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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Greta Grip

Swtich-Swatch Switch-Swatch (2007, 2010)

As part of the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project, Spins & Needles is profiling some of the makers who have contributed to this public art installation at Winterlude [...]

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Tagging the Cozies

Tagging the Urban Cozies

Winterlude 2010 has arrived! It’s been busy behind the scenes, so we’ll be giving you little photo montages of what happened pre-festival in the next few posts [...]

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The Urban Cozy Project at Winterlude 2010 Press Conference

Winterlude Press Conference with Cozy

The Winterlude 2010 press conference took place last Tuesday at noon at one of the festival sites, Confederation Park. One of the highlights of this [...]

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Parc Jacques-Cartier

Walk down wintery lane, Parc Jacques-Cartier

This past week we took a walk through Parc Jacques-Cartier to check out the second site where the public art installation will go.

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Winterlude Site

Confederation Park 

It snowed for about six straight days in Canada’s capital, starting last week. (And I mean straight – each time you looked out the window it was snowing!) So that means [...]

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Street Art + Craft Inspiration: A Prelude to the Winterlude Project

San Francisco Street Art Graffiti in San Fran’s Haight District (2007)

So what ‘s the inspiration for the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project  next month?

Throughout the years we’ve [...]

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Holiday Sites and Sounds: Part 4 – Shopping

The last of my photos during the Christmas week. Were you brave enough to head out to the malls yesterday on Boxing Day? Here’s photos I took of some glittery window displays along Oxford Street in London a couple years ago.  Enjoy and see you in 2010!

Holiday Sites and Sounds: Part 4 – Shopping

Holiday Sites and Sounds: Part 3 – Food

Part three of Holiday Sites and Sounds photos to remind you of all the delicious food and sweets being eaten this week!

Merry Christmas "God Jul" Cookies (Copenhagen)

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Holiday Sites and Sounds: Part 2 – Decoration

Part two of Holiday Sites and Sounds photos to get you inspired for some last-minute holiday making: decorations!

String of Glass Ornaments (Copenhagen)

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Holiday Sites and Sounds: Part 1 – Lights

Last year (before I actively started blogging), I was lucky enough to spend the days before Christmas in London, UK, Copenhagen and Stockholm. It may be nostalgia, it may be novelty, but there’s something exciting about being in a European city during the holiday season.

First up, the fabulous light [...]

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