tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10306949252640325022024-02-18T20:14:33.137-08:00This Wild Place Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09701502186950470054noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030694925264032502.post-65837460738588973482015-03-04T18:35:00.001-08:002015-03-05T09:21:43.542-08:00Food photography tips and tricks from the Fat Girl Food Squad <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">These days, we Instagram our lunches, snap photos of our lattes and set the stage for what we eat. But how do we do it well? Over reading week, I made my way over to <a href="http://www.ledolci.com/">Le Dolci Cupcake Shop</a> with camera in hand for a photography crash course. The workshop was led by <a href="http://www.brilynnferguson.com/">Brilynn Ferguson</a>, the photographer behind the <a href="http://www.rocklobsterfood.com/">Rock Lobster Cookbook</a> and <a href="http://yulischeidt.com/">Yuli Scheidt,</a> <a href="http://fatgirlfoodsquad.com/">Fat Girl Food Squad's</a> resident </span>photographer. </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what I took away: </span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flashes are evil and natural light is king. If
you’re shooting at a restaurant, it’s best to go during the day and jostle for
a window seat. If the lighting is low, you can always use items on the table to
stabilize the camera. Water glasses make great temporary tripods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humanize your photos by showing people in the frame.
If the photo is flat, see what happens when you add your hand to the shot. If
the burger is boring, take a bite out of it. The best food photos tell a story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s easy to feel self-conscious staging a food shot
in public. Someone in the workshop commented, “Maybe you just have to pretend
what you’re doing is important.” To that Scheidt said, “No. Believe what you’re
doing is important. Because it is.” Some may call it playing with food. She calls
it photography. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">I left the course empowered to get the shot I want. To move things around. Stand up and take an
aerial view picture. Ask to sit near the window. Tell a friend to put their
hand in the frame. The best food photographers do all of these things. So why shouldn’t
I? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I've been known to distract myself from old man
winter through my cocktail column on <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/author/jenny-morris">She Does the City</a> and lately I’ve been on a
tiki kick. The tropical flavours and playful presentation
instantly transports me to summer. I wanted to learn a tiki recipe from the
best, so I reached out to Blair Reynolds, owner of Portland’s famous tiki bar,
<a href="http://halepele.com/">Hale Pele</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and drinking my way through Portland’s eclectic food scene. The bar is a cozy
hole in the wall where vintage kitsch reigns and the fantasy of a forgotten era
has been brought to life. I ordered an expertly crafted cocktail presented with
a dramatic flame. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Blair Reynolds shared the Beachcombers Punch
with me, a recipe that comes from the 1937 menu of Don's Beachcomber Café. </span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The recipe calls for B.G. Reynolds Dons Mix, a tropical
cocktail mixer containing grapefruit juice, cinnamon, and sugar. It can be
<a href="http://bgreynolds.com/collections/syrups/products/dons-mix">ordered online</a> or purchased at <a href="http://byobto.com/">BYOB Cocktail Emporium in Toronto. <o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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balanced. They are also complex. Tart citrus leavens the sweetness of tropical
fruits; island spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and all-spice add mystery; and rums
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It's been a whirlwind of a summer so far. I've been living in the Canadian Rockies for the past two months, serving in the dining room at a luxury lodge.<br />
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Right now, I'm sitting in a busy Starbucks in Banff. I never sit in Starbucks! But the lodge I'm working at is very isolated - cell phone reception is not a thing on Moraine Lake, and the wifi connection is sketchy at best. I rely on my trips into Banff to write these blog posts, catch up with my loved ones, and keep my cocktail column alive on She Does the City.<br />
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Hello friends! My latest cocktail for She Does the City is up (You can view the post by clicking <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/how-to-make-a-healthy-tasting-cocktail">HERE</a>) It's inspired by a carrot caesar that I had from Me and Mine and the juicer my friend Sofia so kindly lent me. I know I say this about every cocktail but this one is ACTUALLY my favourite. Tequila and freshly squeezed carrot juice are a match made in heaven. My brother Michael Morris took the photos. The novelty print wood the cocktail is resting on is pretty awesome eh? I found it on the street. My guess is it came from a shed someone was tearing down.</div>
