Archive for the ‘Friends’ Category
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Eat, Drink & Be Merry…don’t worry about the drive!
Thanks to BierCraft Tap and Tapas (formerly known as Stella’s), we can eat, drink and be merry and NOT drive home or worry about hailing a cab or taking public transit.
The new drinking laws and that darn HST has taken a bite out of our favourite restaurants. BierCraft has found a way to fight back and keep their customers happy. They have launched the one and only first of its kind Free Courtesy Shuttle here in Vancouver (let’s hope they’ve started a trend!). They will provide a ride home within 30 city blocks. The only downfall to this plan is that it’s only available for the moment at their Commercial Drive location from 5 pm till closing…so no boozy lunches.
Lets raise our glasses to BierCraft Tap and Tapas for their ingenious idea and for getting us home safely.
Amen!
Tags: Commercial Drive, Community, Eating Out, Restaurants
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Warmest wishes for the holiday season from Maria, Stefanie, Elin, Helene, Lauren, Reagan, Sasha and Shalyn at dandelion KIDS.
Many thanks to egg press for this lovely wintery image. We just love their sense of style.
Tags: Christmas, egg press, Family, Friends, Fun, Holiday, letter press, Winter
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
We’ve been so busy this holiday season we just haven’t had time to share our window display with you yet. On top of that, our usual photographer, Brenndan, just had a baby boy, so he’s a little busy to say the least. So our friend, Libby, stepped in to help us capture the window.
When Stefanie and Maria were in NYC last year, they fell in love with Anthropologie spring window. They had made flower gardens out of plastic bottles. Making stuff from plastic bottles wasn’t new to us – but it was definitely inspiring. What could we do that was different and still pay homage to one of our favourite stores? Why a Christmas Tree, of course!
With many many thanks to our army of friends who gathered on 2 different nights to help put this amazing tree together. Lots of laughs, great food and great wine, of course!
Ingredients:
– 350 recycled bottles, courtesy of Spartacus Athletic Club. Thanks Herb!
– 1 Georgia Straight newspaper
– 30 pine cones
– 1 large bag of shredded recycled paper
Our Army:
– Lead by Maria and Stefanie
– Dama’in Chapman
– Greg Middleton
– Harald Veerman
– Peter Roeck
– Gregory Clarke
– Tamar Rosenberg
– Annette Afonso
– Lauren Carey
– Louise Ironside
– Shalyn Linklater
– Tahnee Dehbeeshaw
– Leanna McGregor
-Vanessa Morris
Here’s a close-up of the recycled bottles – click to see it larger.
Click here for anthropologie-flowers-tutorial
Tags: Anthropologie, Christmas, Georgia Straight Newspaper, Plastic Bottle Flowers, Plastic Flowers, Recycling, Store Windows, Window Displays
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Have you been naughty or nice? Either way, we want to spoil you with a free $225 portrait sitting at Studio 32 Photography after spending $75 (before tax) at dandelion KIDS. Even if you don’t have kids, you could get a beautiful portrait of yourself taken or grab your significant other or gal pals. Now that’s treat!
We’ve witnessed Libby’s friendly, easy-going photo shoots first hand and we just love her. She is so great with people and can make any child smile with delight. Libby set up a Kissing Booth at our shop in Port Moody for the Suter Brook Christmas Event and the pictures are so super adorable. We promise we’ll post them shortly.
So, what are you waiting for?
Tags: Family Fun, Family Photos, Gifts, Photo Gallery, Photography, Port Moody, portraits, Studio 32
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Wow, the Eastside Culture Crawl is in its 14th year, this November 26 + 27 + 28, 2010. It’s grown so much since the first year and now the Crawl is expecting more than 10,000 people to participate. For 3 days, you can visit 375 artists inside their studios in the area bounded by Main Street to Victoria Drive and from First Avenue north to the waterfront of Vancouver.
This is a free event and is a perfect outing for the whole family.
