Well where do I start, the One of a Kind show was incredible!! So. Many. Beautiful. Things. I walked around in a daze most of the time because I wasn’t sure where to look first. So many of the vendors were friendly and helpful, here’s a few of my favourites. Continue reading “One of a Kind – Toronto”
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Christmas craft show

It’s been a busy last couple of weeks with selling at the Christmas Extravaganza in St. Thomas and putting together the custom monogram pillow orders. Pickup was today and I was excited to see these handmade things going to their new homes!! Congratulations also to Jenn Allen on winning the draw for a free pillow. She chose one of my favourites, the cream knitted pillow. (You can see it in the photo above!) Continue reading “Christmas craft show”
Strawflower Love
This was a little project I had in mind for some time. At our local CSA there was a lovely flower patch often frequented by me and my girls. Each week we went home with a collection of flowers to display. This was the first time I had seen a strawflower. It was just like the name, stiff and dry like straw but with striking colours, mostly in oranges, reds and pinks. I loved it! Because it is naturally so dry, it’s perfectly suited for preservation. Continue reading “Strawflower Love”
Stretch it

Perhaps its just me, but I’ve been wondering if there is a new phenomenon going on. There seems to be more and more small art teaching studios popping up here and there. In London alone there were about 5 that came up on my search engine for painting and pottery. Pretty awesome! A friend asked me to do a painting class with her so I had my first experience doing a painting step by step. Continue reading “Stretch it”