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I'm posting this bedroom here because I don't want to forget where I saw it. It's an IKEA hack using on of the basic headboards and stickwood (<a href="http://sugarandcloth.com/2014/02/diy-ikea-hack-stikwood-headboard/">link here</a>). I've never used a headboard in my adult life but for my next place, I think this is the first project I'll take on. </div>
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In other news, I've started the countdown for my trip to Moraine Lake Lodge to serve in the dining room. Today I'll be taking my third trip down to MEC to buy stuff for my trip. I'm also gearing up to move all of my stuff out of my apartment, shoot some cocktails and say goodbye to friends. It's going to be a crazy (but fun) few weeks! </div>
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My first was the Made With Love event this March where I got to write a review for She Does the City (<a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/a-night-of-drinking-at-the-madewithlove-cocktail-competition">ARTICLE HERE</a>). It was massive, and I'll admit, nothing like I imagined. I pictured that I'd be seated in a movie theatre with all the competitors lined up on the stage, fancy servers handing out their drinks. With pads of paper at our sides where we could rate the cocktail based on creativity, presentation, taste, texture. My visions of grandeur cocktail competitions were very wrong. They'd have to pay a small town of employees to make that happen. </div>
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In reality, 17 great bartenders set up booths, and the audience went around to each one chatting with the bartender and tasting a 1 oz. sample of their concoction. It was actually way better than I imagined because we got to interact with them. My favourite person to talk to was Jeff Puddy from the Thomson Hotel. His cocktail was magical and savoury and I freaking LOOOOOVE savoury cocktails. The audience voted by handing out a "Made With Love" dog tag that we got upon entry to their favourite bartender. Person with the most tags at the end of the night wins! Jeff got mine. </div>
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My pal from high school Ryan Stobnicky was working the event! Haven't seen that guy in years. Definitely one to watch on the cocktail scene, he's a bartender at the Drake and just the nicest! </div>
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So then I went to my second cocktail competition but a week later, but this time it was all ladies competing, all using spirits from Dillon's Distillery (I also wrote a review for She Does the City and you can <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/torontos-first-ever-ladies-only-cocktail-competition">READ IT HERE</a>) </div>
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Ana Wolkowski won the event for her cocktail pictured below. I thought it was pretty genius that she paired the local Dillon's rye with Bellwoods Brewery's Cat Lady IPA. </div>
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These were definitely some highlights of my month :) Hope you guys like the articles. All of the photos were taken by Michael Morris (<a href="http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/">Click here for the link to his website</a>) </div>
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My latest post for She Does the City is UP! (Check it out by <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/how-to-make-spiked-lavender-lemonade">CLICKING HERE</a>) </div>
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Spring is an awkward time for cocktails - I find myself wanting to make really fresh citrusy cocktails but a lot of the bright juicy fruits aren't in season yet. On Monday I went to the Drake and ordered the Vodka Lavender Lemonade cocktail and decided right then and there that this lavender based cocktail will forever be my official drink for the first week of spring. </div>
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Thanks again to <a href="http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/">Michael Morris</a> for shooting these beautiful photos :) I am practicing my digital photography and taking the A Beautiful Mess photography course and I am still so damn bad. I tried taking pictures of the same scene and they are awful. I really owe so much to Mike for his amazing eye, skill and institution. </div>
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March has been good to me. I found myself with more free time to work on learning photography, write articles, exercise, hang out with friends, go for walks and do all those things that enrich life. Free time means shucking oyters for the first time in a year and taking a trip to the wonderful Dillon's Distillery, something I've been wanting to do since the summer! <br />
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<a href="http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/">Mike</a> and I also got to go to the MadeWithLove cocktail competition in Toronto to do a review for She Does the City (check out the article <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/a-night-of-drinking-at-the-madewithlove-cocktail-competition">LINK HERE</a>.) Turns out we really like working these events! He got so many great pictures. We've been having conversations lately about going into business together with a focus on his photography and my writing and styling. I think we make a pretty great brother sister team :) </div>
