One of a Kind New Music

Hey there.

So, last Wednesday, I went with my Mom to the One of a Kind Show and Sale, where we wandered around looking at beautiful, useful, weird and mostly hand-made, unique objects. I saw many pieces of gorgeous jewelery that I truly admired… I declined to purchase any of it, however, when I a) saw the price-tag and b) remembered that apart from earrings and the odd ring, I'm not really a jewelery kind of girl. There were also some cozy hand-knit sweaters, elegant one-off dresses and many, many stylish hats that caught my eye as we browsed the goods. I had already finished my Christmas shopping by this point, however, so I didn't really have much motivation to drop my hard-earned cash on expensive clothing, either. But there were some items that I couldn't pass up.

I stopped at the stall for 'Pietersma Tinworks', where I saw some stunning items created with tin. In particular, I found a punched-tin lantern that just sparkled! I reminded me of the many simple, yet festive decorations that I saw when I visited Sweden at Christmas time— the star pattern is a subtle reminder of the season, without being too obvious, like many North American fluorescent Santas. When I got home, I put a little red Christmas light inside. Also at Pietersma Tinworks, I found some great little tea-light holders that transform any Mason Jar into a simple lantern. I bought 3! Finally, my Mom got some 'tin tinsel'— which are really like little silver icicles.

The only other item I bought at the One of a Kind Show is really just the most useful thing for someone who likes to travel as much as I do. It's a fanny pack… but it's not ugly. Nor does it scream 'tourist!'. In fact, I have seen similar purses at one of my favourite leather goods retailers: Roots… except this one cost approximately $30.00 less. You may say 'it's still a fanny pack', but I love it.

Anyways, the rest of my week has been much less interesting… I've been doing lots of errands to get ready for Christmas, a bunch of Christmas baking (2 batched of gingerbread and 2 batched of sugar cookies), and such.

Although, I did run my first ever race! I ran the Santa Shuffle 5km. My hip was a bit sore, but other than that, it went pretty well— especially considering we had quite the hill to climb at one point. I ran it in about 36 mins and 30 seconds. Pretty good for my first try!

Other than that, I've just been working and listening to good music (as always). I have been listening to Stornoway a lot, especially that video that Frank sent along, but I have also been hearing some awesome new (and not so new) stuff on BBC Radio 1 and CBC Radio 3.

Here's some British Music:

Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep'

Here's some Canadian Music:

Bedouin Soundclash and Coeur de Pirate with 'Brutal Hearts'

And here is a highly enjoyable British cover of a Canadian song:

This is James Blake covering Feist's 'Limit to your Love'.