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Hey guys, I'm actually a little late on posting this here - I think all these missed night's sleep because of work have made me a little loopy, and I totally thought I'd already posted about the move here. Anyway, I've made the switch to Wordpress and started from scratch with a new blog that's a little more focused on travel than fashion. That isn't to say I won't throw in an outfit post or some inspiration from time to time if it the urge strikes, but the blog is mostly devoted to the beautiful things I see and the places I get to visit with my new job!

I'd be so happy if you guys would follow me there, your comments have always been my favourite to read! I'm sad to put Left Hand Endeavor to rest, but it's time for a change!

Fern and Rolland March 29th

As promised, another small update with more on the way soon!

Enjoy!

Blue Polka dot 50s sundress S/M

90s green silky pleated polka dot skirt S/M

60s cream crocheted top S

70's plaid wool jumper M

100% cotton purple and green plaid prairie skirt S

model: Danielle Bird

Fern and Rolland

I realize it's been nearly five months since my last post, which is incredibly hard for me to believe, and I promise to work on a real blogpost soon, for any one who might still be following me after all this time (I miss you all so much!). In the meantime however, here are just a couple of things I put up in the new Etsy shop, Fern & Rolland. There should be five or six more items a week going up for the next little while, and hopefully the pictures will be a little better quality on the next round.

The beautiful lady modeling for me is my wonderful friend Danielle, who I asked to model for me because I think she makes everything look absolutely perfect, and I'm sure you'll agree, she is stunning!

I'm looking forward to get back into blogging more often after all these big changes in my life. I miss all of your wonderful comments and the friends I've made through this community! Hope you enjoy the new items:

Red White & Blue striped sundress XS

Navy & White stars and stripes 90's cropped cardigan

Seafoam Green 1970's ruffle collar daydress S/M

1990s Navy slouchy sweater with silk polka dot bow tie S/M

1960s gingham print minidress with peterpan collar and necktie XS

Daylight Savings Inspiration

This time of year is always hard for me, reading blogs from warmer places where girls are chirping about going outside without tights, and nice sunny warm weather, while Montreal is still getting snowstorms and the ground is a treacherous icy deathtrap....

But daylight savings time came as a bit of a boost this year, longer days accompanied by the occasional melting icicle and the possibility of opening your bedroom window a crack (although it may require piling an extra blanket on your bed) are infusing me with just enough hope for Spring that I managed to drag an ounce of inspiration out of it. So in the name of keeping my spirits high, I'm going to post a couple of dream outfits I've come up with for this Spring/Summer season....enjoy!

(I have to go back into my folder and find the links to all these items, but they're a comin'!)

Cottage Weekend

My Mother, being the wonderful lady that she is, decided to rent us a cottage for the weekend so my sister and her and I, and a couple of family friends could get away from the city for a quiet girls weekend in!
The whole thing was absolute perfection, just enough rainy weather to allow for some good book reading, and old movie watching - we watched the Stork Club! - and board game playing and delicious snack eating! We sat outside in adirondack chairs and read and talked and sipped wine and laughed a whole bunch and it was all absolutely perfect after a week of essays and midterms and presentations!

My sister and I snuck off to explore the woods for a little while and took some photos with her magical camera box...the leaves were extra pretty and the whole thing just reinforced why I love Autumn so much. All those colors, and everything smells so crisp and fresh, and the wind is somehow extra spooky and everything feels eerie in a perfectly mysterious kind of way.
It put me into Fall mood so bad, that I barely had time to put my bags down before setting up shop in the kitchen to bake a double batch of banana muffins with a brown sugar crumble top. I've been on this cleanse-diet thing for about 8 days now and so I couldn't even eat them myself (ok, ok I may have cheated and had a little....) but I handed them out to my roommates, and their parents and they went over very well!

Anyway, the cottage we stayed at was an absolute dream. Right in the middle of beautiful nowhere, and with ceramic tile floors that reminded me of a Spanish villa! There was a fire place and big wing back chairs to sit and read in....And the sun came out just enough for us to shop around the village near by, where I bought some really exciting muffin pan liners and a snail shaped napkin holder! And when we got back it got grey and rainy again, just the way I like it!

