Spring Fashion Shoot

Lately here in Victoria, we seem to be getting a few hints of spring; brief moments of beautiful, sunny, spring-like weather...and then, as though it had never happened: back to wind and rain.

Today we had some moments of gorgeous sunshine, just long enough to get Rachael to throw on some pieces with our newest colours and prints. We headed out onto the rooftop outside the studio to snap a few shots before the wind picked up and brought some clouds with the raindrops back...

Garden State in periwinkle with Cuckoo Clocks ($108)

Mt. Pleasant top ($85) with New Brighton skirt in denim ($81)

Wonton Love top in moroccan blue ($104)

Ivanhoe bag with Horse print ($220)

Ivanhoe bag (reverse side) ($220)

View from the studio rooftop!

Lily Inspiration: Reverse Inspiration

I recently relocated to a very awesome little apartment in James Bay; I am so excited with my new neighborhood that I wanted to do a little blog post about my walk to work and how much I love my new area. Literally just steps from my front door there is a Starbucks, a Thrifty's, my bank, a spa, a funky movie/pet store, and just 140 steps away (to be exact) is the Spinnakers liquor store...need I say more? I decided I was going to take photos of the cool shops, all the cute dogs, and the unique people I see on my way to work, so this morning I grabbed my camera and off I went with U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" playing on my iPod. People were giving me funny looks as I, in typical tourist fashion, stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to snap pics of anything and everything I found interesting.

About seven minutes into my jaunt I passed the Parliament buildings and I was struck by something totally different. I saw a regal fountain with an official crest behind it, statues I didn't know existed, walkways and paths, old buildings, and big, tall trees. Everything had an imperial, British feel to it and it got me thinking about the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate, which then lead my thoughts to some of the new prints we have at Smoking Lily. Trish recently created some screens that have a very royal vibe to them: "The Crown" and "The Crest." We also have the Queen silhouette, a favorite of mine from last year...

Suddenly snapping out of it, I realized how long I had been taking photos and gawking at the scenery... I ran the rest of the way to work.

Thanks to http://bridgetownblog.wordpress.com/tag/british-columbia/ for a pictures.

I also stummbled across Gunter Marx photo's when looking for some of Victoria. Amazing shots. www.guntermarx-stockphotos.com/gallery-list

Victoria Update: New Prints - big birds and bugs!

For today's blog I thought I'd share 3 awesome new prints, just burned this weekend!

Up first: the majestic Raven--how dark and mysterious

This handsome devil is on our new floral nightie below.

Next is a new big Bee! (my mom will be so thrilled, bees are her favorite)

This little buzzer is on our new Perfect-Vee shirts. These will be in stores tomorrow.

And last but not least is this huge new glorious Beetle

(the item below is a Hama Dress that will be in vancouver tomorrow, come scoop it up!)

Look forward to these guys on lots of new merch in stores soon!

Lily Inspiration: Not such a Wallflower

Last Monday Trish and I got busy printing up some incredible wallpaper

with a fancy new screen I burnt on the weekend.


Quite stunning, c'est non?
Meet our new botanicals:

On the left is Tea and on the right Thea
(actually called Theaceae, but that's one to many vowels for me to concern myself with)
What beauts!