anna shoub

The stencil that saved the Floor

Finally have a photo of my studio floor. It turned out a tad more neon than I had anticipated. I painted these giant stencils on and now I’m a happy camper. Stencils can be found here.

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Hankies in the Wind

Just got a new shipment of vintage hankies. I washed them and hung them up to dry on my neighbour’s line since we don’t have one yet. The prettiest site I saw today.

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Drum Roll Please

Here it is folk, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Photos of our new/old, colourful and beautiful on the inside/ haunted on the outside house. I’ll say the same thing I say to everyone that walks into my home…Please excuse the mess. I know I have a good excuse, but the truth is it…

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Crawling to the Starting Line

I wish I were six years old. On Wednesday the school bus dropped Dusty off in front of his new home for the first time. He walked into a house with boxes stacked up to the ceiling, no refrigerator or kitchen counter, no sink in the bathroom and furniture stacked on top of each other.…

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A very Random Story/ Angels in NYC

The randomness of this story was either caused by old age (My life flashing before my eyes), serious procrastination (because I should be packing boxes for our move in a few days) or because of the randomness of the internet. Today I was doing the usual time wasting on the internet. I decided to google…

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The countdown.

Well, we are one week away from moving day. I wish I could say there was a toilet a tub, a sink or a put together kitchen counter, but instead I’ll say we work well under pressure. I think I really understand what it means to be overwhelmed. I’m not nervous. I’m just moving really…

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Spring Has Sprung in My Mind

Two Weeks from moving date is not the best time to get spring fever, but one can’t always control these things. Right now I should be packing boxes or painting our bathroom, but it’s just so darn glorious outside. It’s Nova Scotia cool, but the light is screaming hope and flowers. In the midst of…

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Old Ivory

This is one of my new Priscilla wedding fascinators. I love this hand dyed ribbon. It’s made from silk velvet. It seems so bridal to me, but I wonder if there’s someway of using it for us non brides.

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Front Page Joy

It’s always so much fun when I go to check my etsy shop and I can tell by the ton of new hearts that I was probably on the front page. Here it is. It’s always a thrill.

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Cutting Edge Stencils To The Rescue

So, I finally got the floors in my studio painted. I have this very pretty soft green on the wall. I thought I’d try one shade darker for the floors. Well, little did I know that The high gloss of the floor paint would turn the apple green into a neon safety green. Combined with…

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