Meese on 124st

After a wonderful night out with friends Saturday night, when waking up Sunday I needed a heck of a brunch! So my mister and I went out for Dim-Sum one of our ultimate favorite things to do on a Sunday. We went to Noodle Noodle downtown off 101St. In my opinion the best place for Dim-Sum! After that we started driving around downtown as I wanted to check out some new nail polishes from Lux Beauty but did not get around to it since I finally saw the new store location of Meese! I was so excited to check it out especially since they are usually closed on Sundays. The store is so sweet and has a cozy vintage feel to it. You forget how small the store actually is since there is so many wonderful things to look at; clothes, light fixtures, accessories, and more wonderful clothing! I was really happy to find a store that was able to replace going to Nokomis. Please check out Meese for amazing 100% canadian made clothing!

stylist contest!

alright so here are the results of the styling contest



So the contest was for styling an outfit from GoodWill Industries using only $75.00 provided by GoodWill. The winner received a $750 GoodWill voucher to create a 10 piece styling outfit for next season.
I chose to do menswear for a personal challenge as well as I was thinking nobody else would give it a try! It turned out to be a lot easier then I thought.

The shirt that Mr. Cody is wearing comes from 3 shirts. I was mostly inspired by the gingham shirt that I found and used as an accent on the blue collar shirt. And the three big buttons came from another one. The bow tie that he is sporting is actually a neck tie that I was able to transform in thanks to a wonderful YouTube video. The pants were taken in to give more of a skinny pant look and the shoes just played the part. I wanted to give a "Sunday Stroll in the Park" look worn by almost anyone (hence the blue collar shirt...!) à la 50's. The glasses really gave that perfect 50s look.

I was extremely proud of myself for pulling this off since menswear is something so very rare that local designers tap into but I have been told...for years that I should give it a try. And you know what? I really enjoyed it and might do more of!
I really love the MadMen look for men right now... it is so nice to see them all dressed up for a change.

I won an honorable mention for doing menswear and a free showcase for next season! Even though it wasn't first place I personally think it's even better then that since I get to showcase whatever I want.

The judges definitely had a difficult task ahead of them since there were some great outfits out there.
Congrats to everyone that gave it a shot, and of course to the winners.

a big thanks to my friends that came out and supported me and a special thank you to Lady Kipp for helping me out on Monday evening!!!

stylist contest

I have entered in the Western Canada Fashion Week (which is coming up quite soon!) stylist contest.
This consists of reworking some items from Goodwill and making them fashionable and wearable. I have yet to choose my items to rework but am equally excited and completely nervous! I am going to try to do (if possible) a men's outfit and a women's. I have to find inspiration soon! The clock is ticking....
I am also quite nervous since I have not sewn for a while... I feel like I should have the fallowing poster from Etsy seller KeepCalmShop in my sewing room!
I will keep you all posted on the progress!



KeepCalmShop

GemFaire bijoux

Today I spent the day taking pictures of my mom's jewelry and uploading them on Etsy!
Here is a sample of a few of them. I've only started posting her jewelry online so please be patient... there's maybe just a few items on but please keep checking regularly for more updates.
Here's her link:

GemFaire Bijoux

dictionary ideas!

littlebluebirdstudios


While browsing on Etsy today I found some inspiration for my dictionaries! I stumbled upon these images randomly, I was looking for some french quotes and this is what I found by littlebluebirdstudios
Now i myself would never be able to draw like this so I would definitely need to purchase these. But what a brilliant idea! I absolutely love the Alice in Wonderland series as well as the utensils set. I'm not really sure why the octopus is so popular lately, this creature has been popping around quite a bit on Etsy and I still can't wrap my head around it, nonetheless it makes for beautiful art. Enjoy!



littlebluebirdstudios



littlebluebirdstudios


littlebluebirdstudios



littlebluebirdstudios

dictionnaries

Remember when we used to recover our school books in elementary to protect them? We had pretty wrapping paper or Christmas wrapping paper, newspaper, or just plain kraft paper? Well I've been doing quite a bit of that lately and having some fun with it. I was given a box full of dictionaries and I started recovering a few of them. Some are all mangled up and I have to find a use for the pages... maybe papier maché of some sort. Could be interesting! I'll keep you posted on that project when I have some time! Here are my results of my project:














Book: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Music: Mumford and Sons

Carousels, Cotton Candy and Cabin Fever!

I am starting to get cabin fever. This snow and this terrible weather is really making me feel cooped up and grumpy. I don't even want to park anywhere and get out of my car for anything, not even a coffee and a delicious treat! I have been looking through my Europe pictures lately and I immediately want to hop on a plane to anywhere-but-here country. Here is one of my favorite pictures taken at the bottom of Montmartre. I just feel like a kid every time I look at the carousel. I don't think I've ever actually had the chance to go on one of these as a kid, or ever for that matter. I guess I should of gotten on it! I can hear the laughter of children and a carousel melody and I feel like I can almost taste the cotton candy or ice cream. Oooh to be a child again!

M.I.A

I realize I have been away from blogging for quite some time now and was recently re-inspired by a good friend of mine who just started her blog, Lady Kipp LOVE her blog! Check it out! I was planning on featuring some special moments from my Europe trip but this seems like such a long time ago now! I will post a few pictures with some anecdotes from time to time. Since then I have moved in with my fiancé and is even more so into vintage home décor then ever! I have found a few great stores and will post some pictures of our recent purchases.
That will be it for now. Keep checking because I will keep posting!