Banquet Journal

belle heir

The mighty talented DJ has just launched belle heir an online shop featuring some truly magical vintage baby clothes - tea dresses and rompers and amazing handwork that was probably done by ca...

fortune cookies

Years ago I made a slew of fortunes to be covertly slipped into the cookies at our favourite dim sum haunt - Happy to find them lurking in the back of a drawer here. (If you click on the image y...

pata pata

and miriam makeba died today - remember this song? and what about that set? and dress?    

Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France)

thinking of my grandpa today and his ship the hmcs malpeque

gorman

amazing sequins on this gorman dress, now at eugene choo. may have to wander up this weekend...

walton ford

some great walton ford images in the recent art in america. not a magazine i usually peruse, but happy to stumble upon these to-scale watercolours.

galaxy dove

Gala Elizabeth Dove September 30 2008

the little lame prince

Some very odd stories, but i adore the end paper illustrations. The Little Lame Prince (1956), by Dinah Maria Mulock, with illustrations by Colleen Browning.

tea and cake

Working on some thank you cards.... ...and waiting, waiting, waiting.

stanley park

Spent a magic afternoon in the park a few weeks ago - cy's first ride on the miniature train, too friendly raccoons, deerhoof on the grass at dusk, trumpeters with striped socks and bicycles, and ...