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Converting your iPhone into a Polaroid Camera

Oh. My. Goodness. I am excited, friends. Remember my recent post about the beautiful book Instant Love by Jen Altman and Amanda Gilligan? Well I’ve been searching for an old Polaroid SX70 camera ever since. I haven’t found one yet {mark my words, I will!}, but in the meantime, I’ve found Part 2 of my soon-to-be Polaroid Adventures.

With the boom of neverending iPhone camera apps, beautiful photos in digital form abound. Just follow a few interesting people on Instagram and you’ll know what I mean. But what to do with them from there? Are they destined to remain trapped on your iPhone forever, never living up to their full potential to be appreciated?

Heaven’s, no. Enter the utterly ingenious team from Impossible. Starting with a small team of the top 10 former Polaroid employees, they set out to save Polaroid film from extinction in 2008. They succeeded and are now producing the original film {as well as innovative new films} for Polaroid cameras in the original factory in Enschede, Netherlands.

Not content to stop with that massive win, they continued to innovate. And what they’ve created gets me really, really excited. OK, drum roll is long enough. Here it is.

Yes, that’s right friends. This amazing device takes your favourite iPhone photos and coverts them into warm and vintage-looking Polaroid prints. Digital to Analog in seconds. Before your very eyes. Check out this video {just in case you don’t believe me!}:

I know. It’s instantly on all of your wish lists. Me too. But we have to wait until 2013 to get it in our hot little hands. So until then, keep snapping up inspirational photos on those iPhones, friends. All the more material to work with when the Impossible Instant Lab is finally ready to come out and play.

xo
s.

By |October 10th, 2012|0 Comments

Kinfolk + The Lost Art of Drying Herbs

I have a confession to make. I love herbs. In fact, I think they are one of my love languages. Lovely friends of mine who know this to be true recently led me to my birthday celebration this year with a sweetly bundled bunch of fresh herbs. Aromatic, intoxicating and rich with possibilities, herbs have the power to bring my senses alive to the bounty of nature.

I was utterly taken by a recent post by photographer Parker Fitzgerald for Kinfolk on Herb Drying and had to share it with you today. Since feasting my eyes and my imagination on these gorgeous photos, I’ve been dreaming about where I might create a herb drying shed of my own. Time to purge the garage, perhaps! In the meantime, I hope Parker’s stunning photography and Amy Merrick‘s beautifully organic styling inspire you as much as they have me!

All photographs by Parker Fitzgerald
Styling by Amy Merrick
Model: Skye Velten

Wishing you a fragrant and inspired Tuesday!

xo
s.

By |October 9th, 2012|1 Comment

Oh Canadiana! | Kitsch + Quirk at The Drake General Store

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all of my friends north of the border! In celebration of our home and native land, I thought I’d share a wonderful Toronto gem of a store, brimming with Canadiana kitsch and collectibles. Friends, meet The Drake Hotel’s General Store {1144 Queen St. W.}.

These Mountie napkins are inspiring a Canadiana themed party in my future. Yup. Just so I can use these napkins.
A totem tea cup set! Definitely not your typical gift to bring to family abroad. So fun!
With camp blankets from Pendleton and raw wool blankest from Canada’s last original east coast woollen mill MacAusland’s, Drake General Store has cozy covered.
I love their RCAF collection of travel cases and duffel bags. Vintage charm meets high-quality, casual style. 

Visitors to Toronto and locals looking for heart-warming Canadiana kitsch, don’t miss out on Drake General Store! They’ve got four locations throughout the city well worth checking out!

xo
s.

By |October 8th, 2012|0 Comments