Allison Wonderland Spring/Summer line is here!!!

It's so exciting to get new, drop-dead gorgeous summer clothes into Relish just as winter is ending, and Allison Wonderland's line certainly does not disappoint. These pieces are SO lovely, in cottons and silks and linens, and the most beautiful colours! Have a look for yourself...

the Bonnard Blouse in Lawn (a gorgeous print in pinks, peaches and greens) and the Figurative Skirt in Slate Blue

the Bonnard Blouse in a semi-sheer Azure Blue (sadly, I do not have these cute shorts in stock)

the Monet Chemise in Azure Blue (also comes in the lovely Lawn print) - this chemise has a gathered neckline and is slightly longer in front

the lovely, flowy Coastal Skirt in Kelp Green, from Allison Wonderland's eco-friendly line, Pillar

And to celebrate these gorgeous pieces, all these new items are 30% off!!!!

See you soon!

New Fun Stuff

Well despite the rain, Friday's Art Crawl was tons of fun and lots of people were out to enjoy the festivities.

High five to everyone who braved the rain! As usual, Friday was a scramble to get things ready, but as a result, there is some great new stuff in the shop this week, including these tissue paper Poms from PomTree you can see in the window..... Such a great hit of much-needed springtime colour!

Victoria Alstein was kind enough to agree to have some of her incredible artwork on display for Art Crawl. If you didn't make it down here on, be sure to stop by in the next week or two to check out her stuff - it's pretty damn awesome.

I've also added another vintage table that I've just refinished. As usual, bright green looks incredible with all types of wood!

This awesome bright red chair is a vintage Vico Magistretti designer chair - made in Italy!!

Another great chair made in the 1930's and newly re-uphostered, just waiting for a new home.

And finally (because I just had to include this) a beautiful floral bouquet sent by my sister Becca and her family from Alberta! Thanks Bec and Kostas & Kaia!

So Productive!

With such lovely weather yesterday we were able to get a jump on all that spring garden-prepping that usually gets put off indefinately - we were so productive yeseterday! While today's post isn't too colourful (since no plants have any strong signs of life yet) it show you all the work we did yesterday. It totally wiped us out!

Ilya hard at work trimming our overgrown hedges WAY back so they are sort of under control.

Bertha hard at work chewing up all the wisteria branches I throw down to her from the ladder. She was very tired after all this work!

I guess you can't actually tell in this picture, but this really old and beautiful wisteria vine grows like a maniac all summer - there are branches climbing the wires, into the eaves, even into the huge tree in our yard!

Now the wisteria is all trimmed up and compact - it's going to be covered in gorgeous flowers this spring (I hope), which I'll post photos of as soon as they appear.

More colour tomorrow, I promise!

Signs of Life

It's SO sunny and trying to be warm (relatively speaking), and I've even spotted some spring bulbs poking their heads out of the ground!

Daffodils (my favourite!) already poking their heads out in the sunshine.

There are tulip bulbs, and they've actually made their way through the glacier that's still sitting in our front yard. I think I added some extra bulbs in the fall, so we'll see over the next few weeks if they made it...

This time of year makes me so excited! It feels like we've finally survived winter, and now the lovely warm weather is coming. And the fact that there are even spring bulbs alive in OUR yard is a big deal! It's so shady that usually everything that grows here comes about a month later than everywhere else.

Spring is coming, spring in coming!

Sunny Day

There's something about sunlight shining through white curtains that makes me think of soft summer days. And by association, that means warmth. My favourite.

White curtians glowing in the sunshine.

The yellow bedroom wall gets an extra kick of colour from the sun.

Even though it's not all that warm outside today the wonderful sunshine makes daydreaming of summer days completely possible. And I swear I've seen some spring bulbs poking their heads through the ground, so spring is officially on its way. This makes me very, very excited!!!