what's up in vancouver

it's been crazy here. trying to press through SO much stuff to get done before i start working, and all this extra time i have is no longer.

so what have i been up to? we gots ourselves a bit of a bloggy for re:claim jewelry. yea! now you can keep up with re:claim hap'nins. i'm a fool - both here, AND in real life - so please expect lots of that on a re:claim centred blog. event photos, what's goin' on with re:claim, shows i'll be at, new product releases, etc. maybe even a hilarious video or two (though i usually save the premium stuff for here). AND, re:claim is being sold in 3 very awesome, perfect fit stores in vancouver - who also happen to be 3 of my all time favourite stores as well. coincidence? ha. not likely. you can find re:claim in vancouver at oliver & lilly's in the granville shopping area, much and little on main street, as well as brick and mortar living in new westminster. go say hi, see some jewelry, and check out these beautiful stores!

re:claim on display at Oliver & Lillys - they are the best at making designers look amazing.

if you're a store, interested in carrying re:claim, please contact me here. loving meeting more people in the vancouver market, and feeling out the differences between here and toronto. thanks vancouver, for embracing me so wholeheartedly!

when life gives you lemonade (skip the lemons altogether)

sometimes you wake up on the wrong side of the bed. you take an hour to get up because of pain, you don't feel like you're sweating as much when you work out, your tea doesn't taste as great as it usually does, and the people cleaning the halls in your building (or WHATEVER they're doing out there) are crazy noisy, and so sleeping past 7:45am is not something that's possible. you get rejection emails - or no emails at all - and you get word after word of negativity and 'not interested'. and, when job hunting, that's the opposite of awesome.

part of it is, hey, i've been procrastinating. i haven't worked hard enough or long enough, or enough in general, to get things done when i should. i have waited too long to make phone calls, and then it's too late in the day because of the time change. all in all, i could chalk a lot of a bad days up to my own mis-steps and laziness. 

but then, something happens - the uiverse remembers that it's been kicking your ass for so long that mayyyyybe you deserve a bit of a break for, oh, half a day - and those days can turn around quickly. within a few hours yesterday, good things happened, to remind me that sometimes, the world wants to start giving you cookies instead of chickpeas (spoiler alert: i made chickpea cookies). i met with the lovely sarah of much & little, and am pleased to announce that re:claim will now be carried in her beautiful store of curated goodies. 

i received an email saying i won free passes to get see fast & furious 6 (don't judge me). i received another email indicating i'm 1 step closer to a dream job (finger's crossed). and then, a lovely and generous (and very handy) friend of mine offered up his workshop, and ultimately his own time and skills, to help me build my jewelry show display from the ground up. and guys - it looks AWESOME. 

sometimes, the world just hands you lemonade, instead of throwing full on lemons at you (lemons HURT). thanks world. let's cuddle later.