After much testing, retesting, editing, modifying, uploading, and more…Spring has finally arrived in Crywolf. We have been hard at work coming up with new designs and new products for our Spring 2010 line. This is our first launch of the new year and there will be many more goodies to follow.

We are introducing a bunch of new characters that will be here to stay. Meet Chloe & Wolfe.

They are the Crywolf  mascots. They travel far and wide and like to play games. They live in the Woodlands and have many animal friends, which you will meet along the way.

Here are the infamous Wolfgang trio – Noah, Wally, and Cole.

They’re always up to some kind of mischief. You’ll be seeing more of them as well!

That’s it for now, until next time…

In the meantime please go here for the latest posts/updates!!

one good thing about a rainy day is rainboots!

us in front of the awesome window display! thumb up!

we were colourful & happy

waiting to cross.

After that we slowly made our way through downtown traffic and checked out some art. We both aren’t huge fans of dark blues but agree that Yves Klein blue is the most soothing colour. We then proceeded to have the best lunch ever at AZN Legend (soup filled dumplings ftw!).

Yves Klein blue, but not Yves Klein. Tom Burrows @ Bau Xi

A bonus LOL for y’all:

Mr. Chang being goofy in his meowzer Tshirt

Today we dropped off some shirts to Drysdale & Co. who are now carrying Crywolf! If you’re in the east end of Toronto (107 Danforth Ave)  you should definitely take a look.

I wish I had taken a shot of the inside and the lovely ladies working there. Next time! It’s a nice shop filled with a ton of great stuff. That’s what I liked most about it, that there’s such a diverse range of products. I almost had to slap my own hand to stop myself from buying something.

S’all for now! If you haven’t already, check out our freshly released Battle Royal collaboration design available for girls and guys and a couple of new accessories.

When we got there for setup we got our first look at the collaboration t-shirt (available SOON! like tomorrow!) we did with our buddies over at Pause. This meant we had very little time to sew tags! Finally, I found a secluded area with an outlet and sewed them up 15 minutes before show opening. It’s just how you gotta roll sometimes.

As usual we saw some people making very strong fashion statements. I mean, it IS the clothing show after all. Wolfie heads enforced for identity protection:

Below = photo op FAIL. It’s clearly the back Jessica Biffi’s head (Project Runway Canada, anyone? Bueller?). I just thought about how awkward it would be to be a pseudo celeb… recognizable but probably could never get into anything for free. Bummer.

Lastly, say hai to the cutest yorkie ever!:

We gladly held onto this lil gal while her mom did some shopping and <3′d every second of it. I think her name was Momo. She turned up as a blurry blob in every photo because she was scurrying around like crazy. GAH so cute.

S’all for now, folks. We’re currently working on a bunch of stuff including a new cart interface that’s going to rock butt. Tomorrow we’ll have our brand new collab shirt up for sale so check back!

In the smaller gallery was the show organized by the ABRAWD girls in which we had our prints and a personal piece I submitted. The walls were covered with works from ceiling to floor, there was so much to look at. I took in as much as I could before a crowded-and-rubbing-against-strangers-bodies induced art-show-anxiety-attack could take hold.

Can you spot the crywolf?

bzzzzzz bzzZZz:

Eventually we want to do more editions of art prints of our designs. But right now I must attend to some pressing issues ie. cutting my jeans into shorts because it’s THAT HOT OUT right now. partay!

printing

Here’s a little preview of some art prints we made for an upcoming show! We won’t give too much away until after the opening but we did a series of 3 prints (approx 4.5 x 4.5″) in editions of 3, based on an existing shirt design.

Sneak peek:

If you’re in Toronto you should come check out the show this Friday (April 24!)

check out the purdy letterpress invite!

See you there, buttercups!

squinty

This is the cute hand-built, hand-painted bird house that my parents bought at the OOAK. I can see it from my window but so far, no action.

home tweet home

The size of the hole affects which type of birds can house in it. This one is for bluebirds, swallows and sparrows. I’ll try to blog about any tweeters that decide to move in!

Speaking of tweeters, our LTD edition To Kill a Rockin’ Bird tee for guys and gals is available only until the end of April. Grab yours while you still can!

In other crywolf news: our secret collaboration project is currently underway! It’s gonna be rad. It’ll be ready for the Toronto Clothing Show (May 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Check out the EVENTS section on our site for more details.

Steph placing the planks

almost complete

applying our foamcore sign to our self-built collapsable counter! awesome text decal made for us by Vanessa.

The final set-up:

one of our best looking set-ups to date.

Some bonuses to the show were that there was free coffee and tea for all the vendors each day (the mornings were cut-throat, people got vicious), a sleeping room equipped with cots (we didn’t take advantage but would have if it were the CNE) and coming in to a breakfast bag on one of the mornings. Not seeing anyone wearing crocs.. lol.

courtesy of google images

Overall we had a great time, met some cool designers, and hopefully gained a few new fans.

There were a few downfalls, like missing the free breakfast (I saw pictures and it was grand…) because I slept in,

courtesy of the ooak flickr group

but most most most of all we must blog about this devastation called SCAPA TAPE! Steph took the time to read all the fine print for the show so the day of set up we went out of our way to go get this SCAPA tape.

 
We layed the flooring down (faux wood laminate slats) and put down a strip of this 2″ tape on the front end of our floor. During takedown we packed up our stuff in about 30 minutes. We came back for one last round to clear up the flooring and a few boxes. We get to the last row of flooring that is taped down and I try to pull it and I tell Steph it won’t budge. She tries to pull it, and we try to pull it together..nothing. We eventually shimmied the dolly underneath to use it as a lever. CRACK! the board breaks. Eventually we realized that breaking the boards was the only way, but even so it took us 3 hours of sawing, using a hammer and screwdriver as a chisel, and literally shaving this tape off the cement floor millimetre by millimetre to take off 15 ft of the tape.

15 ft never felt so long

Many of our neighbours saw us and felt sorry for us and kindly let us borrow their tools. After 5 long days, to have to deal with that at the very end was devastating. We urge everyone to use Scapa tape with caution! One square inch at a time not at all for any hard flooring!!!

just getting started

oh mon dieu

hammer and a screwdriver

about 2 hours into it, feelin' defeated.

the last of the last

That’s about it. Thanks to those who came out! Despite the downfalls, it was definitely the classiest show we’ve ever done.
Keep checking back here for more crywolf adventures!

♥
R & S

LEOR BOSHI

with his shirt name:

To Kill a Rockin’ Bird

Contest Winner Leor Boshi

Insert applause here. Let us reiterate how tough it was to choose a winner with all y’alls creative and pretty hilarious submissions. Because we had so many favorites, we ended up choosing the winner with a raffle of both of our top fives. Honorable mention goes out to Boourns with Detroit Squawk City who took second place.

This shirt is now on sale for GUYS and GIRLS and this special design is only available for the month of April so what the birdturd are you waiting for! Get yours TODAY!

ZAT VAS FUN. Thanks for the submissions!!!!!! No doubt there will be more contests in the future. Keep on rocking (flocking?) in the free world.

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