Radio Lab

If I were to give an acceptance speech in response to winning an award for best performance in making it though a 9-5 office job, thanking Radio Lab would be paramount.

I'm addicted, and have been downloading episodes like they're going out of style. Today, on a particularly rough day where I fear that I may very well be getting the flu, I discovered the "In C" episode, and am totally intrigued by the whole project.

And that's what Radio Lab does - it intrigues me, opens my eyes to new ideas, and gets me excited about everything that goes down around. Anyone who has had to listen to one of my "so, on Radio Lab today..." stories can vouch for my heartfelt enthusiasm.

So, thank you, Radio Lab, I couldn't have done it without you.

weekend

It's been such a beautiful fall weekend. I really love this time of year - I always feel so inspired and motivated.

The recent fruits of my efforts involve some little men that I've been experimenting with and printing on felt (so nice!). I think I'm going to be turning some of them into pins, and who knows where the others will end up - this little guy happens to live above the mirror in the bedroom.

tangerine and turquoise

Two things that have made me happy today:

1) J loading my iPod with a fresh shot of tunes. I'm glad my very professional colleagues have the courtesy not laugh at my perpetual chair dancing.

2) The above etsy treasury, created by Tinarosa. Orange and blue, I love you.

snips!

Chez Snips!

The above salon was discovered by my wonderful boy (via Midnight Poutine). The boy also went to Nathan and shares my strong desire for a local, reasonably priced and reliable hair salon. In addition, I also have a strong desire for said hair salon to be decorated in my preferred colour palette of vintage-inspired greens, blues, yellows and pinks, and be decked out with vintage salon furnishings.

We both win!

I'm so unusually enthusiastic today!

My cut at Chez Snips was a totally enjoyable experience. Nadyne is lovely (she encourages people to trim their own bangs!), she's an extremely skilled and attentive hair stylist (she aptly cut the boy's super thick and wavy hair), and I walked away pleased as punch.

My cut was $45.00, which was totally reasonable, considering that I used to go to the Aveda salon for a $70.00 haircut (plus crazy large tip that I always felt obliged to leave), which in the end inspired me to start growing my hair out. (Seriously, who can afford to maintain a short haircut at that price? I would like to know.)

I really should be including a photo of my haircut to emphasize my point, but my exhaustive schedule is making me look pasty and terrible (no offense to Nadyne's lovely haircut, which really is fantastic), and I have no interest in including a photo of myself. Maybe some other day.

Check it out!

SPIN

If I lived anywhere even remotely close to San Francisco, I would be going to SPIN at Rare Device tonight, to check out new work by Jennifer Judd-Mcgee and Mati Mcdonough. The whole show is inspired by vintage boardgames, gotta love that.

How fantastic are the above images, taken from Jennifer's site? You can see the full set here.

If there are ever prints for sale of these images, I might just have to treat myself...

Well hello, September.

It was my Mom's Birthday on the 24th, and yesterday she sent me the above photo, taken of a medicine cabinet that she found at a garage sale. I don't think my Mom has ever taken a mirror portrait before, and I love it, even if it was accidental.

It's been all kinds of crazy in my world. My parents visited at the beginning of August, bringing an AMAZING truckload of furniture. And also many, many, boxes. Boxes and boxes and boxes of STUFF that I've been storing in my Mom's garage. Boxes of photographs, of papers, of fabrics...everything. It's amazing how your perspective of what's valuable changes with time. While sorting through everything, I've experienced just as many "what was I thinking?" moments as I have "I'm so glad I've held onto this" ones.

As a result of all those boxes, I feel like I've been in moving and packing and unpacking mode for two months straight. And on top of all that, I had some serious studio drama and stress, and as a result have moved into a new studio as of September 1st. I'm now happily set up (sort of) in Red Bird Studios. There's still much to be done there, but it already feels so much better. I've always loved that space, and I'm so excited to be a part of it!

So, before I can even take a breath, things are going to get extra crazy. I have craft sales to prepare for, wholesale requests to attend to, new products to develop, and old products to refine.

I'll try to keep this space updated with all of the exciting things around the corner, because I'm sure there will be much to tell.

I do love September.