tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75007471750652390112024-03-13T04:20:25.996-07:00the ampersandAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-38679876459897567342013-08-21T14:01:00.000-07:002013-08-22T12:43:32.071-07:00diana mini flash fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The novelty known as the Lomography store on Queen St. came to a close this past weekend. As much as I loved visiting the place and lusting over all the analog gadgets, I can see why they've gone out of business. Fortunately for me though, this meant a sale & a golden opportunity to finally pick up some items I've always wanted. The beloved Diana Mini + Flash is the newest darling in my unhealthy collection of film cameras, and not to mention at about 40% off the original price!<br />
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I initially was just going to go with the Diana Mini without flash, simply because it'd be less expensive, though I'm glad I didn't. Having the flash as an option really widens the possibilities with this camera. The obvious function is nighttime shooting, but the kit also comes with several coloured gel flash filters (pictured below) which you can easily swap out and experiment with.<br />
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The darker colours like magenta and violet gave stronger colour payoff as opposed to the lighter ones which were more of a slight tint or wash. I suppose the colour opacity depends on the distance too. I used direct flash on all the colour filter photos. Needless to say, it was fun to play around with and I can't wait to see what these look like on film!<br />
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The Lomography Toronto location may be down but the site is still going strong! You can find the Diana Mini, as well as satisfy all your analog needs at <a href="http://lomography.com/">lomography.com</a>.<br />
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The end of my semester was capped off on a good note with the opening of Gemma Correll's very first Canadian exhibition at, where else than the most suitable of places, Magic Pony! Gemma Correll has to be one of the first illustrators I've admired, back while I was still in high school. If you're not sure who I'm speaking of, Correll is probably most commonly known for her "<i>Pugs Not Drugs</i>" illustration which has been made into t-shirts found at Urban Outfitters. Besides this she is recognized for all things pugs and her illustrations created in combination of comedy and cuteness. It must be fun (and convenient) when you have your very own pug life models, her dogs Norman & Bella Pickles.</div>
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The exhibit, The Mr. Pickles Fan Club, is a highlight of Gemma's pug works ranging from drawings to flip flops (I'm being serious). All the merchandise featured in the show are for sale. <a href="http://blog.hereishazel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Hazel</span></a> and I had the opportunity of swinging by Magic Pony while Gemma was doing her book signing, so without further ado, here is a glimpse of the exhibit's opening night:</div>
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I really admire Gemma for taking up embroidery. As an illustration student gone textile student, I think it's a neat marry between the two fields. I recently learned how to embroider like this on a hoop over the semester and boy, is it finicky.</div>
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Upon arrival at Magic Pony there were a few snacks like pretzels and Goldfish to nibble on, but later on came the good stuff <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">—</span> Mr. Pickles red velvet cupcakes. Adorable, delicious, no other words.</div>
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On top of signing a poster for me, Gemma was nice enough to sign a page of my sketchbook. She was such a sweetheart!</div>
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Had enough of pugs yet? No? Check out The Mr. Pickles Fan Club exhibit running from now until May 11th at Magic Pony. For more information visit Magic Pony's website under '<a href="http://www.magic-pony.com/pages/The-Mr-Pickles-Fan-Club.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Events</span></a>' or the Facebook event page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/490105831044718/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">here</span></a>.</div>
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A little charmer I picked when I was a kid. It's been pressed in a book for maybe ten years or so now.</div>
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It's a good ol' snow day in Toronto. And while it's usually happy news to hear you've got the day off, I'm missing out on some valuable studio work time at school. However, since I have no control over the weather and closures this weekend, I've cut my losses and replaced my worries with chocolate chip pancakes.<br />
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Last Friday I managed to snag a table for two this Winterlicious at Mildred's Temple Kitchen. Nic joined me downtown after a morning class and we made our way to Liberty Village. The Winterlicious restaurant selection for me consisted of menu-lurking/drooling. MTK's menu was particularly promising and also an easy destination to pick just because it's familiar, having been there twice prior.</div>
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If you didn't know already, Winterlicious consists of prix-fixe menus inclusive of an appetizer, entree, and dessert, with usually 3 or more options in each course. Whenever Nic and I dine out, we're quite strategic in our choices; that being, we order different items so that we're able to try more food. This time around was no different, so here's what we ordered:</div>
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For appetizers I had the baked Ontario goat cheese, "drizzled with extra virgin olive oil & a kiss of Mildred’s harvest honey with salted onion crisps". So rich & creamy!<br />
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For the main, I went with a Mildred's brunch classic, the huevos Monty; "black bean refritos & sharp cheddar grilled in flour tortillas & topped with eggs sunny, fresh salsa & avocado crème". </div>
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And Nic had the pulled pork sammy; "smoked Berkshire pork, rubbed with Mildred’s secret spice blend, slow cooked on the Big Green Egg with ancho chili, garlic & onion, served with winter slaw or frites". </div>
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Some of Mildred's menu items were exclusive to Winterlicious, but most are available on their regular menu. If you want to check out MTK I'll leave their info below. They have such polite waitstaff, an awesome ongoing playlist, beautiful decor, and (I won't spoil it for you but) a neat washroom experience.</div>
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There are only two more full dining days for Winterlicious before they wrap it up! It's a tad late for reservations but if you want to have a go at it, find the list of participating restaurants and menus <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/special_events/winterlicious/2013/index.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a>. If not, there's always Summerlicious 2013 (July 5 - July 21)!</div>
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This past month was my first visit to the City of Craft event, and boy have I been missing out! For those of you who have never heard, City of Craft is an annual craft sale featuring local vendors. It's all entailing of printmakers, jewellery designers, illustrators, graphic designers, knitters, crocheters, and sewing extraordinaires. Whittled down from 200+ pictures, here is City of Craft 2012:</div>
