NEW! Retro Hawiian Blue Floral Print Pillow

New in, is this gorgeous Retro Blue Floral Bold Print Pillow - 100% Crisp Dutch Wax Print Cotton Cover - Perfect!!  Zip along one edge.  Professionally serged/ over-locked for complete quality.  Available at SisterBatik on Etsy.

Giveaway - Cosmetic Purse

Giveaway - BE QUICK!!

SisterBatik Crisp Cotton Cosmetic Purse ideal for your handbag!

1. Using Dutch wax print in 100% crisp cotton outside. In a quirky print of little fish.
2. Additional natural cotton inside lining.
3. Perfect size for your handbag to store lipstick, fragrance and shimmer powder with brush.

Dimensions:

Length: 7 inches
Width: 2 inches
Depth to base: 4 inches

To enter: 

You must be a Follower and leave a comment at the end of this post as your first entry.

If you love what we do then spread the word about this Giveaway via your Twitter/ Facebook or blog and leave the link to it in your comment here - for another entry.

Score extra entries by:

1. liking our Facebook page and leave a message on our wall to let us know:  SisterBatik Facebook

2. follow us on Twitter and tweet our Giveaway to your followers 

Entry will close on Cyber Monday (26th November) - Good luck!

I am excited about this and hope you are : ) 

If you can't wait or miss out on the Giveaway, our other cosmetic bags are currently in our SALE in store for Black Friday through to Cyber Monday.

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Neon Geometric Contemporary Print Pillow

 Using genuine Dutch wax print batik - 100% cotton.

In a stunning on-trend print that adds a unique hit to your home decor!

Large square 20" x 20". "Invisible" zip along one edge and same print used on both sides, so that either side of the pillow can be displayed.

All our pillows are professionally serged/ over locked.

Super comfortable and huggable!!  Available at SisterBatik on Etsy

Important - Beat the rush - Last shipping dates for Christmas!!

If you have someone special in mind, who you know will love receiving our vibrant pillow covers, please enjoy browsing our wonderful world of colour and bold prints, but please be prepared so as not to miss out.........Love SisterBatik x

Shipping is from the UK
International Airmail to USA & Canada - Monday 10th December
International Airmail to Rest of the World - Wednesday 5th December 
International Airmail to Europe - Wednesday 12th December

Standard mail within UK - Thursday 20th December

New Prints in time for Christmas

I am very excited to have acquired lots of new prints, some of which are pictured above : ) Just in time to offer a new range before Christmas and the holidays.  So please keep an eye on my SisterBatik Etsy store if you are looking for a beautiful gift for the home-lover, or looking to brighten up your home ready for seasonal entertaining.......and you will never be late with my e-Gift Certificates, which can be emailed promptly and directly to the recipient......and saves on paper, always a good thing!

I will be posting soon on my blog, details of the latest global shipping dates from the UK, so your gifts arrive in time for Christmas.

If you haven't yet seen my SALE section with generous discounts on stunning African wax print pillows and OOAK patchwork, please visit this online here.

Teal Peacock Floral Bolster Pillow

SisterBatik One Of A Kind pillow cover - our own creative teal patchwork design on the front and natural linen cotton on the back.

Using genuine Dutch wax print batik - 100% crisp cotton on the front.

The exuberance of batik prints add a touch of character and warmth to any living space.

Oblong 12" x 22" Concealed zip at base. Inside cotton lining. Professionally serged for superb long-lasting quality.

Pillow insert is not included.

Available to purchase at ETSY - SISTERBATIK

Kente Style Pillows and Cushions

Everything can be purchased at our ETSY STORE.

Cold Soba noodles and dipping sauce

A Japanese fast food recipe; this just feels good for me : )  And while the sun still shines in September.....

For the recipe

Andiamo!

We seemed forever running for the next train.........Manorolo, Riomaggiore, Corniglia........

 "If you think about finding one person to spend the rest of your life with; the stars would have to be aligned all at once.  Nothing in life that has meaning, is made."

Dolce & Gabanna S/S13 Milan Catwalk

LOVE Birds

Handmade Origami Love Cranes Greeting Card -available at SisterBatik

An Outside Chance

My motorcycle had burnt-out, somewhere just short of St Jean de Luz and I walked with it alongside me.  This hadn't frustrated me but some guys had taken mercy, recognising my surf allegiance and so I hitched with the bike and board, hanging out the back of their pick-up.  They were a few Basque country bronzed, sinewy guys with raffish hair and deep eyes, wanting the sea; pausing to watch her roll and glisten.  Making for short life stories and about places along the coast, the throngs at La Zurriola and the lissome in Biarritz; about freedom, the waves, and maybe a vague story of loss by their words but a truer story of escape intimate in their bodies, but stories, that in the end didn't go anywhere. Sometimes the company of people can remind you of a warm place by the fire or breathing again to the pace of normality and of the far distances since.

My mind had drifted again; imprints with the feeling of gentle breeze.  "Like the winds that come and goes, let them flow through your mind."  Passing a few rag-tag surfers looking like strays on land.  I had become used to the outside roads, it was easy and solitary.  Some stops, along the way, there might seem that ready place to stay, because things seemed pleasant and everyday and stable, but always, I ended back on my motorcycle and the engine already sounding, on it's way to somewhere.

Terra firma, fixed in its ways.  But the water, so vast and always moving.  Once on the water far off shore, the ocean wave would gather and I would wait, as it rolled towards me.