inspire part 12

sonia delaunay

work by Sylvia Ptak

piper 6 months today - it's flashing before our eyes.

I am completely in love with linen - loving the weaving over at Växbo Lin.

as you can see in the previous post of Lliam - his favorite hat is one that Roisin made - I noticed on her blog that she will have some at the Toronto Outdoor Exhibition this weekend in Toronto.

my birthday has just passed and I got some really great presents - thanks everyone! - If you know me I don't really treat myself - the money I earn goes back to our business and to our family. I thought if I could go on a shopping spree these are the things I would buy. 1.wall paper from Julia Rothman - 2.pillows by Lena Corwin/Mociun - 3.scarf by Virginia Johnson - 4.address file by Lovely Design - 5.ring by Experimetal (this is a great place-this is where john got me my engagement ring)-6.cat by Kiki Smith -7.dish- Stid Lindberg.

here are some pictures from our cottage trip - the top image is of windmills - there's a stretch of highway to the cottage where it's filled with these huge windmills and when we were driving up it was a bit grey and these felt very ominous - our kids trying to enjoy sunny cold weather at the beach.

thank you to apartment therapy re-nest for posting about our work - I like the little tiling they did with our work.

the alphabet is here - and we love it! - you can buy it in our shop or online. Have a great weekend.

I have a love affair with knitting - I wish I had more time for it - john remembers our first Christmas together where I made him a scarf and undoing and redoing it too many times to count. I saw these sweet projects on the purl bee and feel they are completely doable with my busy schedule.

inspire part 11

built by wendy on you tube - have you seen this - she's really inspiring.

Hi were back from a few days at the cottage - well it wasn't what I expected. The weather was cold and foggy - very much like England weather in the Fall. We still managed to have some fun times and lots of R&R - Happy Canada Day! Okay back to work. I saw these new tea towels on Heather's site. And to boot for a limited time till July 6 she is charging 50c for shipping.

our next featured artist is Davis Khounnoraj - He will be exhibiting one of a kind bags as well as some lines by:davis. pieces. There will be an opening reception Thursday July 9, from 5-7pm - be sure to check out his blog - he is doing a giveaway. Have a great weekend!

I turn 36 today - me and my grandma - not sure how old I am in this picture.

Doing it on Dundas West - a very nice article about our neighbourhood in this weeks NOW magazine. Thanks Andrew!

inspire part 10

Hella Jongerius

I've been busy with a very important and exciting wholesale order from Hollace Cluny - a beautiful home decor shop that is a must visit. image from Jaspal Riyait.

we trekked out to the area where everyone gets lights, fixtures, tiles etc. It's in the Caledonia/Eglinton area mostly on Castlefield road. We were looking for a door and some glass light fixtures for the shop. It's worth a trip to the door store - and much more. The past few days it's been sooo hot - we don't have air conditioning and it's becoming unbearable. To top off the heat the city of toronto has a garbage strike. My father-in-law came into the city to pick our garbage and my sister-in-law's - what service - thanks Doug! I remember there was a garbage strike five years ago and let me tell you our streets did not look or smell pretty.

I participated in Small Magazine's small weekend photo project - Each week they will put two photos by two people from their weekends side by side. Send them an email if you would like to participate.

rediscovering the quiet beauty of still life. These are works by ceramicist Gwyn Hanssen Pigott and paintings by Giorgio Morandi.

this has been a busy week - I am working on a big wholesale order that I will tell you about a bit later - I will see you back here on monday. Enjoy your weekend! - Happy Father's day John - so nice to have you back, much love a+ll+p

Irene has a beautiful feature in Norwegian ELLE Interiørs she was sweet to mention us - you can see our softies in the right hand corner. Thanks Irene! enjoy your sabbatical.

some new pillows - the bird one has embroidered seeds - I love the yellow vee pillow - it's so fresh. This past week we've been getting so many visitors during non-shop hours - please feel free to drop by if your in the neighbourhood - always nice to have visitors.

this is called a positive wall - I don't know much more since I found it on a Netherlands site called VT Wonen (our Canadian bag of animals will be in their Sept. issue)

here it is - the first prototype of the laser cut alphabet. I will be getting them cut first in 1/4 inch birch plywood. Thanks to everyone that came and supported both Davis and I. It was a lovely weekend at the beaches.

60 seconds with piper

some new pouches - made in our popular pucker style - not sure if I will do the pucker style bags - thought it worked nicely on a smaller scale.

here is the victorian house tea towel that john drew - the house was based on a lot of the little victorian houses in and around toronto- printed on a hemp and organic cotton fabric.

things are settling now - John has been back for almost two weeks and he is doing amazing each day. I am so grateful to have him back. I was asked by so many people how did I hold things together during this scary and stressful time. Of course being a mom I kept it together for these two special little ones and with the wonderful support of family and friends. A BIG thank you to all of you!

it's been a hectic week - getting things together for the beaches arts and crafts show - happening this weekend. We are setting up tomorrow. The image above is a graphic version of the paintings that john does. I thought it would make a great image on pillows. I found some images he drew of victorian roll houses - I printed them on tea towels and will photograph soon to show you - I like them so much.