James' beautiful bed

Woodstocking

Today my car broke down. Again. So I had to foot it around Woodstock, always a great place to get inspired/stuck. Found an amazing shop that makes horse saddles and other leather pieces. Going to design my dream-come-true leather laptop bag with just the right number of pouches and zips for all my tools. Look at the cute initials and surname below A.W. Dear. Aw dear...

Also found these gorgeous melamine chairs, bargained the owner down to R500 for all 3. Now just have to find R500...

And my no 1 browsing shop: Kwaai Lappies where they have like, kwaai stuff.

Before and After

A while ago I posted about my very first table creation, well here are the latest pics of the model 1 table I am going to call The Sister.

BEFORE

AFTER

James' Bed

Our friends are expecting baby James in November and I've been tasked to make him a nifty storage bed, something like this:

below is phase one, still very rough. The drawers are going to be sprayed white and the wooden frame will get a matt sealant. Pimpin' for the little guy's room. Some issues though, the surface wasn't built to spec and needs to be dropped 6cm...this stresssses me out, because I want it to be perfect.

Logo take 4

Logo take 3

This process has been harder than I thought. Version 3 makes use of a unique font and I like the holding ribbon...but despite the big black heart above, I'm still not loving it.

Logo take 2

Back to the drawing board...version 2 uses Pete's sketches in a frame, and we've lost the slashed 'O'. I like that it's a bit wonky, but the hand drawn font might not look good when laser cut into wood.

Logo take 1

I've been working with a designer to come up with a logo for my business. This version captures the idea of pieces of wood coming together to form a new creation, but it still misses an icon and I don't really identify with it.

Monsieur Dior meets the Sopranos

I bought this hat in Rome, but lost the black mafia ribbon it originally came with, so I thought it's time my R5 Monsieur Dior investment paid off...