dans l’amour avec la bicyclette

Let me introduce you to my new friend, Bicyclette Boutique on Queen Street.

I met the darling owner Paige on Twitter and after browsing the site, I knew we would get along. The shop is filled with pretty things, vintage, white space,  foreign style, mirrors and heaps of shiny things.  Paige opened the shop in March, although she’s had two pop-up shops and an online presence for a while.

It’s totally my kind of shop. Look at all these things. I wish I had my closet organized like a store. Paige calls it “urban meets fairytale“.  See, so me. *sprinkles glitter*

I was trying on outfits for the Fashion Connect panel: 265 people have tickets. Cripes.

The night is about fashion & technology so, the other day I called out on Twitter to see if someone wanted to outfit me for the night. That’s how Paige & I met. Her twitter is @shopbicyclette. I love meeting people who love what they do. We had a great chat today. Hi Paige!

She was at the Blog Stars talk I did last year with Raymi, Sean & Carly. Nice to know she’s had an eye on my blog. I heard about her pop up shop last summer via Twitter 😉 How great is the internet? Pretty awesome great.

The shop had a steady flow of girls in & out while I was there. Then, who walked in the door? Only the lovely Carla…who I see EVERYWHERE! I’m gonna start her Jukari & dance classes the week after next at King West Fitness. I really need to get my bike fixed before then.

Hehe Bicyclette Boutique, bike talk, no relation corelation. Alliteration. Love.

Carla, you are cute. Her friend is the girlfriend of my other friend Ish. Small world yo.

Love the paper mache mannequin heads. I need to pick up one of these funky head things when I go back next.

This dress reminds me of Peaches & Cream Barbie, one day I will have one like it. So pretty.

I could have stayed in there all day trying on dresses, only champagne & friends could have made it better. (Will talk to Paige about that. Shopping party anyone?) BTW, love the panorama shots I can take with the Olympus XZ. Very impressive point & shoot cam.

After a bunch of dresses,  I decided on this little black number (Sole Mio – Italy) & denim-ish jacket (covet – Montreal). “Covet incorporates organic and sustainable fibers while remaining true to the details and styling of a contemporary fashion brand.” @covettweets. I love when people tweet, when brands tweet. Meet & tweet.

In other  news, I have been walking all over the city now that it’s gotten a tiny warmer. A few hours a week, paired with some type of other regular workout has me feeling pretty in shape. I’m ready for summer. I’m vow to work from interesting places and catch rays in the grass at the park.

Thank you Paige & Bicyclette, so glad I have something nice to wear to FCTO. See about 200 of you at The Gladstone!

New York Cab Lemon Sunflower Scrambled Egg, mellow.

To be completely honest, I wanted one of these mugs. Keri has one. Process Yellow C is fresh, bright and beautiful. It’s the colour of sunshine. I love when people call me sunshine. Any of you guys have a Pantone mug? Send me a pic! I will make something.

The mug came with the epicly awesome HP Envy print/scan/copy machine today. I can’t wait to make stuff. Yay to making stuff! Ok, here’s the yesterday recap. It was a great day from the moment I woke up.

Yesterday on Twitter This Happened:

Beautiful Alchemy – Nick Von K, New Zealand #video

When I was in NZ last year I met Nick Von K., designer of accessories for people with awesome lifestyles.

Heaps of rad things. I browsed the collection and picked out this super sharp claw; silver cast eagle claw on silver chain. It will cut you.

He just created a this video for his new line Beauful Alchemy. He told me “the film is about transformation; how when inspired, you can be transformed, and your inspiration can take new forms and take on a life of its own.” I like this idea. The video does have one boob shot in it, this is your NSFW warning.

I would seriously love to own/give you all of these pieces. There are no stockists in Canada yet but I would LOVE to see some, at least one right here in Toronto.

This is Nick, you can find him on Twitter or at nvk.co.nz.

let’s start the day right boys & girls!

Good morning to you too.

They ‘toasted’ my photo & printed me a cute personalized card. PR win 🙂

Thanks for sending breakfast guys! Very nice to wake up to. If you would like info about the Microsoft National Breakfast Campaign visit breakfast.msn.ca or MSN Canada on FB.

This is a special song dedication:

Feeling full of love & light today. Heading to Bicyclette on Queen Street shortly to play dress up, then to work with Shelly, then meeting Sunta. Tonight I’m catching up on the Y&R and spending time home with myself. I have heaps to catch up on the blog.

yesterday on twitter, this happened:

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