merci!

I had a lovely post birthday surprise waiting in the mailbox the other day. It was a parcel containing these Banana Republic earrings and the cute Stella stickers from my friends in Toronto. Those tricky ladies saw me post the earrings here - I love them! Thank you girls, you are the best!

juicy gems

A collection of vibrant bling for your feet, neck, hands and bedroom. {1} jewel flat sandals by Pella Moda. {2} Confidence Gained necklace by Elva Fields. {3} glass cocktail rings by Phuze Design. {4} Sacred Gems Faux Chandelier from Urban Outfitters - thanks k.b. :)

from the streets of seattle

i chews you

I spent the past weekend celebrating my birthday/Valentine's Day with a trip to Seattle with my boyfriend. We visited Pike Place Market and just wandered the city admiring the many bookstores, coffee shops and brick buildings. It was during this wandering that we came across an alley (behind the market) with a wall completely covered in a beautiful, textural, vibrant mural of spit slathered, squishy, dangling, smeared chunks of chewing gum. There was a couple carefully stretching and sculpting their freshly chewed gum into some sort of Valentine tribute and the entire thing was disgusting, yet strangely lovely to look at. To learn more check it out here on wikipedia. I wish I had seen this when I had to do a collage of found typography for school!

a festive weekend

This weekend is set to be a very festive one, indeed! It is the beginning of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year and my birthday (on Valentine's Day). I was checking out one of my favourite sites - the portfolio of prop stylist, Rebecca Thuss, when I came across these festive images to match the occasions. If I were hosting a Canadian Birthentine Chinese New Year Party, I would decorate exactly like the top image - how perfect is that?! So, Go Canada! Happy Love Day! Happy Birthday! and Gung Hay Fat Choy!

quatchi and sumi and miga...oh my!

So, being a total design nerd, I researched this many moons ago, but with the opening ceremonies being tomorrow and all, I thought I would share my research now! We've all seen the the Vancouver 2010 mascots plastered all over everything, so I thought I would figure out who designed them. Some simple googling informed me that these cute characters are creations of design company called meomi. I visited their site to find a wonderfully imaginative illustrated treehouse that "houses" their equally wonderful illustrations and design work. The company consists of only two people, Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy, who run the business out of Vancouver/L.A. Imagine how crazy it would be to see your illustrations come to life in such a huge way?! Too bad they don't want interns...haha

sonia rykiel for h&m

I am in love with the illustrations and animation for the Sonia Rykiel Spring 2010 collection for H&M. Click here to check it out on H&M's website. Make sure to click the individual pieces along the bottom of the page to watch the paper cityscape transform. I wish I knew how to do that! If you like the collection, it is debuting in H&M stores on February 20th, 2010.