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.

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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.

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fashion + technology = fashionconnectTO #FCTO

I’m on a panel for FashionConnectTO an (XConnect Project) Thursday at The Gladstone Hotel. It brings together desigers and fashion people to talk about fashion & technology. There are almost 200 people attending at the moment. Other Panelists are Aditya Shah – Loosebutton, Alia Juma – Juma, Jackie Lee – SHOPABLE TV, Leesa Butler – the f – list. Get a free ticket here before they are all gone. It starts at 6pm. I’m popping into Bicyclette on Queen Street tomorrow to play dress up for an outfit. Wee!

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“an all-around plugged-in pioneer” #personalbranding101

I recently wrote an article for Levis about Crafting Your Persoal Brand. It came out this week and I’m pretty proud of it.  I shared some tips that will help you (or anyone) to build and showcase their talents online. I hope you will check it out. “Casie Stewart knows a thing or two about leaving an online footprint. Recognized by Klout as one of Toronto’s top tweeters and bloggers, she has plenty of tips on how you can leverage social media channels as an invaluable element to your personal brand.” Here are some tips on building your personal brand to help  establish yourself online: Set a goal: Make a plan for your brand. What are you passionate about? What do you want to be known for? Start a blog: Use WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger or Posterous to create a free home for your online activity. Find a mentor: Find someone who is doing what you want to do and introduce yourself, learn from them and get inspired. TGIF: Twitter, Google, Internet, Facebook: Create profiles for yourself online and update them regularly with things that align with your brand. Get Involved: Seek out events related to your passion and get involved by volunteering. This is a great way to grow your brand, meet others and learn from experts. I’ve been building my personal brand online for over five years. At first, no one read my blog, and I had no followers on Twitter. We all have to start somewhere but have the potential to go anywhere. In the words of Napoleon Hill, “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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what are you talking about?

This is what I’ve been talking about recently on Twitter. Kinda cool. I like visuals and things that are pretty. I’m not a big stats checker upper or anything but sometimes I like to look at charts or graphs. I really love Sysomos and their social media monitoring and analytics tools. They track things like sentiment analysis, workflow, Facebook & Twitter. Pretty neat stuff. Are you using somehting cool I should know about? LMK! BTW remember when I was hiring and some of you applied to work for me? Well, it’s ALIVE now. Meow. Check out The Central Counties! If you register and submit a story about something cool you did there you can win a helicopter ride.

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