Upside of heat waves...

I know! I know! I was supposed to do a post Saturday on new items and I didn't. It's 'cause it's so darn hot around here that it puts me to sleep, but if you know me well enough it really doesn't take much for that to happen!

Anywho so heat waves and impromptu naps aside, i've got a bunch o' goodies to show you, hopefully enticing you to come and stop by the shop, even just for a chat.

We have a tonne of great clothes going up this week, some last minute summer sale items, and a whack load of new fall pieces will be going up next week. Here's a few shots to tease.

White leather sack purse $35, blue & turquoise & white enameled necklace $20. Plum wool '50s frock $40, weaved cane '70s wedge peep toes $35. Beige and black '60s scooter dress $25, red patent '60s purse $30.

On the decor front we have beautiful new pottery in store, some great figurative knick-knacks too! The Beauceware white/blue/yellow curved bowl/plant pot is $45. The green glaze dish/ashtray is $20. The set of crackled perforated pottery lamps on teak bases are $65 a piece. The Mexican piggy bank is $35, white plastic Contempra rotary phone is $25, Kosta Boda Sunflower glass candle holder is $25 and the atomic teak and olive ceramic lamp is one of a set for $250. Lastly the attributed Murano Sommerso lighter is $45 and the carved wood alligator is $35.

Sooo like I said keep checking back, we triple promise that there will be lots of great things up on the site before the weekend is upon us.

xomike.

Upside of August!

Woo Hoo! It's August which is like the busiest birthday time of the year, all that winter time lovin'! Which has kept us busy bees running the shop and attending summer parties in our free time. But we've also been out on buys when we can and bringing in new stock quite frequently, almost weekly in fact. Sooo I thought it would be nice to keep our blog readers updated with some new product shots. We try our best to get new stock up online, but it's a ton of work and sometimes things sell so quickly. Excuses aside I'm making a point of keeping this Saturday stock update going so check back every week.

Below are some photo highlights from buys over the past two weeks. The circular walnut coffee table($225) is a beaut! It was made by Interiors International Limited from Montreal. We don't know too much about the manufacturer, so if you have any info send it our way. We also picked up these lovely late '50s rattan basket chairs($175 each) with pop floral tufted cushion covers. These have a great black rod slender frame, and are great for indoor/outdoor use. I have an orange corduroy version myself at home, which my cats love a lil' too much.

We also just got in this awesome set of three Fritz Nagel stackable chromed steel candlesticks($25 a piece), which some people have very large collections of. I've also seen coloured versions and another site Fandango carries some variations by Nagel. Also pictured is a Czech glass vase($40) designed by Frantisek Peceny for Sklo Union. Similar stylings to the work of Finnish designers like Tapio Wirkkala. In the second photo we have a super cute set of Treasure Craft owl salt & pepper shakers($12). They have joined our the Japanese gnome cookie jar($35), lil' English toy dude($15) and stack of '70s Ironstone toast plates($4 a piece/8 available) in that corner of our home accessories bookcase.

As for attire, we recently picked up these adorable cognac leather ladies brogues($30) in mint condition and these oh-so pretty leather coin wallets. The blue and turquoise ones($12 each) have tiny gold fleurs-de-lis imprints and are made in Italy and the larger orange one was buttery smooth, but it just sold yesterday.

Items will be posted within the week. Check back next Saturday for our next preview. Have a great weekend! Mike

Oh the Electronic Age...

More options for you! We now accept debit and credit cards in the store. Online debit and credit card payments may not be far away, but for now its available for in shop purchases only.

For online payments, email interac is also an option and can be arranged. Email us for details, upsidedive@gmail.com

We've added new decor and attire items online and will continue to add items throughout the upcoming week. You can check out the New Products link in the online shop for the latest goods.

All for now.

Angie & Mike

It's been one week...

First Week!

Yes we have wrapped up the first week at the new store and are thankful for the wonderful neighbourhood response we've received so far.

Here are a few pics... we've

already changed up the windows and will be bringing in new items

weekly (new stuff posted next week), so please stop

by even if it's to just say hi.

A big thank you, thank you, to all our supporters, friends, family, and neighbours for their continuing love and well wishes.

xoxo

Mike & Angie

NEW SHOP-UPDATE!!!

We've been optimistic attempting to open on schedule, although we missed the weekend, we are almost there hooray! The new shop at 269 Queen St. East will officially open Wednesday June 10th. Hours are:

Mon/Tues closed (appointments possible)
Wed/Thurs -10-6pm
Fri- 10-7pm
Sat- 10-5pm
Sun-12-5pm

We are located on the south side of Queen Street East, between Sherbourne and Parliament.

A few changes to note: Prices will no longer include sales taxes and will be charged additionally. We are awaiting a POS system to accept credit cards and debit but until then, cash is main method of payment.

Hope to see you soon in the new space!
xoxo
Ang and Mike

Upside of...Painting.

So if you haven't heard yet, we're moving! The new shop will be open at 269 Queen St. East as of Saturday, June 6. Of course there's a lot of prep work that goes into a new location and painting is one of them. Yup. We spent the day painting and boy does paintin' suck. White on white is especially tricky though apparently there's this nifty blue tint that Ace Hardware makes that you add to the paint and then after 24 hours disappears to leave a pure white paint job.  Wish we would have known, of course teaches us that planning before painting is a very smart thing. But before we walked into the hardware store to buy whatever paint we came across, we thought we might try out a product we had heard about a lil' while ago, Boomerang Recycled Paint. Made from mixing unused old domestic paint and for a measly $14.99 a can, how could we go wrong! So we stopped in our local Salvation Army and purchase two cans and now that we've done the dead are quite happy with the colour we chose. We won't spoil it, you'll have to come see yourself. Tomorrow, more painting(ugh!) and some cleaning(double ugh!) But when the job's all done, we will be two very happy folk.

M&A

WARDOBE SALE THIS SATURDAY!! ALSO LAST SATURDAY AT 51C BLAKE

This Saturday May 23rd, half of UpsideDive will be attending the CAFTCAD Movie Wardrobe Sale held at 225 Commissioners St., Toronto, ON (south entry gates after Saulter St.) from 9-5pm. Sure to be a blast, the sale offers many vendors selling vintage and contemporary clothing/garments (some of which have been included in film and television), as well as a few food vendors. There is a $3 entry fee for non-members -with members, seniors, and children admittance is free. This is a cash only event so be sure to bring some moula as there will be much to catch the eye. For more info on CAFTCAD (CANADIAN ALLIANCE OF FILM & TELEVISION COSTUME ARTS & DESIGN), check out their blog: caftcad.blogspot.com

SHOP ALERT! OPEN SATURDAY THE 23RD FROM 11-5pm. Any of you wishing to visit the showroom before our move to the new retail space, can stop by this Saturday between 11-5pm to say goodbye to 51C Blake st, and buy a few items while the taxes are still on us.

A quick update to say the new shop on Queen E. is under way and we hope to be open June 6th (details to follow).

So however you spend your weekend, we hope it is sunny and full of joy.

Much gratitude,

Mike & Ang