secret admirer

Many many thanks to my secret admirer who sent me this break up dance mix CD. You are a hero. 
xoxo

tv interviews and timbits

I did an interview for Nicole Jone's City Lites on CTV this morning in my studio. It airs this Saturday at the end of the 6 o'clock news in Montréal. I bought timbits because every time I've been to a tv studio there is lots of donuts?? Plus I live really close to a Timmies and have never been there before.

Happy Mother's Day!

GEM

You can buy them HERE


AND if you love Beach House as mush as I do, you can stream the entire new album BLOOM online HERE

Salmon Balcony

It was beautiful day (for once) so I walked to St. Viateur to get some fresh bagels. They also sell all the spreads you need and FIVE different brands of smoked salmon. They are also near to the SAQ and I had to buy some vodka for Krugman.



I've moved my kitchen table onto the balcony. It's pretty great but how do you eat fish without the vultures swooping in?

Dream Jewels

I had a dream of making these earrings for a while now and I've finally finished the first collection. It's sparkly costume jewelry for girls who grew up but never gave up on F-U-N.

I hope to try soldering soon and experimenting with more daring colours and shapes but I'm really excited so far. You know it's good when you sleep in them and look into dream mirrors to admire yourself.

Prices range from $33 - $72 


You can buy them HERE. Every single pair is unique and there is only 14 of them so don't hesitate. 

You Win

Erin please send me your address in an email to myrtleandpearls@yahoo.ca
and since "i don't know what's good for me" hounds of love  (Liz) wins too! Double Winners!
I would have also accepted army dreamers

Neon Crystals

Today I sent out this custom crystal tote bag order for 

Ad Hoc. Made from 100% linen, hand dyed with matching drawstring liners and raw leather handles.

Netflix Kitty

 I swore I was only going to use netflix for the free trial run, that was 5 months ago. It's just so fucking convenient when you're sewing and it immediately starts the next episode for you.

Ad Hoc

A few weeks ago I sent some leather purses and earrings to a brand new store in British Columbia called Ad Hoc. Opened by Virginia Bray and for those of you who don't already know she created Nokomis in Edmonton, where I had my first job in fashion.

Congratulations Ginny and Bonne Chance!

little girls heart

I want purple hair and pink dresses and bike riding because I am 7 years old today and I am making jewelry using costume rhinestones. I'll share some pictures soon. Also if you haven't watched it yet, Girls on HBO is amazing.

Last Chance

Last weekend of the Citizen Vintage designer jewelry sale.  

Citizen model wearing some of my pieces outside the store.

Mullets and Rap music

 
As if breaking up with your boyfriend wasn't hard enough, what if he was also your barber?! I can't cut the back of my hair myself so now I have a mullet. I didn't even have an electric shaver, I  had to shave my burns with a disposable razor, gutter punk style.




My friend Rollie recently sent me a mix of songs to help educate me in rap music and he said I could share it with my blog friends, download HERE. 

Contest Day

Blog give-a-way Day! Today I am giving away a key charm. A three inch long black horsehair charm attached to a black cotton cord and black keychain ring with a piece of copper tube which will tarnish beautifully with time.


All you have to do is guess my favorite Kate Bush song. Write it in the comments below.

And if you don't win  you can buy one HERE for only $15

sob sob sob

dear mom and kayla, i am doing my taxes on the last possible day. i promise. you can stop nagging me now. gxo

Bright Eyes

This week I've been hand dyeing this linen some very bright colours for a custom crystal tote bag order. I'm thinking of adding some to my online shop as they will be a more affordable and vibrant summer option.

Black cats crave neon because (like with love) opposites DO attract.

Kruggie's face looks more and more like a cartoon bat the older he gets.

that sale i did

Here are a few photos from that sale I did last weekend, the spring fling. I stole these photos from Danik Yopp's blog montreal street fashion, take a look over there for more photos from the event.
 



Sometimes I get a little cranky at sales. So sue me!

Obsessions

New necklace I made. As you can see I am still obsessed with the horse hair. On etsy I listed it under necklace + fiber? There doesn't seem to be a hair necklace category.

Yup, still obsessed with the colour neon chartreuse as well, and will be until I use up all the dye I bought. 

And my next fixation.... can you guess? Jewels! Lots of sparkling costume jewels. It's going to be a very glamorous  summer.

Available in my online shop or at Citizen Vintage this weekend here in Montréal. Only THREE available EVER!

$110

Citizen SALE

This morning I dropped off some jewelry at Citizen Vintage for their very special Designer Jewelry sale (April 27 - May 3). Usually they only sell Vintage goods but this is a chance to buy something new that is locally designed and made. They are located at 5330 St. Laurent Boulevard, which is very close to Sparrow, so you could go and have a fancy cocktail and do some shopping this weekend. Treat yourself good.

I'm listing necklaces today online, four strand woven horsehair attached to four vintage brass chains.



This is the new blonde version. 




$110