take it to the streets/1

as you all well know, i have an intense love of street art. this is only a tiny smattering of the beautiful pictures that i spotted in europe this past winter. some has been defaced by ugly spray paint nonsense, but most is breathtaking. i wish so badly that winnipeg's buildings hosted such amazing images -- i don't see why this isn't a reality. props to spain and portugal for the wide abundance in your cities! which one of these is your favourite?

1-berlin
2-naples
3-alfama, lisbon
4-lisbon
5-belem, lisbon
6-valencia
7-belfast
8-valencia

vintage jewels

it was the first beautiful weekend in winnipeg, and i spent most of it in bed! i'm on the mend from a cold, so hopefully i'll be feeling normal again really really soon. i wanna get my bike out, and there are so many things to do this week: band practice, a farewell to my work pal, and our little etsy sale on saturday :)

speaking of the sale, here are some jewels that will be for sale from my shop ladylikeness thrift + vintage!
happy monday, y'all.

in the sun

this saturday after brunch we headed back out to birds hill park to bask in the sunshine that has been intermittent as of late. next time, hopefully we'll bring something other than hot dogs? also, no snow would be a plus. nevertheless we enjoyed ourselves -- i love these guys. (ps. the last photo is me making fun of how my friend holds hot dogs.)

what did everyone get up to this weekend??

lately

happy friday, everyone! this is what i've been up to lately: listening to this lovely album that just arrived in the mail, making some new glittery shoes, and hanging out in humble little studio. i have NO idea what i'll be up to this weekend. hopefully a bit of relaxing, a trip to the woods, and our first official band practice. oh yes, did i mention i'm in a band? ;) i'll also be getting ready for the Winnipeg Etsy Sale coming up in a few weeks! I hope to see you there! Enjoy the weekend, friends.

prairieview

on sunday i had a photo class at prairieview with my photography club. we went out for a few minutes to take some pictures around the school, and these were a few of my favourites. the class was pretty helpful, giving me a few ideas of cool shoots i'd like to try. i've said it before and i'll say it again: i love this area of the city!  i'll be back there with the crew in two weeks time on another photo adventure (unless this new snow hasn't let up), and i can't wait   :) what did everyone get up to this weekend?

a few clicks

1 - a new office chair thrifted from goodwill

2 - a new summer hat thrifted from goodwill

3 - the last gasp of my dead dried flowers

4 - a vintage travel tote i'm trying to revive

enjoy your weekend, friends :)

SAPPHO zine launch for POSTER

it's up! it's really up! the article and pictures i took for the launch of the Winnipeg-based SAPPHO zine  on the POSTER blog. read all about it on HERE! :)

weekend update

here are a few shots i took during a walk around my neighbourhood last week! can someone tell me what the little squiggle might be on my lense? i tried cleaning it off with no luck! this weekend was jam packed -- i went to a social, went on a thrifting spree with my friend, went out dancing and participated in the first practice for our 50 and 60s cover band. basically had the time of my life, no lie. what did everyone else get up to?

vintage re-work

i picked up this vintage lumberjack sweater from shop in vancouver last year, but i've never worn it because the neck was quite uncomfortable. in a last ditch effort to hold onto it, i decided to pick up a zipper at fabricland and try a rework. now i can wear it and leave my neck free. i love it! (i love how it was made in winnipeg!)

out in the woods

this past weekend i got my friends out to birds hill park to roast some weenies and drink some beer. it was so awesome! they all made fun of me for taking so many pictures, but i think they secretly loved it :) i was in charge of pictures and music, but i also helped push the car out of a rut and chop some wood. no big deal, guys! I wish i knew how to make animated gifs, cause then i would be posting one of me chopping a piece like a pro then doing a victory dance. i hope that we go out more often now... i don't know why we haven't done it before!

a messy life

you know the saying "life is messy"? i've been thinking about it quite often lately in a touchy-feely sense and forgetting about the literal messes in life. i realized today that the awesome feeling i get when i'm working in my extra office/studio space coincides with how messy the room is. it means something is happening! lately i've been tearing apart old dresses and sewing them back together or just cutting 10 inches off the bottom in order to build up my spring/summer wardrobe. i also realized that to keep from getting bored, i'll just move around my tables so i get a fresh perspective of my space. how artsy fartsy does THAT sound? it's true, though.

but getting back to the touchy-feely side of messes, i've been thinking that while they are an inevitable part of life, they should not keep you from learning and growing and getting better. i'm not saying you should hold back or stay home or only "get messy" in a contrived manner, but there is a point when one should stop crediting the saying as an excuse for letting people down, not taking responsibility for oneself or playing dumb. i used to make the same kinds of mistakes quite a bit, maybe as a way to hold myself back or to pretend like i was living in some teenage television drama, but eventually i wanted to stop being/feeling like an idiot and start feeling better about myself.

just some thoughts, guys.

anywho, i did a tonne of stuff over the last few days, which i will be catching you all up on in the coming week or so. in the meantime, i realized i didn't really have any recent pictures of myself with my new do, and i really liked my easter outfit today, so why not post some selfies of myself in my studio? both skirt and shirt are thrifted, and i modified the skirt to make it shorter ;)  enjoy!

LONG WEEKEND

i totally forgot about a blog entry today, as it is good friday in canada and therefore i stayed in bed late (until 9am!) i'm getting a whole flock of ducks in a row this long-ass 4-day weekend, so i'm pretty pumped on that. also, i'm working on my monthly piece for POSTER, so stay tuned for that on THISISPOSTER.COM

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!

sketching at MAKE

this saturday i checked out the current exhibit at my local coffee shop MAKE, entitled "sketch". the drawings themselves were pretty interesting, but i also enjoyed the DIY sketch tables and the fact that each drawing was mounted with the exact medium that was used to make it. it really let you imagine the artist hard at work. stopping in, patrons were friendly and smiley, and i even saw an old friend from high school with her mother and had a chat. it was a happy saturday, for sure!