tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42848836509775093912024-03-05T05:59:59.033-08:00mettehandmade clothingkristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-51801284954443435802015-04-03T15:44:00.004-07:002015-04-03T15:56:19.718-07:00april showers<br />
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iris ['rainbow' in greek] is an a-line dress constructed in cotton/linen blend. the bodice print features blue, red and metallic gold raindrops on natural cotton oxford. skirt and self-tie in red cotton/linen blend. side seam pockets.</div>
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<br />kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-20101530287575530002014-11-02T12:39:00.001-08:002015-04-03T15:47:05.288-07:00boo!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
halloween has come and gone.</div>
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today we can enjoy a quiet day at home - </div>
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laundry, cleaning and tossing moldy pumpkins </div>
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[fueled by mini mars and swedish berries]!</div>
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it was a soggy month -</div>
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torrential rain the night of the ghost train and the next day the pumpkin patch was one huge orange puddle!</div>
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my costume was undecided until a week before halloween - </div>
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but i was lucky to find all i needed at <a href="http://www.urbansource.bc.ca/" target="_blank">urban source</a> and </div>
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"EYElizabeth Taylor" was born!</div>
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already looking forward to next year!</div>
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halloween is a pretty big deal around here.</div>
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we prefer to sprinkle a little bit of creepy all october long!</div>
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we made our ghost family with cheesecloth and pipe cleaners.</div>
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they hover in the hall on invisible thread. spoooky!</div>
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saturday, we sought refuge from the rain and headed to the art gallery for the afternoon.</div>
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[surprise!] i forgot that it was <a href="http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/children_family.html" target="_blank">family fuse weekend</a> - lots of fun things for hadley to do and <a href="http://vedahille.com/" target="_blank">veda hille</a> performed!</div>
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sunday, blue sky and spring cleaning.<br />
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kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-52454644911995490372013-07-29T13:12:00.000-07:002013-07-31T19:42:41.708-07:00touch wood<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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easily my favourite place in the city - so magical!</div>
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the current sculpture exhibition <a href="http://vancouver.ca/vandusen/media/touchWood2013.htm" target="_blank">touch wood</a> is on now until september 30, 2013.</div>
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i lovelovelove these sculptures by brent comber!</div>
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en route to the maze, we came across the 'visitors'.<br />
they were beautifully spooky [spookily beautiful?].<br />
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kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-33058895972947897482013-07-14T15:31:00.000-07:002013-07-15T08:32:04.141-07:00hello, summer!<div style="text-align: center;">
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we are enjoying gorgeous days here in vancouver<br />
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lazy weekend days are spent tending to the fairygarden<br />
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ballerinas + polka dots in a soft cotton/linen blend.</div>
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i made some for my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/156272726/nina-reversible-cloth-hat?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">shop</a>, too.</div>
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kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-41244022658986215462013-05-01T12:41:00.000-07:002013-07-14T19:04:26.325-07:00g r o w i n g<div style="text-align: center;">
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hadley was not yet two when i started my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/mette">shop</a>. <br />
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blink! the little stinker is now seven and [with a steady diet of apple sauce and cheddar bunnies] she has outgrown my available sizes.</div>
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over the years, many wonderful customers have returned to my shop to buy dresses for their daughters - and now they are outgrowing my sizes, too!</div>
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so i am happy to announce that <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mette">mette</a> dresses are now available in sizes 6 months to 9 years!</div>
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kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-55993130352540812472013-04-25T16:00:00.001-07:002013-04-26T12:24:20.872-07:00lala tada!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hadley has collected a few lalaloopsy dolls - some gifted, some thrifted - and they all needed new clothes!</div>
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i drafted a simple a-line dress pattern, pulled out my stash of wool felt and we went to work. </div>
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the first two were embellished with vintage star sequins and metallic fringe.</div>
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1/4" seams, snap closure and no hemming required [it's felt!]. </div>
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l o t s of glitter.</div>
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friday, her classmates sang happy birthday and shared cupcakes, she was gifted candy and a purple pencil and her name was announced on the loud speaker [the best!]. </div>
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saturday, birthday breakfast of bacon + eggs [sunny side up with no yolks, please!].</div>
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sunday, birthday party.</div>
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sixteen of them [!].</div>
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each guest received a <a href="http://www.urbansource.bc.ca/index.html" target="_blank">vintage gold box</a> filled with a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/121024646/stella-handmade-doll-dress?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">barbie dress</a> and chocolates.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"the ghost princess" short story</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hadley was a pink pixie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">chocolate cupcakes for school <br />[martha stewart's one-bowl chocolate cake recipe is the best!]</td></tr>
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our friends suggested the "candy trade" - trade in the candy for a small toy - and hadley was game. of course, she wanted a barbie house with an elevator. </div>
