Mingle Holiday Event - Thursday

Just a quick note this morning before I head off to work. If you're local, don't forget that this Thursday is the Mingle Holiday event at Louie's. It's always such a fun event and I'd love to hang out and enjoy a few festive cocktails with my entrepreneurial friends. This event is open to spouses, co-workers and friends too this time - so you have no excuse! Hope you can make it! See you then!

Hello Tuesday!

Good morning - great to see you here this morning. We had a wonderful long weekend in sunny Vancouver. We went to a party at our printers in Burnaby and also had the pleasure of meeting a new friend and her husband - Sharon Laxon, interior designer and co-owner of Layers and Layers - an interior design showroom that services the interior design community in Vancouver. We had great fun visiting with Sharon and her husband in their beautiful home. I'd love you to take a look at the Layers and Layers blog - wonderful posts and guest posts from some very talented designers - enjoy!

Hotel Europe

We walked past this old hotel in Gastown on Saturday. I think it's probably apartments now. I love Gastown in Vancouver - it's really one of the only parts of the city that retains its original street level heritage. This old hotel has fab old marble stairs, tiled floors and Victorian tiled walls - can you see the yellow tiled border? I love this place.

Edible type

This is fun! Our printers organized such a fun party for their clients on Friday night. One of the clever ideas they had was to reproduce type trays in very large format and hang them on the wall. Then they had hundreds of cookies baked in letter shapes that you could stand up on tiny shelves and write your name or a message etc. Here are our Cartolina cookies - I love them!

Novelty type

Great sample of vintage type on an old cigar box that crossed my path this weekend.

Happy Friday!

Have a great weekend everyone! I'm going to be away in Vancouver for a few days. I should be back here on Tuesday next week. If you have a chance, take a look at all the pretty things at McMaster and Storm this weekend - they always brings a smile to my face and I think you'll like them too. See you next week!

Found - Sandra Eterovic

Aren't these wonderful? How unique and clever! Hand painted 'wooden clock hands' from Sandra Eterovic. Check out her store and while you're there take a look at the fabulous mirrors - pig tails anyone?

Found - vintage cluster earring bracelets

I absolutely love these. Vintage cluster earring bracelets from Fancy Linda. They are so pretty and I love that they are authentic vintage pieces collected by one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of meeting since I started blogging. Do you follow Linda's blog or buy great vintage stuff from her Ebay or Etsy stores? She has such a great eye for vintage details. And right now she has a fabulous giveaway that I'm hoping to win - wonderful vintage holiday treasures - including a super cute little christmas deer that I'm coveting.

Found - Folk Quilt Poster

This caught my eye yesterday - a folk quilt poster from Spread the Love.

DIY - willow wreath with pom poms

I rather like this willow wreath with tiny pink pom poms on it - from Martha Stewart.

Inspiration - more vintage Penguin

Doug took these pictures at our local used book shop last week - I can't get enough of these Penguin covers. I think I see a new one every week!