WWM : WorldWide Monopoly

You probably heard about the WorldWide Monopoly special edition board game that they want to offer very soon? Well people vote, all over the world, for their favorite cities to be seen instead of the regular ones.

Montreal was first (aka the prestigious Parc spot) almost all along, but yesterday when I checked the city was second. Canadian cities like Vancouver and Toronto were also on that list I think…

And today, well, the Leaderboard is down to add “suspence”… lol!

I just find this Monopoly thing funny! I’d love to see Montreal up there, so much people love it here, including us, I think.
But let’s face it, there’s so much things much much MUCH more important than that! lol

Pre-Spring Cleaning Sale!

The Trans-Canada Etsy Team is having a Pre-Spring Cleaning Sale! That is Feb. 18 to 24.

I am part of this great Team! In fact, I design visuals for it too, like this flyer!

Each participating member has a different offer and unique handmade goodies waiting just for you! View *my* offer and all the other shops and wonderful offers by going HERE!

Junk is not junk

Toronto born visual artist Aurora Robson creates collage art with what other people might call junk: old magazines! It makes for detailed and colorful pieces you can look at for hours and hours discovering new details! Creativity and recycling can go so well together, this is total proof!

Via } Freshly Blended

Spoon Me

My latest obsession: spoons!

Yeah, I still get those obsessions, every week is different and subjects vary a lot! lol

Here are Caroline Gomez‘s porcelain spoons, the ones who actually started my interest in spoons weeks ago! This French artist does not currently sell online, but she totally should think seriously about it! I’m a taker, and after being featured on many design blogs (including the fab and o-so-big Design*Sponge!) in the past weeks, I’m sure she would have many more buyers than just myself! Follow her blog, maybe she’ll let us buy her work shortly, we never know! :)

Next up is Manitoba’s woodworking artist Barry Lee Loewen, aka canadianwoodcrafts on Etsy, who makes wonderful “Baby’s first spoons”, but who am I kidding!? My little jam jars NEED these spoons! lol

Plus, Barry is really a great person, super helpful and creative! I know this because I’ve worked with him on custom wooden buttons for my jewelry and he had plenty of great ideas and was a real sweetie! Thanks again Barry!

Off to Peek Keep for some awesome awesome and simplistic porcelain spoons from Toronto’s Coe & Waito. The purity of the shapes are just stunning, I’m litteraly craving for one! Coe & Waito just totally rocks tha house people, they have been featured on so many blogs for all they housewares, I can’t even make a list! I even talked about them before back in September…

Peek Keep also holds many Coe & Waito items, search for them! :)

Last but not least, if you love spoons but don’t “need” some, consider this scented oil diffuser made with spoon and fork, from Toronto’s SixthandElm on Etsy! Ingenious, stylish and practical! Loves it! :)

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Want more spoons? Check out the Spoon Group on Flickr!!

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Boy, this is an almost all Canadian post…!

This was not planned at all, but I guess the spoon love thing may be a Canadian thing also?! lol

SweetSpot Loves Me

OMG! Nea is featured on Sweetspot, Montreal national edition, this morning! Incredible! I had almost forgot I had wrote to them so long ago!

What a great surprise to wake up to two sales to Canadians (most my buyers are US residents!).

I love SweetSpot! I am a subscriber to all their newsletters, for every Canadian city they feature for while now! It’s so great to discover other Canadian products, events and designers daily! I’m so thrilled to be part of it!

Thank you, thank you, thank you SweetSpot! :)

15 Below

Wow! Une superbe nouvelle positive ce matin dans le newsletter d’Infopresse!

L’agence Taxi a récemment dévoilé ses manteaux 15 Below, destinés aux sans-abri.

“Les manteaux 15 Below sont décrits par Taxi comme étant “isothermes, légers, imperméables et remplis de poches”. Une fois leurs poches bourrées de papier journal, les manteaux aident les personnes de la rue à se protéger du froid.

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Les manteaux 15 Below seront distribués à des sans-abri au Canada et aux États-Unis.

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Le tout a été financé en grande partie par Taxi. L’agence a utilisé des sommes autrement destinées aux fêtes de Noël ou aux célébrations du 15e anniversaire, comme le soulignait Paul Lavoie dans une entrevue en juin dernier.

