Hola! It's that time of year again, when Cagey Beard & I do our best not to kill each other while selling our wares at big holiday market events! After 11 years of markets, you'd think we'd have this whole thing running like well-oiled machine by now, but it seems like every year we end… Continue reading Holiday Markets 2019
So excited to kick off the annual Eastside Culture Crawl tonight! Once a year all the studios in my building, 1000 Parker Street Studios, are open to the public. The weeks leading up to the Crawl are fun to watch as artists stay later & later at night, the garbage gets overflowing with old frames… Continue reading Culture Crawl 2018
Updating my website has never been my strong suit & 2016 has been such a busy year that I'm still scrambling to catch up. The good news - I've been busy making lots of new art, wood blocks, magnets & lockets, perfect for holiday gift giving! Of course, feel free to treat yo' self too!… Continue reading Winter Markets
This weekend my studio building is hosting the 2nd annual Parker Art Salon, a fantastic art exhibition displayed along the labyrinth walls of 1000 Parker Street. This warehouse building is 98 years old & studio spaces of all sizes & shapes have been carved out over the years, so it's a treat to see… Continue reading Parker Art Salon 2016
This winter market season has been so crazy already that I'm embarrassed to see how neglected my blog has been. We've already steamed through Circle Craft, the Eastside Culture Crawl, a trip to Edmonton and then back on the wet coast for Make It Vancouver this past weekend. Phew! It's been a whirlwind so far… Continue reading December at Granville Island
Summer in Vancouver is so chock full of fun things to do & fabulous weather that it's amazing anybody gets any work done at all. I say this as I'm sitting inside at my desk, listening to kids laughing outside & wishing I was at the park with my pups. But my favorite summer festival is… Continue reading My Favorite Vancouver Summer Festival
I've had a couple of days to recover now & am happy to report that this year's Culture Crawl was a huge success for everyone in my studio. It was packed! Thanks so much to all of you who were able to come by & visit my studio. I was fighting a nasty cold, but… Continue reading Vancouver Handmade Markets
This weekend shoppers can find Cagey Bee representin' in both Vancouver and Edmonton! My fantastic partner John (A Cagey Beard) is off to Edmonton, selling prints, wood blocks, lockets & a bunch of other goodies at the Make It Show. It runs November 20 to 23rd at the Enjoy Centre in St.Albert. Click here to… Continue reading East vs. West
I'm taking a break from my dates at Granville Island so that Cagey Bee Headquarters can swing into full production mode as we get ready for the holiday craft fairs & Christmas markets. I've been making new lockets, my mister (a.k.a. Cagey Beard) has a table full of wood blocks to sand & I'm crossing… Continue reading Countdown to Christmas (Markets, That Is!)
I'm so excited to be part of the Harmony Arts Festival again this year! It is one of my favorite markets of the year & nothing beats its beautiful location along the water in West Vancouver. The span of artist tents runs for 3 blocks all along Argyle Street, between 14th & 16th Street. Aside… Continue reading Harmony Arts Festival 2014