We have a few suggestions:
One studio you shouldn’t miss is mixed media artist Jada-Gabrielle Pape’s. We just love Norah’s Birds ( shown below). Her studio is located at 1160 Victoria Drive (garden studio).
We also encourage you to drop by our good friend Sascha’s Gallery Atsui and check out the 10 x10 Show which also features another friends work- Erin Boniferro. We love Gallery Atsui because it’s on the cutting edge of the art world with its mandate of consistently inviting guest curators.
See you there!
Tags: Collage Collage, Eastside Culture Crawl, Erin Boniferro, Gallery Atsui, Jada-Gabrielle Pape, Vancouver Art Scene
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Once a month throughout the summer, Market at Eugene Choo features a selection of their favourite designers, vintage dealers and food vendors.
Sunday June 20th, 11-4 (It’s Car Free Day Vancouver on Main Street as well.)
Saturday July 17, 10-3
Saturday August 14, 10-3
Saturday September 18, 10-3
Find Market in the parking lot behind Eugene Choo at 3683 Main Street.
Tags: Eugene Choo, Market, Shopping Tips, Vancouver
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Just ask Sophie and her boyfriend, Oliver. Waiting patiently for their smoothies….
Saying ‘please’ as the drinks come into view…..
Yum! Now it’s time to settle down and enjoy the story.
Tags: Cute, Friends, Fun, Port Moody, Reading, Wednesday Morning Story Time
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
We know we have so many cute clients (yes, parents, you’re included!).
Sons and Daughters, a new high-end kids eyewear company will be launching soon and they are looking for models ages 3-10. They have taken inspiration from icons of the past to cater to icons of our future with utmost class, quality and of course, style. The frames are high quality hand-made Italian acetate with complete UV protected CR-39 lenses that meet the highest international safety standards.
Models will be paid in product, unless they have an extensive commercial/print portfolio. Kids that are represented by agencies and have modeling experience or a background in acting can be paid $50 an hour for minimum of 2 hours.
Dandelion KIDS can’t wait to have these glasses in stock next spring!
Tags: Casting Calls, Sons + Daughters Eyewear
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
Art Fun and Theatre Fun: Together on The Art Express.
We just get so happy whenever we see the amazing Art Express bus zooming around the neighbourhood so we were thrilled to hear about their collaboration with the Cultch.
On Saturday May 1, The Art Express launched a terrific event to go along with The Family Time Series at The Cultch. Participants in the program got involved in a puppet making workshop on board The Art Express, and then were led inside The Cultch for a presentation of “The Tooth Fairy”, a puppet play presented by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop from Alberta.
“This was a partnership that was just waiting to happen. The idea of pulling up with our bus right in front of The Cultch, making puppets and then heading in for a puppet play, made for such a complete creative experience! I really love the idea of supporting a great place like The Cultch – such a wonderful venue with so much cool stuff going on – we need to turn our attention to such cultural events, and enrich our lives by sharing in the talent that surrounds us” (Michael Bray, owner/operator of The Art Express).
The Family Time Series at
The Cultch will continue next year, beginning in the Fall, and
The Art Express will be offering up their art fun/theatre fun combo to families with children between 6 – 10 years of age. The Cultch plans to hold four family time series over the 2010/2011 theatre season. Contact The Art Express by e-mail info@theartexpress.com for more information and to be put on their contact list.
Tags: Art, Commercial Drive, Education, Entertainment, The Art Express, Vancouver
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Is the moon blue?
It must be, because Jane Photo is seeking a Fresh Faces newborn model to try out some new props. Is your little gal going to be between 3-10 days old in the next month or so? Drop Jane an email at: info@janephoto.ca.
The session will be a mini session, just geared towards trying out new props. As a thanks for posing, Jane waives her session fee and offers an 8” x 10” print!
Visit: janephoto.ca/blog
Photographer: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Member: Children and Family Photographers of America
Tags: Jane Photo, Photography, Photos
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