Located in one of T.O.'s coolest neighbourhoods 'The Beach', is a unique salvage savvy store called Kimberley Jackson. Already enjoying huge success in their cottage location in Huntsville, their store on Queen East is how to nab KJ goodies downtown all year round. The store is full of furniture & accessories made from salvaged architectural pieces so naturally Echoes in the Attic was a perfect fit. You'll find Echoes Eco-Bags as well as soft, squishy, down-filled pillows made from designer ends & antique chenille's all displayed on uniquely crafted pieces you won't find anywhere else in the city...or the planet actually. Each KJ creation is one of a kind, hand-crafted & finished not to mention, easy on the environment. 1854 Queen St. E. one block west of Woodbine.
This year's T.O. Film Fest. is especially exciting for us at Echoes as we were asked to design special eco goody bags in combo with The Global Group (known for their eco-kindness through their fabric donations to us) and Grand & Toy who is filling each bag with environmentally conscious products.The lucky recipients will be the V.I.P.'s visiting the cyber-cafe/press area...do you think Brad & Angelina might want a skookum, new, rescued remnant tote for all those diapers?
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n the antique hot spot of Queen St. E. in Leslieville Toronto sits the sweetest little store called Simply Home. It's robin's egg blue/brown facade with a window box full of flowers can't be missed as the shabby chic wares spill right out onto the street. You'll find re-claimed furniture in historic greens, pale blues and whites as well as many accessories including a boat-load of Echoes pillows, both designer remnant & chenille plus handbags, totes & diaper bags. This store is worth a weekly perusal as their stock changes often...chandeliers, breakfronts, bark-cloth, chairs, side-boards, dinette sets, lamps. It's a small gem in an up and coming area known for it's unique cottage style in the city. You may wonder where popular Toronto Stylists score their pieces for t.v. & magazines...you've found it. Enjoy Simply Home!
In the quaint little fishing village of Steveston B.C. there's a store that's suits us to a tee and we've wanted to be a part of for quite some time. Here's a shot of our bags hanging in "Pieces". It's new owners and I do their order completely over the net with rounds of pictures till they get just what they want. They have very good taste in my opinion. We're happy to say they're selling well and we're looking forward to our next shipment to them. I wouldn't mind flying their selections to them each month to hang out with my sister who lives there but, alas that carbon footprint would be nasty. If you're anywhere near this sweet little town, check out "Pieces" especially Canadian, accessories.
Here's a shot after many hours of 'mining' for remnants at The Global Group in north T.O. http://www.globaltotaloffice.com/ We've been given access to some discontinued bolts of fabric and had a blast designing new combinations for our Tote Bag.
Recently Global & Echoes co-produced a whack-load of tote bags for the World Wildlife Foundation of Canada's Volunteer Service Awards. Now their animal-lovin' volunteers are carrying around an Echoes tote with Global's sentiments on the label...Think Global - Think Recycled. Our successful teaming with Global nets us about 200 - 500 lbs of fabric every 2 - 3 weeks of rescued remnants diverted from the landfill. Thank you Global for being such a behemoth company with a planet conscience to eco-donate to the little guy like us!
Our 'intern' Kirstin and I drove to pretty, little Port Dover yesterday to load into Cottage North Soap Works. It was far (2 1/2 hrs) but worth the drive. What a pretty town and Cottage North...WoW! The scents, the sites, a total 'yum' for the olfactory. The owner Robin Laing, has consistently sold out of Echoes products every time she orders and that's been about 6 times since February. If you're in the area of Port Dover, check out Cottage North and it's unbelievably sweet offerings.
Hey how cool is this...here's a shot of how we spent our morning. The gang at BT on Citytv may be used to getting up this early (4am)...we're not, but no problem. We made it to T.O. in record time (of course no cars on the road at 5am) with my car full of models, my daughter, her friend and my niece...teens on no sleep equal a giggle-fest. Landing at Dandelion Mud Pie at Yonge & Fairlawn by 5:50 we rolled 'live' at about 7ish on a myriad of great eco-savvy wares including our own line of 'rescued remnant' handbags.
Jennifer Valentyne was great to hang out with. What a pleasure meeting her... interested in all things eco and wholly man, is she ever good at remembering names.
Hope you'll all check out this store as earth day approaches on the 22 and help stretch the meaning of the day out as long as we all can.
