Laneway House on CTV

CTV’s coverage of the lane house tour! Our staging work was featured on TV! Check it out!

Yeehaw! To the farm we go!

Mixing Design Styles

“My favourite thing to do in design is mixing of different styles. Whether it is an amazing vintage console amongst a room full of contemporary living room furniture or rustic dining chairs paired with a modern glass table I love testing the boundaries and thinking outside of the box. When the amalgamation of styles is done properly the end result exudes personal style and individually.” Fluffian – Kyla Ray

 

Fluff’s December’s Inspiration Tuesday Winner

Congratulations to Niina Di Lorenzo, our DecemberInspiration Tuesday winner. She claimed her prize of a $50 gift voucher to Home Outfitters. Thank you to all of those casting their votes!

Bring Colour Back into Home Furnishings

Cobi Ladner, former editor of Canadian House & Home magazine, recently launched a new line of home furnishings and accessories called Cobistyle. Inspiration from flea markets and antique stores, Cobi created her line to be accessible and affordable. Classic and timeless yet current will be the overall design theme of her new line. Check out her website here!

Eve Arnold 1912 – 2012

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Eve Arnold, one of the 20th century’s foremost photographers, has passed away at age 99. She photographed Marilyn Monroe extensively over a 10 year period, including photpgraphs on the set of The Misfits (1961). Her work was mostly people related but they went far beyond the boundary of celebrity; taking in everything from American migratory potato pickers and black civil rights protesters, to newborn babies, Afghan nomads and the poverty-stricken of South Africa and the Far East. Eve will be remembered as one of the pioneer in the field of photojournalism.

Christmas Tree Made from 40,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles

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Like many Europian countries and cities, Kaunas, Lithuania is currently in a dreadful financial state and they don’t have much of a budget for Christmas events. For the third consecutive year, the city asked artist Jolanta Šmidtienė to assist with their annual holiday decorating. Jolanta challenged herself to build something that wouldn’t rely on administrative funds set aside for the event. She used nearly 40,000 recycled green bottles and zip ties to build a 13 meter tall Christmas tree. At night, the tree is lit from the inside resulting in a glowing, translucent, emerald green spruce that’s making headlines across the country. This tree brings awareness, Christmas spirits and innovation together. It would be great if other cities jumped on this bandwagon, saving both money and resources.

On behalf of the Fluffians, Merry Christmas to everyone!

Evil Pet Candle

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Thorunn Arnadottir is a London-based designer who created “The Devil’s Pet”, an innocent geometric kitten candle that once lit reveals a ghostly metal skeleton. The ball of yarn is the candle wick and the result is a cat skull with a ball of yarn on fire inside. The candle brings to light the contrasting and rich typologies attached to every day objects like candles and how we seem to have lost sight of the original function and meaning. Things may not be as they seem.

Great Success! We Raised more than $1200 from our Christmas Party/Fundraiser! Thank you!

 

Thank You to everyone who attended our Christmas party/ fundraiser, it was a success! We’d like to thank Liberty Wines, Lagrotta and Joannes fabrics and Master fabrics again for sponsoring this event.

The lucky winner of the Liberty Wine Merchant’s Gift basket Raffle draw with Ticket number 237035 is Emily Greene . As for the silent auction, here are the winners:

• Multi Coloured Framed Bulletin Board – Allison Clarke
• Double Sided Dusty Pink 22 x 22 Pillow – Cory Churchill
• Owl Silhousette Frame – Barry
• Brown Yoga Mat Bag – Patti
• Red Velvet Frame Bulletin Board (Stand Included) – Sean Kaushakis
• Rust/Brown Silk Pillow Set – Jennifer Rentz
• Purple Chenille Framed Bulletin Board – Cheri
• Green Pillow Set – Marilyn Wohl
• ABC Wall Art – Marilyn Wohl
• Red Pouch Blue Zipper Small – Lori Boland
• Reversible Tote Bag ‘Birds’ – Lori Boland
• Leather Weist Band A – Leslie Todd
• Shoe Silhouette Set (2 pieces) – Leslie Todd
• Orange Pouch Large (b) – Leslie Todd
• Brown Leather Weave – Leslie Todd
• Blue/Purple Flower Wreath – Leslie
• Eames Silhouette Chair Set (3 pieces) – Leslie
• Hand Croucheted Scarf – Nancy Whiteley
• Reversible Tote bag ‘Floral’ – Nancy Whiteley
• Navy Stripe Buttoned Pillow Set – Nancy Whiteley
• Pink Silk Pillow Set – Sally Willcock
• Honeycomb Yellow/Orange Pink Small – Shane
• Multi Coloured Christmas Cards ‘Pink’ – Shane
• Umbrella Holder – Joanne Reale
• Yellow Circle Pouch Small – Joanne Reale
• Gold Silk Pillow Set – Joanne Reale
• Reversible Tote Bag with Turquoise Handles – Joanne Reale
• Leather Weist Band B – Stephanie Sloan
• Beige/Turquoise Yoga Mat Bag – Stephanie Sloan
• Orange with Red + Blue Flowers Large (11)  - Kris
• Multi Coloured Christmas Cards ‘Blue’ – Kris
• Kissing Birds Large (7) - Kris
• Flower Jewlery Box – Kristen
• Yellow/Green Pattern Small (3) – Kyla
• Blue Flowers Small (4) – Farah
• Grey/White Flower Wreath – Jordan

The winners will be contacted via phone today. Each item will need to be picked up by tuesday and all the proceeds from the silent auction, donation and gift basket raffle will go towards Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland. To check out the party images, please visit our Flickr page. Thank you to everyone who attended for your time and generosity. We look forward to seeing you all again!

History of the world in 4 minutes

At Fluff, we love stop-motion animation. Kalle Mattson and Kevin Parry created this fun animation to showcase a brief history of the world in less than 4 minutes. Check it out!