Montreal Tattoo Convention!

I love getting out to conventions and spending the weekend with awesome friends. I used to work conventions so it's nice to just head out there now and relax have a drink with everyone, peruse the vendors, get some tattoos done and just have fun!

After the Toronto convention this ones my second favorite to go too. They always have SOOOOO many amazing traditional artists in town for the convention and since it's my favorite style of tattoos I get to walk around like a geek and nerd out on amazing artists doing their thing. And over the years I have been lucky enough to get tattooed by some of my favorite artists at this show.

This year we were just down for the  day and I really just wanted to relax and enjoy seeing and hanging out with some awesome friends that I don't get to see to often.

First off it was so rad to spend the day reliving the good old days with my old boss Damian who runs  www.tattoos.com and the Toronto tattoo convention. Got to see one of my fave photographers from when I used to model Steve Prue. Me and Nate got the chance to shoot with him for his spreads for a few different tattoo magazines covering the convention.

I spent part of my afternoon selling swag for tattoos.com at the New Moon booth which was great cause it meant I got to see the talented Glen and Milena (who is apparently a secret creeper of my blog or so she told me so Hi Milena!) work up close and personal and spent a little time with their ever awesome boss Dan Allaston!

I picked up a few goodies...

Super cute printed tank and some awesome post cards for my pen pals that were printed on wood!

Though we planned on staying in town a bit late and heading to the bar with everyone after the convention the weather was complete garbage that day. With wind that could legit push you down the street so we headed back early like the old folks we are and hit the sack!

Also on a tattoo note, I started my back outline this week with the magical Rob Chambers from The Ink Spot. He is such a talented dude that me and Nate count lucky to call our friend. We got all the basic outlines done but have some blood lines still to put in so once that is all done I will get some pictures of the progress up for you guys!

Nail Of The Week

Fall is here! And it is making me feel festive aka my nails are getting darker. I got some cool nail stickers in the mail this week as well that I have been playing around with.

Revlon- Base+Top coat ( not sure if I love this one but I must say my mani didn't chip for 3 days)
F21 Love&Beauty - Mauve/ Purple (but really It's more of a burgundy)

I used the middle nail guides here to get the shape I had going on this week

I loved this look and am fairly obsessed with this color for fall!

New Tattoos!

Got a few in the past month figured I'd post on here for you guys

What We Ate Wednesday

Alright so last week my in-laws were in town. AKA it gave us many excuses to go out and feast at all our favorite places! Here is our week in food picture form lol

We spent one afternoon in the market, took them around to all our favorite stores and vendors and picked up along the way an epic feast! Meats and almonds and smoked gouda from La Bottega, 2 types of brie that we baked from House Of Cheese, baby cucumbers and baby heirloom tomatoes from market stands, Baguettes from The French Baker and roasted garlic that we had got a while back at the Garlic Festival in Perth

The epicness that is The Smoque Shack

Beaver Tails!

Pho at my family's favorite spot for over a decade The Spring Roll House Cafe in Hintonburg

We also went to BOM Burgers on Somerset which was AMAZING from the service to the food but I forgot to bring my camera lol. And we went to Murray Street as well for lunch one day and I can't describe the food magic that was had there we will be heading back for a dinner in the near future for sure!( my camera battery died that day cause we were out doing all types of tourist stuff before lunch)

I made some white wine tomato cream sauce with roasted red peppers and garlic served with some chicken for me and Nate on Sunday

Annnnd I have been feasting on locally grown nectarines this week from the Byward Market!

Needless to say this week I am detoxing from all the redic amount of food we had but it's nice to splurge like that every now and then!

Retail Therapy: Gypsy & Company Edition

I recently went to my favorite local vintage store Gypsy & Company run by my two awesome friends Aria and Tyler. I found the perfect edition to my cowboy boot collection! Do you know how hard it is top find vintage boots in anything bigger than  a size 6? I was clearly beyond stoked. Dear cool weather hurry up so I can wear these new beauts!

After recently celebrating their 1 year anniversary over at Gypsy & Company, my lovely friends decided it's time to renovate! To kick off the renos they are giving their clients this AMAZING offer!

Gypsy & Company Save It For A Rainy Day Store Credit

These "store credit" vouchers will be available through the end of September only folks, so take advantage of this deal while you still can!

$25.00 : $30 in store credit

$50.00 : $70 in store credit
$100.00 : $130 in store credit
$200.00 : $250 in store credit

The rules are simple : you can use your store credit any time AFTER the day of purchase. You can use it all at once or break it up over several purchases, but it applies to vintage clothing only. (guys or gals.) You can absolutely buy them for someone else.
The store credit never expires, and since you pay tax when you purchase the voucher, you pay no tax on the amount of the card when you leave with your treasures!

 

If youy love vintage and awesome local shops please help kick start their renos!

 

p.s. keep your eyes peeled for an awesome giveaway with Gypsy and Co here on the blog this fall!

 

 

Nail Of The Week Giveaway!

So to launch a fun new weekly post on my blog I am doing a super fun little giveaway!

 I am ADDICTED to nail polish, it is by far the one beauty product I am not sure I could live without. Now that being said I am not a nail polish snob, I will use anything from drug store brands to Deborah Lippmann. As long as it's a fun color I am down to try it out. No matter what brands you use they chip in 2 days anyways, and that is half the fun cause I love switching it out to new colors. Keep up with my fun new weekly post to see my adventures in Nail Art!

Here is my first Nail Of The Week look!

Essie - Good To Go top coat
OPI - Black Onyx
Essie - Sand Tropez

It was super fun to have a different look on every nail and to play around with nail stickers. I have not quite mastered the half moon look yet but I am working on it!

GIVEAWAY

Alright ladies here is your chance to win a fun little haul of F21 Love&Beauty polish! Win all 8 of these polishes along with some fun little nail art suprises!

Here is how you can enter to win:

1.You can get one entry to this contest by simply commenting " I Love Nail Art!" on this blog entry

 2.You can also get an entry by adding me on Twitter and tweeting the following " Dearest @MissWrenxo  I want to win the Nail Of The Week Giveaway"


*plz make sure you guys are leaving me a way to get a hold of you if you win*


That gives you all 2 chances to win this awesome little bundle of polish!!

I will be doing the draw next Sunday so you all have a week to enter, good luck to everyone!

Blog Neglecting...

Sorry about the lack of blogging lately guys! The mix of the insane back to school rush at work along with my in-laws visiting = I haven't even opened up my laptop in over a week!?! Spent last night decompressing on the porch with a bottle of wine and some great company. I feel like a new stress free woman lol.

While Nate's parents were in town I got the fun chance to play tourist in my own city! In the every day hustle I tend to forget all the amazing and gorgeous stuff this city has to offer. Needless to say I had a great time rediscovering our national landmarks.

We went to parliament and up the peace tower, and returned at night to see the Mosaika light show. IT WAS AMAZING! If you are local you have to go one night in September, it starts every night at 9pm. Watching it made me feel cheerily patriotic, as well as in awe like a little kid cause it was so cool!

Here are some tourist shots lol dont judge me <3

Annnnd night time for Mosaika

Many more pictures from the past week or so to come lots of them include food lol so expect em on Wednesday. Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!