Sketches


Everything sounds better in french.


The patterns on the goblets are inspired by 1950s textiles by Lucinenne Day and David Whitehead.

Here is the sketch with some pink added in Photoshop.

I visited lots of food + kitchen shops in Montreal including Les Touilleurs and Arthur Quentin. (Both dreamy)
The visit inspired me to do these sketches.
ps. Other nice Montreal shops = Buk + Nola and Emiline + Annabelle. (the Montreal equivalent of the workroom)

Lots to think about: Spark 104

Today Spark rebroadcast an episode from February which explored Personal branding and Online friendship. Was a fantastic episode with very smarty pants guests which left you with lots to think about.

A few nuggets:
NY Times writer Anand Giridharadas on BRAND ME
-The internet has forced everyone to become a marketer
-Online people have become more corporate and corporations have become more personal
-Ensuring that everything one posts aligns with your personal brand can be exhausting
-He worries that the emphasis on reputation + explicit self packaging is taking away time from actually working on one's product!
Sadly I agree on this point!

The Online friendship section contained a very sparky debate between Danah Boyd and Bill Deresiewicz (author of Faux Friendship).
You can listen to the whole episode here. Highly recommended.

Decor purchase: Wire hallway organizer thingy



In a shop on Saint Laurent St. in Montreal I found this fantastic wire organizer thingy which I thought was ideal for a big space with no closets! I loved all the storage possibilities with the multiple hooks and I am a sucker for anything made of wire!! - so it came home on the train with me. I think it'll look great holding my bicycle helmet and stuffed with scarfs + mitts.

Mon Vacance

A few pics from my vacation

My friend Kim's beautiful Summer home "Fox Folly" in St. Adele, Quebec

Voici le fox! (I love quirky door knockers)

Lovely view of the Laurentians

Very cozy guest room

Beautiful pool