calling nova scotians!

love, me boutique is a small independent retail shop featuring canadian handmade products. a casual and comfortable apartment setting that is warm and welcoming. check out our line if your in the halifax area, or visit owner chara's blog for design inspiration!

happy hallowe'en

more from montreal

lovely goods at marche jean-talon

glorious roman cauliflower

quirky store lustre on saint laurent

(love these!)

gorgeous crab stuffed tomato at laloux

morales

renata morales' clothing designs are pure joy. intricate pleating, bold pattern, luxurious fabric. if you get a chance to visit her store on st. laurent, montreal – you won’t be disappointed. shop walls are covered with extraordinary and quirky black and white murals by local artist jesse purcell, both mirroring and contrasting morales’ design aesthetic.

montreal calling

i'm off for a weekend break to montreal. the plan is to visit some markets (marche jean-talon) and check out kids' boutiques. i'll leave you with a pic of a favourite coffee spot - merchants of green coffee - definitely worth a visit. stay tuned for la belle ville highlights!

play

couldn't resist posting some more images of the shoot. this one is a favourite!

friends, fun, fall

yesterday's photo shoot was such a success! glorious weather, laughter and leaves. a perfect autumn day.

gearing up

they're here! after months of waiting, our new fall/winter line has finally arrived. we are so excited about the new designs and fabulous colours. you can check out our new tees in the flesh at the children's trunk show this november 9th & 10th, or at the green holiday show. stay tuned for more online changes!

oh-livia

birthday craziness has taken over my life. here's to olive's birthday. strawberry cake - YUM!

book by its cover

on one of my infinite blog searches i happened upon the most adorable site – book by its cover. a straightforward site whose discerning selection of books (from comics to handmade volumes) highlights the design and art elements in each selection. an ideal site for bookworms, or for those of us whose guilty pleasures include stealing moments in bookstore-cum-coffee shops.

pinocchio ellington was not a street

rosie flo's colouring books

when you were small

veronica/three little horses

storm

tony bursey is a captivating amateur photographer. having recently picked up a long lost art, his photography has the deftness and intensity of a professional. capturing images of nature, city life and landscape, his images are crisp and dynamic – engaging at every angle. click here to check out his work on flickr.

top left pixel

daily dose of imagery is a photoblog dedicated to sam javanrouh’s, “day to day visual experience [of toronto].” javanrough (creative director of optix digital pictures) posts one iconic photo daily – creating a chronological catalogue of an unfettered city. with simplistic headers like: today, day before and day after and candid captions, javanrough creates a uncritical, clean and welcoming environment by which to view the city.

train rails shot yonge street around summerhill

around yonge and st. clair
a biker on yonge and st. clair

queen street sidewalk, near cityhall

love lies bleeding

i came about a most stunning plant on a walk this week. towering at 5 feet this rope-like flower known as amaranthus is impressive in its magnitude. glorious trailing tails of flowers in crimson recall its colloquial name – love lies bleeding.

a new dove film: onslaught

i am not one to venerate global marketing campaigns, but i came about this dove clip serendipitously and could not ignore its message. let’s give our girls a fighting chance.

poppytalk handmade

saw this on design*sponge and had to share. poppytalk has launched a new site called poppytalk handmade which “is a monthly online street market to showcase, buy and sell handmade goods of emerging design talent from around the world.” this felt hair clip from annie + olive sent my heart aflutter.

branch notebook by anna cole

cake + milkpaperie name art

homegrown skinny

track + field laptop bag (you can't miss the irony here)

or...
manoeuvre felt safe