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The event was split into three close venues and I started off at 1093 Queen.<br />
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City of Craft was just before Christmas and ideal for Christmas shopping, which meant limiting purchases for myself. I left the first location with just three things: a pom pom garland from <a href="http://emilytaylor.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Emily Taylor</span></a>, a neon diamond print from Emily Taylor as well, and a rabbit tote from Morico as Christmas gift to <a href="http://blog.hereishazel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Hazel</span></a>. </div>
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I was a very lucky gal this year to be spoiled silly by my friends & family. Here are some of the gifts I received this Christmas:</div>
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From Hazel: <i>Bookhou Printed Triangle Pouch, Tattly giftcard</i>.</div>
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Only a true friend would support my somewhat ridiculous wish for designer temporary tattoos. With so many fun tattoos, it'll be hard for me to decide how to spend my giftcard but I have my eyes on the <a href="http://tattly.com/products/what-to-focus-on-notebook-pack" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">What to Focus On Notebook Set</span></a>. This print by Marc Johns is one of my favourites, one that I pasted on the front of my own sketchbook in highschool. It would seem the only appropriate next step is to plaster by favourite illustration on myself. On top of the gift of Tattly, Hazel gave me a long-time wishlist item, local & handmade from <a href="http://www.shopbookhou.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Bookhou</span></a>. </div>
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From Nic: <i>Rilakkuma Bear Plushie, Wilfred Galope Scarf</i></div>
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Upon handing this first gift to me he said, "You can't return this one, but you won't want to." And he was right. Available at <a href="http://www.magic-pony.com/products/Rilakkuma-Plush.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Magic Pony</span></a>, this plush is too cute words. I love it<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">—</span> that is all.</div>
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From Nina: <i>Chloe Eau du Parfum, Herschel Laptop Case, Polaroid Photo Album</i></div>
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Aside from an unhealthy amount of chocolate, my parents gave me the usual suspects (PJ's & several pairs of socks) but also the cash put towards a <a href="http://www.madewell.com/index.jsp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Madewell</span></a> order I placed just last week. It arrived in the mail a few moments ago (as I am typing this) so I haven't photographed them quite yet. Hence, below are the item photos right off the site. The blouse has a dressy, detailed lace collar but still a comfy and casual material, and the cardigan is just a wardrobe staple done well. It even had elbow detailing, which was a pleasant surprise. Madewell clothes are definitely <i>made well</i>! *cue laugh track*</div>
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Other gifts from relatives consisted of chocolate, more chocolate, money, and more chocolate. Needless to say, I might require a few sit-ups.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-20784619141655451682013-01-04T20:27:00.002-08:002013-01-04T20:57:48.284-08:00gifts unwrapped<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This Christmas I got myself down to The Paper Place to fetch gift wrapping supplies. I have a major thing for stationery and personalizing gifts. With each person on my list in mind, I picked out a suitable print. So along with my gift wrap picks, I thought I'd give you a peek as to some of the things I gifted to my friends this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For Hazel I picked out Rookie Yearbook One, because what blog-lovin', style-savvy, design gal wouldn't want this? And I found the tote at City of Craft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was oozing stealth this year with Nina's gifts, taking mental notes on items she swooned over as we took on a big chunk of our Christmas shopping together. And even while she accompanied me to The Paper Place and had some hand in picking out gift wraps for others with me, I sneakily purchased her favourite print while her back was turned in the store. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For Nic, I bundled a plethora of wants & needs into one fabulous, manly Christmas gift. It's always fun shopping for a guy, especially in Club Monaco's menswear. Fun fact: all of these gifts can be worn at once.<br /><br />And naturally, I selected the perfect gift wrap for his present, Christmas octopuses!..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">Let me start off by wishing everyone happy holidays! A few weekends ago was a bit early for Christmas but I started getting into the spirit by visiting the Christmas market at the Distillery District. The Christmas market is inspired by the heritage and charm of a European Christmas market. The tradition originated in Germany but Toronto's own is a mix of European as well as Canadian, complete with stalls of perogies, poutine, and chocolate covered bacon. And with it being the Distillery District there was, of course, beer. Although the event is outdoors, the beer gardens consisted of lounge seats surrounding several fire pits to keep warm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">On top of the food & drinks, there were pony rides, a carousel, Christmas carollers, and pictures with Santa. And if you so pleased, you could even find your Christmas tree there. All the little boutiques that make the Distillery District so unique kept open for the hours of the market too. They made for a good escape from the cold. See you next year, Christmas market!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the same Saturday I visited the Drake General Store, I hopped over a few blocks to their holiday warehouse sale on Dufferin. Although I didn't purchase anything, it was worth the stopover. I have to admit that the location was terribly questionable at first, entering to dimly lit, concrete wall hallways. But after you pass some dodgy areas you'll come up to an inviting door with the Drake logo propped up next to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Besides the Drake General Store's regular merch, the warehouse sale had unique salvaged furniture and vintage/retro knick knacks. Some are functional and some are just decorative but all awesome, nonetheless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Beatles (not so) White Album, $10! I already have a clean one though, haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were a couple of vintage mini tin amusement park rides; a roller coaster and a ferris wheel. They're still working but a little worse for wear. I was afraid I'd break it by every squeak and creak it made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I believe the Drake General Store has seasonal warehouse sales, so I'll absolutely be back again. And if I'm lucky I'll have a second chance at some of the things I saw this time around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Over the weekend I stopped by one of my favourite Queen st. shops, the Drake General Store. Attached to the restaurant, cafe & bistro, and hotel, the Drake General Store is a piece in the entire charming Drake Hotel entity. The store itself has a flea market feel, curated with classic and modern goodies, imported as well as a good helping of local and Canadian novelties— namely <a href="http://www.drakegeneralstore.ca/products/adult-onesie" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">the onesie</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">.</span> </span><br />