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Hello again! Heres the latest cocktail for She Does the City (<a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/make-a-spring-inspired-pink-grapefruit-vieux-mot">LINK HERE</a>). This is my favourite one yet! My parents dropped off like 50 grapefruits to my house a few weeks ago, so I guess that was the "jumping off" ingredient for this delicious cocktail. </div>
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Things with me are very good right now! The shoot is shot on my new Canon D60 that I bought off of craiglist. Man, I love craiglist. I probably saved about $600 getting the body and lens used. Yay, deals! This week I start an online photgraphy course by the ladies at A Beautiful Mess. I'm really excited to learn this camera inside and out. Until then, I am lucky to have my insanely talented brother Michael Morris do the photography <a href="http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/">(LINK to his blog HERE)</a>. </div>
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I wanted to start telling you guys a little secret about each post on my blog here. Because so much of what you see here is fabricated and "styled" and I'm learning a lot of tricks along the way. What is this weeks secret? Check out the bottle of St Germain, above. Think its the delicious elderflower liquor? No, think again. It's the bottle (which I finished), filled with vegetable oil! You would NEVER know, amiright? A vodka company Luksusowa sent me a bottle of liquor to use in my next shoot! I am so grateful. My bar is seriously running low! If you're interested in sponsoring a post, I'm alllllll ears. </div>
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My brother is the photographer of this cocktail series (Mike Morris - mike-morris.tumblr.com) and he was getting really sick of shooting with a white background. Personally, I love it but I'm glad he challenged me to switch it up. I painted a piece of wood black and held it up the whole time, in our makeshift studio (living room). It was tricky because it's pretty important for me to be able to move things around and switch up whatever isn't working. I will be experimenting with new backgrounds in the coming weeks! </div>
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The day after the shoot we lost heat in our apartment and just got it back last night (6 whole days folks!) It was a dreary and wildly inconvenient time. At least there is light at the end of the tunnel - literally, am daylights saving this sunday! Along with the longer brighter days, I'm going to be brightening up the cocktails. Think tiki drinks with lots of citrus and fruity goodness! And sorry Mike, but we're going back to the white background for next week! </div>
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Here we have a <a href="http://fortstandard.squarespace.com/objects/crest-bottle-opener-1">very handsome and very expensive bottle opener. $</a>60, but so <i>pretty</i>. I just can't justify it, considering that all of my bottle openers were free...either from novelty packs of beer or my parents house. This would look so cute in photo shoots and hanging on a nail on the wall, and it's brass plated. </div>
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I've been blabbing on about cocktails to my coworkers at Idea Couture for months now, so when we had a potluck at the office, I knew that I'd bring my cocktail A game. I can't begin to tell you how nice it was to hear them say, "This is really good!". I recently wrote an article about cocktails for Idea Couture's magazine MISC so I'll let you know when that comes out. For the potluck, I chose a cocktail that I could make in large batches and doesn't require a delicate balance of ingredients like a Manhattan.</div>
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4 oz whiskey<br />
4 oz of ginger simple syrup<br />
top the shaker with cider<br />
add a generous amount of fee brothers black walnut bitters (5 shakes)<br />
garnish with candied ginger<br />
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1) My nose is still swollen from a few months ago when I was vacuuming and the spout got caught under something and went flying into my face. My mom said it's because I was "cleaning angry". haha!</div>
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5) This is definitely a time for change. I'm waiting to hear back for a serving job in Banff...I really want it, but I also know that so many people are being interviewed. Hopefully I'm what they are looking for! Either way, I'm moving out of my apartment in April or May...the question is, will I get another place here or pick up and go somewhere else? My heart is telling me it's time to explore. </div>
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Hey guys! I'm super happy about how this Valentines cocktail for She Does the City worked out! (<a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/a-valentines-cocktail-that-will-melt-your-cinnamon-heart">Post HERE</a>). Michael photographed the pictures and as usual, many of the items are available at BYOB Cocktail Emporium. </div>
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Valentines Day was really nice. I had a galentines dinner with Jess and Claire at Rock Lobster on Ossington. The food and cocktails BLEW me away...lobster mac and cheese literally made me speechless. I could eat it every day.</div>
