2008 November 28 | Being Emme

November 28, 2008 By Emme 6 Comments

In case you didn’t notice on flickr, I am ‘unleashing my inner freak’ this Christmas with the designs of Salty Bean!

A Salty Bean Original by you.

In all seriousness though (cause let’s face it I don’t just leave Christmas for unleashing my inner freak), one of my favourite new Vancouver designers has a couple craft fairs coming up and for no other reason, then that I want her to be successful so she keeps making cool stuff for me to outfit myself, my family and my many nieces with, I am thinking it might be in my best interest to share this little gem with the rest of you cats.

So whom is this designer that I speak? The brand is Salty Bean and the designers are a mom and daughter team, Jen Hong and Morgan. They started by making dolls / mini monsters that caught my eye, as they have some that are actually anatomically correct. Since then they’ve started on clothing, key chains, bags, hats and whatever else titillates their imagination.

Cute little beans by you.

Where can you find them? Well – this weekend, November 29th and 30th, they will be at the Women’s Winter Faire from 11 am to 6 pm at Heritage Hall at 3102 Main St (at the corner of 15th). If you can’t make this weekend, they will be there again on the weekend of December 20th and 21st at the same bat time and same bat place.

Just be aware, if you get between me and a Salty Bean design that I want, I bite.

See you there this weekend!

Emme

Vote for a Van Sexy (by Saturday Nov 29th)

November 28, 2008 By Emme 3 Comments

Not surprisingly, Van City’s sexy and savvy blogging community is making headlines again. This time with the 2008 Canadian Blog Awards. The first round of finalists are up and at my count there are 20 different Vancouver blogs in the mix. A few nominated in several categories.

Ideas on Tap (October '08) by outcome3.com.

Photo by Outcome 3

One Sexy In Van blogged about boy, hummingbird604, has been nominated in a whopping three categories – Best Blog, Best Local Blog, and Best Personal Blog. Congratulations Raul! Obviously your typing is just as enrapturing as the way you sashay your way through a room.

And of course, what sort of blogging awards would this be without Sexy In Van blogged about gal, Miss604. This Van Sexy darling has been nominated to two categories – Best Blog and Best Local Blog. I’d be shocked if we don’t see Rebecca in the final round of voting. Work it girl, work it – oh yeah your sexy! (In case you’re wondering, yes I’ve clearly decide to start drinking in the morning now)

New Miss604.com Look by miss604.

Also nominated in two categories are Matthew Good in Best Blog and Best Personal Blog and VanCityBuzz in Best Local Blog and Best New Blog. Way to go guys!

So go and vote for your favorite blog. Round 1 of voting (based on my calculations) is from Sunday November 23 – Saturday November 29. Round 2 with the final finalist will be from Sunday November 30 – Saturday December 6.

Here are all the Van Sexies nominated (in no particular order) and the categories to which they’ve been nominated to! Best of luck and plenty of kisses to all the nominees.