Weekend Update

We've gone camping! Finally! Don't worry though, we made sure to stock Ainslie Wood Co. full of super adorable items for your viewing and shopping pleasure.

Oh Hai Pepper

Pepper has made an appearance on Love It A Lot before, but now I would like to formally introduce you to her as Jane's dog! After a trial period, Jane made the decision to adopt her earlier this week. She's a total sweetheart with the droopiest face you've ever seen in your life. Jane brings her to the shop every now and then, so if you're lucky maybe you'll come in and get a big slobbery Pepper kiss.

PS. SURPRISE MOM.

Luck Be A Lady

I'm on the hunt for a dress to wear to my friends wedding. Pretty much anything from Ruche would be perfect... if only I could make up my mind. Internet, help a girl out.

Wood Swan

Pretty and feminine Floral Lasso totes from SWANclothing. Drool, drool, double drool.

Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Yesterday was a pretty rotten day. A case of the Mondays times a billion. Sometimes the workload gets a little heavy for Jane and I. We tend to bite off more than we can chew sometimes and I'm notoriously bad for that. I'm sure that we can all get a little overwhelmed with life, right?

But then Jane posted an apocalyptic article regarding the BP oil spill on Facebook and it was all over. I won't even link the post because I want you to be able to sleep tonight. Whether it's been debunked or not.

So, in the pits of it all I even told Jane that I wouldn't be going camping this weekend. Even after I saw her post here in anticipation of this weekend.

Insane, right? Because I'm not sure what camping looks like around your parts, or if you got enough of an idea from yesterday, but around here it looks a little something like this:



These were taken last year at Bon Echo Provincial Park, where Mike and I did some interior camping. It was one of the most magical places I have ever been, thick with moss and mushrooms and other delightful sprouts. One morning I woke up alone and saw a tree fall in the forest. And yes, it did make a noise.

I'm still on the fence, because I really do have an insane amount of work to do, and would feel guilty taking time to just relax, but looking at these pictures makes me ache for some outdoorsy Canadian wilderness goodness. Besides, if we are going to die in the next six months due to a methane bubble caused from the oil spill, I'd like to go camping one last time, you know?

Are there any other magical campgrounds that Jane and I should try out? Not that we like to brag or anything, but we're pretty consistently named "Campers of the Year."

Hammock Here I Come

On Friday a bunch of us are going camping. On an island. We have the entire thing to ourselves, and I really can't wait. I've had camping on the brain since sometime last week, so I'm sorry if this blog isn't the most interesting, but it's all I can think of.

These are some stock photos from the camping website. Next week I'll share my own.

Itty Bitty Florals

Liberty of London prints... possibly the prettiest thing ever? We just added two more scarves to the shop and the lovely shoulder bag you see above.

New New New

One of the things I love about the new shop is how much room we have. Room for things! For new stuff! For more stuff! We've been getting a steady stream of new things in over the past few weeks, and I thought it was about time we show some of them off.

First up, meet two of our brand new Simpli Jessi dolls. I feel terrible that I don't know there names right now. Each doll is named and comes with a little card around their neck telling you a bit about them. Adorable.




What's this? White Elephant now has bath & beauty products! We got a supply of body butters, body oils and body scrubs in from Brown Butter Beauty last week, and everything smells so amazing. We also carry Boh Bon Soaps and we can't keep these things in stock. So good.
Did you notice one of these guys hanging out in the pictures above? These beautiful Canadian Beavers made by Amy Belanger are one of my favorite new arrivals. We have big & small beavers, and each one comes with it's own little beaver dam.
We also carry Amy's necklaces, and you can see one hanging out in the picture above.

WORN Fashion Journal! We just got this in last week and what a perfect addition to the store. Since it only comes out twice a year, they were nice enough to send us a bunch of back issues too.

Oh hey guys. I wish I knew your names... you are adorable.
We have a ton of other new stuff too, but I was going picture-taking crazy and had to do some serious editing down to make this post not 100 pictures long. Come check the rest out in person!

Keep Em Coming

Guess what? Hollie and I have some mini-vacations & other responsibilites coming up (among other things, a camping trip, 2 weddings and a cottage trip) so we've decided to deal with this by being EVEN BUSIER.

For the next 2 weeks we are going to be posting LOTS more than usual to Ainslie Wood Co. Every day. We're going to be letting you know about them too.

I Say Death Row, You Say Dames

This weekend was jam-packed. On top of all that pickling goodness, we also celebrated our friend Courtney's birthday. Dirty thirty! To celebrate we took in a Hamilton Roller Girls match. Those girls are hella tough.



But Courtney sure is sweet as sugar, isn't she?



My favourite part? A toss up between the airbrushed Justin Bieber t-shirt and this guy:

Where The Land Stopped

Around this time every year I start missing Nova Scotia. Hard. That province is beautiful in every single season, but summers out East are my absolute favorite.

Two years ago, Hollie, Mike and I took a road trip across the entire province. Mike had never been, so we made sure he got the full experience, barfing off the side of a sightseeing whale boat and all.

While I was there, I spent a week at a friend cottage in Chester while Hollie and Mike explored Newfoundland. A cottage in Chester is pretty much my idea of heaven.

These pictures make me so nostalgic. I think I'll be planning a trip back... soon.

Living Specimen

Adore the Terrarium Necklace from Erica Weiner.