Victoria Shops: Johnson Street Fest

We had such a great time last Saturday at Johnson St fest, I have to share a few photos. If you missed it this year, mark it on your calendars for next year - discounts at smoking lily, cotton candy and tiny donuts! Could you wish for more on a Saturday afternoon?? Oh and all the money raised for the event went towards 'Make a Wish' foundation. Great event- great cause.

Our Guidance Booth

Our past models stopped by for a short visit.

Joanne and Nicole sumo wrestling!!

Rachael filled in for Renee for a bit.

Fun Weekend!

This weekends Tweed Ride was so much fun. When I got in to work this morning I received an email from Amanda with a photo of Nicole, in her grandmother's frock, Susan, awesome customer at Smoking Lily and me, enjoying a cocktail after our hard ride. Check out the link for Tweed Ride to see more pictures and videos of the event. Thanks to Simon from Red Fish Blue Fish for organizing the event. He really did an outstanding job.

Awesome Logo

Saturday, August 28th, 11 to 6
The merchants on Johnson Street are throwing a Festival
It is a fund raiser for
Youth Empowerment Society

I'm waiting for official word, but I hear there is all day music, a dunk tank, skate board ramp, there will be sale racks, a chance to learn how to make a tote bag, hip hop demos
and a whole lot of more.
Smoking Lily is hosting a mustache booth, we've been having fun at the studio with this.
Hope to see you all there next week Saturday

I want to go to Iceland!

Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.

The Next Generation

Aiko, who works here in the studio and in Victoria shop is one talented woman.  This is a little video of her daughter,  who is almost three, learning how to sew.  Violet really wanted to use her Mom's sewing machine, but Aiko thought it might be better if she learns to hand sew first.  After the video was taken Violet accidentally sewed her little project to her dress.

New This Week

Close up on our new belt.

The Lily Dress coming soon!  Printed cotton dress with pockets, mostly in black, but I did just find a few meters of grey printed with octopi!

We need a new studio mannequin, she leans and is missing parts.

Silk Screen Classes

We are once again offering silk screen classes in September.  The classes are starting to fill up. 

Monday, September 14th, 21st and 28th

or

Wednesday, September 9th, 16th and 23rd

5 pm to 7:30

You can read about our previous class here

Register at Smoking Lily 569 Johnson Street

Steph gets Married

Steph's Dad Ray, and her Mom Deb walking Steph up the "aisle"

We are proud to announce that a little while ago, on June 27th 2009 Steph (one of our Lily designers as well as seamstress) married the love of her life, Ben. We are so happy for them, it's nice to see a reunion of such a perfect couple. Ben and Steph have known each other since they were teenagers, and (as Steph has admitted) she always knew he was the one. They got married in Beacon Hill Park, here in gorgeous Victoria. Steph wore a breathtaking white silk duppioni dress (hand made by her of course) and Ben and all his groomsmen were decked out in plaid ties (made by you guess who.) Everything was wonderfully romantic (with nice touches that still let us know it was infact Steph getting married), with the trees and the flowers as a backdrop and a bagpiper to lead them to and fro the "alter" (urns of flowers). Afterwards we had a tasty dinner in the backyard of Steph's parent's in law, good company, whitty speeches, a few drinks....and dancing of course! It was a marvelous wedding, and they will be contiuing the fairytale romance in a few weeks on their trip to India, bits of Asia and other equally jealousy worthy places. We wish all the best to Ben and Steph for their future of married couple-dom! We love you Steph!
P.S. Awesome job on the napkins. I felt bad wiping my mouth.

"You may now kiss the bride!" Sorry, we didn't have a shot of Ben's face.
Kissing is more interesting anyway.

Nicole, Trish, Steph and Rachael at the Reception

Learn new skills with us!

We are all very excited about our new little venture here at the studio.  Starting Feb. 23rd we are going to have our very first silk-screening class.  The class runs for three weeks every Monday evening for 2 1/2 hours. We are keeping the classes small so if you are interested call the studio at 250.382.5164 or go to our shop on Johnson and sign up.