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The reason for this particular visit was because of the onesie. They carry a darling selection of adult onesies in a few colours including a fun Canadiana print with Maple leaves, toboggans, toques, mittens, and more. I went for this one of course. But unfortunately, the smallest adult size was too big for a small gal like me. So upon this visit I exchanged my onesie for a large kids size, and lo and behold, perfect fit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Drake General Store is currently hosting a holiday warehouse sale filled with discounted merch! Expect a blog post on that next because I did swing by, but I wanted to let anyone interested to know that the sale ends in two days, Sunday, December 16th. The warehouse is located at 442 Dufferin St. Unit 'I'. I highly recommend checking it out, especially if you're already near the Drake General Store this weekend. More details and hours of the sale can be found <a href="http://blog.drakegeneralstore.ca/post/35779525325/see-you-at-our-holiday-warehouse-sale" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Amongst busy schedules it's always nice to take a little break, however long or short, and have a meal with good company. We had a lunch stopover at good ol' Fran's, me being the dainty gal with a salad among boys with hardy sandwiches (or what they've nicknamed "Franwiches", hah). I later had to jet to an evening class but what's perfect about being at school at that time is always catching the sun go down. Along with a shot of the skyline, the AGO is the view in OCAD's backyard. The mirrored sides of the building are literally reflective of the weather outside; it's gorgeous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Silver Snail, the novelty comic book store on Queen St., has opened a shiny, new location just seconds from the Yonge & Dundas intersection. A little hard to spot, it's a slim doorway on Yonge snuggled next to a Five Guys Burger & Fries with stairs leading up to it's second floor home. Though I'm sad to see the remarkable Queen location go, the new store has racked up a hotspot and is easier to navigate now that it's all on one level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While comic books are an illustration student's dream, I found myself even more so drawn to the dorky collectibles. Firstly, this Lady Rainicorn plushie from Adventure Time <span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">— glorious</span>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of game collectibles, I spotted a handful of Portal 2 merch in the store. I adored this videogame and aside from <a href="http://thinkgeek.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">ThinkGeek.com</span></a> I wasn't sure where to find Portal 2 collectibles outside of the internet. Silver Snail carries keychains, iron-ons, and other fun knick knacks including the Portal gun prop replica (for a fun $199 price tag).</span></div>
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</span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-14237156571233095112012-09-08T14:19:00.008-07:002012-09-08T16:09:13.928-07:00little burgundy: wood issue<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UMCIMLFmcPOYNos_0XHVwfLWGtoNW6c67SZ7G9EpW8qMTAjflUvpojPNuvoCAxvDLegHPOZW_-cqSbQO7u0kI6V_bpoZWf4wHvv91Xeu_Wz7eoJWzidQNH1vAmmGIgY6PdlQt5gi2FaO/s1600/DSC081632.jpg" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UMCIMLFmcPOYNos_0XHVwfLWGtoNW6c67SZ7G9EpW8qMTAjflUvpojPNuvoCAxvDLegHPOZW_-cqSbQO7u0kI6V_bpoZWf4wHvv91Xeu_Wz7eoJWzidQNH1vAmmGIgY6PdlQt5gi2FaO/s830/DSC081632.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785924732318813954" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Something that always catches my eye while I'm in Little Burgundy is their gem of a magazine. I have myself a little collection of their issues simply because they're all remarkable. Always submerged in wonderful editorials and graphics, the current Wood Issue features all things woodsy and the work of <a href="http://www.behance.net/TylerDale" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">Tyler Dale</span></a>. His darling illustrations are laced throughout the entire copy including the cover. Along with showcasing Little Burgundy's fall merch you'll also find a fun DIY, their top 5 Woody's list, and an ode to the HB #2 pencil.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ApDB3zPqg_VnIBPhV0Te53qwOf8W3X_ldYVksdH-PpAw1uG6qekzbOv4BzmnOpi4WNDo7rJyLnEd1RCymNz-bSfWiaZe9afYGjmbHVDI0Mq5RtbeIoZTBQXwQa2iiHgNchO9Ppj5Srb7/s640/DSC081162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785922914709982226" /><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW6ZqDlwtP8LLN0FA7noSB45TjbuRDtvYOy9GEJ9iXk5xZ87WCWQ5GBvItgNwJ7BAfKywvDm3Iz5yGZxs9RRk4pcXnqxI-NRIFswzJgUeHN0nS83X7J9lXqEeSkfyRNnN9uTB_afUN6Iq/s640/DSC081722.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785921280830380114" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihnfI0ldj7qfHSIpfQFAC25C-sr5gIw3Vf2LATu2gkyyrT3aLfV_xYi3G5ZT4BKXyEFG-fkpwqB1ATnXT3Ffw5bKaFuQwRPysP_oSUP6aWu83GyAx8lsbbzoZDOi_60yLM6kQaT930Ewv/s640/DSC081752.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785921281889061186" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EHM9H6SPP8oHInVKq0Uvu5JdEIzoHpILHZPDO2qOLShxWCrWCIIDHY4z6ZmmJB-kQq3ueh7UNDPgwmyTmfKaNystCMVFeXSAiMx1EP6ZPmO92ejVhQlT953vsMpxqzofl9r5uAnmWDhe/s640/DSC081052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785924723342585410" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbmtCgbaccp9i3MGw3_6BXOaj5qG2mquG6TJmtuqXBRi0W6EDRmHIdmPFTrOsucH6rNqkHtIV93zkt4EUhItsDbK0857ZdiOfDbBbqoYp8xdWxAZ2oSp70jyZeGZeha8b6CHHZYRKZ0SC/s1600/DSC081452.jpg" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbmtCgbaccp9i3MGw3_6BXOaj5qG2mquG6TJmtuqXBRi0W6EDRmHIdmPFTrOsucH6rNqkHtIV93zkt4EUhItsDbK0857ZdiOfDbBbqoYp8xdWxAZ2oSp70jyZeGZeha8b6CHHZYRKZ0SC/s640/DSC081452.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785922926246817474" /></span></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNks9MnjqJdc7VmRIkmVx5gl9ZZB93p6MYVPvm16Q3GtwtaE_PxnxXaX0lCw40YxH6SQWcw1jFHbd4eygd8NCasFHyjcTVDcpkB09lj5y1afnEpNB8wGuhyphenhyphenqlknbxeYCAAsmZWEAJDhnJl/s640/DSC081652.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785921269364985938" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbmtCgbaccp9i3MGw3_6BXOaj5qG2mquG6TJmtuqXBRi0W6EDRmHIdmPFTrOsucH6rNqkHtIV93zkt4EUhItsDbK0857ZdiOfDbBbqoYp8xdWxAZ2oSp70jyZeGZeha8b6CHHZYRKZ0SC/s1600/DSC081452.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewDbWYJKTp3Pks93zkBke8xrqATnZT7s_olTlN0Oza7rG6l9dnjwS3RuEIWa2uEcOjdOrXNuEp3oZiE6me9lTWZ93SdRhvYOmvA-qVow4mPZDSwnZUASgmgE7hiL6JXFX592TiZhz6K6i/s640/DSC081502.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785922938210478306" style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; " /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></div></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbmtCgbaccp9i3MGw3_6BXOaj5qG2mquG6TJmtuqXBRi0W6EDRmHIdmPFTrOsucH6rNqkHtIV93zkt4EUhItsDbK0857ZdiOfDbBbqoYp8xdWxAZ2oSp70jyZeGZeha8b6CHHZYRKZ0SC/s1600/DSC081452.