// 2021

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These photos are a collection of some of my favourite moments of 2020.

I plan on spending the first weekend of 2021 with my computer and CKD. Planning, working, preparing. I learned a whole new side of me in 2020. I am ready to apply all of my lessons to 2021. I feel stronger and wiser and a little more confident in who I am and what I offer. The other day Ashley, Michelle and I sat in the garage bundled up in blankets drinking coffee and baileys. I was reading Ashley’s Archetype cards and she pulled The Ocean. It read:

“The power of the ocean is unmatched. To step into its salty waters is to step into the unknown. By its sheer volume The Ocean represents the unconscious - all that is beyond our understanding. We cannot live within the ocean. We cannot claim it, manage it, or own it. It rejects our every attempt to dominate nature. Yet amid its overwhelming power it calls to us, inspires us, and invigorates our life on land. It dissolves the “little us” into the “big us.” When the energy of The Ocean is present, there is change stirring that is beyond any change you’ve know before. The ego must dissolve. The saline swells work on your very cells, your fibers, your deepest underlying beliefs. like Aphrodite, we rise from The Ocean’s forth a new being. Life is change. Let the wave crash.” - Kim Krans Archetypes

I am taking this Ocean archetype energy with me into 2021. Let the waves crash with change and rise from the ocean a new being. Happy New Year x C

// ONE OF ONE DROP

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I’ve been launching collections since 2015. Launch after Launch making prints that never sold right away. Regardless of the response I kept practicing, launching more collections and continued to make videos. Over the years I watched the collection concept grow. I built an online store and learned how to sell by the roll. I am currently working with a developer to build a calculator to make the process of purchasing wallpaper online seamless. It took CKD five years to get to a place where online sales become regular. It took CKD five years to drop a one of one rug concept and watch them sell out in one week. It took CKD five years to launch embroidered linen and sell out of stock in less than three days. It takes time. A long time. And now that CKD has reached a new phase I will be pushing harder than ever, dreaming up new concepts and collections! I feel so thankful that people want to bring CKD into their homes. Thank you for your support, and believing in this crazy dream of mine! xx C

// LATELY

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Rugs and linen launched, one more install, and a couple more shipments to make before my holiday begins. It’s weird, it doesn’t feel like the holidays this year. Maybe because our escape is now our workplace. I feel like the whole world (including myself) wants to fast forward to December 31st and wake up Jan 1 hungover from 2020. In the meantime, I am trying to enjoy every minute I have of these holidays. The lows, the highs, the UPS delays and most importantly family. Just stopping in to say hello x -C

// CKD'S FIRST ONE OF ONE RUG COLLECTION

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This was a really fun project. From an idea that popped into my head, to watching the idea come to life - this process was a lot of fun. This is my first one of one drop. A concept that bridges the old and new, my love for Persian and Turkish Vintage Antique rugs and CKD’s signature blue rose. I am really proud of this work. Shop all three rugs here and press play below to see the behind the scenes! I hope you like them!

// SETTING THE TABLE

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Sunday at home… because where else would I be. I am watching the Fairy Godmother on Disney, and editing photos (my most favourite kind of Sunday) for our new rug launch coming Tuesday! The video looks sooooooooooooooo good. I can’t wait to show you it. This launch is something very special to me. I hope you guys like it :) In the meantime, I’ve set the table tonight with our new embroidered napkins. Happy Sunday! x C

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// BANFF DIARY

// BANFF

I travel to refresh and reset. When I have conversations with people I have never met I am fully present. When I land in a city I have never been I am filled with curiosity. I got on a plane for the first time since March and took off to Calgary, Alberta. My drive into Banff was magic. I’ve traveled a lot and nothing has ever taken my breath away like those mountains! Mother Nature’s raw beauty had the power to heal every trouble or problem in my life - even if just for the moment. I watched the moon rise behind the mountains in Lake Louise. I don’t think I have ever watched the moon rise. The moon wasn’t looking for praise or glory, it just rose slowly and quietly. Michelle and I took a gondola up to our hotel to ski. Waking up in the mountains felt like a dream. The mornings were dark and cozy. The only schedule we had were ski lessons in the morning followed by a 12:30 pm pub date for beers. If it wasn’t for covid I would have never gone on a ski trip (I hopped on Michelle’s trip last minute). I took this time to do something different. And I’m really happy I did. We met some really cool people from all over the world. I am now hooked on getting better at my ski game. I fell in love with Canada just a little more. Annndddd a new collection is already dancing around in my head inspired by this trip. I can’t wait to go back. x -C

// CKD'S NEWEST RUG COLLECTION

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It’s a long story. A story I’ll tell you soon with video and photos :) But the idea just came to me and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I would go to bed a night dreaming of how I could launch this concept. For the first time in my career this launch is going to look exactly as I imagined it in my head. Probably better because Charles is behind the video. His mind is magic. Here are some images from yesterday while shooting the product. It felt so nice to take out my camera and shoot again. EarPods in, Alicia Keys blasting. My own little escape from the madness of 2020.

// IMAGINATION

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November 5th. Two more months until Christmas. 2020 feels like everything in my life has changed, yet at the same time nothing has really changed. The past couple weeks have been keeping me busy, thankfully. I am working on some fun projects for CKD - focusing on building the brand and building strategies around what that looks like. I’ve been slowly reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle - I say slowly because I don’t want the book to end. She writes so fearlessly about the importance of speaking to yourself before worrying about anyone else’s point of view. My favourite chapter so far is called “imagination”. With travel taken away and the day to day busyness that once was my life, I found refuge in my imagination during the quiet moments. A place I used to live in before I started CKD. I’m not sure what changed, but I find myself dreaming again. And it feels really nice. The projects launching before the holidays are a product of this change of perspective. Here are some photos from the past couple weeks :) xx C

"Perhaps imagination is not where we go to escape reality but where we go to remember it." - Glennon Doyle