Thursday, September 30, 2010

the early stages...

heres a sneak peak, as promised, of the beginnings of my embroidery project. these are just some very initial samples.





(all photos mine.)

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

sweet seat...

how awesome is this chair?

from here.

Monday, September 27, 2010

new antique collections...

i love this collection by Anthropology. i would say that antique items are a new love of mine, i really would love this door knocker in my place. and my undying love for text and handwritting makes me really wish i had this rug and set of sheets too! im working with text in my prints again this semester, i really love this theme in my work, look forward to seeing more.




Sunday, September 26, 2010

a little peak...

heres a little peak at some pictures im using as inspiration for one of the projects im working on. i'll be posting more about it later...





(all photos are mine.)

ohh deer...

im always loving the lovely one colour prints by Skinny LaMinx.




Thursday, September 23, 2010

time for a warm neck...

i just love that its scarf season again, and im a little excited for it to get even cooler so i can break out my cowl that i made last year. but for now enjoy these sweet cowls from Kove Handmade.



Monday, September 20, 2010

black and white and every shade in between...

so today we were working on our embroidery project for our main studio class (more posts to follow about this) and i've decided to only work with black and shades of grey, and heres a little fall clothing inspiration to follow my new theme...




found here.

happy feet...

so a week ago i finally got this pair of grey Toms that i've been wanting all summer. and it was an excellent choice, as they are the most comfortable shoes i have worn in a long time!!


and now i want these and these and these!


Saturday, September 18, 2010

art crawl...

i'm off the the Queen St West Art Crawl right now with the man and two of my besties. make sure to check it out if you around toronto this weekend. I love art festivals!

etsy love...

just found this interesting jewelry by Maria Goti Joyas on etsy. the first piece is a really interesting little sculpture. i really like the texture to the material and the organic shapes.





Wednesday, September 15, 2010

you and me...

so just a quick little post cause im on my way to class in a few min. i picked these up at smash on the weekend. i've seen lots of old letters lately, and i think that their really cute to add to a space. and smash had a ton, the whole alphabet plus some fun characters. i love these, and think that their a great touch to my new room!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

cabbage town...

so this last weekend was great. i got to hangout with some friends, then on saturday morning my best friend and i headed into the city to her place. the plan was to go the the arts and crafts festival in cabbagetown, which we did, but first there was also an awesome street festival happening in the Junction (the neighbourhood where my friend lives). so we got to check out two awesome street festivals in one day! i love toronto!! the Junction was full of street vendors and food, and all the local shops were open and super busy! and we found some awesome places, one was Metropolis (i'm gonna post more about this later), and another sweet one was Smash (again, it'll have its own post). then we picked up our friend and headed to Cabbagetown. Which was crazy and awesome. basically the entire neighbourhood was closed off to cars, and the streets we flooded with people, food and music. and then in one huge park in the middle of the neighbourhood was the arts and crafts vendors. and that was great. lots of artists that i wanted to see where there, and some new one too. just to name a few: bespoke uprising, jenna rose, lee meszaros, and schoolyard studios.
i got some pictures while at the festival, but they are mostly full of peoples heads, so here are some shots i really loved of all the architecture in the area, i totally want to live in one of these houses!!




Friday, September 10, 2010

arts and crafts...

so after a busy first week of school, the girls and i are heading to the city tomorrow to go to the Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Festival. should be a good day. i'll post some fun pictures of what all i see!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

the beginning of something new...

so if you ask anyone i know how i feel about computers, they would tell you that on a regular basis that if the computer isn't doing exactly what i want it to that i would quite often like to throw it out the window. im a little surprised that my little macbook hasn't met the pavement yet. i get a little frustrated. but... i may be becoming quite excited and inspired about what it can do, regarding digital design. i just had my first Digital Textile Design 2 class today, and im a little excited. i had the first level of this class last semester, and with lots of frustration and practice i started learning the basics of digital design. but this semester we get to do quite a few sweet projects, including designing hang-tags (basically starting to brand ourselves), making files for laser-cut designs, story boards, and most exciting we get to print one of our designs digitally onto fabric. im so excited. i have so many ideas running thru my head. and i just picked up the text book for this class, and there are just so many possibilities of what can be done! and even just the basic filters in photoshop (like the posterize filter used in this picture) are getting me excited.

(i took this picture on a really fun family adventure a few months ago with my little brother and sister and my parents. sadly my older brother wasn't there, but if he had been he also woulda been wearing Chucks, clearly we need to get my Dad a pair for christmas!)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

settling down...

so its been a super busy week with school and my new job starting, and then the long weekend where it kinda felt like all we did was drive. but its been a good busy week. and my long weekend was great. and now we're getting all settled in the new apartment. it seems like we've done so much, but there are still so many little things to do! my room is all unpacked, but now i want to decorate it and make it my own little place. and the one major thing i need to do now is figure out the curtain situation. i have a massive like 10 foot wall/window that i need to get curtains for. and after looking at buying them (i need 4 panels) i've decided to print some. which is exciting, but now i need to pick colours and a print. i'll keep you up-dated as i go!

image from weheartit.

Friday, September 3, 2010

crazy days...

so life has been crazy this week, i moved back to school on tuesday, which involved leaving home super early, driving about 2 hours to school, then moving all our stuff out of our old apartment and across the road to our new apartment. it was crazy. but i really love the new place, and i think that its really gonna feel like home. and then yesterday, i started my new job at the school as one of the senior studio monitors. so the next few days im working there, and then heading back home for a last family weekend of the summer. crazy week! but i've been thinking a lot about school this week, and what i want to do and get out of it this year. and i have so many ideas going thru my head of things i want to try and do! one thing definalty is to try laser cutting, and i just love these coasters by uncommon on etsy. hopefully there will be more blogging when life is a little more settled down!