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I am so happy we're at the halfway point in February. I've been feeling really stuck the past two months but have also been working really hard every day to push through, trying to set up new opportunities and get myself in a position to accomplish some major goals...so far, things are still kind of stagnant but I have a feeling that in the next few weeks life is going to accelerate big time and get really exciting. Just in time for Spring. </div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09701502186950470054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030694925264032502.post-44118158511227587482014-02-09T10:59:00.000-08:002014-02-09T11:05:07.142-08:00Sharpie on the WallsWallpaper is grossly expensive but I love it. That's why I get so excited whenever I see a DIY alternative. I think this gold sharpie wall that I saw on Design Sponge (<a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2013/12/a-minimal-look-in-vintage-in-brooklyn.html">link here</a>) is so cute and modern, not to mention affordable. Could be risky though. Would you try it?<br />
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In the first week of January I was on a mission to print out my photos. I spent three days compiling hundreds of pictures on a USB stick, somehow knowing I couldn't look forward until I had a chance to look back. And I'm so glad, because I got a lot out of it and its something I hope to keep forever.</div>
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The pictures made me feel really grateful. When I look at them I feel so lucky for my nice apartments over the years, all the trouble I got up to in Montreal, and the snapshots of my family and friends. I look happy. It's been an overwhelmingly happy life. It reminds me to be grateful now because even when things feel shitty, I'll look back at my photos in a few years and see how lucky I am.<br />
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Over the album, I can see my star players, the people who show up again and again. The people who are in color. The pictures reminded me to reach out and be grateful and loving towards them. It's okay that we're busier than we used to be as long as they know and I know, that we're still around.<br />
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My parents have moved away, I'm not in Montreal anymore, I work more than I play, I've developed new interests and passions, friendships and skills. Sure, I could have seen this evolution on the computer screen. But somehow, it just feel so much better to hold it in my hands, right in front of me.<br />
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Did I mention how much fun I'm having with this? I want to find ways to do more. I'm really inspired by the cocktail videos and photos <a href="http://www.designlovefest.com/page/4/?s=cocktail">designlovefest</a> makes. Maybe one day... </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09701502186950470054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030694925264032502.post-25336976735693914442014-01-22T20:05:00.000-08:002014-01-22T20:05:16.890-08:00Ginger Tea Hot Toddy and Jordy's Glorious ReturnHey guys!<br />
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How is your winter going? My spirits have been known to drop in late January about as drastically as the temperature outside, but this year I'm feeling ok. Well, as ok as one can feel when its -40 out. </div>
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I'm having a lot of fun with my column for She Does the City. My newest post just went live, you can check it out <a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/how-to-make-ginger-tea-hot-toddies-the-ultimate-cure-all">HERE</a>. I love developing recipes and styling the photos. I got the cups and tray from BYOB and the background branches from sad Christmas trees on the curb. My brother Mike is doing the photography and it's really fun working on this with him. Get the link to his tumblr <a href="http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/">HERE</a>. (http://mike-morris.tumblr.com/)</div>
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My spirits are also high because my long time friend Jordy is visiting from Korea. I met Jordy at alternative high school, a place where the student lounge area had a big yin yang on the floor and we called our teachers by their first name. Where one of our assignments was to list all the qualities we wanted in a mate. For grades. </div>
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I've got some good news, I'll be writing a regular cocktail column for She Does the City. My first post went up last night so please check that out! (link<a href="http://www.shedoesthecity.com/cranberry-margaritas-a-perfectly-surprising-winter-cocktail"> HERE</a>)</div>
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I've been wanting to write for She Does the City for a long time so I'm really pleased with this new development! Mike and I worked on these photos in December just for fun and I really wanted to find them a good home. I think this collaboration with She Does the City is a perfect fit. Stay tuned xx</div>
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It's -30 out, I'm still sick and wondering how I'll spend my day. I think a trip to the doctor is in order. I also want to go through my hard drive and pick some pictures to print out. I'm feeling the need for a tangible place where I can cement my memories. </div>
