i think we're setting it up and changing it to become something that, in the future, will naturally change and grow with us.

the world is becoming smaller and smaller and trends/styles will come and go faster than before.

this is exciting. 

i have some new years resolutions, i kid you not.

1. get photoshop, learn it, so i can play around with my photos on my blog. 

2. start an online shop, make lots of money

3. make more porcelain stuff

4. change my shop around make it awesome and actually get people to go there and buy stuff, not just faithful joburg customers on their holiday(thanks guys), but actual capetonians.

5. have more dress up parties

6. get fit

7. play more scrabble, drink more wine

8. collaborate with cool people, this is the way to go.

9. love my family more and be greatful

10.

(from whimsy&wonder)

awesome, this year is going to be amazing.

milnerton market finds

we braved the south easter today when we decided to go to milnerton market. i was looking for some specific things that i want to use in jewellery. but i'll say no more about these ideas until i've actually made it. you know how it goes.....if you talk about it too much you never actually end up doing it. 

here's some of the things i bought. just random things that i liked.

and Happy got a new friend.

amazing friends doing amazing things

holy crap i have some talented amazing friends.

some of you might already know about the Take Care and Adriaan Kuiters' shop that opened on Kloof street at the beginning of December? ????

if you haven't been there yet, you better get on your bikes or use your feet and mosey on over. 

it will make you happy, it is nice there. maybe take them some beers and just go hang out!

the lovely Jess Harwood and funniest of funnies Keith Henning will make you feel right at home.

i love those guys.

besides just having a rad time hanging out, there are also too many cool outfits to buy for girls and boys.

have a little look-see....

 lovely shop entrance, girls on the left, boys on the right.

dreamy summer vibes

 nice touches....

 amazing bags

 hand thrown ceramic light shades......and the best shorts for boys.

 toooo many nice dresses to choose from. i love how they have made their shop half/half.

 and you can find some of our new range of skermunkil jewellery there. beautifully curated by jess harwood. that girl has a couple of good eyes.

more jewellery by us and a picture by our other lovely friend Kurt Pio.

go and visit and let me know what you think. 73 on Kloof Street, close to the entrance to Lifestyles on Kloof, other side of the road. 

i'm sooper keen to do blog posts on all the clever people i know.....
i think it will be an awesome project to work on.

what kind of a cat are you?

this is not a bitching session, this is an awareness campaign. 

once upon a time there was a girl that used to work for us.

dadaadaaa.........daaaaaaa............dam.

she learned stuff from us, 

she started her own company and started reproducing some of our things. 

i do not want our work to be confused with hers. hell no.

i have not known what to do about it the whole of last year, 

but i decided that i will not keep quiet about it any more. 

even though i hate her guts, i do not wish for her any bad things, i wish for her good things like a little bit of imagination and maybe some original thinking brain cells. 

i wish for her some moral fiber and a good ethical code to live by. 

sometimes things are black and white and sometimes they are grey. 

these things are mostly subjective. 

i have chosen to speak about it cause i believe its just too close for comfort and mainly i don't want people to think that her work is our work. 

the thought is devastating. 

slitting your wrists kinda stuff. 

bare with me.....

here are some of the spoons we have cut-out in the past. . . .

this is pendant i made especially for Wolves Cafe, when we first started supplying them.....

oh shit, shock horror, look what i bumped into the other day!

i couldn't believe my frikkin eyes....

i have tried to make sense of this and i just can't understand how anybody that worked for us would think that this is cool/acceptable in any way. it makes no sense to me.

i'm still trying to figure out how i feel about it. besides all the obvious emotions like disgust, hurt, anger, etc, etc. it leaves me rather confused. the jewellery industry in Cape Town is really really small....is she just a little bit daft, or does she really not get it?

email me at skermunkil@gmail.com if you would like to know who this person is. also please comment if you have advice about how to deal with these kinds of situations.....

them 80's disco vibes

coming soon to a neighbourgoods market near you.

brooches and pendants.

one of kind.

where you see the holes, there will be chains, just use your imagination.

some rings i made for a fair.

If you are in the Joburg area this weekend, please go and check out the rings i made for the

Food Wine Design Fair, it's taking place at the Hyde Park Shopping Centre.

they are all one off pieces, never too be repeated. 

we will be exhibiting these works at the Tinsel jewellery stand, along side some very famous South African jewellers!!!

Geraldine Fenn, Philippa Green, Eric Loubser, Frieda Luhl and many more....

it's gonna be a treat, so don't miss out!!!

here's some piks of some of the rings i made.

POST CARD PROJECT is here.....

the post card project is starting today in muizenberg.

read more about it on the Communitree blog and 

on the Communitree facebook page.

in short this is what its all about:

Create a Muizenberg postcard and add it to the postcard trail!

10th-12th November 2011

Muizenberg Village

Opening Thursday 10th Nov @ 6pm

Aims:

• Exhibit the postcard project in process and raise funds for the initial printing of the postcards
• Encourage interaction and creativity in the planning of the exhibition
• Get locals and outsiders exploring whats on offer in the village/ Muizenberg 

it would be great if everybody could come out and and visit Muizenberg and experience what it is all about.

as part of the Post Card Project

SKERMUNKIL WILL BE OPEN AND EVERYTHING WILL BE LESS 20% ON THESE 3 DAYS.

please note that on Thursday and Friday we will be open until 8pm

and on Saturday only until 3pm.

hope to see you in the hood.....

xxxxx

from grace

who is miss bergie? i got this from her blog. 

i do not know her, but i like her....

i also like her pinterest

miss bergie, thanks for the words i found on your blog, which i really needed to hear and thanks for the sparkly ball which i think goes quite nicely with the words. whadya think?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frighten us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be ?
You are a child of the universe.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence liberates others."
[Marianne Williamson] 

 

yoh yoh yoh this is rad

look how cool...

we were featured on the House and Leisure blog, 

on their "item of the day" section....

pretty porcelain stuff we make and sell

 porcelain bunnies @ 300

 bowls @ 200, cups @ 150

 there are messages at the bottom of the cups for the person sitting opposite you to read.  there are about 4/5 different messages.

 salad bowls @ 850

 pasta bowls @ 350

bettie pop @ 650