park hopping

We took a little day trip this past long weekend to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park (top photo) and to Brandywine Falls Provincial Park (bottom photo). Summertime is always the best time to explore one's own surroundings, especially if they look like this. Enjoy the views! :)

all you need is love

A new print to share with you today before the weekend (long weekend up here in Vancouver... woohoo!). Some colourful hearts just to remind you that “All You Need Is Love” (in the shop here). Have a happy weekend!

fresh off the press

I was running low on business cards for my Etsy shop a couple of weeks ago, so I figured it was a great time for a design revamp. Ta-da! Here is the new card design... double sided and colour... oooohhh... ahhhhh! These will accompany every little package I ship out. ;)

seeing green

Spotted yesterday... a wee green tomato (well, two actually) finally making their appearance on our tomato plant. At the rate we are going, we'll have some ripe tomatoes by the end of summer... sigh. Fingers crossed there will be more than two.

crafty canadian picker

I love watching the TV show American Pickers... perhaps it is the treasure hunting aspect of it all. Anyways... my own recent picker moment was finding this stack of 60s era vintage children's books. Granted it was technically at a garage sale, but the sale did have an old barn full of stuff on the property, and I did dig them out from under a stack of stuff... so it did add to the picker-feel. Best of all, they were free!!! Score!

island time

This past weekend we ventured to Salt Spring Island for some summer rest and relaxation... well as much relaxation one can have with a 2 year old, anyways. We rented a little cabin in the woods and explored the tidal pools and shores... yes, that is a little purple starfish you see there in the second photo. Oh, I am wishing I was still on island time now... so hard to get back into the work week!

summer press

A little bit of press news for show-and-tell today. My little bird cork board is in the new issue of Luri & Wilma (Washington DC's eco-chic e-magazine). This month is the home issue, and it is chock full of super cute green things for you abode. Check out the cute issue here... a good read for the weekend! ;)