Cosas Minimas. By Blanca Gomez.

I just realized that the city illustrations artist is the very same person who created the "bonjour mademoiselle" and other works. The very prints that I had pestered the dogre about some time ago...to no avail. ho hum!

So again, website here; etsy shop here; & blog here.

I'm inadequate.

We finally have...a POSTAL CODE! Exciting. Oh, post title explanation: Rocky thinks I'm inadequate. Apparently, my commitment to eye crusties wiping is so appallingly lacking that he's learned to wipe them himself. Like a Shiba Inu...

Also, are you aware of his disability? Yes, his tongue is too big and long for his mouth. All you snooty canines of this world really shouldn't take eating so casually for granted!

I love how the Brits call their apartments, flats and their backyards, gardens. I'm going to relentlessly call our itty bitty balcony the gaaarden until you do so as well!

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By the way, if you aren't following The Selby, well, start already! You get to peek inside the fascinating homes of creative individuals.

And check out Present and Correct if you're as big of a stationery fanatic as moi.

Cute cake stands, yes? More pretty things (milkjugs, vases, dishes, etc) here.

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For $40US, you can fancify your bikes with awesome wooden fenders!

 

From the Montreal etsy shop, red tail fender.

Lastly, you might be tired of my city poster gushing but A Cup of Jo brought new ones to my attention and seeing as how it's my blog and all, well here they are:

 

Originally found here.

I suppose it's time to study for my test now...which is in less than two hours!

Metallic lucite.

I'm struggling with sleep again. I kid you not, for years I have been telling the dogre that I view his abilities to fall asleep immediately, anywhere, as the most enviable super power (well, maybe next to the power to conjure up food on whim, and puppies...and money). So, I've been going to bed later and later until I finally just didn't sleep at all. And let me tell you, my body is not feeling as fresh as it did when I pulled all-nighters in my highschool years. I feel like a zombie. The good that came out of a sleepless night was that I finished an assignment. It's ridiculous but I'm nearing the end of both courses again. Here's the shoe I used—I tickled my own fancy and added a floral pattern on it!

Since I was still up, I worked on the mother's day cards.Roughly traced and re-coloured a cute design I saw over at Rifle Paper Co. But never-you-mind that. Let's dive in to the pretty things we scored over the weekend!

The dogre and finn's friend held a launch party for her newly opened and fantastical shop, Tabula Rasa, of all things beautiful—old, new, and reworked. It was jam packed and us dogre household didn't fail to bring on the socially awkward. Actually, let's backtrack. Before we headed to the shop, we went to one of our happy places, DT Bistro, where I ran into a former coworker. So how awkward am I? Well, look:

  Tyler: What's up?!

     Me: Good.

Good! In any case, it was good running into him, which is rare for me to say, because I'm that person who will cross to the other side of the street and study my shoes rather than make banal chitchat and niceties with you. The dogre is going to harass me now—he was already huffy when he learned that he models. Back to the launch party, it was retardedly packed and all I wanted to do was thrift through the goods! I'd say a fair portion of the items are in a similar price range as Aritzia ($35 tees) while the rest is more attainable for the likes of me. Case in point, voila ici (I wonder if you're tired of this yet), my new twenty dollar purse!

Awesome. So many compartments. We also met the dogre's twin, in mannequin form.

What else, what else...We were suppose to watch How to Train Your Dragon but couldn't part with the fifteen buckaroos each per tickets. So, naturally, I went and spent ninety dollars at Pottery Barn. Very sensible, I am. Don't judge me! It's all part of sprucing the new casa up for when we resell it, you see...Cute LED lanterns, an antique bar tray, and a floral accent place mat for laptopping in bed (the dogre constantly scorned me for overheating it).

I'm envisioning a hearty mix of stripped wood, metal, and lucite pieces. For example, a lucite coffee table, yes please! Eh? You can do one better and offer me a trunk? Please and thank you.

