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A NOTE FROM PICKS & GIGGLES CREATIVE DIRECTOR,
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WELCOME
It is my immense privilege to bring you our second fully interactive Unboxed magazine! When I was a kid, I loved flipping through the Sears wishbook or the Toys R Us catalogue. You probably did
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I am so thankful to everyone who has made this vision a reality while maneuvering COVID restrictions, and to all of you for believing in this new way of supporting local.
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The Urbn Mrkt Picks & Social Hall will offer a collection of distinctive and diverse businesses offering the finest food and handmade products from across Ontario.
This is not your average grocery store; this is an experience! Where one can shop the regions’ finest foods, load up on
Our goal is to create a space for business, neighbours and customers to come together around the culture of food and love of shopping local. We are passionate about supporting
artisanal products and fresh produce
the community, and local food and
all in a comfortable and inviting
artisan businesses from all over
atmosphere.
Ontario. We want to be a source of great products that everyone can enjoy! We are rooted in community!
Urbn Mrkt Picks & Social Hall is a collaboration of talented local entrepreneurs—makers of everything from baked goods to fresh produce, to cold pressed juices—coming together in Durham Region. These creators and entrepreneurs strengthen our local economy and our communities, that contribute so much to Durham’s independent and innovative culture. “In a country full of 'cookie-cutter' cities, where every city has the same franchises, box stores, and entertainment, we wanted to create something that would break the mold and help showcase and support wonderful local entrepreneurs, which in turn will help revitalize our local economy.” Melinda Lemay
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Hi I’m Fran! The face behind The Hungry Homemaker Blog I’m also a stay at home mom to Emilia and Frankie.
You can usually find me in the kitchen, either preparing snacks for the kids (are they ever not hungry??) Trying out a new
On my blog and Instagram page, I share quick and delicious recipes, craft ideas and stories from our everyday lives. Seeing people recreating my recipes and enjoying
recipe, or sneaking sweet treats
them with their families means the
when the kids aren't looking!
world to me!
I’ve also loved sharing our real lives and everyday moments, not just the sugar coated, pretty pictures that you normally see on Instagram. When I can connect with others who can relate to the chaos that goes on around here, It makes me feel so much better knowing I'm not alone on this motherhood journey!
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In his youth, Matt struggled with and overcame addiction and alcoholism. Such experiences require some form of emotional
to keep pushing boundaries and exploring new ways of expressing himself. He believes that the experience of art can be swayed by even the little things; as such, every
outlet, and for Matt, painting is it.
colour and texture found within his
Each of his paintings tells a story,
paintings represents another layer of
whether directly his own or through
emotion that went into creating each
the eyes of another subject. Matt
work.
works predominantly with mixedmedia as he finds that it allows him
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To create his images, Matt works with
Matt’s large-scale goal is to spread
has faced some form of trauma or
multiple models and photographers
his message throughout the world:
life difficulty and overcome it. It is a
around the world. His artistic toolbox
“There is always beauty to be found
modern-day reminder not to judge a
ranges from photography and digital
in the dark corners of life.” His
book by its cover.
drawings to spray painted portraits
paintings depict the juxtaposition
and custom murals.
of beauty and resilience in the face of struggle. Each of Matt’s subjects
Matt’s style is heavily influenced by his past in tattooing and graffiti. As such, his style can be explained as taking street art, cleaning it up a bit, and bringing it indoors. It is a meeting of raw experience and raw emotion, thoughtfully processed and translated onto the canvas.
There is always beauty to be found in the dark corners of life.
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Welcome, let's take a breath together. My name is Sophie and my yoga journey began over a decade ago when I needed to relieve back pain. We opened Veda to create a space where everyone felt welcome. We guide the most beautiful in person classes, and now offer live streamed classes, on demand
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We miss our regular customers, who over the years have come to feel like friends.
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Words on Wood has been a vibrant downtown Whitby shop for more than 6 years. Though the store features hundreds of home decor items, its workshops have been the foundation of what has made this business special to so many clients.
Angela Evelyn, the owner of Words on Wood, shared her experience with the lockdowns and Covid restrictions, claiming that the temporary shut
miss our regular customers, who
down of the store was heartbreaking.
over the years have come to feel like friends."
"Workshops are really what we love. We love interacting with customers
The Words on Wood website
in person. We had so much support
has become a place where clients
when we had to switch to online sales
can still hunt for the perfect item.
and we are so grateful for that. But
They can discover a decor piece that
soon as things open back up, Angela
online can't replace the face to face.
captures a unique mood or puts a
says: "We'll be there! We can't wait
We miss having the store echoing
finishing touch on a
to welcome our customers back and
with people laughing and escaping
design aesthetic.
reconnect.
for an afternoon or an evening out. It's fun helping customers find the perfect pieces, and of course, we
So stayed tuned!" But not to worry, new workshops are waiting in the wings, and
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