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December 4th Christmas Shopping In Toronto

Come see me even just to say 'Hi' at the upcoming Holiday Edition Parkdale Bazaar. There will be Cheesy Family Portraits, vintage and handmade crafts—so just plain fun and a great place to go christmas shopping.

Read below for full event details.

PLEDC presents the vintage and handmade market series.

The Parkdale Bazaar provides locals with an outlet for showcase and sales to promote craft, recycled and homegrown merchandise. As a response to the neighborhood's thriving vintage and craft communities the event will take place 5 times throughout the year and include over 60 vendors.

The Parkdale Bazaar Holiday Edition is our biggest and best market of the year. The event will take place in the Masaryk-Cowan Community Center (220 Cowan Ave.) from 11AM – 5PM on December 4^th, 2010 and will feature a hot chocolate station, Christmas card portrait studio and vintage Christmas special marathon.

Holiday portraits can be a little cheesy, especially with a 90’s Christmas Eve backdrop and Rudolf sweater. Why fight it? Come have your corny portrait taken by guest photographer Jillian Botting. It’s free! And we’ll provide everything from the antlers to Christmas sweaters, so come with friends and get silly.

Star Wars Brought To Life Through Paper!

I have always been a fan of the classic Star War movies with princess Leia, not to mention the dashing young Harrison Ford. So here is a beautiful rendition by Eric Power of the Star Wars Trilogy made entirely out of paper.

This piece is paired perfectly with the sinful lovely music by Jeremy Messersmith titled Tatooine.

Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine from Eric Power on Vimeo.

Flexible Leaf Dishes

I simply had to post about these technologically advanced leaf dishes by Nao Tamura . Fun, flexible, stackable, rollable, and microwave/oven safe, what more do you want?

My only question about this product is whether it is sustainable and eco-friendly? Other than that I love how the design takes nature as its inspiration—Biomimicry, and how it continues the age-old tradition of wrapping food in leaves (grape and banana leaves)

Made out of silica sand, each dish looks and replicate the appearance of a large leaf.

[Via Inhabitat]

Redefining A New Way To Part The Sea

Yasuhiro Suzuki's dream became a reality when his 2004 scale model of a zipper boat was shown at the Setouchi International Art Festival in Japan.

Suzuki has redefined a new way to part the sea, leaving in its wake water that is meant to represent teeth of a modern day clothing zipper.

Talk about being zipped away for the holidays!

[Via Daily Mail]

Recycled Bowling Alley Furniture

The photos below showcases a beautiful series of furniture designed and crafted by designer William Stranger. Each piece is made out of reclaimed strips of wood salvaged from a local bowling alley and transformed into its second life.

Talk about wood being a simply beautiful medium!

[Via Inhabitat]

Special Offer From Panty By Post

As a result my previous post of the Vancouver based company 'Panty by Post', a special offer has been extended to those who are interested in partaking in their services.

Just mention my blog when you are purchasing their delightfully delicate goods and you will receive FREE SHIPPING.

Cheers, and happy preparations for the coming christmas holiday.