Copyright 2008-2010 ShopElroy.com Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:24:18 CST ShopElroy.com http://www.ShopElroy.com/ info@ShopElroy.com info@ShopElroy.com en-us http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/40 Artist and Central Saint Martins graduate Nick Gentry creates recycled art with obsolete media storage as his medium. After assembling canvases by puzzling together floppy disks with all kinds of different data, he paints portraits of over them. 'The floppy disk stands firm and lives on as a metaphor for the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, mass production and the throwaway culture of today.' I am loving his take on recycled art, to know you can take something so unusable, and bring Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:17:06 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/39 This video may be focused around India, but in listening to what these folks had to say, they very well could have been talking about where I am working - Indonesia. In any case, the message is the same. Social responsibility is important no matter where you embark in it. I have been honoured to work with amazingly skilled craftsmen and local small scale fabric mills. It really is all about offering something different, something fresh, something beautiful, and something with a story behi Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:49:43 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/38 We have had such good a good reaction, it looks like we are expanding the sweater assortment for next fall. The other day I went to our local production house, and I got to watch them start a few of our new samples. So exciting! Check out the hand knitting that takes place - what an arm workout! Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:37:25 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/37 So I heard this morning about the opportunity to write an article for the National Post - on being an entrepreneur. They are looking for about 500 words. Now I must say, that is a pretty broad subject, for me at least. So I am not really too sure on which direction to take this writing. Shall I hit 'em hard with all the difficulties, drawbacks, hardships, struggles and overall anxiety that running your own business can create? Or should I tug on the heartstrings by mentioning how grateful I am, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:32:14 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/36 This morning I was up at an appalling hour. The nearby mosque started its call to prayer earlier than usual...I was woken up at 3:48am. Needless to say, I knew today was gonna be a tough one to pull off! Energy levels were needed, and this song literally had me dancing out of bed. Love'n the Temper Trap today. This was the first I'd seen the live version of it, thought I'd share. What a voice. What songs do you play in the morning to get the juices flowing? Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:18:50 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/35 I want to know What you ache for, and if you dare to dream. I want to know If you are willing to look like a fool for love, for your dreams, and for the adventure of being alive. I want to know If you can be with joy. If you can dance wildly and let the ecstasy fill your body without cautioning to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. I want to know If you can sit with pain without moving to hide it, to fade it, to fix it. I want to know If you Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:59:28 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/34 It doesn't matter how many fashion short films I watch, I always come crawling back to this one. The visuals, the music...everything is spot on. Fashion hard on. Sorry, but it really is the only way I can describe it! :) Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:53:28 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/33 Okay folks. Just in case you had a week like mine and are feeling a bit of a struggle...This song (and version) will always put a smile on my face. Lykke Li and Bon Iver jamming acoustically? Don't mind if I do. Happy, happy. Joy, joy. Now get out there and 'dance, dance, dance!' Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:06:25 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/32 "Blue Skies" by Noah and the Whale. Taken while in Bali. Contemplating life/lounging brain dead in 35 degree temperature on beautiful Petitenget Beach. I am a lucky, lucky girl. Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:37:43 CST http://www.ShopElroy.com/blog/31 Here is an old video of the Spring 2010 photoshoot. That's my girl Kelly, working it for the photographer Renat. Wow, this shoot feels like so long ago...Thanks again to all those who put in all that hard work! I was so thrilled after that shoot. Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:58:39 CST