Visiting

Bertha and I had a chance to sneak home this past weekend, which is always fun. Not only do Bertha and I get to visit with my family, but Bertha gets to hang out with my mom and sister's dogs. It's a bit of total dog chaos, but man do they ever have fun running through the fields like crazy animals!

Bertha supervising the yard from my mom's bed

Bertha on her best behaviour with Rhoda, my mom's cute old lab mix

my sister's handsome dog Shiloh - Bertha has a bit of a crush!

Bertha helping my nana with party prep. And I have to say Nana was very fair with the crackers - one for the platter, one for Bertha.... 

Bertha is SO bored with the 5-hour car ride back to Hamilton!

Basically, it's a huge sleepover party for her. So if any of you are in the shop today, now you know why she's totally passed out asleep - she's exhausted!

Supercrawl Projects!

I work best with a deadline. Which is why, with only 8 days left before Supercrawl, I am just now starting some of the many projects I had planned to have finished before Sept 10th....

Lots and lots of homemade fall decor, like these cutout paper leaves. You'll have to wait to see how great they're going to look all over the shop!

And after months of coasting, I've finally got myself motivated to finish painted my little dugout/workspace at the shop. Nothing like crisp, white paint in a somewhat dark space. You just wait till I get this finished - it's going to look great!

I've also got a couple of other things up my sleeve. Some extra painting, which you'll LOVE, and a great window display project that involves sewing. Now, I am not a sewer. For example, I've already had to ask my mother-in-law to come over twice to thread my sewing maching because I can't remember how to do it. Should be interesting, right? But if I can make it work, it's going to look just awesome!

Crossing my fingers!!!

Weekend Project

I did it! Finally, three-and-a-half years after moving in, I finally finished painting the last room in our house. Woohoo!

This kitchen used to be some aweful green colour probably called something like "Celery" or "Mint" - yuck.
Growing up, we always had yellow kitchens - and we lived in a lot of houses! - and they were always the centre of the house. (Lots of food-centric memories!) So now that my kitchen is properly yellow, I'm a very happy camper.

I have to say my favourite thing is that big piece of art on the wall. It's of my absolute favourite coffee shop in our old 'hood in Roncesvalles, Cherry Bomb. And yes, it definately is the bomb.

New Website!

Guess who finally has a website? Me! And by "me" I actually mean my shop Relish - come have a look!

http://www.relishvintage.ca/



I just created the site this week, and it's already got all kinds of information like the shop's location and hours, as well as all the new product lines I carry.

Be sure to keep an eye on this - I'll be updating it whenever I receive new products or product lines. Trust me, this will be exciting!

So happy Saturday, and I hope everyone has a very happy, sunny long weekend!

Bread?

I was feeling ambitious today and decided to make a loaf of sunflower flaxseed homemade bread. Everything was going well, the dough smelled really good, and then I went out for lunch with my boyfriend's mom while the dough was rising. I also left my dog at home. Terrible oversight.

I think you can guess where this is going. Bertha (my pooch) ate the whole bowl of dough! Of course my first thought was that she was going to explode, but I've been assured by the vet that she'll be fine. And at least I discovered that she only ate 1/2 of the dough - the other half she tried to hide by somehow wrapping it up in her dog blanket and leaving it on my bed. Awesome. Good thing she's so damn cute!