All week long my lovely team members from the Etsy Twitter Team have been showcasing their favorite eco-friendly items and it's been a great motivation for me to think about what I'm currently doing & what else I could be doing to be more environmentally friendly with my work. Check out the green shopping guide… Continue reading Going Green
If you're in the BC lower mainland, come see me at the Honey Bee Festival this weekend! Honeybee Centre Saturday & Sunday July 25 & 26, 2009 10 am - 4 pm Corner of Fraser Highway & 176 Street, Cloverdale North Enjoy 2 days of FREE fun and entertainment for the entire family. Check out… Continue reading Honey Bee Festival
photo pilfered from the lovely Christi of Buenostyle My crafty social schedule has been quite the whirlwind as of late with the screening of Handmade Nation and then the big Etsy meet & greet tour a few days later. It's been so great seeing familiar faces from the local craft shows without the busyness that… Continue reading Etsy in Vancouver
The studio has become a regular zoo this past week with all sorts of critters popping up on the tip of my paintbrush. Excuse the terrible pictures - it's already too dark to get good natural lighting, but they were too cute NOT to share. 🙂 The new gang will be up in my Etsy… Continue reading The Critter Farm
My mom flew out to BC a few days ago for a quick visit before heading down to see my sister. My sister is having surgery & with a retired nurse for a mom, who better to look after you! Her hubby is great & all, but with 2 little boys on summer holidays, I'm… Continue reading The Family That Digs Together…
The Opossum Family acrylic on beechwood 6" x 6" (3/4" thick) Momma Bee is buzzing into Vancouver early tomorrow morning, so we've been quite busy 'round the hive trying to get things ready. Washing sheets, clearing the living room of bikes & bike parts so that it resembles an actual living room instead of a… Continue reading Possums and Country Squirrels
It finally rained! It's been a crazy hot summer in Vancouver & momma was missing her rainy afternoons & shiny yellow boots. We broke some kind of record for the most days without rain in over 40 years which means all the lush green that I so love about living on the wet coast was… Continue reading Rainboots and Summer Bugs
Caging the Forest Bird 6" x 6", acrylic on beechwood $150 prints available in the shop Now that my gallery show at Raw Canvas has wrapped up, I'm thrilled to release prints of the work I created for the "concepts of home" theme. The big one isn't quite ready yet (needs to be re-scanned at… Continue reading Concepts of Home
Two things: Handmade Nation is coming to Vancouver (yay!) & I won tickets (double yay!). Handmade Nation is the brainchild of Faythe Levine, otherwise known as the ‘Ambassador of Handmade’. Levine has traveled 19,000 miles to document the movement of artists, crafters & designers that recognize the marriage between historical technique, punk culture, and the… Continue reading Handmade Nation
I signed up at the very last minute to do another craft show this weekend. I got sort of burned out after doing a few in a row, but then didn't schedule my summer very well because I only have one more for the entire month of July. A nice change of pace, to be… Continue reading Made Here Market this Sunday