Paper Bag Princess

This is definitely the coolest thing I have seen in a while:

This is a replica by A Matter of Style of a brand name handbag (Birkin) made entirely of just brown paper and tape!

If only I had a sewing machine I would definitely try this out for myself. Coolest DIY bag ever. Puts my paper fetish in an entirely new dimension.

Outfit inspiration - Madelaine

Remember that children's book about the little French girls who were looked after by a nun?

This outfit totally reminds me of Madeline. The addition of a cloche hat makes it more chic and grown up and the colour combination is just stunning. Love love love.

Dress from ASOS

Wallpaper florals - Part 1: Shoes

I have this obsession with floral patterns I think that stems from a love affair with french countryhouse-esque wallpapers. My brother nicknames my signature floral pattern as "that creepy wallpaper pattern" which closely resembles something between Paisley and Damask. Anyways, the whole point of this is that I tend to buy things that are patterned over things that are plain coloured to the degree that I have now remind myself to buy plain coloured things or else I will actually end up going out looking like I walked through a wallpaper. But just so you can appreciate the prettiness that is floral patterned things I will now post a collection of stuff I really like starting with:

SHOES.

Rachel Antonoff for Bass
http://www.freepeople.com/whats-new-shoes/daydream-saddle-shoe/

Dr. Martens
http://www.freepeople.com/rose-cloud-lace-up-boot/_/cmCategoryID/8a61524b-907c-474c-ab37-f357c9ae11e3/

Boutique 9
http://www.freepeople.com/lace-oxfords/_/cmCategoryID/8a61524b-907c-474c-ab37-f357c9ae11e3/?productOptionIDs=12b8c951-1a20-4ee1-bf90-10c3e51e5a64

Jeffrey Campbells
http://www.modcloth.com/Womens/Shoes/Wedges/-Fine-Furnishings-Wedge

Jeffery Campbells
http://www.modcloth.com/Womens/Shoes/Flats/-Perfect-Photo-Op-Flat

British Wellies

It's that time of year again when the rapidly cooling weather and the threat of the oncoming 4 months of rain means that I am desperately searching for a pair of 'the' perfect rainboots. In Vancouver, there are many options for various kinds and styles of rainboot, but it so happens this year that I cannot find anything I am even remotely in like with.

Now the sad end of my previous pair of walmart rainboots (in which the plastic started to crack and by June my rainboots were leaking rain from the top of the shoe - this is a significant change from my pair two pairs back, which had a hole worn in the sole during the harshest and coldest winter Vancouver had ever seen and I was forced to walk around in a pool of ice cold slush water in my boot for the rest of the day at school), has convinced me that cheap rainboots are not the way to go.

So. I decided to look into Hunter rainboots, because of their fitted shape and durability. The problem with Hunters is that a) they are very pricey and b) they do not have a single colour I like in stores and I refuse to buy black rainboots. Black rainboots may look classy but when it's wet and dreary in Vancouver, I prefer to stomp out in bright colourful rainboots to combat the lack of colour in the world.

And then there are the Brits, who possibly have the most extensive and most adorable collection of rainboots in the world which they refuse to share with the rest of us.

Google has led me to discover this ridiculously adorable line of rainboots by Hunter for the Royal Horticulture Society that is neither sold nor shipped to any place in North America. Look at these beauties:

While I am in love with all of them, the one of the far right is my favourite, followed by the black and white pair and the pastel blue. 

I have decided to move to the UK just to take advantage of their collection of wellies (and I'm actually not kidding that much, since I am now considering on doing a term next fall at the University of Edinburgh). 

If anyone knows where these wellies may be purchased/shipped to Canada, please inform me and I will love you forever. 

The rainboot search continues!

Book Candy

I was on the bus to school the other day, when I caught a flash of a canary yellow dust jacket with "Jane Eyre" printed on it in a bold black type. It had black edged pages.

In the total of less than 20 seconds I had glimpsed it, I was immediately in love.

With nothing more than a quick flash of the words "Modern Library" boxed in black type on the back the book, I set out on a quest to find it.

Alas but it was to no avail.

However, in my google search of Jane Eyre book images, I was suddenly captivated by the lovely photos of Penguin's new line of cloth-bound classics that came out last year.

I have posted them here for your viewing pleasure. Unwrap them with your eyes, savour their colours, their whimsical designs.

And then go out and buy them all so you can continue your visual molesting of them in the privacy of your own home.

Some not-thoroughly-overdone Geek fashion

This wasn't supposed to turn out to be a shopping blog but I'm such a shopaholic shopping occupies my mind about 80% of the time - if not more. So it shouldn't surprise me that much that I discovered this particular item while walking past it in the Roots store window two days ago.

What am I talking about? Roots new clothing line designed by Vancouver's Douglas Coupland.

Why am I ranting about it?

Because of this adorably simple t-shirt dress designed to look like the SMPTE colour bars off-air screen of old analog TVs.

They also have it on a t-shirt, a backpack, a hoodie, arm warmers, a notebook and this gorgeous scarf here:

Ah, love at first sight. <3

Geekery of the Day

"Hardback cover soften the blows"

The perfect clever tagline to go with the perfect clever laptop cover. I would LOVE to have this if it wasn't so ridiculously out of my price range ($79-99). This little nifty thing is made of leather and comes in red and black for 13, 15 and 17 inch macbooks. Someday....

The lovechild of a geek and a nerd

BookBook leathercase by TwelveSouth