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!

101 Markets

February 101 Markets is coming up this Sunday!

101 Markets is a vintage + handmade marketplace 

held at 3030 Dundas West every third Sunday of the month

meet for brunch & stay for the sale!

Sunday February 17th

10:30a - 5:00p

bright-brown + junction flea

photo source

 bright-brown is selling at junction flea!!!

 

that's right, the very best sale in the city (in my opinion)

& it is a dream come true 

during chilly months, Junction Flea is held at The Great Hall on Queen West 

Sunday January 13th  10am - 5pm

come check out our treasure collection of vintage + handmade attire & décor

including merchandise from filthy rebena, dereck stewart, lindsay roe, 

maryjane rodger, moonlight for violet, white feather designs

 

if you've never been, you must! you must!  

NO TAX!

the POPUP is now OPEN! 1801 Danforth Ave.

we are thrilled to be selling all these gems

that have been hibernating in the closet Oh So Long

vintage attire & décor + handmade jewelery + artist multiples

enjoy NO TAX this weekend only Dec 7-9

Friday Dec 7         12-7

Saturday Dec 8     12-6

Sunday Dec 9         1-5

shits gettin real

bright-brown vintage+handmade 

will be hosting our very first POP-UP shop

for the whole month of December (!!!)

in collaboration with the brilliant Toronto artist collective VSVSVS

1801 Danforth St Toronto 

(Woodbine Station)

our space will be a fusion of wild art installation +

sales of vintage attire, décor, vinyl, housewares 

PLUS handmade jewelry + art objects

our grand-opening reception will be held: 

Friday December 14th

 this opportunity has been provided to us by the 

Danforth East Community Association

they have recruited shop owners with empty spaces

who then donate their spaces to people, like us, with a creative vision

in order to create a buzz, to give budding entrepeneurs a chance to test the market, 

and to draw more foot traffic to the neighbourhood

THANK-YOU DECA!

more detailed info to come

(join us on facebook + twitter for up-to-date POP-UP info + events)

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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

need supply co.

once upon a time i discovered need supply co. 

on a great search for the most beautiful watch

it was these high waisted green jeans that brought me back to dream

one .. two .. three .. four .. five .. six

wish i was here

i dream of vintage pop!

 i've never been, but i've been to puces pop in past years, and it was stunning.

sarah from cheap opulance was the one to take me to puces on my first trip to montreal, 

and i still cherish a handmade skirt i bought at that sale

if you are lucky enough to be in montréal this week, don't miss out on pop!

i hope to be there next year fo sho ♥

summer shoes

i took a short trip to guelph & cambridge last week

and took the opportunity to visit a couple of my favorite thrift stores

here are some gems i found

they have all been posted for sale on my etsy site

sweat to skirt

 

i recently finished knitting myself a tube skirt
(i suppose i should follow up with that and show you a photo of it)

well if you can't knit, but you're friends with a sewing machine
you could use this diy to make yourself a knit tube skirt from a sweater

a great diy by blooming leopold

oh! and she also has a diy on how to 
turn your old knit sweater into a shirt for your dog 

cap-sac

if you know me well enough, 

you would know that i am a true believer in the fanny pack.

this cap-sac is a wise incorporation of the fanny-pack. it may not work if you're like me and you need to carry your nikon around with you wherever you go. but, for a night of dancing, or day of festival dancing in the sun! how perfect.

i bet they will be selling them at american apparel in 3...2...

pencil knit

while browsing urban outffiters the other day, 

with no money to spend (i don't recommend it)

i saw a great knit pencil skirt 

that i was convinced i could knit myself

after days of hunting, i've finally found 

a pattern for a knit pencil skirt

that i could use my christmas yarn for

knit pencil skirt pattern

two . three . four

the travelling store

since we're on the topic, i thought i would share some of my inspiration which lead me to starting a traveling store of my own...

when i stumbled upon this double decker dress store LODEKKA, (Portland, Oregon)...i related, with my enormous, growing collection of vintage dresses, which sit in my closet...just existing and being awesome. i own several that don't even fit me...i just can't resist when i find something that someone just needs to wear! after several years of being out of school, and pondering what to do with my time that will be financially productive and (but more importantly) will be fulfilling. owning a store seems to make the most sense.

A store would be a place to spend tons of time creating things, painting things different colours, having craft nights (on a back patio that has trees and a hammock), not to mention selling all things that i find cool...

BUT the thought of owning a store at this point in my life, feels to much like settling down. Having a store means commitment to a place for a few years, and it's also a full-time job; being two things I don't want right now. Having a store means paying rent, and I'm just about to move to Toronto; the last place I would want to pay rent to have a store.(It's an expensive place to live).

This thought process has lead me to the idea of a traveling vintage clothing store. One I can take to music festivals, and county fairs, and the aberfoyle antique market (i'm leaving Guelph, but it's still very close to Toronto).  I can take it to these places when I have the time, and the inventory. 

Once my vision was clear to me, I went back to read about LODEKKA and the detailed story she has about the process of renovating her bus. When I read this story I found out that Erin Sutherland has named her bus Ginny! (that's MY name!) I took this as a sign that I was aiming in the right direction; the perfect direction! 

I then went on a hunt to find who else had a store like LODEKKA. And what I found was tons of inspiration and beauty in the idea of the mobile store. (see some great pics of LODEKKA)

Just recently LODEKKA moved locations 

and neighbors a trailer shop: Wanterlust

Oh So Lovely Vintage
is a pair of sweet gals from Winnipeg who are 
currently on their way to setting up their own brick & mortar shop

Haberdash Vintage: the founder of ilovetrailers.com

joyeux noël le premier

i was at the pearson airport today, travelling to méxico... 

and i saw a gal with these amazing boots 
i loved them so much i wanted to ask if i could take their picture. instead i just told her i liked them and she told me they were from urban outfitters (i should have known). they are even under $100!! if i didn't spend all my moulah to come to mexi i wouldn't have gone to the airport to see the boots of my dreams that i cannot afford. sigh.

buy them here

then mail them here:

gin murray

31 1/2 Quebec Street 

apartment one

guelph, on

N1H 2T1