Macaron Day!

Macarons!

I don't usually post about the Monster Factory here, but one of our monsters made an adorable post all about Macaron Day and our favourite macaron shop in Toronto, La Bamboche and I couldn't resist sharing!  Check it out if you have a chance.  Oh and go get some macarons in support of a great cause!

The Invite

The invite.

Originally this post was intended to be all about the incredible mail art I have been receiving in my post box for the last few months...but alas, when I went to edit it this morning off site this was the only image that had saved in the draft....drats! So I will be re-posting those images later tonight!

The image above is of the final wedding invite that Kyle and I finally completed together a couple of weeks ago.  I am still in working on getting them all out...I have been terrible with address collection! But it's a relief to have them done and making their way out the door!

I am also excited to start to work on some other projects again! The invite and wedding details took up a bundle of my time and I haven't been able to properly document some of the lovely treasures coming in the mail for me these days and thank all of my friends for their sweet posts about my little packages on their blogs.  apologies!

But there will be a mail rich post later this evening...and then I am tackling my first textile line!

ps...This is my spring anthem!

As winter fades...

I snapped the following images on a winter's drive in Grey County, where I grew up.  They are so quiet and minimal. I love the silence and simplicity of the winter season.  The sounds all dampened by snow. The colours all muted and hiding.  These images seem like a distant memory now as spring creeps into the picture.  Who knows, Ontario still maybe due for another huge snow storm the way this winter has gone...but I would be okay with just looking back at these images for now, instead of the real thing.

Make Believe.

Walking with rainbows.

Forgotten lunch.

Mythical beasts.

Wind racer.

Slow poke.

The sneak.

Secret Fort.

Sweetness.

The entire cast.

The setting.

Sometimes simple is best...

simple always wins.

Monster and Robot.

Monster and Robot...in love.

So kye thinks I look like a bear...and he's right...but frankly I like this little monster bear...we may choose to change the colours up and add a little tooth to the 'monster'...but at this moment I do like these two little characters.  Invites are almost done! phewf!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's to all my friends. Hope it's filled with lovely things that make you laugh.

A Valentine Diorama...

Hearts in disguise!

A quick post tonight dedicated to the season of love notes! I've been seeing many tutorials over the tubes that show you how to fold a paper heart into an envelope. It turns out that these heart's in disguise are the perfect home for my valentine dioramas!

Surprise...a folded away friend!

piles of sweetness.

Valentine diorama unfolded.

Team Heart Beat!

A love story.

This week i need to try and finish our invites to this marriage thing we are doing this summer. As a lover of all things DIY, I can't lie, planning a DIY wedding is frankly a hoot! But I do have a tendency to live in my dreams...where every happening is heavily choreographed to swooning pop songs across wide open skies.  Bringing dreams to life is much different...

Above is our latest pass at the invites...a little more graphic and a little more simplistic. I still need to design our characters, the robot and the monster and address the font...but I am enjoying this direction.  It also is in the vein of the themes that I am hoping to incorporate into my first textile line...so it's a good try two things at once project. 

Finally on another exciting note...fabric sampling has begun for the dress making! Bring on the mood board!

Paper Sunshine!

It's January in Toronto...that means...snow...or well it used to.  These days we are flip flopping between freezing skies and rainy afternoons.  Either option would be improved with sunshine. 

So for my latest mailing project, I created some little bursts of sunshine packed up in the tiniest of envelopes! I am shipping them out tomorrow...so hopefully some familiar friends will have a little bit of extra warmth pass through their hands this month. 

Paper Sunshine: inside the a tiny burst of happy!

I am also getting really excited about making some valentines...i have some ideas cooking in my imagination. Next step, put them on paper!  Also, my other life's work, the Monster Factory is running an awesome contest/activity for this very love filled holiday. Essentially you write a monster a valentine, and they will write you one back! All the details are available via the link above. 

Bear in the snow.

Bear making a million wishes.

The tiny envelopes for the tiniest of letters!

A little letter made out of paper sunshine.

And now back to my blanket fort a.k.a. hibernation station!