A Really Big Show!

Summer is here, and the spirea in front of our house has had it’s day but like lilacs isn’t it beautiful for the short while it’s in bloom. Two weekends ago I took my Mum and Dad for drive out to Newburgh for the Art Among the Ruins, a beautifully set small but well attended…

This little knitted purse is an exercise in bead knitting which was fun to do while away on vacation. Working on something that involves close pattern following and counting beads somewhat like on an abacus took my ever thinking/designing/business organizing mind off into a quiet place with a pretty result at the end. Though I…

Out for breakfast after a week of ‘cleansing’ (you know… no chocolate, booze, coffee, preservatives etc and for two days, no solids) we went to our fave place in downtown Kingston: Morrison’s. We got a window seat across from the back of City Hall where the new outdoor skating rink is and there is always…

 Well, Beth Caulfield and I decided to do the Syracuse weekend workshop on the first weekend of January…..I was so glad…do you remember the second weekend?! I’m sure that lake had it’s effect. However the first weekend was beautifully mild, dry and sunny, wonderful for a drive south. An engaged group. Beth owns Sheep Thrills…

OK, so I take lots of orders at shows…it’s my living and it’s work. Also, I find it hard to say no to customers new and old. They are especially clients who return, we know each other better, I know what their style is, they know how I work and it’s fun designing, even if…

I’m here in Toronto at the Ontario Crafts Council at the Etsy Workshop and Trunk Show which was organized by my friend Lindsey Fair!  I just learned a bit more about having my shop show up on my blog!  Here it is …. I hope. Now I had better get back to listening!