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: left; "></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">My little burgundy picks:</span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Minnetonka <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/women/shoes/moccasins-loafers/88216518-mcdermid/28" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">Mcdermid Mocassins in Cognac</span></a></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Everything <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/women/shoes/flats/88149175-silguero/28" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">Silguero Loafers in Cognac</span></a></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Everything <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/accessories/womens-accessories/hats-scarves-gloves/90982318-glorevinie/58" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">Glorevinie Scarf</span></a></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Minnetonka<span style="color:#ff9966;"> <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/accessories/handbags/cross-body/89562949-burklow/20"><span style="color:#ff9966;">Burklow Cross-body Bag</span></a></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Herschel <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/accessories/mens-accessories/other-items/90207856-islar/2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">13" Laptop Sleeve</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">You can view Little Burgundy's Wood Issue online <a href="http://www.littleburgundyshoes.com/ca-eng/pages/storesection/lbmag12" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9966;">here</span></a>, or pick up a copy at any location while their still in stock. Perhaps I'll spotlight all Little Burgundy past issues!</div></span><br /></div></div></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-37387743061522072672012-07-13T15:13:00.008-07:002012-07-15T15:22:41.635-07:00mixtape no.1<a style="FONT: 100% Georgia, serif" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWim2dvly2Kz2ynlIcWFPpzdOLmazOxv6tGbEl3qajJNZXdV0Vy3n7Y4Q87kmnSR_pWa31O2GexIVgUACNYc8oL8g_5DIhOtVwHcrY_vLbHb8IwrQeD7uT7gnJmP2UzrdedznUi81xhqO/s1600/MixtapeNo1-60-2+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5764780947996924402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWim2dvly2Kz2ynlIcWFPpzdOLmazOxv6tGbEl3qajJNZXdV0Vy3n7Y4Q87kmnSR_pWa31O2GexIVgUACNYc8oL8g_5DIhOtVwHcrY_vLbHb8IwrQeD7uT7gnJmP2UzrdedznUi81xhqO/s950/MixtapeNo1-60-2+copy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i>Image via<span style="color:#ffcccc;"> <a href="http://cultureclub.clubmonaco.com/post/25462228874" target="_blank">tumblr</a></span></i></div></span><div><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Threw together my very own mixtape suited for a relaxing, lazy summer setting. You can find the tracklisting above which I've edited onto this gorgeous sea/sunset landscape of a photographer of whom I wish someone had sourced through Tumblr. Have a listen with the embedded player below, or if that gives you trouble you can find this playlist <a href="http://8tracks.com/amandahoopla/mixtape-no-1"><span style="color:#ffcccc;">here</span></a>.</span></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /><object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="250"><param name="_cx" value="7937"><param name="_cy" value="6614"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value=""><param name="Src" value=""><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value=""><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"><br /><embed src="http://8tracks.com/mixes/872449/player_v3" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="250" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></div></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-71726806714655416352012-07-01T09:53:00.013-07:002012-07-01T20:49:12.378-07:00how to make your own light shield<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">After purchasing the Impossible Project PX 680 polaroid film, I've found that many people online note that the film is extremely light sensitive. The first few seconds of when the picture ejects is crucial to how the film develops. Without being shielded from light immediately, you may end up with a terribly overexposed and low contrast photo.<br /><br />I've seen a few ways that you can shield your images, which you can view in </span><a href="http://blog.the-impossible-project.com/shield-images-with-box-type-cameras" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ffcccc;">this video here</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">, but I've come up with a slightly different method that is hands-free and that I think will be more efficient. Here's a simple tutorial on how to make an envelope light shield for box-type polaroid cameras.<br /><br />You will need: </span><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A 4x6 envelope</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Utility knife or scissors</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A ruler</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Masking tape</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Step 1: <em>Lick that envelope!</em> You'll want to seal your envelope firstly.<br /><br />Step 2: <em>An incision</em>. Using the diagram below as guide, cut along the dotted line slicing open one far end of your envelope on the edge and slightly around the corners. After you've done this, fold both sides away from each other along the solid line.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760247527965791314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWh8Y0Aa7CI1Oz_pmdoPaT1AR4-y1bzkK02TAtBBzZ_tOtq5pKE19Zu_-XLMwitdWIHUMiHQZa2pO5I2twEIUCTIof6iHzeUBW0D8Y16aFhs1v-bVaP9M_ruNZGCx6DX_Y2QfIjiODifE/s640/DSC076773.jpg" /><br />You should end up with your envelope looking like this:<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760247520266120050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUmOWo9-ue-QUCLmVVDlfCUOAvaxHuAnQ0kYwngpTEP53dng1pHNmwODjnol6VVDSEcuE9rt2Hx4UEiH4spZe4C7bje5hnAW2VVOaVNk-mWe1VS4bbfStE2j_AMFyS59LPpX4C9ksuCWl/s640/DSC076712.jpg" /><br />Step 3: <em>Assemble</em>. Using a piece of tape stick one of the flaps above the opening where the picture ejects...<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760247521398114898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0F734TUpbQFBCc8FUv0pepRGQvbWzu2OP4UcKVIZ1Y1vfdI5MI_5W1AcpAmNUzK6gyPyiPtjDmwkeoDSDC2onhZNpOftaZ7Et-3EO_fXkMjMazCz0g21sPJbqsoWZODbWPFdEEicTBAo/s640/DSC077192.jpg" /><br />...and adhere the other flap below the camera. Like so:<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760262381210591490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-9fdqbj_8sJYt0LD9v8oO2SostuPXxILbL7n-mzcspUpdLi8QtesEaHINlFkYP3J4gNFYlEY6qiiZPKhYU6rZ10-EBtZTOJ_DcMQ0cx1G5AgLLydFkFi3LsXLWUT5tAS45Kq6FlZNtJX/s640/DSC077282.jpg" /><br />And voila!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6oPSBDHAdooGjqWjTS_HhhPGNss1olwVlfAmM1JG1w794D-K7ojGLiei_lc0THUa0qCLWhfaMXS8XKFyugB991414CFV8igm4u4ggPOgc6O0m6l3qjH3CTXQ-F1q2hlmXAGp9adRxHxy/s1600/DSC077402.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760262389482839154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6oPSBDHAdooGjqWjTS_HhhPGNss1olwVlfAmM1JG1w794D-K7ojGLiei_lc0THUa0qCLWhfaMXS8XKFyugB991414CFV8igm4u4ggPOgc6O0m6l3qjH3CTXQ-F1q2hlmXAGp9adRxHxy/s640/DSC077402.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">In a few easy steps you have an envelope light shield. You can store the light shield seperately in your bag while travelling and simply tape it on when you're ready to shoot. I find it best to keep a few extra pieces of tape handy by sticking them to the bottom of the camera, so you won't have to worry about carrying around a roll of tape.<br /><br />You no longer have to worry about finding a surface to develop your images face down because the images will eject directly into the envelope. It's also more compact than using a film box to catch your pictures. Make sure to let your pictures develop for at least 10 to 20 minutes before having a peak!<br /><br />Happy shooting! (pictures not guns)</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-57539498100834669802012-06-07T11:59:00.001-07:002012-06-07T11:59:55.995-07:00may snapshots<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC4VF3RXY3pK611btIiT7E72tnWjtTF2vT_W6Fq8NIlv-z8k2bFD7lYjLEshOCoQZ1IAwnnlmwA4i94lmyI6Pfxt4U8l-VrW0vFeFjksNSAAQjnU9hsBwcngSTskOYGgMereaz44yNPYr/s1600/df828100a2dc11e1a39b1231381b7ba1_7.