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The Teeny Tiny Bow Tie

The Teeny Tiny Bow Tie is the smallest bow ties I have. Its a pre-tied bow tie and it comes in three colours. They are available from the Bow Peep online store.

Only R160 each. They fit all neck sizes.

The Oversized Bow Tie

The Oversized Bow Tie is the larges bow tie I have, they are also probably the coolest. They are R200 each and are available in a variety of high quality cottons. They are pre-tied bow ties and as they are adjustable they fit all neck sizes. They are available from the online store and a small selection is available from Cloak & Dagger.

Together at Tjing Tjing

The next Together at Tjing Tjing is this coming Tuesday evening. I participated in the last one so I am keen to go to this one but this time I won't be working... yipee! Go and support some very talented local designers. My friends from Two Birds With Some Stones will be there with all their beautiful things. 

Thank you for your order

Remember you can buy most Bow Peep products from the Bow Peep online store. If you cannot find what you are looking for online then send me an email and I can list the product for you. Their is also a new South African online store launching soon. More details to follow!

If your order is a gift leave me a message at the check-out page and I will gift wrap your order for you. Gift wrapping is free!

Happy Friday

Happy Friday! The Bow Peep Bow Ties are packaged and ready for the City Bowl Fashion Market tomorrow. They are also available from Cloak & Dagger. 

The Kamers online store is open!

The Kamers online store is open again for business. The second online store will be open from the 23 May till the 15 June. I really love the hot water bottles they have for sale. They also have some bakers twine, it looks like the same bakers twine I got from the Kamers show last year, I use it all the time for packaging online orders. Its a really nice present to get a crafter.
I'm sure you can spot the Bow Peep products:-)

That's the last of the navy blue earrings and the last of the purple fabric so if you like them the only place its available is from the Kamers online store.

All images from Kamers Vol Geskenke

Lo Autumn/Winter 2012

Elzaane from Lo Clothing has been very busy with her new Autumn/Winter 2012 collection. It is available from the JHB Neighborgoods Market (along with some Bow Peep accessories). Her clothing is really great quality, affordable and her attention to detail is amazing. I love these new images by Gareth Hubbard.

All Images from Lo.

May City Bowl Fashion Market

The May City Bowl Fashion Market is on this Saturday from 9am till 2pm. The market is indoors so it happens no matter what the weather. Come and say hi, have breakfast or lunch and hang out upstairs at the Fashion Market.

Happy Friday

Happy Friday!

Hope you have a great weekend. 

I have a little collection of retro/vintage mirrors so when I saw this picture I thought it was very cool. They obviously don't use their fire place... Check out the rest of the pictures from this house, its really lovely (here).

Image found on Design Sponge

L'Nell & Pieter's beautiful wedding

Last year I was asked to make some ribbon brooches for three bridesmaids to wear on their dresses. I finally remembered to ask the L'Nell for some pictures. 

Wow the wedding looked really beautiful!

All images by Mare Rootman Photography

vintage brooch bouquet

A while ago I posted two sneak peak pictures of a special order I was commissioned to make. This evening I was sent some beautiful pictures from the wedding. 

Towards the end of last year I was asked to make a vintage brooch bouquet for a wedding. I spent a few mornings at the Milnerton Market negotiation with the traders on getting good prices on brooches as I needed a lot of brooches and I discovered that finding nice vintage brooches that fitted into a colour scheme was quite a task. 

I was so relived when I sent the bride a picture when it was almost complete just to check if she liked the way it was looking and she responded by saying that she loved it and I shouldn't change anything. I am so happy that she loved the bouquet, I saw a picture of her at the wedding and she looked beautiful!

All images by I DO Photography.

Help! We need names!

I just had a new batch of bow ties made and they are a little different from the last ones. The self tie bow ties seamed to intimidated a lot of men so I decided to have some pre-tied bow ties made. I have them in a variety of colour and they come in three different styles. I will upload them to the online store soon but before I do that they need names and I need your help. Small medium and large is just boring! Please help me come up with some cool new names for them!

  If you come up with the best names I will send you something from the Bow Peep range.

 (1, 2, 3 are pre-tied bow ties and no.4 is a self tie bow tie.)

Happy Friday

Happy Friday! Hope you have a good weekend. The weather is looking perfect for the YMEWK Night Market this evening (5 till 10pm, Orange Street). Also next week Friday is the deadline for the Bow Peep Tote Bag Collaboration (more info here). 

Picture taken about 5 minutes before writing this blog post. I have one amazing view from my desk:-)

New: Plain tote bags

Some more new tote bags, these ones don't have buttons. They are lined and cost R120.

New Product: Button Tote Bags

I have a new product! I love bags, I have too many so it was about time I had some Bow Peep button tote bags. I only have 19 at the moment, will see how they sell before I have more made.

They are lined in the inside. 

 They will be on sale at the You & Me & Everyone we know night market tomorrow evening and I am uploading them to the Bow Peep Facebook page, if you can't make it to the market and you would like one just leave your email address bellow the image on Facebook and I will post it to you. 

Postage is R26 and the bags are R140.

DIY Hex Nut Bracelet

I have had this DIY tutorial by Honestly...WTF saved for ages and I haven't had the courage to make it till I saw someone wearing a Hex Nut Bracelet at a market the other day. Well its definitely not going to be a new Bow Peep product because it took about four hours to make and its not very neat. Even if I got it looking better I would charge a fortune just because it takes so long to make.

If you want to try making one yourself the instructions can be found here.

This is the Honestly...WTF version 

images from Honestly...WTF

My version

I think after some practice it could be much neater but I don't think I have the time or patience to get it looking as neat as theirs. 

Let me know if you try making it!

New ribbon brooches

Some new ribbon brooches which are now available on the online store. They look great on a coat in winter and would make great Mothers Day presents.

Other brooches are also available from Cloak & Dagger (opposite Cavendish Square in Cape Town).

Please contact me if you would like to order a brooch in specific colours.

More images from the recent catalogue shoot

Some more images from the catalogue shoot which Christine Watters did for me. 

All images by Christine Watters Photography