I've been churning out lots of pretty new paper goodies for the holiday season - just in time for the One of a Kind Show. The FP Etsy shop has been updated and there is still lots more to come!
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Sneak a peek
Here's a little peek at the limited edition, screen-printed 2012 wall calendar, which will be packaged and ready to purchase on Monday!
C + T's Style Me Pretty Feature
I'm finally getting around to sharing this Style me Pretty post featuring Ted + Christine's fabulous wedding photos. I loved creating all of the stationery for their wedding (which you may recall from here) and was thrilled to see the details come to life, expertly captured by A Simple Photograph. Christine and Ted's great style certainly translated into a fabulous wedding. I mean that veil, the flower boxes, the yellow balloon - stop, it's too much. Heck, they even went to a ballgame to snap a few pictures - how fun is that?! Check out the rest of the pictures on A Simple Photograph's blog...
NE: Final stop, Cape Cod
After Boston we drove through to the tip of Cape Cod, to the fabulous Provincetown. Immediately we loved it. The town itself is full of quaint shops, galleries and restaurants and has a surprisingly lively nightlife. We spent one evening taking it all in at a karaoke bar hosted by a drag queen, in short - amazing. She described P-town as a "gay fishing village" which actually sums it up nicely. It's uber liberal with wonderful people, fresh seafood galore and of course, amazing beaches. What's not to love?!
Our hotel was an old motel that had been recently renovated in a pretty hip style. Cory somehow worked his magic and scored us an ocean view king room for $59 (score) and as an added bonus the room was turquoise. Double score.
Although the weather was pretty foggy at times we were still able to enjoy our time outside and explore the many beaches. We saw lots of seals poke their heads out of the water but unfortunately due to the weather no whale watching tours were operating. Just one more reason to go back I suppose! After mowing down on fresh seafood one day we wandered along the Pier and looked at all the fishing boats, many old and rusted with layers of peeling paint (my favourite). The behemoth seagulls were super-sized and though I worried they might try to eat me, they mostly just picked out the lobster remnants from the netting.
Provincetown is definitely on my 'must return to' list, preferably with some good friends in peak season when we can really enjoy the vast beaches and our experience can be more like this Vampire Weekend video, only with more hula hoops and keytars.
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa on MUZU.TV
After Cape Cod we drove straight back to Ontario - stopping in Providence, Rhode Island for lunch, and for me to load up on supplies at the super awesome RISD art store. Not a bad little week I'd say!
NE: Part III
Continuing on with our New England road trip - the next stop was Boston. We didn't have much time, but we wandered enough to get a feel for the city. We stayed 2 nights in Cambridge, and went out to a few bars in Harvard Square at night. While during the day, we did the usual: eating, shopping, sightseeing and squirrel stalking. Not a bad little stopover.
Sounds from a one-woman sweatshop
That's right, the one woman sweatshop is in full swing! The One of a Kind Show (use the coupon below) is only 3 weeks away (AH) and I'm a screen-printing machine.
Yup, my days are filled with printing and printing and printing and...well, you get the idea. This means, when I'm not listening to the cbc or streaming tv (very into The Big C right now) I've got tunes playing...because silence = tiredness and that is not good for the sweatshop. While Bedouin Soundclash is known to put me in a good mood, I also really enjoy Jay Malinowski's solo stuff...plus he was a year below me in my Fine Art program, so of course it's been predetermined that I will be a fan.
Aaand that concludes my morning break, back to printing I go!
NE: Part II
With fall drawing to a close and the chilly nights and bare trees of winter approaching, I thought what better time to show the second part of our New England road trip as I'm already reminiscing about the changing leaves of fall. After Maine, Cory and I drove to New Hampshire. Now all I really knew about New Hampshire was that it is the setting of John Irving novels (that alone was a draw), you don't legally have to wear a seat-belt (huh?) and that there's no tax. And darn it, that was enough. We absolutely loved it! We ate delicious food (hello crab cakes and local beer), shopped and explored the area -starting with a drive up Mount Washington, which offered incredible above the clouds views. On our last day we drove the Kancamagus Highway, which lived up to it's title as one of the most beautiful fall drives in the US.
Our hotel was a beaut, built into the mountains with an outdoor heated pool, which we took advantage of in the evening. Faaantastic. Now normally I'm not into the whole outlet thing, especially when on holiday, but the fact that there was no tax coupled with the presence of both a Stonewall Kitchen and J.Crew outlet, I mean seriously. What choice did we have? I could post a million more leaves and mountains photos, but I don't want you taking a nosedive into your keyboard, so instead I'll wrap it up by saying NH was a trip highlight and we hope to return, perhaps for a ski/snowboard trip?
Up next, Cape Cod...
