LIFE
// New things are coming
Finally, it's time for embroidery. I've taken inspiration from Collection N Eleven and Collection N Twelve for the embroidery samples, I'm excited to see what they look like. Hopefully it's perfect on the first try, haha wishful thinking. Here's a page out of the sketchbook! x -C
// The Coveteur
Every morning I sit down in front of my computer with my coffee say good morning on Facebook & Twitter, think about what to write to you, and while I'm thinking head over to The Coveteur. I've been reading The Coveteur for some time now. My fascination started after reading a "closet" interview with Casey Neistat. The "Closet" interview is exactly as it sounds, The Coveteur team goes into your home and photographs you, your closet and then decorates your home with your closet. It's the creativity with the photographs that got me. Which is why I follow the photographer (Jake Rosenberg) on instagram. What a stalkerish world we live in :). Anyway, thought I'd share. x-C
// Coffee talk
I had this posted on my instagram when I first got to New York. I loved it then, and love it even more now. This quote holds so much relevance to my work today - it's there but not quite where I would like it to be. This quote reminds me to continue to produce work even if I'm not 100% happy with it. The more work the more likely I'll finally produce something that I really really like [like Floyd]. All of this work has proven to me that things don't happen right away, if they did there would be no story. The journey would be boring. No stories of only having $100.00 in my account to last me half the month, or interning at a fashion development company which required me to run around new york city in and out of subways with garment bags full of clothes, clean out closets, restock toilet paper, do the dishes, sweep the floors, and steam every single piece of clothing as only some of my duties, or spending my Fridays in my beautiful Greenwich Village apartment taking 100 individual photos for the "Meet Candice" section, and teaching myself how to build my own website while living off pop-tarts and refillable instant coffee. Every new door presented required work behind it. I'm excited to reach my next new door, I know I have of a lot work to do, but I have a good feeling Collection N Fifteen is going to be something really special.
New horoscopes are up also. Happy Wednesday x -C
// Location: My old New York apartment
Photos from Jose have come in! I love the way some of these have turned out! Great way to say goodbye to the apartment. Take me back to that day please :) I hope you're enjoying the day. xx -C
// Woke up in Hokoben
The craziness of December has made it's way well into January. January 18th to be exact. Dan and I had the pleasure of meeting Ralph, our nickname for the bedbugs we found in our boxspring. Yes, you read that correctly, bed bugs in our boxspring [remember back when I talked about hotel living, well hotel living wasn't by choice, and hardly glamorous we lived out a little weekend bag for about a month]. Ralph and his friends literally took over our beautiful New York apartment making us sleep on a really comfortable blow up mattress [sarcasm] on the floor in our living room. That lasted a month before they kicked us out of our apartment completely. Well that's a lie, there was an opportunity to break our lease so we took it. We spent the weekend moving to Hoboken! It's a town just across the water, which holds the most beautiful view of New York City. It's a temp location for now until we figure our lives out. It's definetly very different than the City. Firstly, everyone is young or is young and has cute babies. I feel like I'm walking around a college town, which is actually really fun - doesn't make life feel so real. The streets are old, and the buildings are pretty [I'll update you with photos tomorrow]. The bars are apparently really fun as well - those I haven't tested out yet, excited for the weekend. It's also extremely quiet which is going to be fantastic for painting days . Life is slower and calmer across the water. Living in the city can make you feel like you need to get outside. Ralph might have actually been a blessing in disguise. I'm excited for this new living adventure. Everything happens for a reason, ready to see what this one was for. I'm also ready to start really digging into Collection N Fifteen, you can see now why my work life has been on hold for the last little while. Damn Ralph was a real inconvenience. Happy Monday guys x -C
// Weekend vibes [photo: Jose Martinez]
I love Friday mornings. I pick up my coffee from the same deli I go to every morning, say hello to my friends who call me Shakira, and smile inside as I know tomorrow is Saturday. It's been a busy two weeks back in New York from a long [much needed] holiday at home. Just a couple more hours until I can sit back on that chair, eat my cereal, and think about Collection N Fifteen. Happy weekend guys! x -C
// Location: 211 Broadway
Elisa and I don't get to see each other as often as we would like to. She's busy running around opening Maman's all over New York, and me, well I'm just not that busy [takes a sips of her coffee]. Last night was the official opening of Maman in it's newest location, TriBeCa. It's my favourite location, why? Because there are cocktails [obvs] and big comfy seating. I brought along Rachel, her new beau, and Dan and we enjoyed spaghetti squash, beet salads and the leek salad yum. If you're in New York or visiting anytime soon, the dinner menu is delicious. x -C
// Location: My apartment
Just a typical Wednesday at my apartment with Rachel and photographer Jose Martinez. Photoshoots while drinking prosecco on the coldest day in New York City yet was the best way to spend the day. I'm not a model nor do I want to be, but it's fun to get your photos done. It was a good way to say goodbye to this apartment. Dan and I are moving this weekend [sad face]. I loved my home, fireplace, fire escape, hardwood floors, a kitchen with a marble counter top - I mean you just don't find that everywhere in New York. I've always wanted to have "new york" photos - you know like the ones you see on tumblrs so I'm excited to see how these turned out. Wait! we literally just got these photos sent from Jose [I love when photographers work fast] Check out the photo below of Rach ontop of the fridge. Doooppeeeee. Oh, OH there are new horoscopes up! x -C
// Tarot Cards
Before I moved to New York for textile design, or before I even thought there was a possibility I could live in New York for textile design, I would sit in my room and sketch and watch documentaries. I went through a Paris phase. My fascination got so real that I hopped on a flight to visit Britt in Cardiff, Wales and did a four day visit to Paris alone in between our visit to see Ash in London. The many reasons why I wish I lived in Europe. Paris being just a 80 Euro train ride away. The documentaries that I would sit and watch were mainly about designers and revolutionary thinkers. One of them being Gabrielle Chanel. I just recently saw a insta post from Justine Picardie, Harper's Bazaar UK editor. She said these cards were found on Gabrielle's desk in her apartment at 31 Rue Cambon. Hers are a lot cooler but I've been pretending to read tarot cards for some time now and love them. I got the Wild Unknown about 4 years ago now and just recently do I feel like they are starting to make sense. I also still don't really know what I'm doing and just read the basic past, present, future. But I have to say they have been pretty spot on when it comes to future and people [so much so that I catch Dan playing with them as well, shh don't tell him I told you]. I love the idea of magic. It's just so delicious.