Our last pop up, and the next.

A few weeks back, we participated in the second Wildwood Rose Vintage Festival. The first few hours were great. There was an amazing turn out and the sun was shining temporarily. Unfortunately the clouds rolled in, and before we knew it the rain came and put an end to our day. There was one point where we saw a wall of rain out of nowhere and in the 20 seconds we ran to get our giant tarp to cover everything, it was too late. Everything got soaked, so we spent the rest of the day doing laundry and wiping everything down. That said, it still was a pretty fun day, and we are looking forward to the next event which is only a week away!

Next Saturday, find us here:

The Good Will Social Club at 625 Portage Ave for the "Smart Design Mart". We'll be there with a bunch of our friends from noon until 5, so come and find us! Click this Facebook page for more info.

All set up!

This girl's outfit was so on point - roller-skates and all.

 The day started out nicely, and we are getting pretty quick at setting up!

Unfortunately we are the only ones there without a tent to cover us, so this massive tarp helped...a little bit. At least friends showed up!

Thank goodness for wine and good friends to get you through the day!

See you at the next one, which thankfully is indoors (and sangria is on special!) so it won't matter what's going on outside, it'll be a party on the inside!

Hope to see you there!

XO, Erin & Stef

Dunton Hot Springs, the wedding.

Alright, here's part 2 of my trip to Dunton - the actual wedding! And what a wedding it was!

Introducing Christeleny and Michael Berner!

A beautiful waterfall behind us and a handsome man on my arm, I truly felt like I was on cloud 9.

Wild daisies everywhere you looked.

Champagne with pals right before the bride came down the aisle.

The beauty of a bride and her father who stole the hearts of everyone that weekend.

Lounging around in the library after the ceremony.

Gareth, Christeleny (the most beautiful bride) and me.

Glassware and beautiful flowers as far as the eye could see!

Relaxing with yet another glass of wine before dinner.

Oh, dinner was truly incredible. Roasted beets, the best mushroom bisque i've ever tasted, and roasted rack of lamb with roasted potatoes. 

Dessert was off the charts, naturally.

Dunton Hot Springs (Part 1)

Well you guys, I can honestly say that Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado is what dreams are made of. It's one of those magical places that I was lucky enough to spend 4 days at with my love, but chances are high that I will most likely never get the chance to go back. I wish that photos would do it justice, but they won't, but i'll try anyway because this place was too amazing to not show you guys.

Gareth and I were 2 of 40 people invited to a very intimate 4 day wedding in Dunton. Gareth had been friends with the bride Christeleny when he lived and worked in New York for a year, a few years back. I had the chance to meet Christeleny this Winter in New York, and I somehow made the cut to be invited to this extravagant event.

We arrived at this fairy tale camp site on Thursday afternoon and spent a few hours settling in and meeting the other guests. Of course there were cocktails too.

This bar in the saloon (yes there was even a saloon) had Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's names engraved in it. Apparently they hid out here drinking whiskey after a heist in nearby Telluride, Colorado.

Exploring the beautiful venue.

And this, my friends, was the mind-blowing hot springs. They built this incredible building around one of the hot springs and it's connected to a second hot spring just behind where I stood taking this photo. 

As if this place is real. I sat in the hammock a fair amount, in between dips in the 105 degree pool of course.

I still can't believe this place was my temporary home for a few nights.

This was our cabin for the time we were there. It was pretty incredible. As was this view. 

It was hard to get a good shot of the inside, but Gareth snagged this panoramic shot.

The second day we started off with a good ol' fashioned horseback ride! All suited up and ready to ride! I hadn't ridden a horse in over 20 years and was a little nervous, but my horse "mama" was super chill and did all the work while I sat there and took in the breathtaking beauty surrounding me.

Look at this cowboy!

It's no surprise, but the food during the entire weekend was out of this world. This was from a lunch before we went for a hike. Fish and pork tacos - so incredibly delicious.

And then we hiked! First we checked out the waterfall that was a 5 minute walk away from our cabin.

Then we hiked (with our new friend Ana Maria) until we hit the end of Geiser Trail. I guess I figured it would be a little more "Old Faithful" and less of a murky pool, but the hike did not disappoint. It started pouring rain and then it hailed, but we had a wonderful time and made it out alive. 

He's a pretty great hiking partner, and just partner in general.

Ok you guys, I would apologize for the photo overload, but in this case, there's no way i'm going to do that. Stay tuned for even more photos from the actual weekend coming up soon!

XO, Erin

Pop-Up Shop 2.0!

A couple of weeks ago we had our first outdoor pop-up event of the summer! It was hosted by Wildwoodrose Vintage Market downtown in our old stomping grounds, the Exchange District, and we had a blast! It felt so good to be back in that area of town and that we got to see all of our old friends and some familiar faces again. 

Didn't make it out to our last event? Well, not to worry because Wildwoodrose is hosting another vintage market this Saturday, July 18th from 10am-4pm in West Broadway on 167 Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg. Spending the afternoon rummaging through vintage gems outside on a beautiful day sounds like a pretty great way to spend a Saturday to me!

Here is a little peek at what you can expect from this next pop-up event as well as a look at some of our behind the scenes prep:

I feel that it goes without saying that anytime we have some sort of event there will be coral and/or mint colored paint involved somewhere, and this event was no exception! We decided that we wanted a bit of a new look so we designed and built a new backdrop display for our booth and I must say, it turned out pretty darn cute!

Making new sandwich signs was also a must! This is also a sneak peek at our new logo which will be coming soon when we launch our blog makeover in the upcoming weeks! (as well as our new online shop! So stay tuned friends... there are plenty of exciting new things on the horizon!)

Voila! The final product turned out better than we even imagined! We really wanted to make our signage and display bright and eye-catching so that we would stand-out as much as possible and I think that we accomplished that mission fairly well!

Our backdrop is actually a giant pegboard that we constructed out of pieces of plywood and a giant drill bit. We cut down wooden dowels to make oversized pegs to hang shirts from as well as little white handmade shelves. It held up great all night and wasn't even phased by a little bit of a breeze. Not to mention we had so much fun setting up because we basically had the chance to start with a blank canvas and create whatever we wanted! (aka our favorite part.)

We planted a bunch of cute flowers and plants in vintage pots and planters that are also up for grabs!

Well friends, that gives you a bit of an idea of what to expect on Saturday! If you are in the area we would love for you to stop by between 10am-4pm and come say hello! 

XO, Stef