Canada Post and the Portage Show

As we all know Canada Post is currently out of service. What you may not know is that Smoking Lily will be hosting an art show featuring local artist Timothy Wilson Hoey at the Milkman's Daughter on Canada Day. As this is going to be a big shindig, we wanted to invite all sorts of VIPs. First of course are our wonderful customers, but we also are sending out the word to Members of Parliament, our MLA, the Governor General, City Councillors, and the Mayor to name a few. Of course, half the invites were dropped into a mailbox (crossing my fingers on that one) and the other half will just have to be delivered by hand. So if you happen to see a Lily out and about with envelopes in tow, you'll have the inside scoop.

O-Canada, O-Canoe

Have you heard the news about the Canada Day shindig that we are throwing at The Milkman's Daughter in Victoria on July 1st? Well, shindig might not be the right word. We are hosting an art show for Timothy Wilson Hoey, and a celebration of Canadian made products. For refreshments, Thrifty Foods kindly donated a cake!, and we will have sodas from the PopShop (I got vetoed on the kegger idea).

You can win one of Tim's paintings by entering a draw at the Fairfield Thrifty's in Victoria (no purchase necessary). I saw a photo of the painting online, a pretty awesome canoe.

The upcoming show has inspired me to create some new prints. Nicole showed you the Maple Pods a couple of weeks ago, and this week I finished the canoe print.

Handsome guy posing with his moose.

Linen throw with the new 'Canoe' print will be in stores soon.

I dropped off my vintage Governor General Horse Guards jacket to the cleaners this morning. I'm excited to have a place to wear it (maybe it is turning into a shindig).

We will announce more details closer to the event.