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kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11455810897455316528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284883650977509391.post-45503603073996679782012-11-03T21:28:00.000-07:002012-11-03T21:29:53.939-07:00nicole bridger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
last week i attended the <a href="http://nicolebridger.com/" target="_blank">nicole bridger</a> in-store fashion show [thank you, <a href="http://ruminatingmommy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">jenny</a>!] at her flagship boutique [2151 west 4th avenue]. the event was both intimate and inspiring. </div>
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aptly named "kali", after the powerful hindu goddess, the fall/winter collection is about<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> “the death of habits, patterns, and ways that no longer serve us".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
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her friends [all ages, all sizes] modeled her collection which featured pieces that draped and flowed beautifully in luxurious silk + and eco-friendly tencel. her palette featured muted blues, berry reds, woodsy greens and romantic florals.</div>
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so beautiful - the collection and the designer.</div>
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issue three is <a href="http://www.novaleemagazine.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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hadley is studying "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Barbie-All-Dolled-Celebrating-Years/dp/0762436867" target="_blank">50 years of barbie</a>" - taking note of what she has and what she wants me to make.</div>
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thank you, <a href="http://www.novaleeblog.com/" target="_blank">angela</a>!</div>
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only two days in and it really feels like fall! brrr.</div>
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we just got back from a late summer holiday on saltspring island and lucked out with beautiful weather.</div>
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my favourite event at the fair was the "zucchini drag races".</div>
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local kids dressed up zucchini's, added some wheels and sent them <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUEASwcxrI" target="_blank">flying</a> down the racetrack.</div>
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she was all smiles after winning a blue ribbon at the rooster calling contest [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlWCpz6iT4" target="_blank">at 11:10</a>]!</div>
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and hadley caught a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">tiny</span> flounder.</div>
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the bay is quite shallow so it warms up [just enough to soften the ocean chill] and hadley swam every day.</div>
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the <a href="http://strathconaevents.ca/" target="_blank">fifth annual strathcona harvest festival</a> takes place this sunday at mclean park [near hawks + keefer].</div>
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my contribution to the raffle table is my very first handmade doll. </div>
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she has sculpted felt hair, extra long ballerina legs and is dressed in a liberty of london dress and cashmere capelet. </div>
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hadley has named her eva.</div>
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the festival will be held on sunday, september 16 from noon to four. </div>
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plus! one colossal onion and cotton candy.</div>
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<u>now</u> we were ready for some rides!</div>
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we were all giggles on the tilt-a-whirl - until the ride started and the screaming began.</div>
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hadley flitted between adrenaline and terror while i nearly lost my lunch.</div>
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she tried her luck at the balloon dart table and won a stuffed husky - and just in time for the super dogs show!</div>
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she had walked on water and jumped to the clouds</div>
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and asleep by 8:05 pm.</div>
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a work in progress for some time now -</div>
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hadley's two front teeth fell out on saturday!</div>
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like all the others, these two chompers will <em>not</em> be left for the tooth fairy.</div>
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she is keeping them all [seven to date].</div>
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no money under her pillow <br />
but we did go to <a href="http://www.lacasagelato.com/" target="_blank">la casa gelato</a> to celebrate!<br />
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hadley + i spent the holiday monday at <a href="http://vancouver.ca/vandusen/" target="_blank">van dusen gardens</a>.</div>
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'family life' [travertine] by david f. marshall</div>
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'observing your society' [marble] by david ruben</div>
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"... they give a monumental character of scale to the overall landscape. one definition of good garden sculpture is that once admired, it should blend and almost disappear in the landscape, not detracting one's attention from the living collections. this may be the reason why abstract sculpture is sometimes more successful than the representational kind which may evoke images that impinge too much on the quiet flow of ideas that one likes to enjoy in a garden" - retired van dusen curator r. roy forster, oc</div>
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hadley tried her best but couldn't persuade us to go thrifting - so she opened her own shop. </div>
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she thrifted this gown on her own.<br />
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she couldn't wear the dress to school<br />
so she wore it out to <a href="http://www.sophiescosmiccafe.com/" target="_blank">dinner</a> celebrating her last day of kindergarten.<br />
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hadley's room is featured in the latest issue of <a href="http://babiekinsmag.com/issue9.html" target="_blank">babiekins</a>!</div>
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[black bunny, hadley cashmere + bunny prints </div>
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i had the opportunity to contribute to a fundraiser held this weekend with proceeds benefiting <a href="http://www.artsumbrella.com/" target="_blank">arts umbrella</a>, and <a href="http://www.worldclasshealthcare.ca/" target="_blank">vgh + ubc hospital foundation</a>. <br />
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the classic art nouveau print is <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/" target="_blank">liberty of london's</a> 'ianthe' in a fresh colourway of coral and turquoise. the fabric is silk crepe de chine [lined in silk] and drapes b e a u t i f u l l y. </div>
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our favourite dress ever.</div>
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last week <a href="http://ruminatingmommy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">jennifer</a> and i attended "<a href="http://www.vancouvermom.ca/best-of/fabulous-a-celebration-of-vancouver-mom-bloggers/" target="_blank">fabulous</a>"</div>
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