Under Construction!

bare with me while I make a few changes to the blog.
renamed, reformatted and redone... slowly but surely trying to figure out how i want this thing to look.
maybe I'll post three or so banners and have everyone vote on the best one,
OH & please take notice of the new url.

p.s  Do you like the new name?

Meet Charles.

Full name: Charles (a.k.a Charlie), Bun-Buns, Borough (as in scar-borough)

Charlie buns :)

I came home on a friday night after dinner with my mom to a bunny at my feet t the front door, as a surprise from my two best friends Nooshin and Kaitlin... He is the sweetest little thing, although he was shy at first, he is now getting used to his new home and proud mama's :) 

fragments of black and white.

This is something Im working on in one of my classes, we are learning how to use a diagonal grid using only black and white images and symbols. this is a typical exercise for learning how to do magazine layouts etc.  I tried to stick with somewhat of a theme, but i don't know

Old European Decadence

These were all taken at the Royal Ontario Museum through the glass (as you can probably tell). But, how badly do you want one of these crazy chandeliers in your living room?! I kinda though about stealing one. Not gonna lie. Oh the crown moldings and wall panels so intricately made with the utmost attention to detail! The wallpaper! The art! The jewels! Ohhhh hoowww mahhhhvelous. (british accent).  

day at the ROM :)

I went to the Royal Ontario Museum on Saturday with my sister mom aunt and goddaughter (unfortunately I don't know why mama, auntie and baby aren't in any of these photos though). I LOVE the ROM!, so many cool things to look at and not enough time!, everything about the design and decor is just...cool. And you can take some realllyyy good photos there. creepy things in jars and behind glass are always awesome (I love gross and gore). I loved the batcave And 'Europe in the twentieth century' exhibit... all with these intricate and ornate rooms decorated intently from floor to ceiling. (That exhibit deserves its own post, coming soon).

;)

xo

reusable vs. disposable

So, I have not used a paper cup in at least two weeks. I have been using a reusable water bottle and a reusable coffee mug for all my drinks while out. It has been SO easy. I didn't think it was going to be so easy. but it was. YAY :). Not to mention it's actually cheaper!  

If you look at the celebrities in these photos, its kinda pathetic right?  Like why is drinking out of these paper cups (not necessarily Star-bucks...any coffe cups.) so 'trendy'?  what is so 'trendy' about it? is it the status you gain? by being able to walk around proudly with your five dollar coffee?  In downtown Toronto, everyone you see on the streets are walking around with coffee cups held out in front of them, leading them to there destination. Zombies. 

I used to buy an average of two paper-cup drinks a day, so like...coffee, tea etc. Thats 14 cups a week. Thats 730 cups a YEAR. All from just little old me. just me. Imagine, adding up everybody else's on top of mine. 

And somehow, we just throw these cups away in the garbage without thinking about it, as if it just disappears (WOW, magic!). When really it doesn't.  

If everyone just tried switching to reusable instead of disposable... imagine how much less cups would be thrown into landfills each year? 

P.S Don't give in to the 'recycled/green/post-consumer fiber' jargon you see written on some coffee cups claiming that they are environmentally friendly or recycled. Because what most people don't know is that canada actually does not have enough paper supplies or the industry to recycle our own waste, we must export, import and transport... creating an ongoing cycle of wasteful behaviors impacting the environment. Because, if your coffee cup is being flown over from across the world on a gas guzzling jet... who cares if its recycled? isn't that worse?

UGGH.