Pirate Ships, Bikes and Bears, Oh my!

Freshly sewn, hot off the press!

New duvets!

Pirate Ships for the adventurous,

Raleigh bikes for the nostalgic vintage lover,

And BEARS. Because they're the best.

Goldilocks duvet anyone?

Lily Home: Print Yer Owns

Flipping through any of the House & Home-type magazines that I am totally addicted to, in addition to wondering how anyone keeps that many square feet so clean--I suspect the answer might be, "the maid!"--I often notice a distinct lack of personality on display. (The question of why I keep these subscriptions is a good one. Hmm....) If only these poor folks with high-priced decorators knew that Smoking Lily could help them! What to do with bland, plain silk curtains? Cover them with hot pink flies! Or bright blue jackals (see below)! With Smoking Lily Print Yer Owns, the possibilities are (almost) endless.

Yes, that's, right, you can bring your own things in for us to print! Come on in with cushion covers, sheets, drapery panels, or upholstery fabric: as long as it is primarily a natural fiber (inks don't like to stick to polyester), flat, and has little surface texture, we can silk screen it for you. Tired of your plain white lap blanket? Put a bird on it! ...or whatever you'd like. Our hefty print bible (pictured above) is crammed with over 350 images and 40 ink colours to choose from.

A couple of recently completed Print Yer Owns whose proud owners graciously agreed to let us show them off online:

A black drapery panel custom printed with Wise Owls.

Anatomical Hearts printed on a duvet set; grey on one side red on the other.

Prices are calculated based on how long the printing takes to complete: $100 per hour, or adjusted for portion thereof (minimum 30 mins for $50). As I mentioned above, some fabrics, such as synthetics or super stiff new denim, don't like to take ink, but sometimes we can work around these issues (we once printed a set of nylon Ikea boxes after it was agreed that they'd never be washed--good happy ending!). If you're curious, however, don't be shy about calling or emailing with questions--we love helping out with Print Yer Own projects, as the results are always so unique!

Anatomical Heart Duvet: Blog Love

I'm happy to admit we have been quite smitten with our new duvet sets covered with the Enormous Heart print, and it looks like we're not alone! It's come to our attention that online rag Scout Magazine--headed by foodie-about-town extraordinaire Andrew Morrison--has listed our linens, along with the smashing picture imaged at left, in their running list, "Cool Thing We Want"--awesome! It warms my, well, heart to know we're not the only weirdos who think anatomical imagery is gorgeous and totally appropriate to snuggle up with....We even had some very cool visitors in the Vancouver shop from Hong Kong yesterday who loved it so much they decided to haul a set all the way overseas with them! Thanks for the props, Scout Mag; we think you're pretty neat, too:)

Queen duvet sets currently available in Vancouver also include greyhounds and pirate ships.

Lily inspiration: Dogs

For the past few weeks, I have been walking SPCA dogs with my husband Ben. Ben has always wanted a dog, and because we couldn't get one in our small apartment, he decided to start volunteering at the SPCA. He talked about it so much that I decided to start tagging along a few weeks ago and I love it! The dogs are so excited to see you, and you can walk a different one every week. Here are some of my favorites!

My favourite is Loki, a pitbull mix who is super friendly and sooo cute!


Tawny is a really friendly pitbull, maybe lab cross, and she was still waiting for a new home earlier this week!!

This is Ben with Lenny, a husky mix, who had lots of energy and excitement, and a beautiful coat of hair. He's was still at the SPCA earlier this week too!


If you want to volunteer, donate or help, please go to www.spca.bc.ca for more info.
Also, if you were wondering, all 43 of the chihuahuas have already found new homes.

In the spirit of dogs, here are some running greyhounds one of our freshly made duvet sets available in the Vancouver shop.