// LIFE LATELY

// 10.28.16

How is it already end of October. The last time I checked I was landing in Toronto from a month of traveling. It was August. Life lately has been cold. I feel fall lasts for two days here and then all of sudden it starts to snow. Besides sitting in my studio snuggled in two sweaters and uggs, I became a Godmother to my beautiful Olivia. I never thought I could love another human as much as I love her. I've been hanging at Baddies, setting up shop there when I don't feel like spending the day alone in the studio. CKD has three new custom projects on the go! All three prints super different, and totally out of my comfort zone. All things I like. Collection N 23 has started. I'm thinking launch date in the new year. It's a collection that involves loads of collaborations. Very exciting things coming. Floyd is still smiling from his recent cameo in Aleesia's new Dum video. Umm, what else. Anyone else ready for 2016 to be over? Bring on the 1 7. CKD and I are ready for a clean slate. Ok, back to work. x -C [photo above by the brilliant Seventh Step Studio]

// NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE LIKE THIS

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I wouldn't mind waking up to this view every morning. Country living - a life I never thought I would be interested in until about five months ago. Now I understand why some artists spend months in the middle of nowhere. I find I've been most creative standing in the middle of nowhere.  The goal now is to build a home on a large piece of land, a laneway covered with large willow trees, a separate barn for my studio. Then I would travel all over the world covering the walls of beautiful homes, hotels, and restaurants. Anything is possible. Happy Monday guys x -C

// APRIL 5TH 2014

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I couldn't sleep last night, my new read Aleph felt too intense for 12 am so I opened my computer and scrolled to 2014. Some of these pictures take me back to my intense interning days. I say intense because interning in New York is intense. I was interning at a fashion development company, and all I remember is schlepping piles of clothes on my back across the city in 90 degree heat. I interned four days there, and one day in Brooklyn at a fashion textile company. From 10:00 am - 7:30 pm I was covered in paint, or cutting up squares of fabric, and then heat transferring hundreds of prints onto these fabrics. The best education I ever got. I would walk home exhausted yet never upset because the light at 7 pm in New York takes my breath away. I then served at a restaurant on the weekends. Backwards hat, my running shoes covered in food, sweating from how busy brunch was. CKD happened somewhere in between all of this. How life can change in just two years. Ok, now to look forward. Happy Friday x -C

// MAMAN

// Location: Soho Grand Hotel, New York 

I'm currently sitting outside curled up in a blanket and my uggs. This fall weather is making it hard to do anything else but enjoy it, so i've decided to surrender. I spent the majority of my morning listening to podcasts & the new Kings Of Leon album, looking through old photos, and planning my next adventure. I'm thinking Cali, Australia, Bali. In the mist of looking through photos, I came across this one from last week. I was exhausted when I took this photo, my hair - I don't even know what to call that mess, and my white shirt actually had a coffee stain on it from juggling wallpaper samples, iphone, two bags, and my coffee on the subway. I fell into that chair feeling like a total mess, but happy. Little moments of happiness like this are what make this journey to my highest dreams worth it. The journey can be a lonely one at times, and the past six months have taught me just how lonely things can get. And I'm finally OK with that, moments like this make it all OK. Happy weekend guys. x -C

// POWDER ROOM EAST VILLAGE

// Location: New York City

This fully custom wallpaper mural wraps around the entire powder room, completely unrepeated. Then we did the ceiling. Hannah and Brendan are a young couple doing big things in New York City. Wallpaper has come back and the fact that my clients are willing to explore designs completely outside the box makes it that much more exciting. 

// THANKSGIVING

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No matter what happens in our lives we always have each other's back. Life can get ugly sometimes, and everytime it does I've watched my family stand up for one another. That's something to be very very thankful for. In the end I would give it all up, CKD, all my career goals - in return for a loving, healthy, and happy family. That's what it's about. And I'm thankful my family has taught me that from a very young age. Happy Canadian thanksgiving from my family to yours. x -C

// CITY MOGULS

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One of the best things about being home - hanging out with my girlsss. We all reunited yesterday at the City Moguls event in Toronto. I grew up in the dance studio. What I would do to go back to those days. Rehearsals all day, competitions on the weekends. 24/7 with my best friends. Yesterday I walked the runway with such talented and creative people doing really cool things in Toronto. I felt very fortunate to be apart of the crew. Thank you City Moguls for the opportunity. Here are a couple photos from the night. 

// MAMAN GREENPOINT

// Location: 80 Kent St, Brooklyn. 

Every location Elisa and Ben open keep on getting better and better. I [finally] walked into Maman Greenpoint yesterday and was blown away. It's beautiful, especially the upstairs - there's a full wall of CKD. Haha, but really this location couldn't be more perfect. Congratulations guys. Photos: Camila Gutierrez