Sneak Peak!

Here, as kind-of-promised, is a sneak peak at the newly designed Precious Pink Designs website!

There are a couple of links that are not working yet so if you click on them it will just take you to the old website. Such as stores, links and accessories. Still working on those. :)

Have a look around! http://www.preciouspinkdesigns.com/neckstoneredblack.html

Just need a few more products to post and then I will unleash it to the world.

Also check out the fun new paper that I bought for taking photos on!

Everything is going to be much more colourful! Colour Colour Colour!

New business card is in the works.

Working hard on the websites.

New dress in Fresh Collective. Photo coming next week :)

Would you believe me if I told you I'm actually working on both my jewelry websites?

It's true!! My "nicoleboudreau.com" website has been under construction since about 2007... and I really think I'll have it done in a month or so. (knocks on wood) (cause I said that in '07) (just being honest).

Anyway here are some new pieces that I've been working on.

There are many more and I am taking tons of photos so you should be seeing more soon.

I may even give you sneak peaks at the newly designed ppd website and the all new nb website.

No promises. ;)

This is what happened next...

I made a necklace with one of the pendants!

I just "happened" to have the perfect red beads to go with that little red flower.

More to come.

Back to the woods...

I have finally been able to get to work on these pendants! I love them so much! I'm having fun making them.

I've been focussing a lot on jewelry in the past month... I SHOULD be focussing on a spring line for D 'n S... but, I do not tell the hands what to do.

This is what they want to make? This is what they shall make.

But seriously, I need to start sewing.

Seriously though... sewing.

A New Addition!

I have this amazing new intern who found me at Fresh Collective and interviewed me for her school project back in November. I invited her to do an internship with me in the new year... which brings us to now, and thanks to her I will be getting a lot more work done on the "internets" part of my business. Such as my primary website that has not been updated in, oh I don't know... 4 years or so?

This is a copy of the slide show from the power point presentation that she did on me!

How cute is this? (and yes I know I say that often... but seriously!)

So excited for the near future!

Stay tuned...

New Location to Shop In!

Precious Pink Designs/Nicole Boudreau is now available in a new location!

In the heart of Kensington Market you will find this cute little gem.

Inside, you will find colourful new jewelry by... yours truly.

ME!!

Check it out!

Fresh Baked Goods

Kensington Market

274 Augusta Ave.

Toronto, Canada

416-966-0123

My Dad

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything here.

This is because I lost my dad a couple of weeks before the holidays.

He was awesome.

He was funny.

He was always there.

And of course, always will be.

Love.

Updates and New Favorite Aprons

It's a mad house at the ole studio these days with preperations to the One of a Kind fully underway. Ups and downs along the way of course, but I do have the help of 3 lovely interns from Ryerson!! Chelsea, Katy and Yvonne. (Hello to the parents who have been googling me... ;))
These ladies are rocking my world! Tons of help.

I'm currently working with denim for the first time. Which in turn broke my serger... which thank-god-fully has been fixed. Production stopped for a day and I almost went crazy... pacing the floor...

I'm so excited about my denim skirts! There is also corduroy in the works. Hopefully I can have some photos by the end of this week. No promises.

For now here are a few of my favorite new aprons that will be available at the show! Notice how the monkeys in the pink apron have pink hearts for bums...

Show at the Drake!

So there's a last minute little show going on at the Drake Hotel this coming Thursday!
A handful of designers from Fresh Collective will be there, including me of course!

The Make Sale presenst - "Living La Vida Local!" (that's us) :)
at The Drake Hotel - 1150 Queen St. West @ Beaconsfield Ave. Room 222
9pm to 1am

Precious Pink Designs - Semi-precious, glass, wood, etc. Jewelry
Zippan Designs - Sterling Silver and Wood Jewelry
Keri Rounding - Hand Felt Accessories
Cipolla - Bags, Wallets, Cute Accessories of the sort
Jordynn Mackenzie - Bags and Wallets

I believe there should be cocktails... but I'm not sure exactly of the venue... so just come out anyway :)

We'll be in Room 222!!!
See you there!

Desserts 'n Skirts at FC

I know I mention Fresh Collective a lot but I'm not sure if I've ever said what exactly it is.

Well... it's a very cute little boutique along Queen West (the shopping mecca for those not familiar with Toronto). There is an average of 20 designer who are members of the store. As a member, you rent out space and work one day a week in the shop.

This is my little 3-foot clothing section for Desserts 'n Skirts.

I also have two jewelry cabinets that the previous jewelry shot was taken from.

I work on Thursdays! You should visit.

And the AFTER

Fabric Fabric Fabric!

Doesn't even look like the same space does it?

Studio

So, we've been in the new studio space since mid June. These photos were taken pretty much that week, right after the move. The photos here are pretty much the four corners of the room, it's one nice, big open space.

The first photo here is my corner. It's where it all goes down.

Notice my empty cutting table, not too cluttered floor (yes some clutter, but in a creative world there has to be).

So, we'll call this photo the before photo, as I am about to show you a more recent photo of my work space. In all it's glory.

Necklace

Notice the necklace on the bust that I made with the pendant I showed you earlier in the month!

This is one of the shelves of the two jewelry cabinets that I have at the store... Fresh Collective.

My blue shelf.

Window Display

Here are the photos of the display that I've had since mid August at the Fresh Collective. My new favorite fabrics on the skirts! I have this window until the end of the month... so merely days left :(. Bye bye window.

More Fun Fabrics

Most of these fabrics are for aprons (especially the psychadelic black and crazy ones) but some I loved so much I though I'd try skirts with them, like the beige and camouflage ones... I'll show you later. ;)

I've been slaving away in the studio for the past couple of weeks. Tons of aprons coming out AND I made a dress!! I love my dress. I've only made the sample which is full of mistakes and fixes so I'll show that one off when I've made more. I'm also going to try and make a blouse out of the same idea of the dress. So much to do and get photos of to show you!!!

Also, I've been slacking off on this blog thing. In my mind I would like to post at least 10 times a month. And it's now the 29th so it looks like you're getting hit with 6 posts in about 3 days.

Not a problem. I have things to show you.

See you in 5.