How very exciting! My collage and a couple of my notebooks have been featured on Poppytalk today as part of the New Affordable Art features. It is one of my most favorite blogs and is from Vancouver too! I can't help but to gush about the great things that come out of this city. Check out the blog for great postings on art, design, and things handmade!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US! Up here in Canada, we've already celebrated ours in mid-October, so I have already had my turkey fix. Thought I would share a pretty picture my hubby Roger took recently since its so pretty and fall-ish. A block away from our house is a street-lined with rows and rows of bright red maple trees... we can walk over and enjoy them... and not have to worry about raking leaves. Yay!
I envy those who can bake such lovely things. While I like to cook a lot, my muffin tins and cake pan are still pretty much brand new. The thought of myself ingesting a dozen cookies fresh from the oven in one sitting is probably the main reason I refrain from baking... so dangerous! In this collage I think she is thinking the same thing.. "not only do I want cake, but I want some cookies too!"
Yay! The notebooks that I printed with my print gocco are finally up in the shop! This time around I have made two new styles... one with a happy blue whale and the other with a pair of singing birds. Both are made out of 100% post consumer recycled paper, so they are good for the environment as well. Check them out in the shop today!
A collage to share with you today. I used to be in a choir when I was in high school - there I quickly learned that I have a bit of a phobia singing into microphones. Alas, it was never meant to be, and karaoke still freaks me out today. A bit of a switch, I decided to give the girl the bird-like voice and the boy the nervous squeak... hence the title "she can sing better than he can".
Just wanted to thank everyone who came to the We've Fallen For Etsy Sale on Sunday! It was a beautiful sunny day and a great turn out. It was also great to see all the faces (familiar and new) behind the different Vancouver-based Etsy stores. One craft fair done and two more coming up before the winter holidays!
Come visit me and several talented etsy sellers at the "We've Fallen For Etsy Sale" this weekend - Sunday, 11am-5pm, November 23rd. It will be at the Cambrian Welsh Hall in Vancouver (215 East 17th Avenue). Admission is $2 at the door. There will also be baked goodies, free buttons and raffle prizes. Hope to see you there!
I always like getting cards and letters in the mail - a nice treat among the bills and junk mail. I also like trading recipes with friends as well. So to combine two nice things into one, I have made recipe card stationary sets. Each set comes with four extra sturdy cards made out of recycled vintage cookbook images as well as four kraft envelopes. A perfect way to mail and share a recipe with a friend or put up on the fridge! I will be posting several sets up in the shop over the next few days!
I am continuing the sweet dessert theme today! Here is a another collage.... everybody likes to sneak a cookie once in awhile... although in this case, I think she has a big piece of cake in mind. All this talk about sweets and treats is making me hungry.
On the weekend Roger took me to Sweet Revenge - one of my favorite dessert spots. If you haven't already gone, or are visiting Vancouver, it is a must visit. All their decadent pastries and cakes are organic and homemade and served in a cozy Edwardian parlor setting – it just makes you want to put on a period costume... well, almost. I usually am a dessert sharer (i.e. lets get one dessert and split it), but in this case, I had to make an exception and down an entire portion of chocolate pudding cake to myself. Thank goodness corsets are a thing of the past.
I am posting another new collage today. I try and make a new collage every few days. I love mixing materials such as paper and wood, as well as using images from vintage children's books.
New bookplate designs featuring four different color and bird styles are up in the shop. These were all printed with my print gocco. Hard to see in the photo, but I used pastel and pearly inks... so there is a bit of fancy sheen to the birds.
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