LOCAL: A Collective
LOCAL: A Curated Pop Up ShopWe are so excited to announce our upcoming Curated Pop-Up Shop called LOCAL. We have an amazing collective of artists, designers and makers, that we are so pleased to be featuring! Come to 1805 Fir Street November 20-29. LOCAL will be open Monday-Friday: 12:00-5:30 pm and Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am-5:30 pm. Be sure to come and have a look at the unique pieces from the designers in our collective. Here is a little bio on...
18-25 year Old Canadians Vote: #CreativeVoting
18-25 year Olds Canadians Vote: #CreativeVotingWhat we all love about Canada is it’s democratic values and freedoms. Designers Collective wants to do our part to encourage voters between 18-25 to vote. So, we are offering a gift certificate to one Creative Therapy Session in our Vancouver Studio, if you vote!! It's true, we have a gift certificate with your name on it! This is your chance to fuel your creativity on us!Remember Christmas is coming and you can always give this Gift Certificate...
Creative Therapy With Designers Collective
Creative TherapyOn Monday evening we hosted our first ever, Creative Therapy session. We opened our studio to 12 women to “get creative “making Mala inspired necklaces. And did we ever get creative! We had the same supplies available for everyone and had a few necklaces around for inspiration, yet each person’s necklace was interesting and unique to them.We used glass beads for the majority of the necklace and had a few accent beads to be used as the main event.The...
Inspirations for Backyard Heating
Backyard HeatingSo far we have discussed backyard entertaining, so today we thought we would talk about backyard heating. As dusk settles in in Vancouver it can tend to get a little chilly. So what are our options if we want to extend our hours of outdoor entertaining? Patio or deck heaters used to be just for restaurants but now they are found in residential use. You can find ones that are portable and are run by propane but there are...
Friday Finds: Garden Crawl in Southlands
Friday Finds: Garden Crawl in Southlands Last Week was Heritage Vancouver’s 4th Annual Garden Tour. My husband Graham and I spent 2 days touring the unique and beautiful gardens that were part of this wonderful design tour. What a privilege to see the range of gardens that Vancouverites’ have designed and developed in their yards. Some are large and some are very small but each one tells a story about the homeowner. For today's Friday Finds, we are going to explore a large garden in Southlands,...
Spring Garden Planter Design Workshop
Our Spring Garden Planter Design Workshop last week was a total success! It was creative, hands-on, informative and everyone had a great time putting their own planters together.Our beautiful studio was the perfect setting for special guest Diane Bridges, of DB Gardens, to share her expertise and design ideas. Everyone had a chance to get in touch with their creativity while enjoying good company, conversation, and wine.Our swag bags included of course gardening gloves, a Garden Iris bulb to plant...
THE Best Chocolate Cake – EVER
THE Best Chocolate Cake-EverAt my house, chocolate cake is the cake ordered from my kitchen for birthday dinners for many of my family members. Two of my kids like my Oreo Cheesecake so Ill do that recipe another day but for today’s blog I want to share this chocolate cake.I got the recipe MANY years ago while away at a swim meet. A fellow parent and I were on duty chaperoning an away meet for our kids. This meant we...
Friday’s Local Love: Quince Fine Florals
Friday Finds: Local Love to Quince Fine Florals on 4870 Mackenzie Street, in the Mackenzie Heights area of Vancouver. Today we honour the arrival of Easter and Spring!Our proprietor is Floral Designer, Jessica Blossom Clark, who started working in the flower industry after school as a young teenager under the tutelage of Thomas Hobbs at his iconic store in the Kerrisdale Village, Vancouver.Quince offers a refined collection of décor items and gifts, including French tea towels, French Soaps, Gourmet Teas,...
Design Tips for Apartment Living
Today it’s all about Design Tips for Apartment Living. Apartment living can be a challenge to personalize but with a few tips you can make the space your own with a small budget.DO update hardware in a tired kitchen. It can change the whole feel of a tired kitchen with little investment. This one is from Home Depot and is only $2.22.DO paint or wallpaper one accent wall. It is a small job to repaint that one wall when you...
Friday Finds: Heather Ross {Natural Eclectic} Boutique
Today's Friday Finds is going to be an exploration of the beautiful items in Heather Ross' {Natural Eclectic} boutique store at 2170 Fir Street here in Vancouver. There is so much to see, that I would plan to spend at least 30 minutes in the store to ensure you get a good look at all the goodies. The store is beautifully styled, with a mixture of European and vintage items. Heather Ross is an artist, photographer & designer. Her aesthetic sensibility is...