insanely gorgeous!

monday mornings need some serious kick starting for me but my favourite blogs usually do the trick... this monday was no exception (even though with daylight savings, i technically had an extra hour.) via the super fantastic, www.swiss-miss.com these are some insanely detailed paper cut outs of maps of new york city by karen o'leary. im getting dizzy just thinking about keeping track of all the white spaces and all the cut out spaces. so crazy! awe-inspiring... just what i needed...

beautify your bike

via designspongeonline.com this morning. i swooned and at the same time wished it wasn't raining so i could take my bike out and buy one of these amazing, hand carved, leather bike seats. these are so gorgeous! i checked out the artist's site kara ginther of madison, wisconsin and she also does beautiful carvings into shoes, belts all things leather and a collection of leather bound books is coming soon. so beautiful!

over the pond

a little invite i did for a friend in london town, hope you guys have a blast, and all you businessy types loosen up those ties! live jazz is always fun!

calligraphy styles

last month, the lovely people at VIBC, the vancouver international bhangra celebration society threw an beautiful, intimate dinner party/fundraiser hosted and prepared by vancouver's favourite chef, vikram vij.

with this lovely event, i was commissioned to create 50 hand-written and hand painted invitations for this special night.

these were definitely a labour of love and i am really happy with the results and have gotten some great feedback. here's a look at the invitations and a sweet shot of a place card at the evening's event*.

(*will be coming)

time flies

geesh time flies! i have been on a 6 month hiatus from blogging, literally its almost been 6 months! but im back and im ready to go! so much new stuff has happened in the last 6 months that its going to be crazy to try and get caught up and share with you here but it will be done! glad to be back, i've missed you!

happy friday!

happy friday everyone! i thought i'd get the weekend started with this sweet motown jam! there are lots of amazing crafty things going on this weekend, MakeIt debuts at the Roundhouse Community Center tonight, with drinks and a dj after 4pm and running all weekend, as well as the ever so amazing GotCraft? happening at the Royal Canadian Legion this sunday! im kinda bummed my weekend plans fell through and i won't be participating in the shows but that means i get to do some shopping! stay tuned to see what kind of treasures i bring home!

good morning you!

this is so awesome. that's all.

via swiss-miss.com

black kids are cool!

i went to this super fun concert last week at the commodore where the black kids played with mates of states and bought this sweet canvas bag! these are definitely my favourite for the summer and the graphic on it is just hilariously weird and bizarro. me likey! 

check out their music for some fun dance party tunes www.blackkidsmusic.com

go watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaa4eGOtrTg

too pretty not to post

i know these have been circulating all over the internet, but how lovely are these earth day cupcakes from the gorgeous jewels of new york? so amazing. i wonder if they taste as good as they look. you know? sometimes they don't, but these are just so beautiful to look at. 

check out recipes they post online and other beautiful things they sell at http://www.thejewelsofny.com/

i heart thu cao

i just got back from cuba yesterday and have lots to blog about but first, i want to give regular shout-outs to people i've met doing really sweet things, i think i'm going to make a mini-series out of it, so first up: this incredible goddess like being, thu cao.

this is what people have to say about her:

Thu Cao was born on a tropical island in the far East to a family of misguided idealistic Communist, to be raised in the Northern BC Mountains by a pack of cheeky wild wolves. For the last decade Thu has made a humble home in the beautifully sedated City of Vancouver. Thu is a self taught artist, who is titillated with painting portraits of desire and all its many faces.

this is what i have to say about her:

this beautiful, eclectic and uncomprimising soul dabbles in between the lines of love, lust and the humanity of all sexuality. her work is vivid, frank and invigorating both visually and consciously and it translates so clearly onto canvas and paper. necessarily graphic the shock value in itself can give one an epiphany of sorts. can you handle her art? come and see for yourself tonight at the libra room: her second show following her premiere solo exhibit "the beautiful sex" last fall. "S' approcher" is at the libra room, 1608 commercial drive from 8pm-1am.