baby bloomer bump update: 7 months

7 months along with my Baby Bloomer, who is also known as Miss Pixie. She is quite an active little thing - lots of kicks, wiggling and aerobics from time to time. Definitely getting there! I can hardly wait to meet my little girl.

the graphics fairy...who knew?

Remember this post I wrote a while back about creating some easy botanical wall art? Well yesterday I stumbled across another great blog that provides free downloadable vintage clipart - The Graphics Fairy. And with over 1000 followers on her blog, I feel like I'm the last to know about this treasure. Be sure to check out the site - all of The Fairy's clipart would be very cool framed or used in some crafty way!

{All images from The Graphics Fairy}

finally...a new website!

I am excited to finally announce that after two years of trying to get to it, I have launched a brand spanking new website! Amazing how a little one on the way puts a fire under your butt to finish things on your 'list'. The site is not perfect and I have some adjustments to make, but it gives a good overview of my style, and the work I've done. Please check it out and let me know what you think! www.inbloomstudio.com

Yippee, something crossed off my To Do list! Now onto creating a book of my wedding photos, cleaning the linen closet, painting the front door, and adding a backsplash in the kitchen...

Have a wonderful weekend!

new mommy and daddy card designs

I will soon be launching a new line of mommy and daddy card designs! See above for Shanna's new mommy cards, hot off the press. Stay tuned for the new designs...

baby bloomer bump update: 6 months

Time is certainly flying, escaping, disappearing all over the place. I am now 6 months prego...and painfully aware of how little I post on my blog, as my 5 month post was only a few posts ago. Will try harder, I swear!

It's a beautiful and sunny Spring day here in Toronto. I hope you enjoy it as much as I plan to!

looks i'm digging for spring

From Cupcakes and Cashmere...love the touches of red in her wardrobe!

back in action + design for conscious living relaunch

Hello! I haven't been back as often as I would have liked, but I am going to try hard to be a bit more frequent with my updates from now on. :)

I have done a lot of graphic and web design work in the past few months that I will start to share! One website that I am really proud of is actually a relaunch of a site I created back in the fall of 2008. Design for Conscious Living is an interior and landscape design company that has really blossomed over the past year - hence the need to revamp Celia's portfolio, as she had a ton of photos to add! We also added some dimension to her existing site a textured background, and music in the background. Take a peek at Celia's website here!

my baby bloomer bump...5 months!

My prego belly...5 months today! Can't believe how time flies {although I'm told that I may not feel that way at month 8!}.

vintage circus wedding featured in wedluxe magazine!

I am very pleased to announce that my sister Shayna's Vintage Circus Wedding - one that inBloom styled and designed - is featured in an amazing 4-page layout in Canada's coveted WedLuxe magazine! It is a beautiful magazine that feels more like a book, with thick shiny pages and amazing photography.

Here is a look at some of the wedding photos {taken by the amazingly talented Ikonica}, and you can see more at the inBloom Event Design website on the Gallery page and at the Bloomerism blog. Enjoy!

i've got a feeling

Just popping in to say hello and to share this awesome video done by the University of Quebec...looks like so much fun! Wish I could have been a part of it! Looking forward to seeing 'the making of' video coming out soon as I have no idea how they did this so smoothly! Enjoy...

you can find me over at bloomerism...

Apologies for my lack of blogging lately. Things have been sooo busy, and well, a tad overwhelming! I've decided to take a little break from blogging here, but don't worry, I haven't disappeared completely! I'm just paring down, and 'editing' my life a wee bit. BUT you can still find me over at Bloomerism, a blog I share with my sisters and fellow Bloomers! Be sure to check it out. See you there...

masada, the dead sea, jerusalem: israel - part 4

Sorry for the delay...things have been busy busy which is a good thing but also quite a tiring thing! Here is the last installment of my Israel photos.

Smack in the middle of the hot, dry desert was Masada - a huge fortress and ruins of ancient palaces built atop a plateaued rock. This was surreal! The desert landscape was gorgeous, but it was so absolutely broiling in the sun. How anyone built anything there 2000 years ago, let alone on the top of a 1km high rock, beats me! And how they maintained a water supply and food storage is even more incredible. The photos don't do it justice...the scope of this rock and the scenery was breathtaking!


Masada overlooks the Dead Sea, so we stopped to take a dip. This is the lowest point on the Earth's surface. It is also the saltiest sea! Does it look like we are sitting in shallow water? We weren't we were floating! You can't sink the in the Dead Sea, as the salt content boosts you right up to the top. It's considered extremely healthy {just don't stay in longer than 10 minutes or else you will get pickled}. The mud at the bottom of the sea has tons of minerals...made our skin look awesome!


Onto Jerusalem...another amazing place! I wished we had more time there as there was so much to see. We took a tour below the Old City, in an excavation site...there are more cities beneath the Old City that they are uncovering as we speak! The Wailing Wall was particularly emotional, and I thought of all of the wishes and prayers that must have been made on the wall.


This is a small, mystical town in the mountains called Safed. Comprised of many art galleries, it is a very spiritual place, and you can feel the peacefulness. Madonna visited Safed the same day we were there...unfortunately we missed her though!



We went to a food market in Tel Aviv and I just wanted to share this photo...I loved the colours of all the spices in their baskets!


Some views of Haifa, the city where we stayed. It's gorgeous, and built on top of a mountain. Here are some views of the Baha'i Gardens from the top of the mountain, and one from the bottom.


And of course I took a photo of an Israeli license plate for my collection.
Well there was our trip in a nutshell!