by christel | Jan 29, 2012 | Blog, We Make...
It’s occurred to me lately, as I walk downtown or through campus, as I surf around the world through my internet goggles, how very few of us are still watching where our own feet fall. No longer do we live within our four walls, living a life confined to our own...
by christel | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, We Find...
I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. The kitchen table is my official workspace. I have a tiny desk in an “office nook” in the living room, but it’s above a heat vent so it’s officially covered in sleeping cat 90% of the time. I’m a...
by christel | Jan 26, 2012 | Blog, We Make...
I love to collect paper, envelopes and stamps from other countries. This post is the first in the series in which I’ll discuss everything from paper size and weight, to the appeal of layered media, to the pictures inside airmail envelopes. 1. Almost every other...
by christel | Jan 23, 2012 | Blog, We Wear...
The best thing about the post-007 spy is the paperwork. Maybe it’s just because I’m a stationery junkie or an indoor girl, but I appreciate that the le Carré school of learned, papered spycraft, rather than that of Broccoli’s PPK-toting slickster,...
by christel | Jan 20, 2012 | Blog, We Find...
Wall clocks are, unfortunately, becoming more and more unnecessary. Once upon a time, before our pockets and backpacks were filled with tiny computers, every room had a clock in order to help us arrange our days. Clocks became important stylistically because they were...
by christel | Jan 18, 2012 | Blog, We Find..., We Love..., We Make..., We Wear...
Instead of reading a new post today, go check out Wikipedia, Regretsy, WordPress and a host of other sites that are staging a blackout of services in protest of two bills before the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, SOPA and PIPA. These bills threaten...
by christel | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog, We Love...
Nova Scotia is a rural province with a small city centre and a declining youth population outside of Halifax. Know what that means? Awesome second-hand loot for everyone! (Image: Best winter hat ever, via Value Village. I’m told it’s made out of bear.) 10...
by christel | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, We Wear...
My favourite season is not summer. Nor is it fall, the only really palatable time of year at this end of the country. It’s pre-fall, a season that exists only in the minds of fashion designers and was invented by marketing departments to try and squeeze more...
by christel | Jan 12, 2012 | Blog, We Make...
Here at Forest Friend, no creature is as beloved as the mighty capybara. The largest of all rodents, the capybara is indigenous to South America. It has webbed feet and spends a large part of its day in the water. It can be kept as a pet, enjoys popsicles, is enormous...
by christel | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog
A stamp is one of the easiest ways to make reproducible artwork — and it’s a lot easier that you think. All you really need is a bit of plastic eraser (the white kind), a sharp X-acto knife, a soft pencil, a piece of mylar and an ink pad (or a sponge and some ink, if...
