New work: Wedding cake

In preparation for SURTEX I'm preparing several new greeting card images.
Here is a new wedding congrats card I completed yesterday.

Above is the reference I used for the illustration. 
I thot this cake was just divine.  
I ADORED the lattice + spriggy bits which were inspiring and very fun to draw.
Above is a version in pink.
Which colourway do you prefer?
Thanks!

Salon night

Just what you need on a cold Canadian night: an invite to a cozy home filled with food, drink + great company. Champagne + cheese is an excellent start to the evening. :-)
Above: Donna + Colleen.

Host Janet set up a lovely dinner table in her groovy photography studio upstairs.
Seated: Donna, Colleen, Jessica, Me, Janet. Not shown: the fabulous Lynda who took the photo!
Note: The black arrow in this photo is pointing to some of Janet's recent work which she'll be exhibiting at the upcoming Artist Project in Toronto. Gorgeous.

With a room full of creative women there is never a shortage of cameras. I love how Lynda (upper left corner) fearlessly jumped into the bathtub to photograph Janet's new bathroom reno. :-)
A highlight of a lovely evening. Until next time...

Tyler Brulé At OCAD

Tyler Brule's talk at OCAD last week was funny + inspirational and served as a big kick in the ass reminder to always be brave, original + THINK BIGGER.

Some favourite lines:

1. "Can we all be present in the room here tonight? I don't wanna see any tops of heads."
(In other words... turn off your phone)

2. "I worked at Movenpick in Yorkville and I spent all my tip money across the street at Maison de la Presse. That's where I got my education."

3. "Toronto needs to change it's residential vernacular. In terms of architecture it needs to raise the bar". Yep.

4. "Rather than looking south all the time Canadians should look East + West"
(After that I wrote in my notebook... LESS MAINE.... MORE SPAIN!")

Thanks OCADU for a great night.