Happy New Year! I'm so excited about all the things 2009 has in store for us & grateful for the amazing people I've met in 2008. A much lengthier blog post is needed on this, but we're in Seattle right now partying with my sister and two little nephews, so it'll have to wait! love… Continue reading Happy New Year!
I've been painting pretty girls and cute creatures for so long now that when I stumbled across the incredible Loopy Boopy art dolls a couple of weeks ago, I felt a rush of inspiration and switched to sketching and painting nothing but creepy girls since. I *love* her work and have put an original doll… Continue reading New Series: Creepy Girls
I'm finally back home after a rather harrowing Christmas pillgramage out to visit John's family in Alberta and I couldn't be happier. Over a week with no internet access? Brutal road conditions that resulted in an 18 hour drive home? Stuffing my face with every fatty, sugary concoction known to Christmas and washing it down… Continue reading Merry (belated) Christmas!
Since we're going away for Christmas this year, I didn't go all out with the decorations. Living in the kind of tiny dwellings that most Vancouverites occupy means we really don't have the space to put up a big tree or to store piles of boxes filled with decorations that only get used 1 month… Continue reading Decking the Halls
It's snowing! It's snowing! This probably doesn't sound like exciting news in the middle of December, but in Vancouver a white Christmas is never a guarantee, so I'm happy we got to trade our usual rain for a dusting of the white stuff at least once before the holidays. Of course I had to snap… Continue reading Winter Wonderland
We're driving to Alberta for the holidays this year to visit John's side of the family. It will be great to see everyone, especially his grandma, a good Ukrainian bobba who's probably cooking up a storm right now. I haven't seen her in close to 2 years, so we're definitely long overdue for a visit.… Continue reading Painting Presents
I've been a bad blogger lately, but rest assured I've been a busy bee painting up a storm, much to the chagrin of the boyfriend who would like to use my our studio/office/bedroom to sleep, of all things. I've mostly been painting stuff for family Christmas gifts, so I've been a little hesitant to post… Continue reading Busy Bee
I finally listed this trio of uber cute paintings I did weeks ago in the shop. I had so much fun painting these little critters that I was literally grinning & giggling the entire time. They're a lot like the squirrel painting I did a while back, Henry and his Mushroom. It's quite a departure… Continue reading Forest Green
I *love* the way my first foray into creating resin pendants turned out. It's finicky, messy, stinky material to work with (not to mention the toxic fumes it emits when you're in the mixing stages), but it was definitely worth all the trouble to get these pendants just right. I started by pouring a crystal… Continue reading Resin Pendants
Bee Girl postcards are now in the shop! They've got a nice heavy weight, high gloss and rounded corners that I think give them an extra special touch. Their blank white backs with a simple Cagey Bee logo make them perfect for sending a thank you note, tucking into a gift or decorating your fridge… Continue reading Bee Girl postcards