[Update: Well talk about timing! A day after I posted this, I recieved an email from PucesPOP saying that they had spot for me. Of course I said yes! But now I’m less than a week away, and FREAKING OUT! It’s going to be a crazy crazy week followed by a crazier weekend, but I’m pretty excited, bring it on!]
I had mentioned a while back how I was excitingly working on a project. A pie project to be exact. Unfortunately I’ve hit a little hiccup and now need to think of a new strategy.
Originally, I set out to apply as a vendor at PucesPOP, which is a popular DIY craft fair in Montreal. Not only do they have a variety of talented crafters, but they also have a selected number of food vendors including The Preservation Society, JJ Comestibles’ Parched Goods, The Good Pig and Saint Donut.
I had worked on my application, brainstorming bilingual names, drafting logos and making cute packaging. The process was pretty fun, it reminded me of the good ol’ sock love days, but harder because I don’t have a partner to bounce ideas off of and share the work with. I still can’t believe we made it onto vitamin v!
Happy long weekend! I’m off to New York to meet my girlfriends. I’m looking forward to spending time together, eating, having coffees, walking along highline park, seeing shows, chatting, checking out hipster brooklyn, drinking more coffee, finding the chicken and rice food cart and chatting until we can’t take each other anymore :)
The skyline photo above is a sketch by Wendy Macnaughton, and lucky for us she has a showing at the ace hotel this weekend.
Oh and maybe, just maybe, run into Ryan Gosling.
I recently came across Amanda Jane Jones’ website and instantly fell in love with it. I realized soon after that she is the designer for Kinfolk Magazine, which explains why I was drawn to her minimalistic design approach and the natural sense of calm that she conveys in the images. Kinfolk is a little publication that celebrates the natural approach to shared gatherings, whether you are a company of one, two or a few.
Amanda has this super cute column on her blog called My Better Half where she introduces different artists and shares a few facts about them. They make me smile and giggle. My favourite one is the one with the dinosaur! All pictures can be found here.
spring is finally here!
farmer market fiddleheads, asparagus, salad greens, baby potatoes and rhubard.
What a weekend! Eric and Lori came to visit us – we rode bikes, relaxed in the back yard and celebrated Andrew’s birthday. The sun was shining and it seemed like everyone in montreal went outside to play. Did anyone else see the ‘supermoon’? I wasn’t as big as I had hoped (imagine the planet in melancholia), but it was still bright and beautiful.
Eric photobombing..
It’s been a long time. Too long. There are many reasons I haven’t written in the last month. I’ve been busy - school, the job hunt, weekends away, volunteering, spring cleaning, out of town visitors, DIY craft projects, and on top of all that, I feel that I haven’t had anything exciting or creative to share with you.
But to be completely honest, I’ve also been hiding. Hiding behind my school work, hiding behind my to-do lists, hiding behind my workouts.
I’ve been feeling a bit stuck lately. Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m doing anything meaningful or productive. I wish I could get a job. I wish I could communicate in French. I wish I could get back to being creative. So when I’m feeling frustrated and overwhelmed I start making projects for myself to help me feel like I’m actually doing something and as you can probably guess, the list then overwhelms me. It’s all very cyclical and self manifested.
As my girlfriend (chum de fille – just learned how to say that in French yesterday!) told me, I’ve got to get the big rocks done first, then worry about everything else. And, I have to give myself a little more credit and fewer projects. I’m working on it, I’m letting go. BUT, I do have an exciting project in the works right now that I hope I can share with you soon..
