toronto treats: letitiah

Over the holidays I wanted to not only focus on giving gifts that were handmade, I wanted to also focus on giving gifts that were handmade by local artists found here in Toronto. I didn't really do that too much but over the next year I really want to focus on this for my gift giving and things I purchase for myself. Here's one of the (many) artists on etsy I've been crushing on for a bit:

letitiah
le cristal et noir necklace


elle a des taches de rousseur earrings (love these!)


lipstick and ebony bracelet



So pretty! Read more about letitiah here
~lealou

zippy

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I was at a wedding -- my "little" cousin tied the knot... really I can't believe he's married now!

I also dropped off a few things to a good friend -- I made her two of these zip pouches and a paris bag for her little sister. I hope they enjoy them!

On the task list this week are some placemats to match my napkins for a friend here in the city; and a tote bag for my Mom's neighbour -- she likes this one! I'm pretty partial to it too.

Happy Week!
~lealou

romancing the stone

photo - imdb.com

I'm watching romancing the stone tonight -- don't you just LOVE this movie???

32 things

Happy New Year!

I don't usually make resolutions but there are a few things I want to do this year so I put a list together of 32 things I'd like to do in my 32nd year. Let's see if I can cross these things off the list:

1. make my grandmother’s date squares


2. make tortiere


3. make a pie


4. knit a scarf


5. sell my wares at a local market/craft sale


6. make an old piece of clothing new again


7. make a lap quilt


8. go for a walk once a day


9. be less judgmental


10. paint a piece of art for our new home


11. grow my hair (again)


12. learn to garden properly


13. work on my etsy site


14. open a shop on Good Egg ('cause it's Canadian)


15. sew one new thing a month


16. read a new book a month


17. work on the computer less


18. recover my chair (#33. cut my cat's nails...)


19. Create a room of my own


20. say hi to my new neighbours


21. have my sisters over for dinners more often


22. yoga, yoga, yoga!


23. read at the beach


24. ride my bike


25. have a picnic


26. visit my parents more often


27. have a girl's night (more than once)


28. watch movies outside


29. make a new dish once a month


30. take better photos


31. reduce, reuse, recycle


32. keep smiling

Let's all make 2009 a great one.

~lealou