New at Relish This Week!

Very exciting - Relish has just received some beautiful handmade jewellery and accessories, just in time for Art Crawl!

These gorgeous changepurses are handmade in Victoria, BC by Bonspiel - and they're made out of recycled leather and suede. The best part (other than the beautiful prints and colours) is that because they're vintage leather, they already have that super-soft worn-in buttery feel. Yummy!

Another incredible Canadian source, the Silver Workshop, has created these beautiful handmade sterling silver pieces of jewellery. We've got a selection of necklaces, as well as a beautiful silver and bronze ringe and a pair of hand-cast silver stud earrings. You've got to see these!

And even more jewellery! These dreamy floral earrings are just one of the designs created by Hypho - the designer also creates earrings and pendants out of colourful tangled wire. Get down here and check these out before they're all gone!

Also not to be missed are one of my personal favourites - handmade journals by Sarah Hollands. These gorgeous journals are made using old books, and the pages are a whimsical collection of book pages, wallpaper, tissue, maps, etc. These must be seen to be appreciated!!! And if you're not a journal-writer, no problem! These would make the most incredible photo albums! I just adore them.

And finally we have a refill of those colourful paper poms from PomTree - and yep, that sure is polka dots you see in the photo. These are going to be awesome!!

New York, New York!

Being a bit of a procrastinator, it was only this weekend that I finally sent off photos from the last few years to be printed. This included photos from a recent trip I took in October to New York City with some girlfriends. I had only been a couple of times before, but always on business, so I never really got a chance to truly check things out. Well this time, we walked just about everywhere on Manhattan Island south of Central Park. Whew!

The visit to New York was fantastic - I finally got to walk around Central Park (see girlfriends posing in the photo above!), which is so much more beautiful than I had imagined. 

We also made a point of walking through Grand Central Station, which is jaw-droppingly stunning. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the ceiling is a gorgeous shade of teal, and is covered with stars and astrological symbols. It's awesome!

We were so productive, we even took the ferry over to Staten Island, which gives you a great view of Manhattan on the return trip.

We even were able to take pictures at sunset from Brooklyn Bridge.

Amazing! The goal for the next visit is to stay in Brooklyn. It seems so intersting and bursting with things to discover. And I hear there's a giant flea market there, which would be a total treasure trove! Can't wait!