auggie is our little inspector. he goes through life pointing out safety violations (there are many) and with one glance, you know you’ve received another F. fail!

have you seen mike? he’s not small, but he thinks he’s a teeny-tiny lap dog. and this costume might seem simple, but did you know that there are no thrift stores open on sundays in north vancouver? so we went to value village and most of canada was there buying halloween costumes.

i’m pretty sure if auggie & mike could speak, they’d say something like, “halloween can’t be over soon enough. we hate fireworks, we don’t understand people acting scary or wearing masks and we’ll never understand why megan & rich think it’s the funniest thing ever when they put costumes on us. but because we’re such good sports, we’ve agreed to let megan take our picture in our halloween costumes later today.”

i know it might seem like orla kiely is raining from the sky lately…in september i hosted my first-ever orla kiely giveaway here (for the oval stem wallet) and it was so much fun i decided to partner with some lovely bloggers to host giveaways on their blogs too. they were meant to be spread out…but sometimes (or in my world, normally) things don’t go as planned. but it’s all good! it’s been great getting to meet nice people (virtually anyway) and to see our beloved cove on these popular blogs. *gush*

i don’t want any of you lovely room6 blog readers to miss out on the chance to win the pretty-pretty-birdwatch tote over at bleubird. james knew her readers would love it and victoria over at sfgirlbybay knew her readers would love it as well. so there you have it, it’s official, there’s a whole lot o’ orla love out there.

and don’t forget to leave a comment here to be entered to win a $100 Room6 gift certificate to be used towards anything that makes your heart go pitter patter.

happy friday! i hope you win!

update oct.31: hi everyone! please make sure you leave a comment below the orla & victoria post to enter to win the $100 Room6 gift certificate. the comments on this post are lovely, but not part of the giveaways. thanks!

i’m still wondering what to do for the boys costumes this year. i’ve got some ideas but executing those ideas is, as usual, not so easy. can you imagine making the headless horseman costume? that dog has hoofs for crying out loud.

bully lion here, spider pug here, chihuahua knight here, horse lab here, pilot here

update november 2: this giveaway is closed, thanks for all the nice comments everyone!

this month i’ve partnered with the lovely and talented victoria of sfgirlbybay to bring you guys a fabulous orla kiely giveaway…and a $100 room6.com gift certificate too!

victoria & orla, i love your work and am happy to be supporting what you’re doing.

just visit victoria’s blog & leave a comment to enter to win this lovely handbag (retail value $198) and leave a comment below on our blog to enter to win a $100 gift certificate for room6.com.

so there are actually two amazing giveaways! one is for the bag (hosted on sfgirlbybay) and another for a $100 gift certificate for room6.com right here. make sense?

good luck! i hope you win!

PS: congrats to orla kiely and her team on their first north american shop opening on mercer street in NYC, it looks amazing!

sfgirlbybay image here

so i was powerless against these sweet little vases from laurel denise. 22.95/each, available quotes:

you are my sunshine
do small things with great love
choose joy
amazing love
may you live all the days of your life

new (in a recycled sorta way) one-of-a-kind handbags from vancouver’s own erin templeton. medium tote shown.

as erin says,

“There are lots of good reasons to lean towards recycled leather bags, each piece is one of a kind, lovingly handmade, just as strong (sometimes stronger!) as new leather, and for every bag made, there is one less pair of leather pants in the world.”

next time you visit, check out our new street banners (this is big news ’round here.) thanks to deep cove artist & resident charles van sandwy for creating the artwork & to everyone in our little community who organized & participated in the fundraiser!

fiona and i are settling into a nice routine (i think? i hope? fiona?!) and monday’s have become my photoshoot days. i know monday’s get a bad wrap sometimes, but it’s become one of my favorite days of the week. today i’ve been working on some top-secret holiday stuff and also getting all the new happy socks photographed & online. also managed to sneak in a hike with the boys on this stellar fall day in the cove. hope you guys had a nice weekend!

awake…

and asleep…

these little maileg bats are about 21cm (8″) tall and are two-sided…so one side is sleeping and the other side is awake. their little bat feet have tiny magnets on the inside so they can easily hang-out with (or without) you. as usual they aren’t online yet, but if need one for your little goblin just send me an email and i’ll put one aside. xo

update: the bats are now online.