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Speaking of wonderful memories, when I was in high school I spent two summers at a youth leadership camp located on the southern most tip of Vancouver Island and I absolutely fell in love with the landscape, the air and the people I was lucky to meet there. I've been tossing around the idea lately that 2014 will mark my return. I would love to travel around British Columbia and then make a quick stop in Portland. </div>
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I found these pictures on the Kinfolk website. It's a portrait of Fortress Lake in BC and a few friends who took a remote camping trip out there. I want to stand on the edge of the water and breathe in that fresh air. How about you? Is the New Year making you want to wander too? </div>
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In 2013, I got pretty obsessed with checking design blogs. My New Years Resolution should probably be to limit the amount of times I check them in a day. But that will never happen so my real resolution is to fine tune my morning routine. Make my bed, take at least ten minutes to apply some makeup and choose a nice outfit each day and leave for work on time. Simple stuff!<br />
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<b>A Beautiful Mess // F</b>requent posts with creative content and beautiful photography. They make every project seem so fun and easy but I know the truth! This is back-breaking work. But who can resist the idea that we can create a beautiful life? Obviously, I cannot. </div>
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<u>Favorite Post </u>There is one project that I fully intend to do one day, and it is to make this<a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2013/10/hand-stamped-clementine-wall-1.html"> hand painted clementine accent wall</a>. I wanted to do it in the hallway but my brother said no. #partypooper<br />
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<b>Style by Emily Henderson //</b> She has influenced my style the most this year. The thing that got me hooked: Emily is obsessed with eccentric vintage touches and loves thrift shopping. I also really enjoyed watching her show Secrets from A Stylist. </div>
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<u>Favorite Post:</u> <a href="http://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/the-curbly-family-sunroom-makeover/">The Kurbly House sunroom makeover</a>. If there was one room I would copy to a T it would be this one! The amazing thing is the table is from IKEA. I also loved her tips <a href="http://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/15-dos-and-donts-when-trying-to-get-and-keep-a-design-internship-or-assistant-position/">on succeeding at a design internship.</a> I definitely used some of her tips when I was getting my sea legs at Idea Couture. </div>
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<b>Little Green Notebook // </b>I really like Jenny Komeda. She's an interior designer who writes for Domino and does the most incredible vintage furniture makeovers.<br />
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<u>Favorite Post:</u> <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.ca/2013/12/diy-concrete-topped-office-credenza.html">The concrete credenza post.</a> I'm not in LOVE with the piece itself, but I found it so interesting to see the materials she worked with and how she customized the credenza to suit her personal style. </div>
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<b>Apartment Therapy //</b> New content every day and I love me a good house tour. They also have tons of food and cocktail content on their sister site The Kitchn.<br />
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<b>Decor8 Blog // </b>Where Pinterest came to life in a blog. Holly Beckers talent is corralling inspiring images from the internet into her carefully curated posts. She is also an interior designer and has that bright and cheery sense of style (and personality) that I adore so much!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09701502186950470054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030694925264032502.post-33933774020375076622013-12-25T09:51:00.000-08:002013-12-25T10:12:31.350-08:00Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is having a nice morning with their families and that my Toronto friends and family have their electricity and heat back! I'm at my parents sitting by the fire. Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, it is so nice to be here nonetheless! I just wish I wasn't sick today but things could be much worse.<br />
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If I DID celebrate Christmas this is what I would ask for. It's from<a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50231319/"> IKEA</a> and I love it! </div>
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I also made an extravagant list of all the things I've been coveting the past few months that I will never buy. From Kate Spade, Swedish Hasbeens, Rifle Paper Company, J. Crew etc...Check it out <a href="http://keep.com/wishlist-by-jenny_morris/c/r1-gjqgATN/">here</a>. A girl can dream, right? </div>
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Since I couldn't get the place out of my head, a year later, I've done some detective work. Who are these girls? <a href="http://taramcmullen.com/">McMullen</a> is an incredible photographer...her wedding photos are hauntingly beautiful. And <a href="http://tiffanypratt.com/">Pratt i</a>s a stylist/designer who approaches design, in my opinion, the way an artist would. Her spaces are unexpected, not overly designed or thought out (ex. the collage wall in Tara's space) and whimsical. Here are some pictures of her apartment featured in Rue Magazine (<a href="http://tiffanypratt.com/901/">more pictures are on her website</a>) and it's shot by guess who, Miss Tara McMullen. Talk about good collaborating. </div>
