GOODNIGHT DAY, HELLO LEGGINGS

Beautiful Tara-Lynn of Goodnight, Day looking casual and chic in her Ursa Minor leather leggings. Check out more photos of her eclectic style over at Boots & Pine, Arden Wray's fantastic photographic love letter to Toronto's creative contributors.

DARK HORSES

I'm so excited to announce that I'll be participating in the inaugural edition of DARK HORSES, a fantastic sale/event happening in Old Montreal this Friday. Organized by friends and fellow designers Genevieve Savard and Agathe Bodineau (of Lalayeah), DARK HORSES gathers together some of Montreal's most exciting emerging designers for a one-day designer's sale that will be open to the public. Following the sale is a DJ event & dance party with bar service - woo-hoo. 

I think this event has a fantastic line up and I love the work of all the designers that are participating. I am honestly worried that I will just end up shopping myself. If you're nearby in Ottawa, Toronto or Quebec and have been looking for an excuse to come to Montreal, this is a good one. 

Please come out and support some emerging talent, we'd all love to see you there. 

MORE STYLES! MORE STYLES!

{Saturn Dress in Slate Green}

I've FINALLY had a chance to take photos of the Saturn Dress, Eshe Top and Victorine Blouse in other colourways with the help of my beautiful friend Yana who agreed to model for me this week. As of today these items will all be uploaded to the shop, both *big cartel* & *etsy*, but quantities are limited and once these styles are gone I will not be making more this season.

Thanks so much to Yana - I couldn't have done it without her. Make sure to check out her insanely cute clothing for kiddies and ladies *here* too - her line Supayana is adorable and so is she.

{Eshe Top in Black}

{Victorine Blouse in Cream}

{Eshe Top in Slate Green}

{Victorine Blouse in Black}

{Saturn Dress in Mauve Smoke}

{Bamboo Jersey Tabard in Black}

And coming soon to the shop, because you asked for it, more diamond clutches with an attached wrist-strap. 

BOUTIQUE UNICORN

Spied on my way to dinner with a friend last night: Ursa Minor 'Saturn' dress in mauve-smoke featured in this lovely window display at Boutique Unicorn. Other styles available at their Montreal shop include the Eshe Top in black, mauve-smoke and slate-green, and the Victorine blouse in both black & grey.

PREPARATIONS

Getting all my goods together for Puces Pop this weekend, including oodles of new diamond clutches in various colours.

Come by and say 'hello'!

Puces Pop
September 22nd-23rd, 2012
at St-Michel Church, 105 Saint-Viateur West
Opening Hours: 11am-6pm

HOP ON

I contributed some pieces (including leather leggings, skirt and scarves) to stylist Maude Bourcier a number of months ago. She's just unveiled the finished results and I'm loving the dark equestrian vibe.

Photography - Alexandre Hupperertz
Stylist - Maude Bourcier
Makeup - Isabelle Forget
Hair - Stefanie Barrette
Models - Kelly and Allison from Specs Models

CONTEST WINNER!

Were you wondering who won the contest?

Shake-a, shake-a....

It's Shaya! Congrats and thanks to everyone for all the lovely words, I appreciate them more than you could know.

GOOD NIGHT, DAY

I was super excited when Tara-lynn from Good Night, Day contacted me earlier this summer to ask if she could borrow clothing for her Fall lookbook. For ages I've admired/coveted/lusted after her beautiful & unique hand-knit pieces so it was an honour indeed to be thought of. She just sent a couple sneak peek polaroids from the shoot my way and I'm happy to share them here. I can't wait to see her whole collection.

Gorgeous photography by Luis Mora, modeled by Anna from Elmer Olsens Model Management and featuring luxurious knits by Tara-lynn, all created in Hamilton Ontario (check out her website *here*.) Cora Dress, Vay Dress and leather leggings by Ursa Minor.

Also! Did you know that today is the two year anniversary of this blog?! I know, time flies when you work every second of every day, right? I feel like I should have a little celebration in honour of two years on the interwebs so how about this: CONTEST TIME! Leave a comment letting me know your favourite piece from the *Ursa Minor F/W 2012 collection* + *follow me on Twitter*, if you are not already doing so, and I will enter your name to win a fabulous prize. What fabulous prize, you ask? You get to choose between a diamond clutch of my choosing ~OR~ your own personal 20% discount code for anything in the shop which can be used as many times as you want for a whole year. It's up to you. I will randomly draw a name and announce it next Monday. Good luck!

NEWSIES

New for me:

New shoes, thank god. I was down to one pair but now find myself with FIVE pairs from which to choose. This must be what lifestyles of the rich and famous is like.

New earrings from Artworks in Edmonton, basically gold bobby pins as my friend Genevieve pointed out, which brings me to:

New bag. A gift from said Genevieve, a gorgeous linen crystal tote bag designed and made by her. She sells them online *here* and I highly suggest you take a look at them because they are simple and crisp and beautiful. Thank you G, xo.

New for you:

Little parcels ready to ship out all over the world.

Cubist clutch in Electric black. Love this black suede and ultramarine lambskin combination.

Cubist Clutch in Nude Beauty. This is absolutely my favourite version yet - I am all over mixed neutrals.

Suede fringed scarf in Ballet Beige - I have two of these available.

Diamond Clutch in lemon pebble. Once upon a time there were three of these but this is the very last one ever, poor little lemon pebble. As always, you can find everything *here*.

OUTTAKES

I finally shot the Ursa Minor F/W collection this past weekend with photographer extraordinaire Francesca Tallone and our beautiful model Vanessa Vick. I'm so happy we pulled it all together - things were looking iffy for a couple days there at the end. Collection photos won't be up for some time but I did shoot some behind-the-scenes shots should you want a little preview. Thank you so, so much to Francesca, Vanessa, friends Steve Wiseman & Jody Zinner who graciously let us shoot at their apartment, and to R for shuttling me to & fro and generally putting up with me for the past two weeks (and ten years.) And now I'm getting sushi takeout and watching cop dramas in bed for the remainder of the weekend.

DESIGNER Q & A

Hey! There's a little Q & A with me over on Victoire's blog, check it out **here** if you so desire. Learn all my deep, dark secrets (no just kidding, scroll on down to the previous post for those.)

Thanks for thinking of me ladies!

STARRY HEAVENS

The hand-dyed and stitched star chart my sister made me for christmas. I finally had a chance to put it up in the studio this week, it sits with my other treasures above my cutting table. Can you find Ursa Minor?

PRETTY PRETTY

Beautiful brass and copper jewellery by talented artist & friend Dara Humniski. I own and adore one of her brass band necklaces and am complimented whenever I wear it. My sister also has a pair of her drop earrings, which I covet.

For more photos, as well as images of her intricate, evocative drawings, head to her website, www.darahumniski.com. Jewellery is available in her online shop, H E R E W I T H M E.