Wednesday, March 9, 2011

In the details - Part One

In response to Antie Mir. Here are some more around the house type shots...

Dog butts... never gets old. This is what I come home to.


Recently I discovered if I took the doors off of the ugly cupboard and painted it white, I'd have built-ins! Who would have known. The Central Pharmacy print on the right came from a thrift store in Winnipeg, Canada. I think I bought them all actually. They are old bromide proofs that were used to create labels have their size. All of them are from the 40s to 50s. They were salvaged from a print shop. They were kind of expensive... and I LOVE them and that they relate to what I do today.


The bathroom is small. I needed a small rug. That black spot is the best $3 I've ever spent at Ikea.


The butcher block is old... and was a Christmas gift from my mom. She doesn't believe in lists and goes out of her way to buy something you never knew you wanted. She really hit the nail on the head.


These are my favourite. We were 'picking' (my new favourite verb and past-time... Thank you American Pickers). In an old building that was deep into a major reno/tear down. I found a box full of them and hooks were born. The best part was we all got to pull one/break the glass before we could takes the backs off.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Look up, Look way up.

A long time ago, one summer in college, only for a few months... I did this. Never as high, and never for Stella Artois.

But I totally did it.

UP THERE from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.



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Monday, February 22, 2010

Done and done

Soo overdue...

A looong time ago I said I would post new pictures of the living room.

See the much overdue after...as well as before (the house in a previous lifetime, pre-me) and during





A reminder of what it once was (previous owners)



Friday, November 13, 2009

Learning to make a quilt via YouTube: update

This is just an iphone picture so it isn't great. However, this is the progress I have made in the last month. (Two weeks of which I didn't touch it). Also, it is a little rumpled and needs a good iron.



I have picked up a few tricks along the way and things are getting a bit easier. Although if I knew "half squares" were three times the work of "regular squares" I might have opted for a more simple one to start with.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Quilting...

I have been thinking about making a quilt. I have never made one before but I watched a couple videos on youtube and I think I can do it. I went to the fabricstore the other day and straight home to sew! Please do not inspect too closely... I am by no means a professional.


Here is the progress I have made so far...


I have a long way to go.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Illustration Friday: Drifting

I'm been a little tardy with Illustration Friday posts. And by a little I mean months. At first I tried at least start so I could finish at a later date. That is until I ended up with a list of sketches that we weighing on my to do list making it even more daunting. Eventually I crossed them all off and decided that I was going to start from scratch once I could start and finish within the week.. no more carry-over.

Anway, I checked it this morning. Here is my 'drifting'

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Men's Shop

I would love to live inside a J. Crew Mens store.
*But only if the closets were full of the women's collection...








Thursday, April 23, 2009

29 sleeps

In 29 more sleeps I will be waking up next to these girls (plus a few more)...


...in Vegas for this!





Since Alana has basically made my life into a full time graphic design position for her wedding, we thought, why stop at just the wedding...? lets pile MORE work on for the shower and bachelorette party!

joking, kind of.

Each girl received a personalized Top Secret invite in the mail this week, letting the count down officially begin.

Stay tuned for Shower invites...

New Sewing Machine!

My new sewing machine, courtesy of my mom... has been set up for at least 3 weeks and she is the only one who has used it. Last night I decided to give it a go. The only thing I can't get used to is the absence of foot pedal. Every time I went to start I'd find myself twirling my ankle around looking for it. Its like trying to press in the clutch in a standard car!


Don't mind the outfit. I had just played squash, came home and put half of my pajamas on




I kind of wish the ties were longer, and the pattern didn't say to line them, but I think I might on the next one I do.