Toronto based photographer and jewelry designer.

Designer, Urban Gardener and Nature Photographer!



Sunday, August 29, 2010

Cleaner Science and Petri Dish Fun

These days I have been doing a lot of exploration within different groups and sites, which has been very inspirational, and has resulted in my discoveries of various talented craftsman.

To be honest, I am very excited to be part of such a creative community on etsy, and each day is a new adventure. On that note I thought I would bring forth a seller whose work I just fell in love with. It brought out the little nerd in me and shed a new light on what it means to be squeaky clean.

I present to you the Petri Dish Soaps!


These soaps come in all sorts of different colors and interesting textural patterns, not to mention a perfectly clean petri dish. If you have an appreciation for fun concept based products or you are looking for the perfect gift for an obsessively clean friend, then defiantly check this seller out.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Gift Cards And Typography

I have a great love for typography, having studied it as part of my degree. So when I came across these designs I thought it would make a nice little post.

These paper products are all part of the Felt And Wire Shop. It is a curated marketplace ofdesigner paper goods and is a great place to find unique gifts and elegant note cards.

Missing U Card
Camping Birthday Wishes
YouMe
Smoking Hot Letterpress
Ligature Connection Card

On another totally random note, I just love their shop banner.



4 Great New Sellers I've Discovered Today

So today was my first time on the Etsy chat room, and I discovered some really great work by other sellers. As a result I feel inclined on sharing some of these pieces with you.

I defiantly recommend checking out these sellers work.

[Via DrCraze]

[Via mbell34]



Cheers
Have a great saturday


The Eco Business Card


If you think about it, the business cards that we handout on a daily basis is highly damaging to the environment. They are usually made out of paper and have chemicals on it from the printing, which is hard to break down.

The solution! up-cycling old cigarette packs, napkins, and paper cartons.

[Via createyu]

I just love this solution, it makes use of scrap papers and card that would otherwise be thrown into the trash or recycling.


Friday, August 27, 2010

Peach Floret Earrings

I just added a new item in my store. A pair of beautiful 'Peach Floret Earrings', perfect for the coming of autumn.

There are three intricately cut flowers, arranged into a floating circle that is then hung from fine silver wire. It will blend seamlessly into the tones found in the falling leaves.







Aisha On The Cover Of Times

The August 9th issue of Times magazine shocked me to my core. Featured was a picture of a young 18 yrs old girl, Aisha, whose nose and ears were cut off by her husband at the request of the Taliban.

My first thought in seeing this photo was how stunningly beautiful she is, even without her nose and ears. I originally tweeted about it on August 22nd, but I strongly feel that her story needs to be heard. However it is incredibly important to point out that even after everything that has happened, you can see how strong and beautiful she is.

The photographer who shot Aisha, is Jodi Bieber, attached is a video of Bieber talking about her approach in making the photograph.

Via Times]

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Upside Down

Today I was introduced to this new artist, Paloma Faith. I find that she is a mix of Amy winehouse, Duffy and funnily enough the lead actress Billie Piper in 'The secret diaries of a call girl'. Don't you all agree?

I have to admit I am particularly in love with this video, I love the artistic creation behind it, with the fun pink, blue balloons and incorporation of the white, pink umbrellas. Definitely google her other videos.