Now I think I'll curl up in my bed with some knitting and a Barbra Stanwyck film and get a good nights rest before another big week!

[outfit details]
chambray dress: H&M
blue wool coat: Dear Creatures via ModCloth
Hat & Scarf & Gloves: H&M
Boots: Urban Outfitters

Montreal Blogger Meetup

This blogger meetup has been quite a long time coming actually, and I'm thrilled that it finally happened! Jessica from Aspen Tree Vintage contacted me a while back when I was in Delaware with Quincy and Johnny, suggesting we meet up along the way home. Unfortunately, it was sort of out of our way to stop in Philadelphia at that point, and we had school and work to get back to in a hurry, so it never worked out, but when she told me she would be visiting Montreal I was thrilled to bits!

I was also hugely nervous about playing host to people in my own city. All of the meet-ups I've had have been in other bloggers' territories and they've all been so great at showing me around to the best restaurants and vintage haunts in their neighborhoods, so I felt a lot of pressure to do right by Jessica. As it turns out, they did just fine without me, and while we had a lovely afternoon, I realized in talking to them that they already knew all the best spots to check out!
None the less we enjoyed some of Montreal's best vegan cuisine and then explored some of the prettier (albeit pricier) vintage shops along the Main. Jessica and Peter were endlessly charming, and had nothing but amazing stories of their travels, as well as their lives back in Philly, to tell.
I'm so glad I finally got the chance to meet this lovely blogger and I so look forward to our next meeting! You can read about her Montreal adventures here!

I'm back!

Holy Moly I can barely believe it's already been nearly two months since my last post! I think that may be the longest I've ever gone without a single blogpost! Alas, I am back and very excited to get back into my blog, and my shop (finally) and your blogs and your shops! Montreal had an absolutely perfect Summer weather wise, and between work and moving and new friends, and an almost-Southern-roadtrip-reminiscent-month-long-heatwave, I just didn't ever find a minute that I wanted to spend in front of my computer screen!
School started today however, and the weather seems to have understood that Summer is over and cooled down about 15 degrees from one day to the next! I was very happy to be able to layer tights and a sweater with my dress as I headed to my modern drama class.

As bad as I've been at taking pictures of all the wonderful things I got up to all Summer, I did remember to have my sister, Allison snap a couple of pictures of us at the Brome Fair this labor day weekend. It's a bit of a tradition for me to end my Summer with the fair every year, and I didn't want to skip out on it this year,even though it was cold and rainy most of the day.
Well apparently it didn't deter anyone else either, because the fair was absolutely packed! Despite my anxiety in crowds full of Ed Hardy sporting parents with their litters of five screaming children, I managed to have a fantastic time, got to see sooo many amazing prize winning chickens, and 328lb pumpkin which got me all too excited for my family's annual pumpkin cook-off!

Anyway I really do have to apologize for being such a flaky blogger. I missed the internet world quite a bit, and for the most part tried to keep up with most of your blogs, but I just wasn't feeling inspired enough fashion wise to think up anything worth writing about, and truly I was far too caught up in having a wonderful Summer! My new neighborhood is absolutely lovely, filled with perfect ethnic grocery stores and vintage shops, and adorable cafes with the yummiest breakfast treats. My apartment itself is by far the prettiest I've had so far! The kitchen is an absolute dream, and I've already done so much baking, I will have to start documenting it and sharing recipes I discover with you!

Anyhow, it's safe to say I'm back! I have an exciting blogger meetup to post about later this week, and I also have a little folder building up of Fall inspiration that I'll probably do a post on at some point. I have so much reading and commenting to catch up on, but school starting means more time at cafes studying and then procrastinating with blogposts and comments, it also means colder weather and wanting to curl up in my living room with tea and a blanket and your blogs! I hope you all had a lovely Summer as well, and that the transition into Fall is wonderful. This is by far my favourite time of year!