LIFE
// New from the studio
Locking myself in my studio [aka bedroom] for the next couple weeks. Candice Kaye Design's first collection is coming! Here a rough sneak peek. You should expect painted flowers, water colour techniques, gold leaf techniques, geometrics and some more flowers. Ahh can't wait to get my hands dirty.
// New project
Candice Kaye Design teams up again with the creators of Maman Cafe! Can't wait to show you what we have been cooking up! There's a private reveal tomorrow night. I'm bringing my camera. Bawk.
It's almost time! All the fashionable people hit the streets of New York City for fashion week. I won't be in the pit this time, but I will most definitely be spending my Saturday/Sunday morning running around New York with my camera. Let's hope it's not as cold as last year.
How was everyone's weekend/super bowl Sunday? I'm feeling a little sluggish today, about ready to go back to sleep for a couple more hours [sips on her coffee].
// Location: Diner, Brooklyn, New York
I put my computer away for the weekend. No work allowed. So, we brunched at the Diner in Brooklyn. Obsessed with the decor. Love the purposely-broken-tiled floor look.
// Location: Parm, Nolita
Pretty awesome wallpaper on the walls of a pretty awesome restaurant. Dan and I went to Parm last night for some tasty Italian food. Up there for one of my fav NYC spots. Happy weekend. x -C
// Location: Neverland
Candice Kaye Design's first collection. It's finally time. I have been collecting inspiration/ideas/sketches since before I moved to New York City. The collection will date back to my childhood - fairytales, fairy dust, Captain Hook and Neverland. Sneak peeks will be posted along the way! x -C
// Location: Ward Island, Toronto, Canada
Sandra, Danielle, Britt and I have remained the best of friends since high school. Two of my best friends are getting married this year, TWO. We have watched each other grow up, move to different cities, date the wrong people - then fall in love with the right people. I'm smiling thinking about all the wine Skype dates between Britt and I when she left us for three years to study law in Cardiff, Wales. Sandra [one of the brides] asked me for a high res photo from one of our afternoons at Ward Island in Toronto. I found a whole album from that day and had to share some of the photos. This journal needed a little brightness from all the snow and cold weather.
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Ok, so you're kinda good looking.
// Location: Studio
New Yorkers - how did your 'biggest storm in history' day go? It felt as if New York just felt like taking a day off. The streets were perfectly fine. Not complaining. It was nice to have a quiet day in the city.
Piecing together a custom tile design. The process - I like to draw all my flowers [motifs] onto little cut out pieces of tracing paper so I can easily rearrange them while designing. Next step is to re-trace everything onto another sheet of tracing paper just to re-trace it again onto watercolor paper over a light box. Then the fun begins. Painting [most likely while watching a cheesy movie]. After the painting is completed, I scan it in at high res, drag it into photoshop to edit/clean it up, and repeat it into a beautiful looking tile. No short cuts allowed in this process, which is why textile designers [well the few I know] really enjoy their wine.
Anyways, it's Wednesday, which means new horoscopes are up! Click here x -C