Brooklyn

At the beginning of the month, I went for a road trip to Brooklyn to visit my sister. I had a great time. I even got to see my penpal Taina (http://taina.etsy.com). Here are some photos from the trip:

I was on a tight budget but I still made some purchases. I got some great shoes:

I also got a Brooklyn Industries purse and a Marc Jacobs' skirt. Spending a few days there really makes me want to reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.). That is one of my most favourite books, but I haven't read it in years.
Speaking of not doing something in ages... It's been awhile since I made a post and blogger is totally different, but it's for the better, I think.

YYZ Airport

YYZ Airport
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I've realized how insanely I've neglected this blog. This was an insane past few months. Now things have settled and I can focus back on Etsy and thus the blog.
Here's a photo I took at the Toronto airport on my way home at xmas time. It was this incredible aquarium with floating rubber cubes. I could have watched it all day.
Hopefully I will have more interesting things to post about in the coming months. I'm hoping to get in a few more craft shows. I have some amazing new fabric that is waiting to be sewn. Oh and I'm going to Brooklyn this weekend. I'll have to post photos from there!

A New Hound

I got a new hound over the holidays while I was antiquing in my hometown. I don't think he's a beagle, but he was allowed in my collection because of his price. He might actually be my favourite one.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

I wasn't anticipating this movie nearly as much as Where the Wild Things Are. Mainly because I forgot it was coming out. Anyways, I LOVED it. I think it was better than Wild Things. I loved how you could tell it was so Wes Anderson. I really was not sure what to expect, but it was great. I especially loved the wall paper and and the textiles. Mrs. Fox had an awesome brooch. It's great. Go see it.
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Poor photo representation of an awesome gift

Alexis came for a visit (yay!) and she bought me these awesome glasses. She got them in Halifax by the artist Kyla Francis. I love them. I am also glad I don't sell glasses on Etsy as they are impossible to photograph. I really need to make a light box!

Paint By Number

I hate when fabrics become impossible to find anymore. I got this great paint-by-number fabric maybe a year ago. It started disappearing from all good fabric shops and the internet very quickly. Now I will occasionally find it online, but the price is super jacked up. I have been hoarding a few yards of it in green. The blue sold out even faster and I don't even know if I have a fat quarter left. Boo.

Red Is Best

Well, not really. I don't know how I end up with so much stuff in red. I really wanted these boots in greys, but they didn't have my size. I think I like these almost as much now. I'm happy to finally have cute rubber boots. I tried on some Hunters, but luckily they didn't fit right. I really did not want to spent $150 for some rubber boots.

A New Beagle

My new beagle!

ikea fabric

I'm a pretty big fan of IKEA fabric at times. It always has some whacky prints and it's cheap. I love echino more, of course, but IKEA is about a third of the price. I bought the three above and can't wait to make some new stuff!

.leonard.

I really can't get enough of Leonard footage.

Faithbook

So for part of the week I get to hang out at a Catholic HighSchool. This brings back many terribly memories of my own grade seven to nine experience. Their uniforms are way better mainly because there are more options and they have kept the classic jumper. They also have a much more interesting Virgin Mary in one of their hallways. It is even more endearing because it has a "Sacred Area. No Loitering" sign by it. The craziest thing I did see what this poster for 'faithbook'. Very humorous and really strange. I actually don't really know what to think of it. This reminds me of the things I don't miss about Oklahoma.


Check out JC's wall:

Does Jeff Gord0n know he is on there? I didn't even know Jeff Gordon was into Jesus, is he?And Carrie Underwood? I'm pretty sure Darwin does not want to be there.
See it all up close.

deer

I love these deer. My mom found them for me in Pacifica, CA.

People of Wal-Mart

If you haven't had a chance to check out this site yet, you are missing out. This one wins for best suit. I won't put other photos on here because they are too disturbing.

I'm a fan

Lately I've gotten re-hooked on this song: Emily Loizeau - Je suis jalouse.

Stop Motion again

I love stop motion. See earlier posts: here and here. This current one I found on my friend Arjun's blog. This will also be an attempt to link the foodie/wine blogosphere to the.. umm... well whatever blogosphere my blog is in. Enjoy!

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

TAL update

Two posts in one day, are you crazy? Probably, but don't worry I won't be inundating the blogosphere with mundane posts, most likely you won't here from me in a month. I was listening to TAL Episode 30 today (Obsessions) and was fascinated by the artist, Liza Lou. She decided to bead her whole kitchen (see above photo). An obsession, indeed. Remember I am still in 1996, so this may be old news to you. I started to think my listening to TAL in order from the beginning was also some sort of obsession and I really should be documenting this and probably have a separate blog just about it. I could write my commentary on each episode. I don't really want to do that, as I'm sure you wouldn't want to read it. I will just do a few posts when I feel like it on my regular blog, such as this post, which was suppose to be about Liza Lou. Another caveat: I must admit I am skipping the episodes about the 1996 political conventions and the one about Bob Dole. Living in the US for five years I had more than enough of my share of hearing about elections and politics and conventions and blah, blah, blah.

City of Craft

I'm excited to be finally doing shows. I'll be at City of Craft in Toronto in December! It looks like a great show with a lot of talented vendors. I still find it hard to believe I got accepted! This weekend, I never cut out so much fabric at one time. I think I listened to eight episodes of This American Life. I'm still in 1996 in terms of my This American Life listen project. I have more to cut today, so I'll knock off a few more episodes. Also with my new sewing room setup I think I'll be able to listen while I sew as well. I'm also doing a smaller show in Mississauga at the end of November. I figured I'd need some practice as I'm totally new to doing shows.

The Classics

I love reading. I also love reading "The Classics", but feel I have not read nearly enough of them. I just finished "Jane Eyre" and loved it. I loved Jane's fiery personality. Sometimes I don't realise that over 100 years ago there were personalities like that. I always think they were all pious and proper. Now I need another book. Any suggestions?

New Beagle

I went to some local flea markets today. I must say I am pretty impressed. They were in the country, but only a 10 minute drive from my house. I will be visiting them often. I liked it better than going to the crazy one in Alameda, CA.

Anyways... I found a new beagle for my collection. It's a Beswick, so I actually had to pay a fair bit of money for him, but I just love him!

It's been awhile...

My posting was interrupted by my move back to Canada. This involved driving from the Bay Area, California, to Manitoba, then to Southern Ontario. It took almost as long to drive from Manitoba to Ontario than going through seven states.

This was the embargo:

On the drive through Ontario, we stopped in Thunder Bay, so I could visit my dear friend, Aynsley. On the way out we stopped by the Terry Fox Memorial. Douglas Coupland wrote a great piece about Terry Fox in "Souvenir of Canada: 2".

Now I have been busy getting settled and organizing my new place. Here is my room! I'll put up a photo of my cute red and yellow kitchen soon.

In other news I got accepted into City of Craft for their show in December!