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
Now that all of my 2010 markets have wrapped up & my shop orders have no hope in arriving before Christmas, it's time to get festive! As much as I love my job, it has definitely changed the way I celebrate the holidays. There's simply no time to be decorating my own house or baking… Continue reading Easy Holiday Recipes
As I've mentioned before, I'm an avid podcast listener. Walking to the post office, working on a new painting, snuggling under the covers - a podcast is often my background sound of choice. This American Life has been one of my all time favorites, despite being Canadian, so I thought a holiday round-up of festive… Continue reading Holiday Podcast Spectacular
Happy holidays everyone! I spent a quiet Christmas at home with the mister's parents, lots of new books and way too much food. Pretty much perfect! I've actually never stayed home for Christmas before; we always end up traveling to see his family or mine. It was a unique experience to have to cook the… Continue reading Merry 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