miss+meisie Durban pop-up

We had just a fantastic response to our first Durban showcase for miss+meisie! A big big thank-you to all you lovely durbanites for your amazing support, and to all those that spread the word on instagram, thank-you!
For those of you that couldn't make it, here are some pics of our pop-up held at The Factory Cafe this past weekend:

Images via Andie Carrie and my instagram @ilovebokkie_sketchbokdbn

Thanks to all the local Durban creatives: Ashley Viljoen, Olivia Villet, Denise Kiggan, Terry Angelos, Christy and Sarah Gillmer, for being part of our showcase. You guys rock!

Dont forget to 'like' our miss+meisie facebook page, to keep updated on the launch of our online shop and our next showcase!

m+m master classes

Hello Lovelies! Jess and I have been hard at work prepping for our miss+meisie durban showcase. Super excited to be introducing the miss+meisie master classes to this showcase, here are the details:

We will be running 2 master classes over the weekend of the showcase. On the Saturday, Jess will be hosting the Drawer-in-a-Day, where she will be sharing her up-cycling expertise with you by guiding you thru the up-cycling of a drawer, which you get to take home with you. Check out Jess's blog for more details.

For those of you with an interior dilemma, you are gonna want to sign up for our Sunday master class, Style Surgery Sessions. Basically, on signing up for this class, you send us a photo of your space along with your brief/dilemma, we book you a time slot, and then we sit with you one on one and present to you a remedy to your dilemma. This will include mood board, product and shopping list, remedies and quick fixes. We will have light refreshments on offer and a goodie bag for you to take home with you. There are only 4 time slots available, so book yours now! 

Bookings close 27 September 2013.

miss+meisie durban showcase

So much excitement here today!  It is my 5 year wedding anniversary plus my baby boy is 1 month old today (can you believe how a month has flown?!).
And to get you lovelies excited too, we are launching news of our miss+meisie showcase today!

Jess and I are super excited to be bringing miss+meisie to you lovely Durbanites. As a follow on from our showcase at the Food Wine Design Fair last year in Joburg, we will be bringing the best of UK and SA design to you once again. This showcase is gonna be bigger and better with the addition of our m+m masterclasses plus the launch of our miss+meisie rug collection.
Here are the details:

On the run up to this showcase, over the next couple weeks, we will be introducing each of the super talented creatives to you plus the m+m masterclass details will be revealed on our blogs next week. You don't wanna miss out! Exciting times . . .

Feeling the Love - Design on the Move

So, we are heading into the last weekend of the Design on the Move showcase at the House and Garden Show, and I must say I'm feeling really loved from all the awesome support shown by you wonderful Durbanites.

It's been a bit of a hectic time, prepping and setting up for the show, that I even landed up spending the night in hospital on Sunday (think I over did it, 33 weeks pregnant and all). But wow, it's been worth it just to receive all the great support from the bloggers, the public, fella store owners at the show and other Durban creatives.

Here are some pics of my caravan, The Globe Trekkers Studio, by all you wonderful Instagram friends. (@askashe, @hectorandbailey, @nadiavdmescht, @lollylovessa) and @everythingiheart, @helloprettysa, @terryangelos, @freshlyfound, @chantz_dempsey and all you other lovelies. Thanks for the love! Mwah!

Show closes this Sunday, so pop by to say hello! x

Design-on-the-Move Video

The House & Garden Show opened this past Friday and we've had such a great response to our caravan designs for Design-on-the-Move, in collaboration with Mr Price Home.
Check out this cool You Tube video that the talented people at Mr Price Home have put together, depicting the 3 caravan concepts and creatives who created them.

The show is open till next Sunday at the Durban Exhibition Centre, so pop by and say hello!

Design-on-the-Move

I've been super busy prepping for the Design-on-the-Move showcase in collaboration with Mr Price Home.

Basically 3 creatives (Jess, Terry and myself) have been given a caravan each to 'vamp up' using Mr Price Home goodies and putting our own twist on it. There are 3 different concepts: The Modern Gypsy designed by Jess, The Natural Explorer designed by Terry and The Globe Trekkers Studio by me.

Installation starts today, and the opening is at the House and Garden Show this Friday, in Durbs. I'm super excited, not only to see whats in my head come to life, but to see what Jess and Terry's caravans look like. I've been seeing snippets of what they have been busy with and oh my, these ladies are super talented. So dont miss out on this awesome showcase!

Here is a little taste of what The Globe Trekkers Studio is all about:

Hope to see you lovelies at the show, we will be adjacent to the Homegrown Fair. I will be the preggie one sitting outside her caravan (lovely image right?!)

Collaboration with Mr Price Home - House & Garden Show 2013

Very excited to be involved in this years House & Garden Show in collaboration with Mr Price Home. I will be one of three creatives who will be vamping up a caravan with Mr Price Home lovelies and a bit of my own designs too.
The brief was to come up with a concept to revamp a second-hand caravan using Mr Price Home merchandise and add your own 'twist' to it too. Here are my mood boards for my caravan:

If you are in Durban between the 28th June - 7 July, pop by and come say hello! We will be alongside the Homegrown Hall.

Weekend Away

Apologies for the lack of posts recently! I celebrated my big 3 0, went on a weekend away to celebrate, and moved into our new home. So been rather busy lately!
We finally in our new home, so should be back into the swing of things soon.

Here are a few Instagram snaps from our weekend away to the Berg. Some pics from my sisters Instagram too.

Loved spending time with my sister this weekend. Dont get to see her often cos she stays in Joburg. Missing her already!

Decorex Durban 2013

I enjoyed a great morning yesterday at the opening day of Decorex Durban 2013.  Here are some of the instagram (@ilovebokkie) pics I took at the show:

- As you walked thru the doors into the expo hall, the most beautiful displays by Tracy Lee Lynch flanked each side. This was enough to get me excited for the show to come. 

- The Plascon Dare stand caught my eye for the great use of colour and fun hanging lamp shade frames.

- I walked away feeling super inspired from the talk by Nadia van der Mescht  at the Samsung Inspire 

Theatre. Three topics of discussion ~ evolve - prosper - build foundations. If you are a creative with your own independant brand be sure to catch Nadia's talk running thru the weekend at 11am each day.

- The North West Craft & Design Institute's stand was fun and crafty. 

- First time trying an Afros Chicken burger and it was delish! 

- The Space had a cool stand filled with their great homewares.

- A fantastic project started by ceramic company Or-gari is My Rhino. Thru these delightful ceramic rhinos, hand painted by various artists, My Rhino raises global awareness and funds for our beautiful rhinos. 

- My favourite decor stands were House & Gardens stand by Ruth Duke and Portfolio Designs stand on the Volvo pod. Portfolios stand showcased one of our Sketch bok/dbn warped copper drums. It looked smashing!

A real creative and inspiring show, worth a visit this weekend if you in Durbs.

That's a Wrap!

Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to a tea party with a group of creative bloggers by the itswhatiminto team at their studio. We were all delivered a box, prior to the gathering, which we needed to wrap (and not take a peak inside) and then open our gifts at the party.

Here are the lovely wrapped gifts:

Kim's (and my favourite):

Sara's:

Nadia's:

Denise's:

Anna's:

and Mine:

Check out the rest of the post and the reveal on the itswhatiminto site here.

Thank-you Sara and your team for my lovely gift, much appreciated!

Well, I hope all you lovelies get super spoilt this Christmas and that it's a Merry one. Merry Christmas!
I'm going to take a short break from blogging over this festive time, I will be back in Jan!
Take Care
xxx