Therapie for Mother's Day!

"It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it."
~The Golden Girls

We all know that the Mothers in our lives deserve far more than just one day in their honour.  Make it count this Sunday and shower that incredible person we all so love with gifts they'll love!

Present your mother the whole world in a small box!  Christian LaCroix's Six Continents Boxed Notebook Set is simply exquisite.  With six beautiful, hardbound books, LaCroix fascination with world fashion and culture comes to life in a colourful collage - Asia, Europa, America, Oceana, Africa and Antarctica.  This is your own Christian LaCroix fashion show across the maps of the world in a slipcase.  A truly worthy gift!

 

   Voluspa Maison Blanc Ceramic Candles are as beautiful to look at as they are to smell.  Pink Citron, Gardenia Colonia and Elysian Garden are my favourite Spring scents and fabulously feminine. 

Wide-brimmed, sun hats are perfect for the Spring and Summer.

Chambray Floppy Hat is a light and cool cotton/linen hat.

Adjustable Ribbon Crusher is just as it's name suggests - crushable, packable and adjustable.  The perfect hat for hot, sunny adventures.

Ribbon Crusher with Bow is also crushable and packable.  Very light and guaranteed to keep sun out.

Anna Floppy Hat is adjustable, practical and chic!

 Traditional but chic florals:

Paperbraid Cloche Hat is one of my favourite hat shapes. 

Women's Paper Fedora - Gotta love a masculine fedora with a feminine floral touch.

Freedom Liberty UK Cotton Pouch is perfectly royal.

  Keeping to the florals theme, this floral wristlet can be dressed up or down and most importantly, can hold a suprising amount of 'necessities.' 

Earth Day Favourites and a Giveaway!

More than ever, this year we should be celebrating the other Mother's Day and appreciate the home that Mother Nature has given us.  If we must consume, let's learn to do so in an environmentally conscious way.  Here are some of my favourite eco-fabulous products.  Come visit us at the Columbus Avenue store on Earth day and you will receive one of my favourite nature-approved items listed here to sample and enjoy with a good conscience!  Keep reading to find out which one!

There is no greater brand than "New York City" to this girl!  Envirosax is still the best eco-tote around in my opinion for many reasons, and it just got better.

 Priti's Soy Nail Polish Remover is a true game-changer.  This product is probably one of my all-time favourites, and if you've been to Therapie, you know how many products we carry.  This is 100% biodegradable, non-toxic and not carcinogenic.  It is derived from farm crops and does not contain any petroleum ingredients.  I can actually say that I love the smell of this remover, which is from the lemongrass essential oils.  Most importantly, it removes nail polish as effectively as anything in the market.

So I can't stop raving about this product, and I desperately need to spread the joy.  So come into Therapie on Columbus and get their latest and greatest Soy Remover Wipe as a gift while stocks last.  Trust me, you will never look back.

Grow your own herbs year-round and in your apartment!  The Organic Basil Bamboo Pots are not just simple, but they look great.  The bamboo grow pot is stronger than maple and completely handmade from all-natural materials.  It's also leak proof with the lacquered lid doubling as an elegant drainage saucer.  Certified organic.

Same concept as the bamboo grow pots are the Glass Grow Bottles.  Hand-crafted from recycled wine bottles these look so cool, combining smart, functional design with a clean aesthetic that is respectful of our earth's resources.  Using simple hydroponics, these vessels grow all types of fresh herbs and can be used again and again.

These Eco Green Thyme and Olive Leaf Candles share the same design theme as the grow bottles and herbal theme too.  These are 100% soy wax candles in recycled wine bottles.  This scent in particular is amazing!  I love natural, herbal scents and this is one of the best we've had at the store.

Ideas Kraft Journal and the Hell Kraft Journal - Minimally adorned with a snarky one-liner is all I need.  Use these lined notebooks for all your great and not-so-great thoughts!

Back to School in Style!

 I hope everyone's Summer has been as much fun as mine!  Unfortunately, good times and frivolous distraction has led to the neglect of my beloved blog, but I have every intention of making up for it!  After an intense and concentrated binge of buying, I am so excited for the upcoming Fall/Holiday season and all the fabulous, fun things to come to Thérapie!  There is also an exciting, new project in the works at the Columbus Avenue store which will be revealed in the next month...all I will say right now, is that it is what I've always wanted!  Let's just say, it will provide some extra special Thérapie.

