Oh boy, have we had fun dressing our car in South African stars for the world cup! Here's how we did it.
I bought a 2m piece of magnetic decal specially meant for cars from Maizey Plastics in Paardeneiland. (Regular fridge decal doesn't stick as well, so all your stars might fly off on the highway!) Because it only comes in white, I also bought some vinyl in the flag colours from Maizey. They also sold me a very handy little spatula that helps to spread the vinyl evenly.
To make things easier I cut the decal into smaller pieces and cut the vinyl into matching pieces. You'll need someone to help you to stick the vinyl down. It helps to spray a thin mist of water onto the decal before you carefully stick down the vinyl. Working from the centre to the outside edge, use the spatula to ensure that you have no air or water bubbles. (If all else fails, prick them with a pin).
Cut some star-shaped stencils in various sizes out of cardboard.
Draw the stars on the vinyl with a white board marker and cut out with a pair of craft scissors that you don't mind getting blunt. Et voila!
The whole excercise cost me about R250 ($30, 25 Euro) and I have a whole lot of decals left that I intend to transform into fridge magnets.
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If you live in Cape Town keep your eyes open for the aloes, which are about to burst into bloom. It's easy to miss them, but they're right there, even next to the highway. I snapped these last weekend in Churchhaven, the most beautiful place on earth in my humble opinion. I suppose if you live in the Eastern Cape they are already In full bloom.
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Thanks, Garden and Home!
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Phew, what a day. The only word to describe the Mielie loft today was C-H-A-O-S. It was Mielie mamma Thursday so there was the usual noise and laughter. We also had a very wonderful client in to check progress on a very wonderful and very huge job (lips sealed - but it has something to do with those crop circles I posted a couple of weeks ago). To crown it all we also packed dozens of boxes today for 3 big orders leaving in the next day or so.
But as that clever Mr Jung said:
In all chaos, there is a cosmos, in all disorder there is a secret order.
Sentiwe, Nomelikhaya, Lindiwe and Bongs seem to concur that this little corner of chaos creates some pretty awesome bags. These will all be hopping on a plane for Germany tomorrow.
One person who must be singled out for illuminating the secret order in the Mielie chaos is Mzo, who just keeps calm, keeps tabs and keeps going. Thank you so much, Mzo.
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Zelouf and Bell, contemporary furniture design company in Ireland sent me these images of the chairs that they covered in our Stox fabric.
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Click here for a free tutorial just for you.
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We're so delighted to have the first products made from our "Stox" fabric in the shop that we're offering you a discount! This special offer is valid till next Thurdsay.
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With less than a month to go, the World Cup is South Africa's no.1 topic at the moment. Here at Mielie things are no different. We've selected Mielie's finishing team to represent us in all matters footballish. Whenever we send a product out into the world, we always write the name of the weaver on the label, but there just isn't enough room to include the names of the finishing team who
- sew the bag up
- stitch on the handles
- sew in the lining
- sew up soccer balls
... and much much more.
So here's to Thaka, Luyolo, Richard, George & Malibongwe;
Mzo, Phumla, Mawethu, Thembisa & Nomalungisa.
We think you're champions!
The balls are a special World Cup order and will be on sale in major airports in South Africa.
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In Cape Town we have the most beautiful sunsets in autumn. These sunsets were all snapped from our deck over the past week or two.
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