Oh Smythe!
Is this not the most perfect blazer ever?
See their complete spring 2011 collection here.
March 17, 2011
March 16, 2011
My husband has a knack for finding great bands that I will love. I attribute all my musical coolness to him. My latest fave, Phantogram.
Their debut album, Eyelid Movies, is terrific from start to finish.
March 14, 2011
Somehow it doesn't seem right to be posting about my holiday right now with so much devastation going on across the ocean. I can't keep myself away from the news. And I fear it is only going to get worse.
While in Hawaii we had to evacuate for the tsunami too. It was one of the worst things you could say to me. My mind started reeling with images of Thailand from 2004, and it was all I could do to get to the evacuation centre as soon as possible. We parked our car overnight about a mile up from the coast at the small island airport. I paced through the building all night, catching updates on the broken radio. Listening to people receive calls from the mainland with more information. After 12 hours we were allowed to go back. Our beach had a line of debris about 8' past the normal shore line.
All that doesn't really amount to much compared to what is going on in Japan right now. So many awful things, and each day it seems to get worse. Knowing how terrible I felt at the thought of a tsunami, I can't imagine what those people are going through right now.
I wish I could fold 1000 paper cranes and make it all go away.
You can donate to the Canadian Red Cross here.
March 3, 2011
I miss piksi.
For those of you who don't know, piksi was this beautiful girl from Finland who used to post images of her incredible fashion sense on Flickr. She had a stunning collection of clothes, with lots of vintage pieces that she repurposed, and some signature items from local designers.
I first found out about her after reading an issue of Uppercase Magazine. I almost dropped the magazine to stumble to the computer and devour her entire Flickr stream.
This hat inspired so many knitters that someone created a pattern so you can knit the hat yourself.
Sadly, last year she stopped posting to Flickr and removed all her photo's from her stream. Tear! So now her fans are relegated to google imaging (that's totally a verb) to relive her incredible fashion sense through old blogs. On a happy note, she has started a tumbler called Heartbeats, which features the occasional photo of herself.
♥
February 28, 2011
Today is the last day of my 28th year. What a year it has been. Here's a couple of highlights:
- Started this blog and joined twitter in a effort to get myself out there
- Met an amazing and supportive group of local designing women whom I now consider great friends and mentors
- Met Kimberly Seldon, who was hugely inspiring
- Got a new job that hit all my checkmarks
- Bought a new house
- Travelled to Palm Springs, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and Toronto; I think the most I have ever travelled in one year
- Knocked 4 things off my life list, not bad for it's first official year
- Got a fabulous haircut
- Bought my first piece from Holt Renfrew
- & I think I mastered Hot Chocolate
All in all, I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out. And now on to year 29...
February 26, 2011
Our new sectional sofa for the media room is due to arrive in a couple of weeks, so that room has now been pushed to the top of my list. This room is in the basement, and has no light, which is why I have never shared pictures of it. There is one tiny window, and that's about it.
I do have a pretty clear vision of what I want down there. The basic colour scheme is Chocolate, Cream and Magenta! We have a nice chocolate brown wool carpet down there, and I'm going to use my favourite brown to paint the walls and ceiling as well. Because it's a media room, my hubby want's it dark, so that's what he going to get. Searching for a sectional caused us a lot of grief. We have a 3' wide stairwell to get it down, and then a tight corner to turn, with a really low ceiling. It was very difficult to find one that would fit. In the end we found the Domino Sectional would fit just right, and ordered it in cream. We also ordered a unit from BDI, which are my favorite for media storage as they look great but have tons of features to support your equipment.
We still need to get a coffee table and some accent pieces, but those will come in time. Right now I'm focusing on the art that I'm planning to put in there. One wall is going to be a photo gallery for personal photo's. I'm not big on having lots of photo's of us around the house, but it's nice to have those memento's somewhere. I though the media room would be a good place, as it's also a more personal space. On the other wall I want to have art that reflect's the entertainment part of the room, and I have been searching for art that is inspired by our favorite movies and musicians.
Some great websites to check out for posters like these are:
February 24, 2011
Life List: Be on the Board of Directors for an Organization
I like being in charge. That's kinda why I do the profession I do. I get paid for my opinion on a daily basis. That's pretty great. But there are lots of things in our lives that could use improvement, and that's why I wanted to be on a Board of Directors. I want to make things happen, and change things for the better.
So my alma mater, Mount Royal University (formerly College) announced the Annual General Meeting of our interior design alumni chapter. I've always wanted to get more involved with the program there. I think that working in the profession has made me realize just how much you don't get taught in school. Plus I love talking to students and sharing my passion for my job with them. I love having a job where I can tell students that I do truly love my job, all these years later. So I went to the meeting wanting to get involved, and I did. I got elected to the Board. Cool. It's funny how easy these things are sometimes.
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