Hard to believe that after this long weekend, it's back to school already.  Which means there's not much time left to shop for everything you need to kick-off your new school year with the coolest stuff in the class!  Here are a few of my favourite stationery items and accessories for inside or outside the classroom.

 

 

 

Recycled Floral Workbook Set - Pretty trio of workbooks made of 100% post-consumer recycled paper, acid and chlorine free, biodegradable and all vegetable-based inks and glue.  72 lined pages.  Measures 4' x 6'.

Mimobot New 2GB Designer Flashdrives - Yoda, Wampa, My Melody, Hello Kitty Nerd Kitty, Chocolate X.

Hell and Ideas Kraft Notebooks - 7.25' x 9.5', 152 pages.  The perfect repository for your brilliant and not so brilliant thoughts!

Eiffel Tower Notebook - Possibly my favourite notebook.  100 ruled, high-quality pages.  Stitch-bound fabric cover.  Note pocket with 12-week scheduler, index stickers and retro stickers.  7.5' x 9.5'.

Messenger Bag - This bag has it all with its Velcro® slip pocket, two handy slip-ins under the flap, one zip and one slip inside, as well as a removable laptop sleeve (fits standard sizes). Also includes five pen pockets, three card slots and a padded sleeve.

Co-Lab by Christopher Kon's BayDay Bag - The lightest, most stylish duffle bag one could own!  It combines the fashionable shine of durable nylon fabric with the sporty cool of webbing straps. Exterior contains two zip front pockets and top zip closure. Interior contains one zip pocket and two slot pockets. Bag also features an adjustable and detachable strap.

Happy Earth Day!

 

 "Pay your rent for the privilege of living on this beautiful, blue-green, living Earth." ~ Dave Foreman.

 

Love Your Mother Bodysuit in 3-6 months and 6 - 12 months.  Made from 100% bamboo, incredibly silky and with a PVC-free, water-based screen print.  Moisture is absorbed up to for times faster than with cotton - Odor resistant - UV ray protection - Hypoallergenic - Thermal regulating - Anti-microbial - Fast drying - Bacteriostatic.  The wonders of natural fabric!  (avail in-store only)

Windmill Water Bottle - 20oz./600ml. BPA free, no liner, 18/8 stainless steel and decorated with lead-free inks. What's all that mean? That means this is ONE. GREAT. BOTTLE.

Envirosax Bamboo Bags - Take these biodegradable bags shopping!  Made of viscose from bamboo and organic, natural linen.  (avail in-store only)

Green is Good Notebook: "Here Today, Here Tomorrow" - Features a fascinating eco-fact, green tip or quotation on every spread.

Green is Good Notebook: "Enjoy More. Use Less" - Little things make a big difference.  Features a fascinating eco-fact, green tip or quotation on every spread.

Haute Notes - Christian Lacroix Papier

I am one who will always need to write things down rather than type into a PDA.  I carry a pad everywhere I go, and notebooks don't get more mind-blowing than this for me.  Parisian couturier, Christian Lacroix has a line of notebooks featuring his amazing artwork.  Truly a feast for the eyes, ever think you could own a lavish haute couture Lacroix sketch?  These journals inspire me to pen masterpieces worthy of being in such impossibly chic vessels.  This is a place where you want to keep thoughts forever.

 

Christian Lacroix Fashion Sketch "Croquis" Notebook : This Lay-flat journal has 128 ruled ivory pages and measures 6" x 4.25"; Two front and back cover haute couture fashion sketches; A personal title page and a black and white striped ribbon marker which, along with the pattern infused spine, adds that extra-special Lacroix touch.  $10.95

Christian Lacroix Belleachesse Lay-flat Notebook is clean on the outside but it is still lush with details: Black textured die-cut cover with a contrasting red spine and a matching red elastic band closure; Die-cut front end pages; A personal title page; black and white patterned lining on the inside cover and an original watercolor sketch from Lacroix as the frontispiece.  128 ruled pages measuring 5.75″ × 8.25″ for $12.95

Christian Lacroix Virgin Lay-flat Notebook has to be my favourite.  Adorned with beauty, this is the Virgin Mary, Lacroix-style.  With a front and back cover collage; A personal title page; A black and white striped ribbon marker, this cahier has 128 ruled pages and measures 5.75" x 8.25" for $12.95.