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750306106854693250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC4VF3RXY3pK611btIiT7E72tnWjtTF2vT_W6Fq8NIlv-z8k2bFD7lYjLEshOCoQZ1IAwnnlmwA4i94lmyI6Pfxt4U8l-VrW0vFeFjksNSAAQjnU9hsBwcngSTskOYGgMereaz44yNPYr/s320/df828100a2dc11e1a39b1231381b7ba1_7.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXR3fJhA4CZDgIM_NavcB7s6KsfNh9juTq7zCEFxt-OCuyuHyNDzIAGw8Ny4vJ9OnxKUpcKFKsuhFP2j5GsR2CPcxROsGNC2bpxI-ior5PYgDy4P3zlcLW09pvw7cUJaNOoNDvQUrCy7aO/s1600/94c33408a2db11e1be6a12313820455d_7.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750299511431500146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnPndwxdj7RO0gIenxKVb7r9m8kDqWSKsw8VTZWwXtUvnnojKm85NEUNPCbjHLpZlWY3UA5LE9venROsuryGguHs7gZLco0z8fIr2px0X0VCWk4L51pl5GecyK-vIlPN3iYuX1f9dmZdi/s320/61ed2ac09bbf11e1abb012313813106f_7.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><em>1 Dandelion/ 2 BBQ outfit / 3 Victoria Day fireworks / 4 OCAD 97th Graduate Exhibition opening gala / 5 Krispy Kreme doughtnuts / 6 highschool pond / 7 Anthropologie vintage pencil charm / 8 Chipotle tacos / 9 & 10 GridTO Burger Week @ Grindhouse Burger Bar / 11 Justin @ Narwhal-Magic Pony / 12 Lone watermelon / 13 denim on denim / 14 Julie Moon skulls @ OCAD student gallery store / 15 YYZ Pearson Airport / 16 best dog ever<br /><br /></em>There goes another month! We're already well into June so here's a little instagram round-up for the month of May. With the weather warming up nicely, this past month was packed with fun. Summer is definitely making an appearance!</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-81576138112391354382012-05-26T19:34:00.008-07:002012-05-26T21:11:41.126-07:00budding lushie<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugE9Rm7u3iGSvMB69wfjeEcaFexcFIv3FmYuFHz6yI8mZQWc4TTJU_-6S07cIQY0rs6lDTT0AJQUUaHNInJq_8ZcHW5mrZdETmWZchLy2l-NuPNXnkcJVNhZWpmKRNxDDPNNYjLIxxRGp/s1600/DSC076312.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747037139258173346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugE9Rm7u3iGSvMB69wfjeEcaFexcFIv3FmYuFHz6yI8mZQWc4TTJU_-6S07cIQY0rs6lDTT0AJQUUaHNInJq_8ZcHW5mrZdETmWZchLy2l-NuPNXnkcJVNhZWpmKRNxDDPNNYjLIxxRGp/s640/DSC076312.jpg" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Warning: <em>Girly, beauty-type post ahead!</em></span></span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">After a quite an eventful school year I've really been wanting to do a little damage control and give my stressed skin some TLC. I had already singled-out <a href="http://www.lush.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6666;">LUSH</span></a> as good company to support because they create fresh, organic, handmade products while remaining ethical, "green", and cruelty-free. But before heading down to there without having a clue what to look for, I did research on the effectiveness of products I was interested in using. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Originally all I wanted was a lip scrub so that is what I started with. I wanted something that I could use to exfoliate my lips to create a smooth application for lipsticks. LUSH's "<a href="http://www.lush.ca/Sweet-Lips/03059,en_CA,pd.html?start=1&q=sweet%20lips" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6666;">sweet lips</span></a>" is perfect. Made of sugar, it melts before it can do any harm and it tastes delicious too! It's actually meant to lick right of your lips when you're done, this particular flavour tastes like chocolate and vanilla.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747036739072386082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyz04fl019r0XU0pUs6E8ujh4rLgwPwpHMPbEakaNcvWDQpFeeSj62fB9tQemlxJcL3VE9iokm6ViiuSP3m03byJPmuQuvTXKlBUNdEx5-ATvXZhyphenhyphenh5b23O1OTkFO1dPFkC6OUmymxA8k/s640/DSC076012.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747036738357213682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnOcBvIp1lvZT_qVmjCy_uvAL6Z_LWOWSG7Quj2-zpcOxGEDKt01b0GXwy-GVVp4JSj5zKyz08OrMb3pF6_KbVuAqrOMF_dtkSHtDaOLFY73hmxnR7_ENlRmUCkgRtnDwbEQaO9Apuw1Q/s640/DSC076032.jpg" /></span></p><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Next I picked up two products that I pair together, the first being the <a href="http://www.lush.ca/Buffy/9999902127,en_CA,pd.html?start=1&q=buffy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Buffy</span></a> bar. It has ground almonds and other exfoliants that really give your skin a good scrub but at the same time it is a body butter. You can feel the softness in your skin immediately after — literally buttery!</span><br /></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747036754671503538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRybVfVbpOd_hLbjWph66lUdKA3Jd5ZqCzC2YvFZ9FcVR2Ds3HRYjWPNTtelcJERgGL5P-SwdpEy5V-YgWofgRIqTTXq4LpUOeQIY4iBbRAOuullc4jRrxJSBqIG14yzHC7PDEhYrS3gyB/s640/DSC075982.jpg" /></span></p><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">As if the body butter isn't moisturizing enough, I use <a href="http://www.lush.ca/Sympathy-for-the-Skin/00029,en_CA,pd.html?start=1&q=sympathy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Sympathy for the Skin</span></a> as an all-over body lotion which comes in this adorable tub.</span><br /></p><br /><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OtAIcGBSD2mnh16z7uAyw1GYS5z9j-1wK-jPS4ki-ifGo3TY8SJpVXRVzKRJyFVFbB8-LIwn8fJPD1ZDcQXi-RDmDCP1mmoLrsGTrt_LP_KhIQUVLHzTd02EM7tDBFeCguWdXTZIDj2n/s1600/DSC075742.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747037135929311698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OtAIcGBSD2mnh16z7uAyw1GYS5z9j-1wK-jPS4ki-ifGo3TY8SJpVXRVzKRJyFVFbB8-LIwn8fJPD1ZDcQXi-RDmDCP1mmoLrsGTrt_LP_KhIQUVLHzTd02EM7tDBFeCguWdXTZIDj2n/s640/DSC075742.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-PyZ0jwpkQpFEbdEkrbBA2Id2wNuPjRqGqRjtyIYPOsq1c2uKMe1JQHTJC67b3LNz9uHLR0FTXH5JB_JyN_BO2oZXXiaVx1CX9ijtGzU-qazS2Q_oBllB1gmJc4xvgl2xDGJcOXAHu0e/s1600/DSC075892.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747036755302295506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-PyZ0jwpkQpFEbdEkrbBA2Id2wNuPjRqGqRjtyIYPOsq1c2uKMe1JQHTJC67b3LNz9uHLR0FTXH5JB_JyN_BO2oZXXiaVx1CX9ijtGzU-qazS2Q_oBllB1gmJc4xvgl2xDGJcOXAHu0e/s640/DSC075892.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPtYLavuNp3TMHyWMUDOXxci0oXYiS8-yWpP4JTR-AtOefkrC0Oj6BA_HtiscN6q19IUbluSswMG0xU4pKyDv1Fj8kj-nOv7hfQvDIGMNOiFjbcePaOpzZOWK4wsYNcHQ0sZ6b7JGt5OI/s1600/DSC076242.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747036732098608130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPtYLavuNp3TMHyWMUDOXxci0oXYiS8-yWpP4JTR-AtOefkrC0Oj6BA_HtiscN6q19IUbluSswMG0xU4pKyDv1Fj8kj-nOv7hfQvDIGMNOiFjbcePaOpzZOWK4wsYNcHQ0sZ6b7JGt5OI/s640/DSC076242.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">I've been using these few products over the past two months and I swear by them now. If you're looking for summer smoothness, I recommend both the Buffy bar and Sympathy for the Skin lotion. Your skin will thank you!<br /><br />Everytime I go back to LUSH I pick up a new sample and when I eventually finish it up I ponder purchasing the full product. Next up on the plate is the Cupcake Face Mask which you'll see above. It looks just like cupcake batter and smells like chocolate! I'll be giving this product a whirl tonight and perhaps in another month or so you'll see it here in what might be a second post in this "LUSH haul" installment.</span></p>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-83404578997105663412012-05-24T10:32:00.010-07:002012-05-24T11:39:17.354-07:00OCAD bookbinding workshop<div align="justify"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746159971550441426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGwMRa95ogLvNVi_jqoCZagbiqjilZtqFafcSoMbQEx0UJ689R5AVJIezeGrP51bvZJB10Y-Mc1PLFjt46qYrdvsNe_B7id2enzLXBypmd0NQoXrxOda87Bnfod0cLltfqIJFET6xDghC/s640/DSC074912.