beets

Spent two final grueling hot days digging for shop goods last week and managed to pick up a few things for me!

Our time away from home is drawing to an end and I am most excited to get back into familiar routine. Once home I promise more substantial updates, for now I'll leave you with an excellent update from Always the Forest on cooking up your own natural blush! I gave it a shot last night and was surprisingly pleased with the results! If you have any more natural make-up secrets up your sleeve I'd love to hear them!

between spring and autumn

Style inspiration from Grigory Gluckmann. Who/what is inspiring you this summer?

life in a suitcase

As you can see I got a little carried away photographing the above dresses (also carried away caressing hair/face) but can you blame me? Are they not most excellent? I've gathered up a few dresses that I've collected during my travels to put in the shop tomorrow as we're finally settled in one place for the next two weeks (three weeks until my own bed) allowing me a fair amount of time to get back to this part of business. I've got quite a collection for you! All sorts of handsome Cracks style attire, lacey numbers and pretty cotton patterned dresses.

My partner and I spent last week prepping garments and having patterns made for our first Loved One collection! Very excited to soon share it with you (am most excited about the lingerie portion of the collection).

I've noticed that there have been a few new eyeballs around here lately thanks to a very generous write-up earlier this week. Please feel free to introduce yourselves!

Hawaii Part Two: Water

(and one cheesy vacation picture for good measure)

We stayed in Kaua'i (nicknamed The Garden Isle) for seven days and O'ahu for two at the end of our trip. Kaua'i was, without a doubt, the most beautiful place I've visited. We spent the first day learning about the island and exploring a few spots before settling down on the beach and watching the sun set and chickens scramble all around us (most glorious, am now wishing we had room for chickens in our small brooklyn abode). The second day we were up before the sun and off to tour around the island exploring canyons and waterfalls and ending our day with delicious fish and tropical drinks. The third day we went on a kayak trip down the river and to a spot where we hiked to the "secret falls" and later to our very own swimming hole with a rope swing (I was awful with the rope swing and repeatedly lost my top). The fourth day we drove to the north side of the island, visited a beach (where we found George Clooney making his latest movie magic), poked around in a cave and finished our day at a family Luau where Landon and Liam learned how to wiggle their bottoms. The fifth day we went to the beautiful botanical gardens and spent hours roaming the grounds admiring the pretty foliage. The sixth day we took a boat up the coast to the Na Pali Coast (incredible) I spent the majority of the trip ralphing overboard but was able to contain my fluids long enough to peer at the fishies below while snorkeling. The seventh day we took a helicopter tour of the island (anything I could say about that would be insufficient in detailing the outrageous beauty that surrounded us). It was a perfect trip!

Hawaii Part One: Land

Hello friends, just a quick update of one of many posts I imagine I'll be making on our trip west to a most beautiful part of the world! I don't have much time as bed is beckoning but tomorrow I hope to make a second post of water related pictures with tales of our travels.

Before I off, however, I must tell you that I am presently in KITTEN HEAVEN! Yes, friends, I have two eight week old brother kitties sleeping on my lap as I type this. My mum adopted these two boys to comfort the household as we grieve the loss of a most beloved member (my grandparents, mum, brother and sister all live together in a home built by my great-grandpa here in beautiful West Vancouver). I'm not sure how I'll be able to part with these two when it comes time to travel south again (as if I am not already pining for the company of my west-coast family enough!). This blog will no doubt be swimming in kitten pictures by the end of our stay here (one of them keeps popping up for kisses on the nose)!