sun!

gosh its been so super sunny these past few days. nico just doesnt know what to make of it! the weather lady said there was a cold front coming down from alberta but is it here? i dont think so, at least not yet EDIT: ITS HERE! ITS COLD!

yesterday nico went on the advice of angela and other bead work employees to go check out circle craft on granville island. they are a co-op shop and after paying the 25$ or something yearly membership fee (if you are accepted) then you can sell in their shop and join the circle craft market during xmas time for cheap (coz if you are not a member its HELLA expensie like hundreds of dollars)
the best part is their shop consigment fee is 70-30! cool hey? its usually 50-50 to 3 times the cost.

after getting snubbed at circle craft, i went to check out RICE TERRACES on west broadway near granville.
i went coz:
1. it had a filipino hand painted sinage
2. i wanted to see another store for alies crocheted stuff
3. i saw all the neat-o stuff in the window and have been wanting to check it out for quite some time now.
crap they have the most AMAZING STUFF FROM JAPAN in there. sew pretty zakka stuff, kimono stuff, origami, ceramic, decor, small gifts, even a variety COOL SHOES AND SNEAKERS with kimono fabric print. the best best best part was that it was owned by a filipino! Anjin and his japanese wife Yoko.
i love that store. when i go to buy dem kick ass sneaks i will ask if i can take some pics for the blog. it is divine in there!

today simon and i searched for like 45 minutes for our common law paper works... we found the old stash we thought we lost but not the newer print outs we had filled out.
it was insane! we couldnt find it.
the reason the old ones were more important coz i had filled out the part where you put in all your adressess while in canada (gasp!). that task alone took me 4 months to figure out. i have moved. . a lot!
but then we found it. on the coffee table in the living room!
whew
my nbi clearance from manila is here already- i was blown away at how slow we are/ how fast they are.
today is the day we are mailing one more document. well, if i ever get off the computer long enough. just kidding. also i have to stick with my program and make a pattern for the wooden handles.

the navy owls tote was bought yesterday (!!) , then today someone in singapore purchased a lot of trim (!!) . i love it when i get those emails from etsy telling me somebody has bought something from my shop.