Happy Holidays everyone!
I am in Kitchener Waterloo for a few days and I will amuse myself with vintage shopping, high school reunion-ing, furniature assembling, and perhaps some drunken Stampede Corral-ing… oh, maybe I’m a woo girl at heart.
Anyways, here is a picture of our old dog Kramer just because it is the only picture on this computer I am using. (Nevermind can’t make it work on this old PC…)
Play to hear a song that makes me happy, wiggly, and increasingly excited. Found and stolen from the hilarious peoniesandpolaroids.
Tonight is my friend Kate’s Holiday Party. I am going to try my best not to have wine mouth, but I can’t promise anything. It’s almost Christmas and I made Latkes! And they were… not great. Next time I will have learnt my lesson and cooked them more.
Oh yes… My ILLUSTRATION website is up and a runnin’! Take a visit there won’t you? It is still a work in progress but I am excited. Thanks. You are Neat. With a capital ‘N’.
Hello,
At the moment I am obsessed with Jamie at Home and everything Nigella (watch here). Food can be so sexy and so easy and it seems I got all excited and bought too much of it to eat before I head ‘home’ for the holidays.
Something else that I didn’t know could be sexy: antiseptic mouthwash… I am in love with the vintage Listerine glass below. Daily inspiration via the dieline.
Ps. Jamie is kind of weird for naming his kids Poppy Honey (kind of growing on me though), Daisy Boo, and Petal Blossom Rainbow…
It’s brutally frigid outside. But I want to dress like this,
Ah summer… Anyway, since mini skirts in a Canadian Winter is not possible (for me anyway), I will strive to have this woman’s cute practicality when I layer up before my death from frostbite. I’m on the lookout for crazy-warm, crazy-flattering winter coats. Let me know if you see one… Pictures from The Sartorialist.
Here are some bits and bobs that brought me joy today. All from happy things. Also, I am halfway through The Boat that Rocked and I am loving it. 60’s Rock and Roll was controversial and synonymous with sex and drugs… now it’s considered tame. I am quite sure I was there is a past life. Anyway, the movie is pretty beautiful and has amazing costumes and cute peoples… yeah… leaving to finish watching it now…
(I learnt the dog first, and loved it so much I didn’t need the others… or the shadow part)
random, I know.
a new series of quotes that keep me sane and happy, stolen from others, made by me.
I live in Canada,
There are no igloos (most places), and there used to be lots more snow but it is still freezing! I’m bundled up in fur, flannel and faux leather but I’m still shaking in my boots when I go outside and it’s under 5 degrees Celsius. Anyway, have any tips on staying warm this winter? Hot totties? Big dogs? Snuggies? How do you stay warm, and sane?
Another startling thing: the next time it’s warm enough to wear an off-the-shoulder tee, I will be finished my degree. OH MY HELLO REALITY.
(Ps. Check out these sweet videos me and some friends made for an intro to video class. Videos begin at 20 second mark. We are a little obsessed with white, pink, blue and cute.)
Find heart warming, tear-welling stories at GivesMeHope
Find amazing hilarious averageness at MyLifeisAverage (Just spent an hour here, so good)
And find schadenfreude-y stories at FMyLife
If anything, at least get a laugh out of it.
picture via HappyThings or PursuitofHappyness
If you design/make/illustrate/program things… you get it.
Clients from Hell, hilarious and sadly… so real.
Did I mention I saw The September Issue, which was amazing and comforting and so blissful that I curled up on my seat and forgot I was in a theatre. Oh yes, and Jeanne Beker was there!
Beforehand we (friends and I, not me and Jeanne) went to 7 West and it was so good. Great little rooms and perfectly spaced tables in a cozy 3 storey house. The drinks were a little more expensive than I am used to but, it redeems itself by being open 24 hours a day seven days a week. I recommend it for a night out or a cute date. Sometimes I get quite pissed when the music in restaurants is so loud I can’t hear anything, but it was perfect there…
I’ve lived in Toronto for almost 4 years, but I know few hole in the wall places. Share your favorite place?
image: I think from misswallflower
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