Sylvie and Shimmy

I'm so pleased that MoonRox is now being carried at brand new Toronto store Sylvie and Shimmy.  The cheery little Parkdale spot is filled with well-priced feminine wares from both local designers and Korean lines.  They carry a lovely mix of clothing, footwear, art prints, gift ware and of course lots of MoonRox Jewellery & Accessories!  So happy for owners Caroline and Shim to see their vision come together so beautifully.  Congrats to the ladies on the hard work and beautiful shop!  Check 'em out!

Sylvie and Shimmy

1640 Queen Street West

Toronto

647.348.3332

Jewels for Christmas

It's been a manic season of making and sharing my work with jewellery lovers.  I've gotta say this year's busy season seemed to go by too quickly.  I really enjoyed all of our fabulous customers and hearing about how their chosen piece of MoonRox has been part of special moments of their lives.  I know, I know... it's just jewellery... but still nice to hear!

I'm just about to ship out the final Christmas orders... and then I think my own Christmas shopping and crafting must be prioritized.  Looking forward to a weekend full of glitter, good food and cheer!

Happy Friday!  Happy weekend!  Happy Holidays!

xo

M

Miscellany

 

'Twas a busy week trying to get back on track after the One of a Kind Show.  Been going through a bit of show withdrawal.  I enjoy chatting with people about my work and playing jewellery dress up with them.  This time, it really seemed as though the One of a Kind breezed by in two secs.  I had lots of friends and family chip in and could not have had such a successful show without them.  I'm so very thankful!  

Now to deal with the remnants of the craft show explosion that takes over my life a few times a year.  Sorting through all the neglected tasks in work and regular life...  Ploughing through jewellery orders that had to get out...  Some for individual customers and some for stores too. This evening I am making slow progress on a one and a half foot high pile of unopened mail and returning things to their rightful spots. 

Another thing to catch up on is blogging...  Here are some photos that I have neglected to share over the past month or so.  Some of this seems like ages ago, but here goes...  Above is a tiny book of Instagram pics that I got printed at Printstagram.  It is gosh darn adorable.  Got some other cute things and will have to remember to take some photos to show you later.

Bunz threw a kick-ass birthday celebration for M. last month.  Beer and cheese tasting followed by a tasty meal.

Yah monn, was real nice.

 Painted a long overdue project.

Had a giant old saw sitting behind my front door for maybe 4 years.  Promised to paint a scene on it for B. and R.'s cottage.  Let's just say I am deadline oriented.  Never tell me to take my time!

It finally got did!  And I think they liked it!

Celebrated with smiley beer.

Brunched with my pal.  Fried chicken on waffles must be photographed.

Perused the Queen St. edition of the Junction Flea.  Love the terrariums from Crown Flora Studio.

And dig the sweet arrangements from Coriander Girl.  Flowers are just pure beauty.  Nature amazes me.

Carted some goodies around in the bike basket in my new Russet and Empire Thank You shopper.

Gawked at the brilliant sunset over Trinity Bellwoods Park.  

Helpful kind friend and work breaks with ice cream.  

Festive decor at Nathan Phillips Square.

Cute holiday cards found in aforementioned large pile of mail.   

Now finally photos from this past week.  Took the day off last Monday.  Such a nice treat to have a day of absolutely no work and plenty of pampering after so many days standing on concrete floors in a hall with no natural light.  Plus you are talking to people all day.  Slept in, then happily made the bed with new Avril Loreti throw cushions.  Toddled around lazily, sipped tea and didn't talk to a soul until noon.

 Then met up with G. for our day of indulgence.  

 Eat-drink-shop-spa-eat-drink.  

Couldn't leave the jewels at home though.  Here are some of my faves lately.  Crystalized Bracelet, Entwined Stalactite Bracelet, chain maille bangle (by Ian Savage) and Shine Bracelet.  Spoiled myself in literally the last seconds of the One of a Kind Show and picked up the Mini by Hoi Bo that I had coveted.  This is not a great picture of it, but gotta say, it's the perfect little bag for me.  Fits all the essentials and a bottle of water and umbrella too!  I can never have enough handbags, or shoes, or sunglasses... or jewellery, of course!

We had a pretty damn good day off.

