Stokperd

I came across Stokperd furniture a while ago and I have been following the Stokperd blog (which you should really check out) but today I just saw that this brands amazing furniture has just been added to Hello Pretty!

All the furniture is really beautiful and I love how it has been photographed, it makes you want to go and rearrange everything you own. 

Maiden Name

I won the Maiden Name giveaway last week Friday and I went to collect my prize today!

Check out the Maiden Name website for their other products. They have free delivery till the end of July.  I won one of their very cool coat rack and a necklace. I think I am going to use the coat rack in my studio or to hang necklaces from. 

Thanks Maiden Name!

Kamers online store

Kamers recently launched their online store, the concept is the same as the events which are held around the country, unique and beautifully made products produced locally and to very high standards. All the products on the online store will only be on for a short time which means that the online store will change thought the year. 

Elzaan from Lo Clothing has two of her beautiful origami brooches on the online store at the moment and Lolla as some of her lovely tea light holders. I think that all the products are very well priced especially considering that everything is locally made.

Pictures from Toffie

I have spent the last two days recovering from the madness of Toffie but it was a great weekend even though it was exhausting.  I got to meet some very cool people and my stall was right at the entrance to the market area so I was in a prime people watching position which was also fun. 

Thanks to my regular customers who came to visit, its always lovely to see you guys and it was great to meet some twitter friends this weekend. I always love getting your feedback at markets and the response to my stall was really encouraging, thanks!

Artymiss

 The one stall which I loved at Design Indaba was Artymiss. 

I got a few of their little cards but I also really liked the larger paper cut out scenes.

 

All images from Artymiss

Dear Dorothy

Laura Windvogel is the very talented person behind the clothing label Dear Dorothy. Laura is my neighbor at the City Bowl Fashion Market and I always enjoy chatting to her. Hey clothing line is beautifully made and the pieces are classics which will won't go out of fashion any time soon. Dear Dorothy is available from Mungo & Jemima.

Images by Lauren Fletcher

Two birds with some stones

Two Birds with some Stones is a fantastic new Cape Town jewellery brand. It is run by Stacy and Jeanie who make everything by hand. The jewellery is creative and whimsical, I really love the 'suburb' necklaces. I'm looking forward to seeing what they make next.

 Follow them on Twitter or Facebook

 top four images: Two Birds with some Stones

Competition time!

Heather's Leathers and Love Lolla have both very generasly sponsored some of their lovely products for this giverway. One lucky person will win the following:
 A brooch and pair of earrings from Heather's Leathers

A Sewing Kit Jar from Love Lolla

 and a pair of earrings, necklace, camera brooch and magnets from me (Bow Peep)

How to enter:

1.Leave a comment on this blog post 

2.  'like' our facebook pages. (Heather, Lolla and Bow Peep)

Bonus points if you:

sign up for the Bow Peep mailing list.
If you are already signed up for the mailing list you get one automatic entry.

The competition closes on the 30 November.

Lola & Cash

I love Lola & Cash! Lola & Cash was started by Vikki in January of this year and all the jewellery is handmade in Cape Town. One of her rings was nominated for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at the 2011 Design Indaba.

I think the Pac-Man earrings are very cool!

Visit the Lola & Cash Etsy store and check out the Facebook page.

All images are from Lola & Cash

Toyboy Designs

I came across Toyboy Designs while looking threw A Fashion Friend. How rad are these Lego accessories?! I still have all my Lego from when I was little, I have donated most of my toys to a charity shop, I gave up my Barbies but I will never give up my Lego.

Toyboy is made in Johannesburg by Hendrik Smith. 

All images are from the Toyboy website (which is also a very cool site!)

Hout Couture

How cool are these wooden sunglasses! At Rocking the Daisies I saw a friend wearing the coolest pair of sunglasses made by Hout Couture (Hout means wood in Afrikaans). They are super affordable and they all come standard with polarized lenses. 

 All images are from Hout Couture

I asked Craig Cameron-Mackintosh, who is one of the people behind the brand some questions about Hout Couture...  
When did you start Hout Couture?:

Hout Couture was started at the beginning of 2011 as part of a UCT postgrad course in entrepreneurship. Since then the sunglasses have gone through a lot of development and the brand has taken off and shows huge potential beyond just a varsity project.

Are the sunglasses made locally?:

Yes, Hout Couture's factory is in Cape Town. We try to be as eco-friendly as possible but for the components that we can't source locally (such as the polarised lenses) we plant a tree to offset our carbon footprint

And are you planning on expanding your range to include any other products in the future?:

Yes, we are planning on adding new styles of sunglasses to our range to appeal to more tastes. We're also going to be launching other organic-material fashion pieces like wooden bangles, earrings, bamboo-fabric clothing and even wooden watches in the future!

Good luck to the team behind Hout Couture, its such a cool product!

Windmill Junction

I am very excited to announce that Bow Peep is now available at Windmill Junction in Graaff-Reinet and its the first shop to stock my products outside of Cape Town!

Visit the Windmill Junction website for images of the lovely shop, I cannot wait to visit it one day.

all images are from the Windmill Junction

The Owl and the Pussycat

I made the big mistale of going onto the new Missibaba online store today. Don't get me wrong, the bags are amazing but now I want all of them! So please buy loads of things from me at the upcoming markets so that I can buy myself a bag. I think the Bag O' Booty Shopper has my name on it. Humm I need to email this post to certain family members as their is a certain birthday coming up...

Visit the Missibaba website to see the amazing new bags from new Spring/Summer 2011 collection:  The Owl and the Pussycat. 

all images are from: Missibaba

Hello Again Spring 2011

This evening is the launch of the Hello Again Spring 2011 range. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the new clothes! This is a little peek at the ladies collection.

Photography by Desmond Louw Photographers

hair & make up by Colleen van Rensburg

model: Lenske van den Berg.

all images from Hello Again

"I Do"

The very talented Christine Watters who took the pictures for the Bow Peep online store home page has been very busy taking some amazing images. She just got back from two photo shoots in Johannesburg where she took some pictures of Andrew and Ashleigh for their "I Do" shoot. Spot the Bow Peep bunting! Thanks Christine for using one of my buntings in the shoot:-)

 

 

All images are from: Christine Watters Photography

Cape Fridge Fragments

Found this via Poppytalk, they are fridge magnets made by Michael Chandler. The magnets are made from fragments of blue and white china found from around Cape Town. Visit his website for the story behind the magnets. I would love to know where he finds discarded porcelain in Cape Town, all that I find is plastic bags...

image from Poppytalk

The 2nd CIty Bowl Fashion Market

Yesterday Bow Peep had a stall at the 2nd City Bowl Fashion Market. Its great to see that word has spread about the market as it was packed. The vibe was really cool and it looked like my fellow business owners did very well. Thanks very much to those who came, the support is always appreciated. Cannot wait till the next Fashion Market on the 24 September!

 

Illustrations by Alex Latimer

I was looking at the House and Leisure website today and came across 'The Boy Who Cried Ninja' by South African illustrator Alex Latimer.

I really like his illustrations and his new children's book looks cool. When I was little I thought all books should have pictures or they were not worth reading and I think I would have loved this book when I was little.  I particularly love 'E is for erroplayn'

 

All images are from the Alex Latimer blog and website