arrival

brownie has arrived to the city!! 

it saw it's first sale this past weekend at the May Junction Flea

it is truely a dream come true

 

it was very very windy to start 

it wasnt long before the awning needed to be removed

it hailed, it shone, it rained, it blew

over and over again

i got to hide inside & watch from the window

i look forward to the June Junction Flea

i imagine sunshine + a perfect breeze

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

destinys child

today i went for brunch at the federal

a popular & busy spot on a saturday afternoon

in the midst of the bustle, ruby put on the Destiny's Child #1's album

& it was incredible to see the response from everyone in the place

there were so many different people who were visibly satisfied 
& could barely hold it in, singing along & grooving

it was pretty perfect

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beau

Ruby Randall is a beautiful person in so many ways

one of those ways is her stunning voice

here's the demo for her new project 'Beau' 

with Liam Sanagan & Trevor Mintz

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)

 

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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radio fezz

Radio Fezz aka. Live Action Fezz aka. Ferenc Stenton aka. Fezz

is a man of many names and many roles:

dj

artist

musician
super-friend

 motion graphics designer

his video projections will be featured this friday night

at the MANSION party at Holy Trinity Church

--- house - techno - bass - breaks - speed garage ---
 
in anticipation of a long awaited night of dance

 here is the september 26th hour-long CFRU mix of Radio Fezz

he broadcasts on the regular : wednesday's 7-8pm

julia hepburn

today after visiting the rent-able akin collective studios at 87 wade ave in toronto

 i oogled the AKIN collective website and discovered:

the fantastical paintings/dioramas of Julia Hepburn

"In my work, I attempt to reclaim the innocence and curiosity of childhood.
 

Each compartmentalized piece displays a single scene with virtually no context. 

Viewers are encouraged to use their imaginations in order to develop a narrative explaining the scene.

The use of small, doll-sized scenes, not only draws people in physically, but also makes the darker imagery less threatening, permitting the viewer to assign a wide range of moods to the work depending on their personal interpretation."

 this installation was produced for 

the Gladstone Hotel's 2011 'Come Up To My Room'

 Hepburn studied fine-arts at mcmaster university in hamilton

she works full-time in toronto as a visual artist

although i have never seen any of this work in real time

i was truly enamored with all pieces i viewed on her website

it was really tough to narrow down what to include...make sure you check it out

vunderful

John O'Regan of Diamond Rings via
Colin Medley's snazzy new website: colinmedley.com
+ tons of beauts here: colinmedley.tumblr.com

Medley toured North America with Diamond Rings + PS I Love You in 2011

 diamond rings : free-dimensional

will be released tuesday october 23rd 
followed by their 2012 North American Tour 

stream the album here

diamond rings will be performing on the tube:

letterman friday oct 26th + leno wednesday nov 7th

junction flea

if you live in the GTA and are enthralled with vintage + handmade sales (like me)

you should definately hit up this months outdoor Junction Flea in Toronto 

Sunday October 14th

2799 Dundas W. @ Keele  

9-4 rain or shine

Junction Flea has been held every second sunday of the month

It is run and founded by Paul Mercer (Smash) + Micah Lenahan (Russet & Empire)

I dream of vending at Junction Flea come Spring 2013!

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jan ollner

I came across the solo show of Jan Ollner at OZ Studio

just in time to try to recruit you to go see it

it's 100% wonderful

The paintings are derived from a large sequence of photographs taken by the artist

while engaging in conversation with his subjects

"The result is a body of work that's as much about photography as it is about painting"

End of Discovery is Ollner's first solo show

 The show ends September 30th, 2012

but luckily it coincides with Nuit Blanche which is occurring tonight!

OZ Studio is located at 134 Ossington Ave.

(it will be open until around 1am September 29th, 2012)

  Jan Ollner has BFA in Studio Art from Concordia

and lives in Toronto, Canada 

toronto hyperbolic crochet reef

toronto hyperbolic crochet reef

is a collective project of endless crochet for the city of Toronto:

inspired by dr. daina taimina's work in hyperbolic crochet

& the projects of the institute for figuring in LA

the toronto reef is one in a great confluence of reefs worldwide

the reef is run and mostly built by

angelune des lauriers, shannon gerard, kalpna patel, and becky johnson, 

but remains open to coral contributions from anyone in the city

 

the reef is not currently exhibiting

summer solstice toronto island

     

  

encampment 2012

i am participating as a creative collaborator in this installation

The Encampment

 by Thom Sokoloski & Jenny-Anne McCowan

Fort York, Toronto, june 8 - 24

open 7:30pm - 11pm each evening

commissioned the Luminato Festival

"Conceived as a “temporal village” 

marking the bicentennial of the war of 1812, 

The Encampment comprises 200 A-frame tents pitched on the grounds of FortYork, 

which fell to U.S. forces during the war. 

Each tent contains an installation by one of 

100 artistic collaborators who have created a visual representation

 of an aspect of the war’s civilian history, 

gleaned from research into real-life stories 

of family, love, loss, survival, patriotism, collaboration and betrayal."

My civilians include:

Mary Jones Gage

Owner of the Battlefield House, Stoney Creek Ontario

(tent #133)

&

Paul Jennings 

(15 year-old slave to James Madison, president of the United States 1813) 

(tent # 131)

come see!!

street shots

here are some wonderful things i have found
on the streets of toronto

 flowers for sale

pyramid of barbie

pretty construction

gin is my name too

cake

 

dream car

 

 

 

elusive white milk crate

(please trade me one of these if you have one)