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{design: trend alert pantone colour}
It’s that time of year…Best of Lists and predictions for the upcoming year. Pantone just released the official colour of 2012. And the winner is……….Tangerine Tango!! I’m okay with this since I happen to love this colour. It’s also the shade of my favourite lipstick. Pantone definitely is an authority when it comes to colour as…
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{CHRISTMAS: wrap it up}
Gift wrap for designer…or just people who love colour. You know designers, not just ANY old wrapping paper will due. Their gift needs to stand out. The wrapping is just as much part of the gift, if not even more important than the gift. If this sounds like you and you’re not even a designer…
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{STYLE: four eyes}
I was inspired today by Tuesday’s Girl – a regular post on one of my very favourite blogs (top 3) sfgirlbybay. It’s a little shout out to girls in glasses. I don’t wear glasses all the time but I have several pairs and I admit that I do enjoy them. As the post mentions and…
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{30 days of beauty}
Well I hope beauty doesn’t just disappear after 30 days…but that’s the name of the game at Shoppers Drug Mart right now. It’s been more like 6 months of beauty for me at work however. Without getting into details about, well the details, pulling off a big national program or campaign starts wayyyyyyyyyy before you…
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{THRIFTING: flea market finds}
I just had such a great long weekend. (Happy Canada Day!) It was one of those long weekends that seemed even LONGER, which is amazing, and consisted of a bunch of everything and not really anything all at the same time. Lots of little events and small adventures with some chill time in between. Oh…
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{HANDMADE: spring harvest recap}
All the anticipation has come….and gone. The Spring Handmade Harvest Craft Show was a big success. Now that the dust has settled it’s time to recap. As I mentioned before, I managed to pull my act together and get a table full of goodies. Actually I think overcompensated and went a little crazy. The show…
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{SAY I DO: wedding invite design}
I do some freelance wedding invitation design on the side. It’s not something I really advertise but I always seem to have one project on the go and it’s all been from word of mouth, which is great. I was recently asked to design an invite for my cousin. They are really the dream clients…
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BEAUTY: Christmas Beauty Project
I know, Christmas talk already…sorry I don’t mean to make you barf all over your Halloween costume. If it makes you feel better, I’ve been designing Christmas at work since about June. That is, in fact, the topic of this entry. What I do. If you know me personally, you know that I’m a Graphic…
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{HANDMADE: harvest time}
I love autumn. It’s my favourite season by far. Probably because it matches my colouring. Kidding. Sorta. Anyway, there is some special harvest going on this autumn by the name Handmade Harvest. It’s a craft harvest! (read: craft show) It’s hosted by my dear friend Emily and her partner in crime, Colleen over at Blackbird.…
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{DIY: pom pom}
This is a tiny bit dated, but damn I’ve been busy lately. Just over a month ago my dear (craft-challenged) friend Marie-Lou mentioned to me that she was going to buy these gorgeous tissue paper pom pom’s from Etsy for her sister’s baby shower that she was planning. I knew exactly which ones she was…
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{photography: around town}
So I haven’t actually made much progress with the camera instructional manual but that hasn’t stopped me. Here are some new photos for those that don’t check my flickr account ever single day. I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t. These were all taken in my neighbourhood. Come visit sometime!
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{wannabe photographer}
Something has come over me lately were I’m super interested in photography. Like actually taking pictures, not just admiring them. Believe it or not, it’s never really been a huge creative passion of mine up until now….I mean the taking pictures part. I’ve always taken pictures to preserve a memory, not really for arts sake.…