Chrissie Sherwood of Injabulo.com photographed by Nick Fleming
Chrissie Sherwood set up Injabulo.com, which sells beautiful handmade buttons made by a women’s co-operative in South Africa, because she was so inspired to create a way by which we can all benefit from their creativity and in so doing they can create better lives for themselves. It’s not just that her business is a great example of creative living; she’s creative too, not least in how she works from home. Chrissie is doing much more than saving the world one button at a time, she’s giving back and receiving infinitely as a result.
More on Chrissie Sherwood and Injabulo:
http://www.injabulo.com/
Injabulo's Incomparable Buttons inspire to create not just your own ideas but also the lives' of others
Injabulo, the Zulu word for happiness, is one of those treasure troves of inspiration for any creative project. Each of the buttons exudes not only the love with which it was handmade but also a thousand possibilities for you to personalise your home, your clothing, accessories and creative projects. Pride in creating something gives us a richness of living.
It just seemed so obvious to put the little birds along the branches and to use big flower buttons to attach the hessian straps with