girl crushin'

Sure, I have met celebrities before. When I was a personal shopper at Holt Renfrew I had to work with A-listers all the time. Some where nice, some not so nice, one in particular was just wacko but I was never star-struck perhaps because I never worked with anyone I truly liked. Then, there was my infamous encounter with Drew Barrymore in my hood at Pulp Kitchen. That was a great moment, I saw Drew as soon as I entered the place and pretended not to look over at her. Then, she came up to me, Drew Barrymore came up to me and told me she loved - not liked - but LOVED my outfit. I'm pretty sure I was blushing and gushing but she was adorable and sweet and I couldn't wait to leave and phone everyone I knew. Okay, so yesterday I was working away making a flower arrangement for the King Edward Hotel and in walks...Rachael Mcadams. I was star-struck all over again. I love her, loved her in Mean Girls - a movie I still watch regularly with my niece Sydney, loved her in The Notebook - I know it's a sappy Kleenex-fest but who doesn't like that movie, and I loved her in The Family Stone mainly because she is a bitch to Sarah Jessica Parker but also because she is Rachael Mcadams, and The Time Traveller's Wife -just one of my favourite books ever! After talking with her - that's right I said talking with her and her parents and helping her with plant-questions (she was buying one for her bedroom) I had to let it out and tell her I loved her, and I did, I said,"by the way, I don't want to bother you but I love you". She was totally sweet and said thank you and we had a moment - I felt it. What can I say, she is cute as a button and she was with her parents - I like this girl. And, I will show my support of her when Sherlock Holmes hits the theatres, costumes, Robert Downey Jr., intrigue, and Rachael Mcadams.

aged to perfection

I've noticed a lot of changes with my body this year. I turned 45 and almost overnight my eye sight went. I picked up a prescription bottle the other day and I couldn't read it. I even did the ol' stretch out my arm but my arm wasn't long enough to focus-in on the type. There are a couple of other things I have discovered too but because they relate to bladder function I don't feel I need to go into details. So, I have decided I need to embrace my age and think about the kind of lady I'd like to be as I get older and these two woman are a true inspiration. They have style and grace and fabulous floral outfits, no stretch pants and knee-highs for these dames no sir.

little lovelies

These things make me smile. First, this adorable brass cloud 9 headband from Etsy artist yellowgoat. I love all her jewelry, her design is delicate and beautiful and this headband is no exception. When I saw these little pillow-pins from depeapa my first thought was, it's Lily! and, like Lily, it is just the cutest little thing, I love it.

bed time

Sleepy, so sleepy. Lily still thinks we are on day light savings time and wakes up promptly at 6:40 every morning. This isn't so bad most mornings but today I really, really wanted another hour of sleep but once I'm up there is no goings back. Couple this lack of sleep with the fact that it is foggy outside - no sun what so ever and, well, all I can think of are beds, big, comfy, come sleep in me-beds. And, the first one comes courtesy of Anthropolgie Toronto, it was all I could do to keep myself from crawling into it.

huh?

I feel guilty that I have been loving the warm fall weather that we have had. I think I can hear polar bears crying as there ice cap-homes melt into the ocean and what I am I doing, sitting outside with a beer enjoying this sunny 20 degree November day. Even my crocus's are confused, because looky what I saw in my garden today.

say hello to my little friends

Ah Halloween, the candy, the kids, the scary decorations - I missed it all because I was sick with the flu. Around 6:15 Halloween night I could here all the little ones on my street running around and laughing but I was on my sofa with a fever coughing up a lung. So I'd like to pay homage to Halloween and a few kids I know who made me smile. First up Logan, who is this cute and adorable on a daily basis. Second up is Jacques, Jacques' dad is my friend and a photographer Daniel Harrison and I if you know Daniel then you know this picture of his cute little boy's first Halloween is just one of many more to come. Last, but oh so far from least is Bella. Unlike most of her cousins and friends who wanted to dress up as princesses, Bella wanted to be Buzz Lightyear. I like this kid, she is an original, an independent thinker, a "be" not a wanna-be.

tooting my own horn

Check it out, I worked on this cookbook - The Slow Cooker Collection - and it hit the stores a week ago. Not only does my prop styling appear on several pages inside the book, my work also made the front (and back) cover.

piecework textile show

Spent some time checking out stuff at the piecework textile show at the Gladstone hotel yesterday. Two artists in particular caught my eye, the first, Anna Zygonski. Anna screen prints her illustrations on reclaimed fabric and sweater pieces to create mitts of various styles that are unique and affordable. Second, Nathalie + Terra of Fluf sustainable designs made from chemical-free hemp, organic cotton and wool. Their bags and pillows were pure eye candy for me plus, you can buy their fabric from their studio.

a note to my freinds

I can't believe that I am actually and finally feeling better. The last nine days were filled with coughing, sneezing, sleeping, coughing, sweating, sleeping - you get the picture. During this time I thought about a lot of things - most of them unimportant - however this one thought kept haunting me. If I were to die, how long would it take before someone became suspicious and found my body. I never worried about this before because I always had someone in my life - a friend or fella - who I spoke to daily and so if a day went by when there was no contact a red flag went up. I realize that although I have many friends in my life that I don't have that daily contact with any one person. I am not afraid of dying but I have Lily now and the idea of her being alone until someone found my body is terribly upsetting. I told this to my friend and neighbour Katy and, God love her, she has called me several times since to see how I was feeling. I'm sure she thinks I'm crazy but I need to know that someone will be on top of this so if I were to die suddenly that someone would find Lily and take care of her and find my body before I start to decompose and smell too badly.