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Last week </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blog.hereishazel.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Hazel</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> and I had the pleasure of attending a bookbinding workshop at the OCAD Student Gallery hosted by OCAD's Student Press. The particular technique we learned is called case binding. I had a ton of fun tapping back into my crafty side while nibbling on the fresh strawberries they put out for us. It was a really great way to end of a dreadfully hot day. The best part is that it was completely free — materials and all! A shout out and thanks to Lisa and Eunice for being such lovely hosts! </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Here are some process photos of the book I made:<br /></span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPyUpthyphenhyphenZzPixrhsiFfjt37TLaH760a0oszC1dksAhjsl4oCuW5BtjAM_plMJhxUUKrcYWpYUUJo1LKnJsI6MKFbhrUsfLIBISUg52JJKq1GESqye6T44mL9QaF9TT5HUxIxyU09lrqdD/s1600/DSC074342.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746154741463113234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPyUpthyphenhyphenZzPixrhsiFfjt37TLaH760a0oszC1dksAhjsl4oCuW5BtjAM_plMJhxUUKrcYWpYUUJo1LKnJsI6MKFbhrUsfLIBISUg52JJKq1GESqye6T44mL9QaF9TT5HUxIxyU09lrqdD/s640/DSC074342.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-UVtFrDd8Gk0okgDLGWFgMvoAZqXAlcNsjNt-Uk9QYXqlZCeIasZolxqnBnrbPXvwCvEpd3s79hrf4ZHkrWSGDGKMBeiw8eRv3-J3zog1PYhGkbWeQQ4bAJJK05B2Y188E9Js6MQBXT5/s1600/DSC074362.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746154736015372930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-UVtFrDd8Gk0okgDLGWFgMvoAZqXAlcNsjNt-Uk9QYXqlZCeIasZolxqnBnrbPXvwCvEpd3s79hrf4ZHkrWSGDGKMBeiw8eRv3-J3zog1PYhGkbWeQQ4bAJJK05B2Y188E9Js6MQBXT5/s640/DSC074362.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ivb_KZRHKsnoILkf63DeF-Y-8rqtxrewSwJ0rJ2TQRM7CnBYdZetjiNMP2yOoZrb2PofaFRyP42qsDoqoZ4RAGx0KQK74UyKUtJ2hyphenhypheniec9yTqdfMVPiAzD4aBEac9aXBqbQS_TD4Z-TQ/s1600/DSC074442.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746154730882530738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ivb_KZRHKsnoILkf63DeF-Y-8rqtxrewSwJ0rJ2TQRM7CnBYdZetjiNMP2yOoZrb2PofaFRyP42qsDoqoZ4RAGx0KQK74UyKUtJ2hyphenhypheniec9yTqdfMVPiAzD4aBEac9aXBqbQS_TD4Z-TQ/s640/DSC074442.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjkCbVTE-0QGCYL7TtVzOXBAmgNE3Ajfjr2DWmPakQTZ85bMrkgMtYC_JQ0LY3SLUDy8pDNOPyjFHnuUErZ7Li8KbnLGK4an6fh5BvXGedsMoQZA_RpBGr7nyUSBUnH_zX7nSoiIbWhPZ/s1600/DSC074452.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746154723950193378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjkCbVTE-0QGCYL7TtVzOXBAmgNE3Ajfjr2DWmPakQTZ85bMrkgMtYC_JQ0LY3SLUDy8pDNOPyjFHnuUErZ7Li8KbnLGK4an6fh5BvXGedsMoQZA_RpBGr7nyUSBUnH_zX7nSoiIbWhPZ/s640/DSC074452.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oI2TMuyVxvcwLfA3ct-EC9KQ42Rd80lBU7Gh9BYz3fo8DA0nkAnlovS5L_T5XmSrF9-eCghWIDtmMD3j5_TSmurjTr3ZhMkOSVLTwC7rhLrVlNaevvXP1c9jqRWeWcv3dPxqOJg3YdZi/s1600/DSC074462.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746154715916680370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oI2TMuyVxvcwLfA3ct-EC9KQ42Rd80lBU7Gh9BYz3fo8DA0nkAnlovS5L_T5XmSrF9-eCghWIDtmMD3j5_TSmurjTr3ZhMkOSVLTwC7rhLrVlNaevvXP1c9jqRWeWcv3dPxqOJg3YdZi/s640/DSC074462.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD_kKDMuuMB_-wySqQC7X2W0oaYR7hqhapTYE8v7f8yIXWFBZSvUOfo6jDzXHgW6zQdD-TIPTRT4Usr-9g8-Y9w_EM6fUVx15w_mPWHhvWhSQosWKxphQoje6rULUqQkN5vSPBXhctrWs/s1600/DSC074492.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746155254385415666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD_kKDMuuMB_-wySqQC7X2W0oaYR7hqhapTYE8v7f8yIXWFBZSvUOfo6jDzXHgW6zQdD-TIPTRT4Usr-9g8-Y9w_EM6fUVx15w_mPWHhvWhSQosWKxphQoje6rULUqQkN5vSPBXhctrWs/s640/DSC074492.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8d2uzmtKeyKwzeG8QZbTjV4u6YZt1yjrej-Cgc4pv374QP3n7N5_7FFCdqWFjgdcW_xEfE0jmbXfus2kbBO8fYx3iQ0ldB7fZbJ6HuuuUMu4gv6rbyvVUZQ9VZ3rmlqaZpTuqIgO7mUaD/s1600/DSC074582.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746155236623140978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8d2uzmtKeyKwzeG8QZbTjV4u6YZt1yjrej-Cgc4pv374QP3n7N5_7FFCdqWFjgdcW_xEfE0jmbXfus2kbBO8fYx3iQ0ldB7fZbJ6HuuuUMu4gv6rbyvVUZQ9VZ3rmlqaZpTuqIgO7mUaD/s640/DSC074582.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhky43-k-EJmIwfTTVTFvVjpZn33hpvUXlPwufUucnnmYNtKMrrYbHfGY70UMshm0aYdF1I3FkZ_cLI4fRKIx-nYG2qWIJ01YxFGHR5y5NiG9Xh14HKrbafPWVixFHJrkpBtsMx_Jzd7Y5T/s1600/DSC074652.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qYBk0HEdcbH-mZ49zAOYTBeu-HxQkPW6dH2gPDEEYTGFYbk0ue0sy45dgXexepHwnrJb27sQGEx6-qYiMsCms6fudaGUhf9MXbQvNSmefJZOrfvz6f4pfcgIN7dhRBghyujTvtmTOBIg/s1600/DSC075072.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5746159967253974770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qYBk0HEdcbH-mZ49zAOYTBeu-HxQkPW6dH2gPDEEYTGFYbk0ue0sy45dgXexepHwnrJb27sQGEx6-qYiMsCms6fudaGUhf9MXbQvNSmefJZOrfvz6f4pfcgIN7dhRBghyujTvtmTOBIg/s800/DSC075072.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The finished product! </span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">I'll be looking out for more workshops next year and you can too at </span><a href="http://www.ocadustudentpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">www.ocadustudentpress.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">, and at their </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ocadustudentpress" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> or </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/OCADUPress" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">twitter</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">.</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-78826981454512519042012-05-14T15:49:00.003-07:002012-06-13T09:58:36.785-07:00mothers at mildred's<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; 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font-size: 85%; "><br /></a><span ><span>Another blog post via Instagram! It wasn't planned this way though. As you all know, yesterday was Mother's day and with the tradition of going to brunch, me and my folks did just that. We took a trip down to Liberty Village to eat at </span><a href="http://www.templekitchen.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Mildred's Temple Kitchen</span></a> before doing some shopping. I'd never been there before but boy was it beautiful! Unfortunately, my camera battery conked out while we were waiting for our table so I reverted to my trusty camera phone to capture all the goodness. </span><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span ><br /><span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span >Mildred's had a special set menu for Mother's day and started off with their homemade current scones. They were dangerously delicious as I was trying not to fill up before the main course. It was awfully smart of us to cut ourselves off and pack them to-go because they ended up being part of my breakfast this morning. For the main course there were three choices and I went for "Veda's choice" which consists of poached eggs on a flaky croissant with a choice of smoked salmon or rosemary bacon, topped with Béarnaise sauce. I decided on the salmon while my mum went for the bacon so that we could split our croissants and try each. <em>Both</em> were equally delicious! The breakfast also came accompanied by a mixed greens salad and a choice of orange or grapefruit juice — really refreshing! And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, our server brought over a complimentary apple pie on behalf of Mother's day for us to take home. It's safe to say that I was thoroughly impressed by Mildred's, what with the modern design and decor, outstanding food, friendly and charming waitstaff, and awesome playlist (they played Fat-Bottomed Girls twice!). There's also the added bonus of being able to watch Looney Tunes across their projection screen while you wait to be seated. