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{ night lights }
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{ pender }
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{ private }
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{ i love summer }
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{ dandilions }
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{ a good cause }
learn about the Pret-A-Pour Tea & Pret-A-Pour Nuit events
and find out how to donate at pretapourtea.com
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{ flags }
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{ kitchen sill }
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{ weekend gardening }
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{ i heart thrifting }
i got 22 records at the flea market this weekend… for TWO BUCKS!
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{ FORT Handcrafted }
All of the Handcrafted products are made with recycled/re-purposed paper.
Note the new black, silver & gold elastic on the hats… decadent!
New Party invitations are sold in packs of 4 and are all hand-drawn
then printed on a Gocco PG10 in the studio.
A big thanks again to Collage Collage for believing in this little line of fun!
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{ spring gastown shop hop }
visit the shop hop sponsors above on april 22nd, for deals and complimentary drinks!
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{ new brands at obakki }
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{ easter cats }
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{ i am in love }
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{ more blue sky please }
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{ bonpoint }
via bonoint
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{ j.p. miller }
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{ wooden birds }
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{ dream house }
catton house by arthur erickson
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{ vintage kids }
for little bud jr. and rose, via belle heir
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{ maija louekari }
marimekko tableware by maija louekari
must… have…
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{ birthday kitty }
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{ obey chairman meow }
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{ kittens loving kittens }
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{ patterns }
some of the 30-odd handmade cards i sent out for xmas
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{ holiday warmth }
obakki is spreading the gift of warmth this holiday…
a blanket or warm jacket will be donated to a local shelter with every
purchase made in their retail location from december 4th to january 3rd.
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{ type }
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{ gastown shop hop }
this year’s gastown winter shop hop is Thursday December 3 from 5-9.
Click the above images to print out your own map to follow as you shop.
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{ opening ceremony }
ok it’s freezing in here. i’m obsessing over sweaters. men’s sweaters.
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{ folk }
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{ l8r, summer… }
crisp air is lovely, but i miss summer already!
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{ misty morning }
what i woke up to this morning… gorge.
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{ obakki sale }
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{ magic sisters }
thank you beautiful sisters for making our home more cozy.
and for playing the recorder and rapping at our wedding.
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{ magic cupcakes }
thank you l.sung for the most gorgeously delish cupcake display.
thank you a.pelletier for capturing the event with your skilled eye.
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{ magic couple }
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{ words to live by }
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{ little nest }
some people are about to have babies!
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{ big and little }
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{ tiny-ness }
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{ magic shoes }
yeah that’s right. i own these.
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{ weddings… }
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{ ahoy! }
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{ hotness }
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{ partycats }
this way…
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{ hail the lobster }
you can do this too.
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{ august is for lovers }
say it don’t spray it
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{yesssss }
big, woolen patchwork pillows
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{ triple p }
is this the most perfect pecan pie you’ve ever seen or what?
made a-la-martha by my perfect little sis
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{ bunting }
great new handmade things to buy here
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{ good august finds }
these sweet little sets were found during a rad trip to TO with the besties.
they are for my lovely mum, a 50+ year collector of salt & pepper shakers.
i think she will likey.
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{ signs }
the town of creemore is filled with signs designed & made by shane durnford.
what a treat!
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{ besties }
at wellspring farm, we got into the challenge of the 100mile diet,
chowing down on gorgeous local produce, cheese and meat.
no miniature horses were used in any of our meals.
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{ glub glub }
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{ postcards from the cat }
took kitten on a little hike up to the skookumchuck rapids.
good for wallpaper, and admiring.
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{ happy june }
a june wallpaper wind gathers
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{ happy may }
a free wallpaper download for the merry month of may
in celebration birthdays of girls and boys and a youthful pug we love…
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{ jelly }
apples = pectin = jelly. who knew? fruit + sugar + sugar + sugar = marmalade. yum!
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{ sweetness }
do you know lyndsay sung?
she lives in vancouver, has a righteous style and makes big and little cakes.
then she decorates them and makes people freak out! visit her website and her blog.
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{ papercut pt.2 }
paper cutouts by hina aoyama
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{ ceramic arts }
mae mougin’s beautiful and inspiring ceramic pieces
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{ princess prettyfurr }
what’s that? you can’t get enough cat photos? i hear that.
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{ ashley + bettina }
bettina duncan at fred segal is now carrying ashley watson bags & wallets.
way to go ms.watson.
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{ design police }
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{ treasure }
finally getting to the task of setting up my new studio space …
some of my most favourite treasures…
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{ lux }
sometimes a website design is so good your fists clench up. good blog, too.
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{ fort }
here’s what i found not 2 minutes from my house, in the woods…
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{ wom-bat }
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{ gibsons, bc }
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{ have a seat }
it’s called the Union Bench.
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{ snow day }
we escaped frostbite and walked away from a surprisingly fun photoshoot
on top of ol’ cypress. thanks ashley, kellylee, claire, emily and marzena!
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{ papercut }
my heart may have stopped a little http://elsita.typepad.com/allaboutpapercutting/
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{ clumsy bird }
FORT will once again be art directing Ashley Watson’s new season,
this time hiring photographer Claire Dollan to capture the collection on film.
This tiny little lady has a load of talent behind (and away from) the lens. Can’t wait.
http://flickr.com/photos/clumsybird/
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{ love }
Hand/computer made gifts for the sisters this year…
they are so very sweet and all deserve porsches but i just couldn’t swing it.
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{ shout out }
big fat thanks to elly for the gorgeous leather pieces used for the lucha libre masks.
please contact me if you’d like to purchase one of these bad boys to hold your keys for you.
Hand-transfered thank-you cards also designed by FORT.
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{ seed }
http://www.wavehill.org/arts/eung_ho_park.html
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{ a white christmas }
it’s good to be at home with a fuzzy kitty, with all of this snow outside.
FORT is getting ready to move and grow in 2009. it’s gonna be a great year.
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{ sun is good }
aaahhh…. we are off to belize for some sun. for the suckers in town - i hope you’re going to check out the many many craft shows that will be taking place around the city this month. namely, the GOT CRAFT show, december 7th, at the legion on commercial drive. my beautiful, delightful sisters will be there hawking my crafty goods this year - stop by and say bonjour while you paruse the handcrafted keychains, wrapping paper, baby onesies and other goodies.
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{ siggi eggertsson }
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{ Ashely Watson Holiday Sale }
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{ Baaa }
A delicious piece of felt-work by Emily Barletta.
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{ Eugeniusz }
someone stop me from purchasing these posters
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{ Die, Kunst! }
The first thing I’m going to put down here are some pages in a book lent to me by a new friend. It’s an old Swiss typography book with amazing old ink & paper. The book design is totally gorge with an embossed, layered-chipboard cover and beautiful chippy red steel coil binding.
