You. Me. This weekend. Trunk Show. Okay?
The Garden Party Trunk Show
Sunday, June 21st - Noon to five
The Workroom
1340 Queen Street West (near Brock)
Are you going away this summer? I'm not. But if you are, here's a wee acorn tag to protect your suitcase and make sure it doesn't get lost.
This was made out of all the left-over ultrasuede from last summer's teddy bear-nose frenzy. It's hand-stiched and there's a vinyl covered window in the back so you can see your name. And, though there's no picture to prove it, I also sewed (by hand) my very first button hole for this little guy. You can see one up close (and comment on my crappy button hole) this weekend at the Workroom's Garden Party Trunk Show, which is probably going to be the best day ever.
If you haven't already checked out SMASH ("Toronto's best source of quality salvage materials, vintage fixtures and character architectural pieces") in the Junction, you totally should! I pressed my nose up against the glass one early Sunday morning last month only to see an entire skid of rolls of vintage wallpaper waiting inside. I went back at a more respectable hour when the gallery was actually open and scored the above for ten bucks! In addition to covering almost every flat surface in my home with the stuff, I'm looking forward to lots of bookbinding projects and handmade envelopes.
And I couldn't have strolled in at a better time - Contact was happening and SMASH was the site for Three Generations of Urban Portraiture with photos by Steve Carty, Che Kothari, and Jamel Shabazz, including this:
Ice Cube and retro wallpaper together in one spot! West End Connection, yo.