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span ><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify; "><span >I highly, highly recommend Mildred's Temple Kitchen! Not too shabby of a location either. Located in the lovely Liberty Village right across from West Elm (which you'll see some pictures of above). I will most definitely be back at Mildred's this summer, with a charged camera no less!</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-91071985468760949562012-05-09T12:15:00.000-07:002012-05-10T07:01:53.403-07:00polaroid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">I'm very excited to premiere to you guys my newly acquired polaroid camera! An uncle of mine is moving homes very soon and upon cleaning out his basement he came across this gem which he thought I'd be interested in. If you're keeping count this is my </span><a href="http://www.the-ampersand.net/2011/02/something-old-something-new.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: 85%;">second vintage camera</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> passed down from an uncle, haha.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">But alas, I am now on the hunt for polaroid film compatible with 600 cameras. I've been searching the web for any cheap and locally available film but have come out unlucky. It seems I'll have to go for the </span><a href="http://www.the-impossible-project.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">Impossible Project</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">'s film, in full stock at my nearest </span><a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=23783160a&color=002&color=002&itemdescription=true&navAction=jump&search=true&isProduct=true&parentid=SEARCH+RESULTS" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">Urban Outfitters</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 85%;"> but a whopping $28 a pop — and only for 8 photos, yikes! I am happy to support the Impossible Project though and what they're doing to revive analog instant photography. Perhaps in time they'll be able to sell their films for much less. Until then I think I will spare a little extra cash to be able to test my new baby out!</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-36223559224980327702012-05-07T08:47:00.001-07:002012-06-13T10:05:50.299-07:00april snapshots<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXvbBPDNWSVhTY0kXz2ZYzIp6UbWiYxtWyw_isEagcp3txj7fF9ZsKxRStUo3-hRYDp6i9EwJIci5krc0v9Hnzy3dLG_ObjDoEVcqPMso_qobrrEnK_G3NK5U0cODGpENNNUfdncDWJjS/s1600/b08b0abe8ff611e1af7612313813f8e8_7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXvbBPDNWSVhTY0kXz2ZYzIp6UbWiYxtWyw_isEagcp3txj7fF9ZsKxRStUo3-hRYDp6i9EwJIci5krc0v9Hnzy3dLG_ObjDoEVcqPMso_qobrrEnK_G3NK5U0cODGpENNNUfdncDWJjS/s320/b08b0abe8ff611e1af7612313813f8e8_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568536862690338" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEexnfZi6MDv5YXIONtBogN9qLoHwEjQy9eQH7JY97x8SD9g92a75ig_VLM2u64IUpvuzv5fW37tkT1r2t5q4okdfB6ZzRHj20EGd3clWx41bLen3cfuNj68ySSe0bwPDBZy6_JIpxjWge/s320/ec7359bc8e4a11e1ab011231381052c0_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568532099920386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfvezCT6za38db7SndJMMsPjgCWsjdxl2KapLOt3icpkBZV6GaID9Ceyhvg0u3k6hiCF52Vnn1hy5esdoKlftxGEkbADpQUApW_HyBXn-FUbytYAQ4RYhTbTqd-1DqYK840CIQuMLZfIm/s1600/c98a25a4923f11e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfvezCT6za38db7SndJMMsPjgCWsjdxl2KapLOt3icpkBZV6GaID9Ceyhvg0u3k6hiCF52Vnn1hy5esdoKlftxGEkbADpQUApW_HyBXn-FUbytYAQ4RYhTbTqd-1DqYK840CIQuMLZfIm/s320/c98a25a4923f11e1abd61231381b6d77_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568528168083938" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDS5h7eBY2-s202wR_lZ-0_szmigdXNXMdO4OkZxCWtev0jS2yMSANffM8fRMVg7IWiqj0GvGR9sJuk6usK-DDAjT51XLfSmSW0MX2J1AEYZgXpx5au9A1bzw05jWTo7PD24I4uN9m4Uu/s320/6a4f155e88bc11e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568255935901266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNseuLUiJ7AAArUGj6QhU8Ki6NTuTLFRvbJw_I3PpmBU9EgoAAqP-vocVuTrX-Jc3sfPy2ovjaKlQRLet5xYC4Zv0ETla0lCBozfyX9EEbaSjI_bznE_ZOoLrSH1_Vs9M98LaIoCgae0yF/s320/ed88c25c917d11e19dc71231380fe523_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568251002776530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6C_EqF0oncWuSxuI450y3aiQESFtap6ioNSP2Q3QHUyX0tWf-YlAPQeoy256VusfiZGgkEbSl6eBnR8FlVcHih318sxfrqWjGh16sZx9xgghLrvyek7tN0NsA6fns87kVUoaMQQEh2cT/s320/78e795f68ff511e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568249420121154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtXuMDO41dsq0ehr6gTnwavGEnNpUgOoLLxMw3jc7G6cxcKywHGx5scHENrx_Dhe6NfsxaACXVo80Gz9c4oj5WUOPcZj280zBF4QfHDBpEnyRjC3BfBvZmtqliJLsRTSzQ5pI2WJIiDpW/s1600/9515d19690e211e1af7612313813f8e8_7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtXuMDO41dsq0ehr6gTnwavGEnNpUgOoLLxMw3jc7G6cxcKywHGx5scHENrx_Dhe6NfsxaACXVo80Gz9c4oj5WUOPcZj280zBF4QfHDBpEnyRjC3BfBvZmtqliJLsRTSzQ5pI2WJIiDpW/s320/9515d19690e211e1af7612313813f8e8_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568243452793618" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VIeNq3mWbxgZb3YbCnOpIH3-lekGxan73a-2WFW48oqACwTBB4y3p-E_OFCj-ymO4wI_Ln_xFNJbk7MlG4-xzIdMX-aRbQgbuVZ7svy0g5hkvGMNmFWcKoWUODMRTBtfGf-eWwjYTh_5/s320/071723d4833311e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753568237819522450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span >April has come and gone so quickly. When my first year of university ended I expected to be blogging much more but after my last exam I've unplugged and become somewhat of a couch potato. Far less time has been spent on my laptop but the attention has been reverted to my phone instead with Instagram. It's proving to be a little addictive so I thought why not utilize my phone photo collection for a blog post. Perhaps this will be a monthly thing.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span ><span><br />Follow me on Instagram: </span><a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/amandahoopla/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(234, 153, 153); ">amandahoopla</span></a></span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-67513107226476083812012-04-19T08:17:00.002-07:002012-04-19T08:31:12.022-07:00dogboarding<p align="center"><iframe style="WIDTH: 623px; HEIGHT: 348px" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21504557?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" width="400"></iframe></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://vimeo.com/21504557"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em>Dogboarding</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em> from </em></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/danieldaniel"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em>DANIELS</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em> on </em></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em>Vimeo</em></span></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /></span></em><br /></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A year ago I stumbled upon this great video and although I've shared it multiple times over social networking sites, to all my friends, and every new person I've met, I have not shared it on my blog. So here it is — the product of creative shots, seamless editing, adorable pups, and good music. It never gets old!</span></p>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-24728502915625051792012-04-13T10:40:00.002-07:002012-04-13T10:43:26.472-07:00summer inspiration<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730705333168529090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJR2FQ0l_eYRDCm5m5XV-J0aVohoUOJ4J0Wp0GlVPRPmcyo6ep3cTrWtMm7QtWuJSPak7AbushMoHysSvXpinXJHq3CgM7JVr8IVv2clolGhRyNAZEt33jUdnoBjKi-xo01RlpjXz4Gyj/s900/tumblr_m2bwz3DHAL1qhn1gqo1_r1_500.