Jan/Feb 2019

Ideas

Packed with creative ideas and inspiration

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From the EDITOR
Contact me at • terena@ideasfactory.co.za • instagram.com/terenaleroux The end of 2018 was not just the end of another year for me – it was also the end of me sharing my house and my daily life with my son, Anton. And we were together for a long time
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Contributors
When we first came across Liesl and Lische Cronje from Kuils River, the initial impression was how lovely they are and the second was how well they had coped when they became one of the very many families who have had the work mat pulled out from und
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Things To Do
creativecalendarideas@gmail.com 1 January: New Year’s Day 9 January: School term starts Don’t miss Solly Smook’s art exhibition, titled Sanctus, in McGregor. For more information, go to www.sollysmook.com. The Festival of Light Art takes place at Spi
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Books TO READ in January/February
diana@ideasfactory.co.za A Keeper by Graham Norton (Coronet, R301) Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The
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What’s New
❁ NEW SHOPS, DÉCOR AND CRAFT dala@ideasfactory.co.za ❁ FOOD AND RESTAURANTS ideasmagazinefood@gmail.com SALT restaurant in the Elgin Valley has undergone a major revamp. Situated on the beautiful Paul Cluver wine estate, the new-look restaurant is co
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Sanctuary
Mia Karlsson is a busy woman. It is therefore very important that her home is a place where she can relax fully. ‘My home is my sanctuary,’ she says and one look tells us exactly why. This beautiful rented apartment in the centre of Karlstad – one of
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Colour It In
We used two mediums for this project, namely porcelain pens from Kreul and Dala Ceramics@Home ceramic paint. Both products are available from PNA. Eat out of your own pretty floral bowls. ♥ white ceramic bowls♥ porcelain pens in the colours of your c
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Cactus Cravings
Beat 200g soft butter and 200g white sugar together. Add 15ml vanilla essence and a large egg, beating well to combine. Mix 420g flour and 5ml baking powder together in a separate bowl, then add to the butter mixture and work gently to form a firm do
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Lemon Sponge With Fresh Flowers
Turn a plain white cake into a beautiful creation by decorating it with a selection of fresh edible flowers. Makes: 1 x 20cm cake Preparation time: 1 hour Baking time: 40 minutes Oven temperature: 160oC ♥ 10 large eggs, separated♥ 320g (390ml) castor
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On The Side
DIFFICULTY: medium TIME: three days ♥ diagrams on page overleaf♥ wood (in this case SA pine) – 6 000mm x 43mm x 22mm (parts 1 to 8 and part 10) – 1 800mm x 22mm x 22mm (part 9)♥ plywood – 178mm x 178mm x 4mm thick (part 8)♥ wood screws (countersink)
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Perky Palette
Grab your pencils and brushes and colour in your face to fit in with the two biggest make-up trends of the moment: The first is the soft, natural, almost nude look, and the second is super dramatic with, among others, dark eyeshadow, yellow eyeliner
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Fresh START
(Recipe on page overleaf.) Tender marinated chicken with healthy greens and a crunchy almond topping makes a tasty summer meal. It can be served warm or chilled. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 30 minutes, plus marinating time Cooking time: about 10 minu
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Print Perfect
It’s becoming ever more common these days to see people switching careers to keep up with the changing needs of our world. A good example of this is when Liana Benecke realised the graphic design studio that she had taken over from a friend was becom
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Food For Your Soul
This sounds like a Facebook or Instagram cliché. But even so, it has brought meaning into my life. After a lifetime of searching. From chasing after more knowledge. More lectures, more courses, more books and more wisdom. Sangomas and tarot-card read
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Repeat After Me
Step into the Skinny laMinx store on Bree Street in Cape Town, and you’re instantly transported into designer Heather Moore’s colourful, multi-patterned world. In one section, a cushion cover in a signature Skinny laMinx print accessorises a chair up
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Framed Garden
DIFFICULTY: easy to average TIME: 2-3 hours ♥ four 20mm x 100mm x 700mm shutterply/plywood strips♥ two 2mm x 100mm x 900mm hardboard strips♥ drill♥ small nails/panel pins♥ medium screws♥ screwdriver♥ 2 x cup hooks♥ hammer♥ compost/potting soil♥ bonem
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Bohemian Basket
DIFFICULTY: fairly easy TIME: one day ♥ woven basket or bag♥ Nurturing Fibres Eco-cotton 100% cotton DK (50g balls): 1 ball each in Pickled Ginger, Bessie, Bordeaux, Aventurine, Aqua, Willow and Charcoal♥ 3mm crochet hook♥ needle to sew on motifs♥ sm
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Hook A Footstool
DIFFICULTY: challenging TIME: 12 to 24 hours ♥ rug hooking tool (a 3,5mm crochet hook can be used as a substitute)♥ hooking template on page 92♥ embroidery hoop♥ Elle Family Knit – chunky (see the colour key on page 92)♥ 50 x 50cm hessian fabric♥ dec
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Flower Child
NOTE We found this embroidered fabric at Fabric City in Cape Town. You could also decorate plain fabric with embroidery or appliqué, or play around with crochet along the hem line. DIFFICULTY: easy TIME: 2-3 hours SIZE: medium, but you can easily adj
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Growing Inside
For many of us, African violets are probably the houseplants that we know best. At primary school a friend gave me a dull-brown pot containing the purple, velvet-like little flowers as a present. That plant received as much care and attention as the
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Slow STITCHES
If you look on the internet for examples of fabric or textile mending methods, you will find sashiko and the more rustic version, boro patchwork, most often mentioned. But this age-old Japanese decorative stitching doesn’t only appear in its traditio
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With Love
Makes: about 30 Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes ♥ 120g (130ml) butter♥ 400g marshmallows♥ 400g puffed rice cereal♥ a few drops of pink food colouring 1 Melt the butter and marshmallows together in a large saucepan over a low hea
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Sugar, My Sweet
BISCUIT DOUGH Beat 200g soft butter and 200g white sugar together. Add 15ml vanilla essence and a large egg, beating well to combine. Mix 420g flour and 5ml baking powder together in a separate bowl, then add it to the butter mixture and work it gent
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Sofa, So Good
Having fallen in love with this couch as a little girl when I saw it in my grandfather’s office, I decided it was time to give this classic piece a fresh look so it could fit as perfectly in my home as it did there. It took a bit of time, but the end
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Picture DISPLAY
Recently, while I was sitting waiting to be attended to at Home Affairs, my attention was drawn to an old-fashioned filing system that the official was using to hold his files. It was a massive piece of wood that had huge grooves in it which were alp
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A Quote A Day
Use inspiring quotes this year to stay motivated. You can simply frame the designs on these pages for your house or stick them up somewhere with washi tape, or use them creatively by printing them onto a fabric item, like our tote bag above, or decou
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About Enough
Until recently, money and things were important to me. My time was mostly devoted to working and doing. Everything had to be as close to perfect as possible. My happiness was measured by success, prestige and financial comfort. Holidays in beautiful
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Colour For Your Year
The start of a new year is always a time of renewal and growth, when we pile our wishes and dreams for the 12 months ahead onto blank pages of new diaries and planners. We write our plans for doing things better or differently, in fresh ink on that c
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Project Happiness!
Happiness is the subject of a great deal of research and these days you can find a multitude of books, TED talks and podcasts by specialists in this field. And their findings? That our search for happiness is far greater than our search for money or
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You Said It
A few years ago I came across an open packet of beautiful bluebird serviettes. I bought them with the idea of doing a creative photo shoot to post on my blog at a later stage. I put them in my cupboard and forgot about them. Then a group of my friend

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