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Ce dernier a d’ailleurs séjourné dans un congélateur à viande afin de tester sa création.”

Une superbe initiative qui réchauffe le coeur en ce temps des Fêtes qui s’annonce vraiment mais vraiment frisquet!

Rose and Radish

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The Rose and Radish Store always has some of the freshes items around the Web, from ceramics to paper items up to wood lovin’ and furniture! They just added some new awesome pieces, check it out!

*** You can also find Canadian Jacqueline Dufresne‘s knitted apple and pear protectors in her Etsy shop! Aren’t those the cutest things EVER!?

Eco-Friendly Passenger Pigeon

{English Follows }

Passenger Pigeon est une compagnie de vêtements et de sacs basé à Toronto et respectueux de l’environnement.

En utilisant du cotton organique, du chanvre, de l’ecospun (une fibre de polyester de haute qualité fait à partir de plastique 100% recyclé de bouteilles de cola) et du tencel (créé à partir de la cellulose naturelle trouvée dans la pâte de bois, le tout fait de façon non-chimique, et le résultat est complètement biodégradable), Passenger Pigeon crée de superbes pièces simples avec une petite touche spéciale. Ils font aussi don d’un pourcentage de leurs profits à FLAP.

Vous les trouverez dans plusieurs boutiques au Canada et au É-U.

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Passenger Pigeon is an eco-friendly clothing and bag line based in Toronto.

Using organic cotton, hemp, ecospun (a high-quality polyester fiber made from 100 percent recycled plastic pop bottles) and tencel (made from the natural cellulose found in wood pulp as well as produced in a non-chemical manner, fully biodegradable), Passenger Pigeon creates awesome simple pieces always a touch of specialness. They also donate a percentage of their profits to FLAP.

You can find them in stores all over Canada and the US!

Talking about Generate…

Talking about Canada’s Generate… (In the previous post)

They are holding awesome new goodies! Consider shopping around there for Xmas gifts, for yourself or others, seriously! Most prices include shipping costs for Canada and the US!

Here’s a few of my faves:

Dryerballs

Today’s Daily Candy was about these Dryerballs from Nellie’s, a company from BC, Canada. I thought it was an interesting product, so here it is!

“Dryerballs lift and separate clothes, reducing drying time because the air is moving efficiently and properly throughout the dryer. Dryerballs will cut drying time 15-25%.”

“For $20 plus tax Dryerballs will last you 3-5 years. That works out to around $4 a year plus you are saving on your electricity as well as on not buying fabric softeners.”

That IS convincing, and it is even more with the 2 years garantee!

After I finish my fabric softener box, I’m buying these! (I can’t just throw away the softener I already have, that’s so NOT eco-friendly to create unused waste!)

Coe & Waito

Coe & Waito is a wonderful canadian creative duo from Toronto that make the most gorgeous porcelain pieces (and don’t get me started on the gorgeous pictures!!).

You can find a few pieces at one of my favorite online shopping stores (they hold such inspiring artists’ work!), Peek Keep.

Via } Poppy Talk

Field & Sea

Field & Sea, from Vancouver, has a gorgeous online shop! Cuffs, art, handmade pillow boxes, handmade paper beads, photography…

I love the way they showcase the cuffs into polaroid-like shots! The logo and identity (the creator is a graphic designer) is also gorgeous and soft.

Just an awesome and beautiful paradise! Check it out!

Rollout

Rollout, from Vancouver, offers the most unique wallpapers I’ve seen in a while!

The compagny was born from the need of graphic expression in interior design, therefor, many designers and artists worked with Rollout to create unique wall pretties!

Want a one-of-a-kind wallpaper? No problem! Just talk to them about your project, and it’ll be yours!

Via } Terramia

Pop shoes

Ndeur, créateur parisien (vivant à Toronto) du nom de Mathieu Missiaen, crée de l’art magnifique au marqueur (couleurs à base d’huile et vernis pour une protection optimale) sur chaussures vintage. Osez mesdames, osez!

} La boutique Web
} Ndeur sur MySpace

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Ndeur, creator from Paris (living in Toronto) named Mathieu Missiaen, creates gorgeous art on vintage shoes (using oil based paints and varnished for protection). Dare people, dare!

} The Web store
} Ndeur on MySpace