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Raymond Biesinger

Guest Post by Amy Johnson of Puces POP

As curators for  Puces POP we're always excited to find new and inspiring artists in our own town. One of the great things about living in Montreal is that it acts like a magnet for creativity, which means there's a constant flow of artistic types migrating to the city. Raymond Biesinger is one of those people, having recently transplanted from Edmonton to La Belle Province.

Raymond's illustrations caught our eye right away with their high contrast and bold graphic presence, he has quickly become a Puces POP favorite. No stranger to the world of craft fairs, Raymond was the organizer behind Edmonton's long running Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair . If Raymond's Illustrations looks familiar it's probably because he's been printed in just about everything you can imagine; from Nylon and Dwell to The New York Times and The Globe & Mail. For more on Raymond's work visit fifteen.ca.

Guest Post by Amy Johnson & Marilis Cardinal of Puces POP
Puces Pop Craft FairMarch 5th & 6th at L'Eglise St-Enfant Jesus, Montreal, Quebec

Grounded | Domestic-Construction

 

The ever--talented girls from Domestic-Construction have just released their latest project, grounded: a unique flooring alternative. The rugs are digitally dyed with an image of their hand cut paper and fabric collages. They are indoor/outdoor and are completely machine washable! They can be purchased directly from their shop or email them for wholesale inquiries.

A Spring Treasury by Modesign

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Last night I ran into a treasury on the front page at Etsy that had a spring theme filled with great colours and pieces. Did you see it? (It was beautiful).  Curated by Modesign, I had to bring a few of my favourites here. Click here to see the whole set.

Aura by Tracie Ellis Inka Bed Linen

Loving this new bedding by Tracie Ellis for Aura out of Australia. Featuring a large zigzag print on the front and a small zigzag on the reverse, comes in smoke and fig (as shown).

www.aurahome.com.au/

Cutest Idea for Bridesmaids

An alternative to a bouquet for your bridesmaids, little vintage tea cups filled with flowers to match your bouquet. For a more modern edge pop a little succulent in there too.

Floral Styling and Photo by Imbue Weddings

The Royal Wedding Website

It is rather curious I think when the 'establishment', as we know it in the UK, decides to adopt modern times, and it is certainly interesting observing.

It is, of course, a very closed and controlled world, for obvious reasons, and creating this sort of PR tool gives us a glimpse into a very public wedding for a very private family and it is delightful to see the Royal family PR machine attempting to make the Royal Wedding friendly and up-to-date by embracing modern times with the launch of an official wedding website, twitter and facebook page.

This allows us to watch the details emerge that they choose to promote, as we lead up to the big day, tempting us with snippets of this very exciting and prestigious wedding.

Having been on the Twitter page tonight, I was impressed with the charities they support, definitely worth taking a look at.

This has made me put my thinking cap on, that it would be appropriate to show our support to these charities during and after this event with perhaps some fundraising events linked to the Royal Wedding whilst we all celebrate and watch this historical wedding of the UK's future king.

We are planning a 'street party', albeit that name does not quite sum it up, here in our charming corner of Elviria, in Marbella, and I would now love to combine our party/wedding watching with supporting charities the Royal Family have chosen to include for their wedding and join them in raising money for these very worthwhile causes.

A thought now in progress and I do think if anyone else, which I am sure there are, are also thinking about holding a wedding watching party, they should also consider the fact they would be able to raise money for these very worthwhile charities as well.

Royal Wedding Website