Now for this weekend.  It was action packed.  Caught up with out of town visitors... hit up a party or two... went to City of Craft to remedy my show withdrawal.

Loved this weird and wonderful knitted reef.

Admired my talented neighbour Emily Taylor's work.  So that's what goes on next door...

Such a fun show with a great vibe.  Love these charming wee paintings by Queen of the Cats.

The highlight of my weekend was that I had a great reunion with JW.  Didn't take any photos unfortunately. Hadn't seen him in 5 years.  It's the best when you can see an old friend and banter like you just saw them yesterday.  Loved laughing over foolish and hilarious stories of our younger days.  Mustn't let 5 years zoom by again.

So there's my update of the miscellany of recent days.  This post has taken me a tremendously long time due to the spinning rainbow of death on my poor computer.  Now I am wiped out and off to bed!  Struggling to ward off all the illnesses that have recently taken down one after another around me.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  Another busy week ahead...  Lots of jewels to be made!

Goodnight!

xo

m

October days

Here are some photos taken over the past couple weeks.

Sparkly nails, sparkly jewels. 

Crystallized Bracelet and a Tiny Charm Bangle sample.

The array on my dresser after de-jeweling one evening.

A Twinkle Pearl Creme Necklace -- available by special order.

Coffee break and mini donuts with a friend.

Adding Sale items to the Shop.

The resident at emerg drew this.  It's a diagram explaining the parts of my brain that are causing the vertigo.  I think he meant parts of my ear, not brain... He let me keep this masterpiece.

Rain booties bought on eBay.  Bit big... may have to pass them on...

Spent a day café and restaurant hopping with a talented friend.  We were working hard on some new MoonRox related things.

A visit to one of my favourite shops on Queen.  I wish I could spoil myself and buy up armloads of pretty Parisian things in there.

Vegetarian Thanksgiving feast.  We never do the traditional Thanksgiving in my family.  This year we had a veg craving and went to Fresh, and were pleasantly surprised that they offered 40% off to patrons on Thanksgiving Sunday.  So nice!

Thanksgiving Day was spent lounging in the sun with my Sis and W. in High Park...

Followed by a birthday dinner for Aunt L.  Polish feast.  Yum.

Been enjoying mixing some MoonRox new and old with some other pieces I have collected!
From left to right are:  Shine Bracelet (from a few years back), a chain maille find, Crystallized Bracelet, a blingy bracelet from my friends at House of Moda and the Entwined Stalactite Bracelet.

Here's another dresser top shot.  In the foreground are the Stunning Ring (available by special order) and the Scissors from the series of Handy Necklaces.  In the little container are some of my favourite rings and earrings.  Mixed in are a resin and sterling silver ring by Cinelli & Maillet, a House of Moda infinity ring, a AMT "diamond" ring, a ring inherited from my Grandmother, Fancy Pearl Drop Earrings (available by special order) and a crystal encrusted coug.

Dining out after running errands...

Baklava galore.  Some may have come home with us.

A. and I ventured around Bloor St. for LOULOU Magazine's Shop 'Til You Drop. 

The shops were abuzz!  

'Twas a fun evening.  And got me excited about MoonRox being featured in this month's LOULOU Deals all over again!  Don't forget to take advantage!

Made some new pieces that will debut at the One of a Kind Show this November.  These are the scraps... sometimes discards are pretty too.

Sorted the nail polish stash.

Selected these...

and went nuts and did this.

Explored unfamiliar neighbourhoods.

Enjoyed Fall foliage.

Not to be super cheesy, but nature amazes me all the time.  The colours of this leaf pile are all incredible.

Capped off the weekend with a celebration for R.'s birthday with friends.

The past couple weeks have been out of the ordinary.  I have not felt 100% since my vertigo incident so I have not been able to work as much as I would have liked.  I've tried to pretend as if everything was fine and go about my day... but I have had moments of dizziness and have been downright exhausted.  Plus, I have totally missed riding my bike.  Suddenly at 4pm this afternoon, I felt normal again!  I hope this means that life will return to its originally scheduled programming now!  Crossing my fingers that I feel just as good come morning!  This post has taken far too long!  It took ages for the photos to load.  Now it is late!  Off to sleep.  Goodnight friends.  Hope you enjoyed your weekend!  Be back with more this week...

xo

m