common cold

today i woke up sick...but with a will to combat 

i stayed in bed as long as possible scheming a wake-up-get-well-soon plan

step one: put on your Dusted 'Total Dust' record 

step two: have a hot epsom salt bath and gargle hot salt water 

as long as possible while in the bath

 

step three: put on your coziest jammies, and your hand-knit socks

step four: make a berry-kale-flaxseed smoothie for breakfast

step five: steep fresh ginger in boiling pot and add 

lemon and unpasteurized honey

step six: get in bed and spend some quality time with your cat 

and your ginger tea and your book

step seven: go back to sleep as long as possible

zero .. one .. two .. three .. four .. five .. six .. seven

feline felicitation

i took a gander at my etsy favorites

& discovered a grand wad of cat themed items

let's review them

up top its a felted cat cave (!!!)

by vaivanat

custom cat necklace pendant

by honey thistle

  1960's cat book

by honey & bumble

cat colouring book 

by team art

 

 

vintage gold & turquoise cat earrings 

by carillion collectibles

  pile o' cats sweater

by pretty snake

i like cats sweater

 by burger & friends

 

all of these gems can be purchased from etsy

follow the links!

hat for a cat

once upon a time there was a free knitting pattern on ravelry 

for a precious cat hat, which i made once & sent to my dear friend

 maggie's cat moozima-moonflower in the mail to montréal

yesterday i tried to find that pattern but it has since been taken offline

so i winged it, and made soosee a wee pink bonnet

(see the reluctant model above)

once i adjust my pattern & get it right

i will post it on here, for you to make too

until then, you can purchase your own fancy cat hat from etsy sellers

scooterKnits or bitchKnits

calendrier

last night i drempt of calendars

 

i got one of these brilliant minimalist Mark's original notebook calendar's as a b.day gift
 meg knows me well enough to know how much i would appreciate this beauty
& it blew my mind a little

(she got me the gray one, of course)

a beautiful desk top calendar of desks

by dear hancock

aquaint yourself with the signs of the zodiac & their constellations 

by prismatic print shop

stunning city illustrations

by rifle paper co. 

precious pups

by square paisley design

a knit calendar!!! by Peter Frey

unravel each day... sort of sad, but very beautiful 

NOT for cat ladies

classic dream cats calendar 2013

(the cat ladies solution)

by field guided

or you could seek a vintage calendar from 1985 or 1991

 both of these years, like 2013, start on a tuesday & have 365 days!

all i want for christmas

is a gift certificate to Good Egg!

good egg is a beautiful shop in kensington market

267 Augusta, Toronto

it is a lifestyle shop, it is a kitchen boutique, 

it is a book store--a bookstore for people who dont think they like books!

plus so much more

 

i stopped in one day, as i always do when im in the market

& got hyper for nick-knacks--the effect that this shop has on me

instead of splurging, i started a visual list

  good egg is easily my favorite store in the GTA

and that's saying a lot!

this list is just the tip of the iceburg...

i thought of going to visit good egg again to expand it

but its already pretty big & beautiful

saying that, good egg is a one-stop-shop gift-shop for all ages

super cute kids stuff, amazing selection of gift cards, products in spectrums of colour

if you've stuck on what to get someone for christmas

go to good egg for inspiration or get them a gift certificate here!

one: citrus juicer (i own this product and use it EVERY day) 

two: Pantone postcard set (i got this for my birthday last night!!!)

three: pretty Poketo planner

four: David Shrigley Essentials (my favorite books)

five: Moleskine graphpaper (a must!)

six: ORK city neighbourhood maps (comes in all your favorite colours & cities)

seven: knit a bestfriend books! 

eight: the Flavor Thesaurus by Niki Segnit (ok, the thesaurus is actually my favorite book)

nine: Vegan Lunch Box by Jennifer McCann (some inspiration when you need it)

ten: Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara

eleven: How To Design A Typeface by The Deign Museum 

                (for a rainy day when you're ready to start)

twelve: Best In Show card game by Polly Horner (super cute! learn the dog breeds)

thirteen: Baggu tri-pack bags (multi-colour & design options. LOVE!)

fourteen: THIS IS... books by Miroslav Sasek (warms your heart with beautiful illustrations, and memories of trips past. comes in many a city)

fifteen: Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya & Amy Hirschman (HOW hilarious)

 

lucy eldridge

tonite i had a few cooked prawns for dinner

which inspired me to finally post about 

the fantastic watercolours of UK artist lucy eldridge

be sure to check out more of her illustrated recipes in detail!

brooklyn flea

one of my favorite activities in the NYC region is Brooklyn Flea

while at Williamsburg Flea a couple of weeks ago 

i made a point of photographing everything i would have bought 

--had i a giant bucket of cash

revisiting everything i left behind was slightly painful

but worth this display of everything most-beautiful

my favorite find was definitely the giant white cat

it is made from the same mold as me mascot, panko

(the giant ceramic feline featured up there on the blog banner)

ps. view more + buy john murphy ceramics

evas return

a couple of christmas' ago my niece brook asked me to knit her cat a sweater

her cats name is eva, and this cat sweater 

was a prototype for the one i actually gave her

it fits fraidy perfectly

fraidy

here is fraidy, our new fur baby

at first she was very nervous, but she has been fitting in quite nicely

she talks a lot, and is a bit of a freak, 
but i think that comes along with being a kitten

she likes to sit on me and watch me use the computer

i took this shot with the computer camera

keek

 

 today keek moved in with my friend léanne

we tricked him into a big box by putting food in it

once he jumped in we closed the box and he freaked out

 we brought his brown ottoman that he always sleeps on

we will miss him lots

 

 

i miss them

its only been three days. 

im a weakling.

baby & baby