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Ill Seen, Ill Said
www.seenandsaid.blogspot.com
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A Toronto-based writer who is passionate about everything style-related (fashion, interiors, beauty, design), I blog daily about what and who is inspiring me. I also love to shake up my blog with a healthy dose of reflection, photography, art and literature. In that way, my blog has become a true reflection of my life and passion.
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Sunday best: Waiting for spring

I spent most of yesterday indoors, waiting for a furniture delivery (heres a peek!) while winter suddenly decided to hit Toronto. I usually like to get out the door early on the weekends, but it was ...

19 h ago

Friday!

A rather disjointed five days - a little head cold threw me off my normal rhythm and left me feeling sensitive, feeling suddenly crummy about lots of different things and thinking too much about the ...

2 days ago

A poem for Thursday

I try to keep an eye on that fine line between enjoying silence and enjoying it a little too much. Without careful attention, silence can turn on you and quickly curdle into loneliness. And you dont ...

3 days ago 2 people like this

On mirrors and imperfect reflections

Ive long been fascinated by lenses and optics, anything that bends and contorts, reflects and glows: Mercury glass, crystal balls, concave mirrors, prisms and lenses; the play of light and object, re...

4 days ago 1 person likes this

Three of a kind

1. Dries Van Noten Spring 2012 via Julie Nobis / Style.com2. Etched Arcadia Mural from Anthropologie3. Gap of Dunloe | Bartlett - my own, purchased here Visit my shop, Coterie. Follow me on Twitter a...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

Bedroom

In the next fortnight, I expect my bed to finally be delivered. It seems like ages ago that I went to Ethan Allen to help me make a final fabric selection. The fabric I settled on is the one you can ...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

Sunday best: Colour pop

I had the loveliest day yesterday. It was the perfect Saturday; both leisurely and productive. I finally broke through that mental block Ive had for the last few weeks and got a major task finished. ...

05 feb 12

Friday!

Dont you feel better now its February? I know I do. January ended on a good note though; a pretty snow storm and an e-mail letting me know Ive won a first prize Canadian Web blog Award for Writing &a...

03 feb 12

Rose

It started out innocently enough. I wanted the perfect shade of pink nail polish. Not one of those ballerina pinks; something with more presence. More of a dusty rose, just the pretty side of muddy. ...

02 feb 12 2 people like this

Inspiring women: Maeve Brennan

Ive been thinking lately that Id like to reread some of Maeve Brennans stories. I went through a phase when I entirely loved her, perhaps over-identified her as I was trying to find a way to understa...

01 feb 12 1 person likes this

Three of kind

1. Tsumori Chisato Paint Print Draped Tee from La Garconne 2. Blush from NARS 3. White Center (1950) | Mark Rothko via NGA Visit my shop, Coterie. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Ill Seen, Ill Sai...

31 jan 12

Apartment updates

I always have a long list of things I want to do or change in my apartment. Whether its painting or getting drapes made, hanging new pictures or the ever-present wishlist of investment furniture. Eac...

30 jan 12

Friday!

Often I reach Friday and it’s like the last clawing mile of a long run, but today I feel energetic and excited about this weekend. I’m going to buckle down to some long put-off chores and I know I’ll...

30 jan 12

Valentino

A complete flight of fantasy... These dresses from Valentino are pure, indulgent daydream. I love the soft and sweet make-up too. I never have bride/princessy fantasies and style-wise am as casual as...

30 jan 12

Icebergs

Its a simple story of physics, the reason icebergs float the way they do: Nine-tenths beneath the surface of the water. But its an irresistible metaphor for beings like us who love to anthropomorphiz...

30 jan 12

Moonchild

The very unstyled view from my coffee table these evenings... Your moonchild blogger is having a tough week, running low on sleep and high on feeling. When Ive got the blues I often think of Joni wis...

30 jan 12

Comrags

The extra mild weather these last few weeks has bounced me right into looking at spring clothing. The new collection from Torontos own Comrags is full of happy-making pieces. Im very picky about neck...

30 jan 12

Friday!

Hooray for Friday! It felt like a week of Wednesdays - a huge hump I just couldnt get over. Januarys early hope sets you up for feelings of listlessness and lack of momentum. You pull the pendulum ri...

30 jan 12

Sunday best: Welcome back, winter

After a ridiculously mild few weeks, winter is back in Toronto. Finally, we can stop whining about how unseasonably warm it is and start complaining about the cold. All is right with the world once a...

30 jan 12

Teixidors

Im still shivering from the walk into work this morning. Id really rather be in bed today. Love these bedding sets from Teixidors, a label spotted at Hollace Cluny on the weekend. Visit my shop, Cote...

30 jan 12

Katherine Hooker

Well, that didnt last long; mild weather is back again! Nevertheless, a perfect excuse to admire Katherine Hookers lovely country apparel. The horse-riding Wicklow woman I have too long repressed lov...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

A poem for Wednesday

I usually tell you something about the poem I pick, or why I picked it. But Im tired today and know I will fuss too long looking for the right words. So, instead, Ill just give you this. By Mark Stra...

30 jan 12

Softly, softly

Being a bookish sort of Flanagan, I dont always wear my love for soft and pretty on my sleeve. But its true, my stoic, studied ways have been known to give way to softer sentiments. And I think thats...

30 jan 12

Friday!

If last week was a week of Wednesdays, this week was threatening to be a week of Mondays, and I just couldnt have that. So I booked today off with no reason or agenda. Im going to do lots of writing ...

30 jan 12

Sunday best: Matinee movie

Snow on the ground is the perfect excuse to retreat to the dark of a theatre in the middle of the day. Im going to see the new Cronenberg film today, although Im sure Ms Knightley will do her best to...

30 jan 12

Book Report: First Loves and Other Sorrows

I picked up First Love and Other Sorrows second-hand after spotting it in a holiday post over on Lottie & Doof. Im usually loathe to take book recommendations, but somehow I knew this was one to ...

30 jan 12

Thomas OBrien

Thomas OBrien is my favourite home designer, not least because he seems as much a collector as a designer. And his spaces remind me more of haphazard professors offices and gentrified old country hou...

30 jan 12

A poem for Wednesday

My reader is bobbing with various notions of love. And Ive always been a strange one when it came to these things, not quite at home with easy, uncomplicated feelings. Todays poem probably betrays to...

30 jan 12

Burst of blue

January isnt one of those simple months. I felt myself teetering more than once, losing confidence, letting things I dont believe in upset me. Each time, I managed to pull myself back, to stretch dee...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

Sunday best: At home

What a strange winter were having in Toronto. Its hard to commit to the day, I find, when the elements are so shifty. Yesterday I found myself sitting at my desk and I couldnt keep my eyes off the sk...

30 jan 12

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