Luminato 2016

Luminato was a little different than in years past. It was a completely new experience as it was not set up in a variety of outposts across the city, but took place in the derelict former power station, the Hearn. Grabbed a couple friends and ventured across town late one night. Glad we went around 9:30 p.m. as it wasn't busy and we were free to explore without the distraction of too many other visitors. Also, the musical performance was on and the sound reverberated throughout the building like a soundtrack for our night. To be very honest, I am not normally a Rufus Wainwright fan, but we all agreed he and his band sounded great in this cavernous space. Enjoyed sipping on a drink and checking out the installations especially the world's largest disco ball, 'One Thousand Speculations' by Michel de Broin. The light bounced off the disco ball and danced around the space eerily. Wish we could have dined in the restaurant set up in the control room. It smelled divine. As we exited the building at the end of the night, Rufus was singing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow". We marvelled that Toronto can be pretty cool sometimes with some pretty great events. Sometimes we forget to give our town due credit!

Speaking of pretty great events, I also caught a talk with Steve Martin. He was in town to discuss his curatorial role in the upcoming Lawren Harris show, 'The Idea of North' at the Art Gallery of Ontario. He bantered with Andrew Hunter about his experiences in Toronto, how he came to love and collect the works of Harris, and told other humorous anecdotes. Both men were great conversationalists and extremely funny. I left filled with good vibes, feeling inspired and looking very forward to catching the show when it opens in a few days.

Time to get a little sleep. Have made a few resolutions to myself in the past few days. Going to keep most to myself but, one was to get better sleep. Another was to pursue some non-jewellery related creative endeavours. The world lost dapper fashion photographer Bill Cunningham yesterday. He was 87 years old. Read that he didn't begin shooting for the Times until he was over 40. Kind of inspiring to think about how much he accomplished even just from mid-life onwards. What a full life. Hope to be so lucky.

Goodnight!

xo
M

Warm up to Summer

I love Spring and Summer.  I'm really meant to live somewhere that is warm all of the time.  So, I can't get enough of this time of year.  Here is a huge series of photos taken over this Spring.  Seemed like the cold weather would not go away... and now mid-June, the days are finally longer and warmer.  I know, another person talking about the weather... again?  Yes.  It was driving me batty so I am so gloriously happy to see the sun and green grass again! As I scrolled through these photos, I re-lived the warm up.  Here are my Spring snap shots!

 Finally ditched the boots!  Bracelets include Luminous Bracelet, Jeweled Bracelet, Mega Bracelet.

 A visit to City of Craft.

 Little porcelain tumbler from rcboisjoli.

 Slick.

Guac and a hamburguesa from Grand Electric.  Yum.  Bette than the regular ol' burger.

 Round Crystallized Bracelet and Mega Bracelet.

 Storm clouds rolling over a patio afternoon.

 Pineapple everything!

 Pastel polishes.

 Fun with floral nail art.

 Luminous Bracelet in the kitchen at A.'s house.

 She sure whips up a good feast!

 J. Mo's reflective Pierre Hardy high tops.  Coolest pic.

 May 2-4 wrap up with cocktails and cozy fire.

 Love all the Spring flowers.

 Love.

 Excursion to Bakerbots with Avril.

Ice cream sammies!

And bracelets!  Left - Jeweled Bracelet, Right Connection Bracelet.

 Then we continued our chat over drinks.

 Lovely strolls and pretty evening light.

 HTO Beach at sundown.

 Cherry blossoms at Robarts Library.

 Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market.  

 BBQ with friends.

 Dreamy sunsets.

 Long city walks to enjoy the balmy humid day.

 Creating with tiny beads.

 At the TFC game.

 Favourite combo lately.  Connection Bracelet with little bracelet sets that we'll have available soon!

With my haul at the More Than Just a Yardage Sale at the Textile Museum.

 Patio lunch with Avril.

 Still relishing these gorgeous blooms!  Sigh...

 Earrings making binge.

 Nails coincidentally matched cake truffles from Momofuku Milk Bar.

 Baby cacti at Crown Flora.

Their amazing back wall.  The Crown Flora boys will be leaving this location soon for bigger and better.  Hope the next occupant keeps this wall as is!

 Fat Pasha to celebrate Anita's birthday.

 Who needs birthday cake when you have a whole cauliflower?

 Oil change?  Haha!

Dundas West Fest with S.F.  We loved this street festival.  The weather was perfect, the vibe so great. Live music all about.  Icy cold patio drinks in the sunshine. 

 Tasty food to sample everywhere.  Can't wait for next year!  Love me a good street fest!

 Fundraiser in the country.  Great effort in support of the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

Corner of my home.  Lemons painted in university... letter M from childhood bookshelf... ceramic tiles from Xenia Taler picked up years ago at the DUDE show.

 More evening walks.

 Concrete beach at the Luminato Festival hub.

 Great set up at the licensed and enclosed hub this year.

Late night catch up with G.

 Supply shopping.

 Pit stop to carb load.

Warm red/pink hues and the Mega Bracelet again!

Currently gearing up the Fall/Winter Collection, but with Summer still a couple days away, we'll be savouring the sunny days and warm nights.

Almost caught up on blogging, especially with this photo heavy post!  It's been fun to put words together in sentences again!  Be back soon with more!

xo

M