More neat stuff (yes, neat) at Lonny, an online magazine.

The management company is showing our apartment to potential renters and it's such a nuisance. But the place has never looked so pristine. This afternoon, a guy came to check it out with four friends. And I have to say, I was sweaty. Not because they were hot, but because it was a gang of gays (is that offensive at all? hope not. I just love alliteration, as you're well aware) and after some exposure to stereotypical gay men (former coworkers) I've become sensitive to how "observant" they are. I was very nervous about how they felt of my decorating choices and meekly answered any and all questions they threw my way. I would have fed, bathed, and tucked them into bed if they so commanded it. I was in a room full of Anitas, really (inside joke. don't even).

Links, links links (easier than uploading images):

Cool personalized clear tray. Oh so nice.

And bags.

The most beautiful (and expensive) toaster I can only dream of having.

Half the price of this wonderful Burberry utility jacket here.

Hideousness over at j.crew (I can't believe such words came out of my mouth fingers) .

But this chambray shirt encourages me look the other way:

A sweet bracelet.

A cool but overpriced leather bike frame bag.

An illustrator mesh tool god.

A dream.

A great new (to me) inspiration blog.

Lollipops we will (yes, dogre, yes) soon order.

A collaboration of note design studio and abici results in enviable bikes:

And lastly, Rocky hangs with the likes of Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, and leggy ladies.

Or not...

Running with scissors.

when I was about seven or eight, I was involved in a love triangle. I remember our first minor strife—my uneventful introduction to Jealousy and Inadequacy.  we were cutting our murals with the safety scissors the teacher provided when I noticed the boy looking at my girlfriend's handiwork with approval. I swear to goodness, I have a scissors+(in)accuracy complex to this day. unfortunately, I fear that my lacklustre skills have carried over to my Illustrator activities...nonetheless, voila ici, my temporary wallpaper (click). oh, and more bag lust: the chloe louise satchel.

      {images from net-a-porter-.com}

Fridge art; Illustrator style.

This week in my Illustrator class, the lecturer was discussing pathfinders and the type tool and I got carried away and started playing rather than listening...

Remember when I said that my mom never praised me or put up my artwork/grades (and they were darn worthy of praise and display, let me tell you!) on the fridge? Well now, what's happened is that whenever I fiddle with something and I've put in the slightest bit of effort, I immediately scamper off to show it to the dogre. Voila ici, upon "completion", I felt compelled to email these pdfs to him during class. 

And then I messaged him asking if he received it...And then, when he picked me up from class it was pertinent that we "discuss" the "pieces".

What I got - full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter

 

{photo credit: apartmenttherapy.com}

This is pure awesomeness! A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket! Here or here. Must consult with the dogre! Exclamations galore! Woo-wee!

We're four short of a bushel! / WALL ART

I've been tracing my mouse path (found at doorsixteen.com) and saving the images every 24 hours or so in hopes that I can somehow develop + frame them for our new home. Some other wall art that I'm eyeing:

 

 

{Aveyfish Monger is here, Venn diagram here, and city map is from here.}

How cool is the city map poster?! And they'll soon have a Toronto map! Signed myself up on the email notification list, I did. While on the subject of maps, downloaded some historical ones from mapsorama.com, which I also hope to use in the new casa:

{Toronto 1894; Versailles 1866; the world 1596; 1581; 1628; cannibalism 1893}

I can't fall asleep these days because I'm assaulted with thoughts of paint colours, magnetic chalkboard walls, bed frames, throws, rugs, the fulton desk (the colour of the wood is amazing!), et cetera. Tentative move-in date: May 31st, 2010!

Let's distract ourselves, shall we? No, not by being productive and doing homework. How about one of my favourite Friends moments?

"hair dryer, no no no. shampoo and conditioners, uh, yes yes yes!"

What type are you?

Pentagram. 

Archer Hairline. Looks about right!  

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