Another Summer show over, barreling towards the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in Toronto in a week… I’m in Booth 539 Turquoise Doing a show on home turf is nice, sleeping in your own bed, having friends to stay and staying up late talking of all sorts of things that you never get a chance to…
Overlooking Confederation Park, Kingston It’s Summer, how do I know? I haven’t the time to plant any more flowers because I must get ready for my two Summer shows. First coming up this weekend is Fanfayr here in Kingston. I have done this one for years…since the last time I had short hair (early ’80’s),…
At Balleycanoe – Toronto Skyline in Folkart Today I got a response to yesterday’s post about my favourite spots on the Up the Garden Path studio and garden tour. My old friend John Marr of ‘Canadian Roadflix‘ sent me a link to a piece he had done a couple of years ago on Balleycanoe. It…
Well, I was going to write about something I’m sure a few days ago but cannot remember what, I’ve been so busy getting ready for the studio tour this weekend. Well, I do know that I couldn’t resist picking up my camera and taking a pic of our cat sleeping on the ‘sheep’ mat I…
My little booth at Just for Us Well, I’ve three shows under my belt at this point, the One of a Kind in Toronto, Just for Us also in TO and Originals in Ottawa. After missing the Chicago show as I was still in chemo the Ottawa show was down so this year has sort…
This is the only place were putting on weight is a good thing! Rosemary J. at her knitting machine Just back from the first show of the season, the One of a Kind Show in Toronto, and it was a great weekend to feel back in the swing. The show was early as it was…
What a hoot! While rifling thought the hall closet looking for a sweater for my Mum to wear I found a lovely green striped one I had made her ages ago. On it there was a pin of some sort, it was an old pin from the Festival of Canadian Fashion in which I participated…
Just a quick note as we head into the week where the One of a Kind Chicago starts, I’ve started to get emails from my lovely US ladies to find out why I won’t be there this year and it’s wonderful to know I’m cared about so much. I adorer all my clients and so…
Well, we’ve had a good weekend, lots of folk showed up on Saturday and sales were made, pamphlets handed out and lots of chat, hot apple cider, sushi and cookies. Today is quieter so we’re taking time to explore the internet. Web sites on knitting, polymer clay and also looking at Etsy as I would…
I will once again be having a preview evening tonight in my studio and it’s the wine and cheese type (the rest of the weekend is hot apple cider and cookies) so when my friend Harvey offered to show me how to make sushi I was hot to learn something new. Now I’ve never been…