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hqW6Tk1ikqVX-2VXTsphc6ys1046oy4x5u1QulDYQc-HQe0w2c8Cs8stQvNML96eb_O1Nr19JhhMCcHhc8GoRb4Lz2S_UQIkHQlaaEw2VOyxzEE-2FojGg-vc__8K2QQkCb8mWFVT-xv/s1600/tumblr_m0sxd8Juik1qfrtudo1_500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730705341518390898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hqW6Tk1ikqVX-2VXTsphc6ys1046oy4x5u1QulDYQc-HQe0w2c8Cs8stQvNML96eb_O1Nr19JhhMCcHhc8GoRb4Lz2S_UQIkHQlaaEw2VOyxzEE-2FojGg-vc__8K2QQkCb8mWFVT-xv/s900/tumblr_m0sxd8Juik1qfrtudo1_500.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-fWb28E39C0bj2jCAArMpfiTe9M-8Nbqgewv86LJZx7z0bkh2G2SF_jVRmTJBcr5AJilGSiCDgf4JpbJIVPfQtb9Q58LegqPJt79WwKycvhLkONXYtjetGT680_qAm1wnJOxo7wjN-mL/s1600/tumblr_m0olc7XL7y1r4u6foo1_r2_500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730705328708758210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-fWb28E39C0bj2jCAArMpfiTe9M-8Nbqgewv86LJZx7z0bkh2G2SF_jVRmTJBcr5AJilGSiCDgf4JpbJIVPfQtb9Q58LegqPJt79WwKycvhLkONXYtjetGT680_qAm1wnJOxo7wjN-mL/s1000/tumblr_m0olc7XL7y1r4u6foo1_r2_500.jpg" /></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 503px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 737px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730701618476115634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvIhpagT1X8ueRWW0g89Av4M0tPaHdRaftT51rej-DVw5Ip_-08Doezq2dh-K_-DMNR73n-Gl3OHsFQOzF34ja_oXQs59wdp4enZixhwHiH4Y00eew1vsjr1UqF3Fwinjf5vqwaGPGoDI/s1800/tumblr_lqx364wYM11qd2dhvo1_500.jpg" width="490" height="723" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 499px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 708px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730701614064543394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjvmF88VS-LPmxQT0vgLkycdeV8bNd2DKjaUSZme6TtKbIFW_Y13pvQ2LEPFcpuJLTAVoBrHzHnr3eVpXHVS0erE4np7JMy1C8Bn7dt-rDHauojkRAhawDyWavCFfNmZqqNOi0veUfv2T/s1600/tumblr_lud8ouo9Pe1qmihiao1_400.jpg" width="459" height="622" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730701607879050818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_onBbu9jj2AOSpGpfV0TYG9OAmHVRlZ6TdA3xVv92dIaast5MN88vTXSFxwn4_VcTFxL_pN8xC4yo8_JoAHFhySXv2Q6meZkHZFDGNFk-5mWQibhtXhHl6YcQoEQaAmyi42228fZqurq/s750/tumblr_lyw628Sji31r0xh7go1_500.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnd-jsIhE7lJ4FhGu7BWj6Dd7VhiEioArH80QTB_Z6nY8HRVoBaC15exIFvVeqrKRAsQ4sH7KeY5ZDEI74puJV4-gMiGywHQkODiZOX-QwLGa3pemF0kUSFcB1t3J5-cVUxfmiG6JKaBw/s1600/tumblr_lmeenw7FJX1qdk1qco1_500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730701625711137490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnd-jsIhE7lJ4FhGu7BWj6Dd7VhiEioArH80QTB_Z6nY8HRVoBaC15exIFvVeqrKRAsQ4sH7KeY5ZDEI74puJV4-gMiGywHQkODiZOX-QwLGa3pemF0kUSFcB1t3J5-cVUxfmiG6JKaBw/s790/tumblr_lmeenw7FJX1qdk1qco1_500.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z20Xqaa4xPY5qcRhJxUOj3_x1OGlQoMCCUp5DmWCMmcfnpXwAPshUAgKZWtzcSkhn8DBz4wK_zD1PSybrxvcu1S7qoXFGmQrotgo26_FQSNOckEMXhM003K-kuLUMMrPBpEfMROM90_k/s1600/tumblr_m0aqmxT7571qap29lo1_500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730701599023353058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z20Xqaa4xPY5qcRhJxUOj3_x1OGlQoMCCUp5DmWCMmcfnpXwAPshUAgKZWtzcSkhn8DBz4wK_zD1PSybrxvcu1S7qoXFGmQrotgo26_FQSNOckEMXhM003K-kuLUMMrPBpEfMROM90_k/s640/tumblr_m0aqmxT7571qap29lo1_500.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em>Images via <a href="http://amandahoopla.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Tumblr</span></a> </em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A little summer inspiration. With the weather slowly warming up I've been doing a ton of online window shopping, planning my imaginary spring/summer wardrobe. I'm loving the colours — mints, fuschias, neons, and airy florals. I especially love a fun bright fuschia or coral on the lips this season, like<span style="color:#ff6666;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.narscosmetics.ca/color/lips/semi-matte-lipstick/funny-face" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Funny Face by NARS</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">. A shopping spree is imminent.</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500747175065239011.post-24239378298405436032012-04-06T12:56:00.012-07:002012-04-06T17:42:05.731-07:00through lo-fi eye<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380559930110418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmpcJjyO2WKWYunocz-TKO2rHInNd_q9xLreYfff2AlKMG3P8COsBZjv-dIVkmSNaxFXG1EBqIBYnlCxQLl0TopHpZCqCduhVKZfkly5TJ_556t93WH-COMFjxQRmrm8gCeaKztuTTpqa/s520/2f8df212800311e1a9f71231382044a1_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728381054533970386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OvCvaS4IdkBZBR_tjH8yXqVaOgRTpV1N_qaRkNjNRFi3Dlcwh7XytWYuTNX6sMCrEWb9h127ZaEDizIpDntWOGPb-V37h5oX0O-wJQsna8l2r1cKwQxdwP0dW3JAwJLJjPIo-4VOrAJI/s520/f9c742b8802111e1b9f1123138140926_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380537027739586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUueNvKb9c27RGiAveqDDStcgHw1Y-1WQj_M4CfV4scIJ4x0yKgpRbkSN8YtJHbZhQlpYF_lJ2Ak7sFSAkGXZHq4nAgNL3u9vGW5t2UaYiwxovidd8i1YP_Kx2FJ0JZCwWr2-7fwCxG1t/s520/a7986bac800311e1989612313815112c_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380551795772322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpOgg7C8yFDt5frFwNW0oWiJlTqae3fsC-zoOGdGh8Az8VW8xkbbEf4XoqTJ9R62GFmrRGontiVxDXU_qUjv9q3RJr6bXxTM-T6DkQn4TweUb0ZZBSeMsl3YRwNXUd7iT0Zx0s0KUEbgi/s520/8d75d35e802111e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380873439873186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilsIa47Ygmo19QrQCIuTXMuYvnHcQDnZ7-wnEAJxTbfwxZC8kYmEtAW1aam49ymxgbUw0GAI_JxCzhyBzEhtcZSneOyOnz3sfI2V_usla3MqIFl7p7HKDAhnCoEI217X4Gsm1APnjjtv9/s520/b40fd8ea800111e1b9f1123138140926_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380878037735058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQ2Z77BuTRReZVQShoFgqNvydrq0tebkQ2dvRzNp_TgV3ySotJZbfx7Gaoq8xBAgKZg7Zh3iWfO5L6zMzs0Pjgl5B8NwAvY1zU5AZJ5cJRYljI_aMSbpF6DJoP17F3UNut-gLDM78BJqG/s520/b24be80e800211e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728380554801431538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3ORAo4r7JqxL_RrWNZwHUmdf7Gab3BEhHrZtcxM04kq3lHL2V-oZo1UHyVDbAsCGonBNbfzHuj7qQykJkfZ0f3KxjydgAjKFGBfxD2BGwTmynV_BDjoUuAF0vo06QrnpKQd8e0vvgadw/s520/3b66076a800211e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Often times after class or while I'm still downtown I dine out. And while I love blogging about food and the places I eat, I don't always have a camera on me. But with my phone in my back pocket at all times I'm conveniently snapping photos wherever I go and these usually end up on my twitter feed. </span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Last night's dinner was too good not to document. I had myself a date night at </span><a href="http://fabbrica.mcewangroup.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Fabbrica</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> located at the Shops at Don Mills plaza. I've been there only twice before and I already have a favourite dish: the crab fettucine, mixed in cream sauce, unsmoked Italian bacon, and topped off with a soft poached egg. Delicious! I was so full by the end of it that unfortunately I had no room for dessert. I would make comments about how much I love the decor and design of Fabbrica but I don't have many pictures to pair — except for the view of their bathroom vanity and communal sink, haha. I will definitely need to remember to bring along a camera when I plan to visit next. Please accept my lo-fi substitute!</span><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">And lastly, as Instagram has been released for Android I've had my fun fiddling with it and processed these photos through the new app. Follow me on Instagram at the username: amandahoopla</span></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294794549334044277noreply@blogger.com0