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Happy Holidays my friends! I for one, plan to make bad choices and have one too many. Just kidding. I did that last week. Does that stop me from buying <a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-gold-cocktail-shaker/-/A-14657115">the cocktail shaker from Target </a>that I've had my eye on? No! My appreciation for gold bar ware is endless! I like that the glass is clear so you can see the cocktail as you're making it. Surprisingly rare to find. </div>
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Here are my top picks for holiday libations </div>
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I'll drink anything so long as they have<a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/picture/1019670/"> these adorable stir sticks </a>in them<br />
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<a href="http://www.chow.com/recipes/11113-the-flying-fig"> And anything with fig in it.</a> What can I say! I figgin' LOVE FIGS!<br />
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<a href="http://sadieanddasie.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/cranberry-cocktails/">Cranberry Margaritas,</a> I've got my eye on you. 'Cause I want to drink margaritas year round. </div>
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I've been working at Idea Couture for three months now! I thought I'd share a bit about the place since I plan to go into more detail about the DIY projects I take on in later posts. So what do I do? The short answer is I was hired to make the space prettier and more functional. How I do this changes from day to day - this coming week I'm building a new storage unit from scratch, putting together lots of IKEA furniture and meeting the co-op student with an interest in interior design who I'll be advising. Heres a collection of random pictures I took during the fall. </div>
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Picking up orchids for the office and being vain! </div>
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This is my lunch! Haha. I made a beef stew in the old crock pot and threw some chips on it. BAM! </div>
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Fall decor: I painted these pumpkins and got my friend Jen who was recently hired to be an illustrator to write the letters. </div>
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I got the vases from the dollar store and filled them with dollar store things and pine-cones. I also taped off the little pumpkins and spray painted half of them. </div>
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I was asked to be the artistic director for a publication by IC. I'll give more details once its out! I was playing around with all the white furniture we could find to get some good arrangements for people to sit in.</div>
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The view from my desk.<br />
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Sitting on top of a bunch of ikea furniture! Right before the box slid forward and I fell on my face. Awesome.<br />
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For halloween I was Miss Frizzle. Educating the youth! </div>
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A lot of these pictures have already been on Instagram, <a href="http://instagram.com/ohjennyjenny">follow me</a> to stay tuned. </div>
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Hey guys! A new cocktail for y'all. </div>
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1 1/2 ounces gin</div>
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1 ounce of St. Germain elderflower liqueur</div>
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3 ounces fresh squeezed pink grapefruit juice</div>
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1 ounce strained meyer lemon juice (from half a large meyer lemon)</div>
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1/4 ounce simple syrup (Dissolve 1 cup of sugar into 1 cup of boiling water)</div>
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ice</div>
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grapefruit for garnish</div>
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Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass with ice. </div>
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This was easily the best cocktail I've ever made. I wanted to make a cocktail with my beloved bottle of St Germain Elderflower Liquor and I had about 10 pink grapefruits lying around. A quick google search combining the two ingrediants led me to <a href="http://www.bojongourmet.com/2013/02/pink-grapefruit-vieux-mot.html">Bojon Gourmet's</a> blog and this pleasantly balanced cocktail. </div>
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St Germain's floral flavors fully show up in this drink and are balanced by the tartness of the pink grapefruit juice and lemon juice and the small hit of simple syrup. And when you pour this into your glass, a pleasant froth rests on the top - no egg white needed! </div>
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Hope to come to you guys with a fall inspired cocktail soon! Maybe with pumpkin or apple! </div>
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