Buffalo, Newyork State, U.S -Allentown

Second part of our quick travels was Buffalo, Newyork State, U.S. Why did we choose Buffalo? we wanted something near Toronto in U.S and both of us had no clue of this part of the Newark State.We reached monday afternoon with Megabus - pretty decent ride (forgot to book front seats), time taken at customs was decent too.We stayed at Adam's Mark , Buffalo hotel ; its pretty good for location as its literally in downtown Buffalo. People like us who like to walk and explore,couldn't have asked for more, though I did need to get used to the time waiting /confusing pedestrian crossing.Oh yes, don't miss out on breakfast buffet the hotel does...we stuffed ourselves...:-)Below are few pics from my best part of the city -Walk to Allentown. Allentown boasts a thriving cultural and artistic scene and a large selection of bars, restaurants, and funky shops. I couldn't resist taking pictures of the houses on Trinity Street.....just look at those amazing colours.

Visit to Montreal, QC, Canada

After a long planning and going through a list of places we wanted to visit we ended up dividing the quick holiday into two small holidays - Montreal, QC, Canada and Buffalo, New York, US.

We had lovely 3 days in Montreal, booked in Samesun Montreal Central , met lovely people and it was walking distance to most of the places we wanted to visit.I used to get up with beautiful fragrances of freshly Baked Croissants every morning.We managed to cover few touristy and few not so touristy bits...and few amazing cafes.One has to visit Kahwa Cafe on Avenue du Mount Royal E,had beautiful decor and great sandwiches here. The second favourite was a small patisserie just opposite Kahwa Cafe but very tiny sitting space and it was already crowded with the queue so we couldn't get to have sit down experience here.  
We came across Cafe KAFEIN too loved the arts vibe of it and the food. Sandwiches made from Focaccia with grilled vegetables was amazing, loved the baskets these are served in along with few crisps and small portion on salad. we even tried their soup and lemonade really a delight.

Came across loads of runners sprinting up and down on Mount Royal, which was amazing to see.Loved the graffiti filled walls, the walk on Rue DULUTH reminded me of walking on Portobello market, London.

The only thing we didn't like was, too many smokers on the road, found it bit difficult to pass the second hand smoking.

Enough talking here are few pics from the trip.....

Dishoo Soaps- New Products in Spring/Summer launch

Last year I introduced the label "Dishoo - handmade gorgeous soaps" :-) well they just launched their new products including candy like soaps. They have introduced sleep salves, hand creams, lip balms, solid massage bars and pregnancy belly butters. The brand uses the best ingredients all natural and wonderful essential oils.

I loved working on the packaging and branding, They had their first Spring Craft fair already and the response was awesome.Here are few pics of the labels in design process and the banners that were used on the craft table ;-) cute eh! with coloured pencils and play doh! I had real fun using watercolours and then Playing around with Photoshop.

They are launching their Etsy shop soon, would be exciting to show the final packaging pics!

 

Painting as a Gift - Buddha Acrylics on Canvas

After scratching my head for a while of what special I could gift my sis, who has everything :-)
Decided to do a painting for her office. Then realised I don't have my usual colours stash here in Toronto, Dollarama was quite handy, bought canvas from there along with few colours.Had fun working on the lotus and Buddha background with metallics....yes metallics were brought from Dollarama too!!
Well she was super pleased with it and I got few more contracts/ requests for paintings!!

My other half edited/complied a video from my sis and her kids which she didn't have (well actually hadn't even ever seen before videos). It was such a laugh, we had to play it on loop for the sheer fun!!

Society 6 - here I come!! so thrilled!!

Am so excited about setting up on Society 6 , have been such lovely work on their that couldn't resist being among them. I have just put three artworks on the website but the way the artwork shows up on the different products its beautiful.

Love the leggings, don't you?

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Printed Village - Collage

Enjoyed working on this collage pattern for the Printed Village Scarf -Collage competition.

Love splashing colours on a blank sheet and creating landmarks don't you?

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Visit to Haute Goat Farm - a walk in the woods

Last Saturday had a lucky chance to accompany my husband on one of his shoots at Farm.
We were lucky with the weather , I got to enjoy a long walk with my camera while taking in beautiful surroundings and fresh air (while he was busy at the shoot).

Sharing few pictures from the walk in the woods, Thanks to Haute Goat team. Lovely people lovely place and equally great food.Thank you Debbie and Shain. I wonder how beautiful its going to be in summer!!need to go back.

Lovely embellishments could come out of this board.:-)