Last Legs

Put a Bird on it.

My mom likes humming birds. So I drew a hummingbird and then put it on a bunch of mugs. Here's one:

Ugly Mugs

Here are some of the ugly mugs I have been making at the studio. They actually look way better in the photos than they do in person.

I will continue to photograph and post my progress.

One More Crafty Show

 
This Saturday: 195 East 26th Ave at Main Street. 

My Craft Fairs this Holiday Season

Hey Hey! Long time no see. I've been busy being a hermit, creating creating creating for my 5 (yes, five) upcoming craft fairs.

The first has started already! The annual Craft Show at the infamous Foundation Restaurant. Located at 2301 Main Street (that's right at the corner of 7th and Main). I look forward to putting up this show every year, sort of like a personal holiday tradition of mine.

If you would like to grab one of my collages you can head over there during any of their opening hours from now until Dec 30th. Just take the one you want off the wall and bring it up to the cash and you can take it home right after making the purchase.

 

The second craft fair is this Friday night at the Western Front, 303 East 8th Ave (at Scotia, one block east of Main Street). There will be beer and wine and many beautiful things to look at. I will be there from 6-9pm. Please stop by!

This Sunday is craft fair number three. Got Craft is always busy and really fun. They will be giving away 45 swag bags (which are loaded with awesomeness from all the vendors) to the first 45 people in the door. If you want one, be prepared to line up starting at 6am! They will also have a free DIY station hosted by Spool of Thread.

 

The largest (and most scary for me) is craft fair number four, the One of a Kind Show at the Vancouver Convention Center. You may have noticed the above image on the sides of buses! This fair is HUGE and has many reasons to visit not even including the merchandise. There will be a comlimentary gift wrap station, a Sewing Salon where you can make small projects. Check out the Sewing Salon schedule. There will also be a room where you can relax on comfy couches and drink complimentary tea! They have free childminding, fashion shows, seminars and more!

Be sure to visit me Dec 9-12 at booth F44!

The final craft fair for me this season will be on Dec 18th. That is your last Saturday to get gifts before the big day. It is at Little Mountain Gallery 195 East 26th Ave (at Main Street). By donation or a can for the Food Bank.

Spool of Thread

So we have been really lucky that the weather in Vancouver has been super awesome. But as we get deeper into fall, and winter rears its head, the weather will start to get soggier and we will need to find things to do inside. Which brings me to Spool of Thread, a new fabric store and sewing lounge owned by my friends Henry and Lili. I had the opportunity to take one of their classes and it was so much fun.

 

They have patterns and fabric to purchase.

Those are the two fabrics I chose for my bag.

 

And that is the finished bag!!

I'm in this CBC video!

Have a look at the Spool of Thread website for their class schedule. This month they have classes teaching you to make pillows, aprons, pajamas and more. You can also go in and use their sewing machines by the hour to work on whatever project you bring in. Go be crafty!

Slides

A few months ago I came across a huge bin of slides at one of my favourite alternative art supply stores. I went through them and picked out a bunch I liked, had them scanned and put onto a cd, and have been cropping and then printing them for use in my collages. I'm getting pretty excited about the upcoming holiday season's craft fairs. Here are a handful of the photos to tease you!

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

  

Folk Festival 2010 - Organized Chaos!

 

So with the Vancouver Folk Festival Bazaar coming up I had a lot of work to do in less than a week. The panels that I work on were not in stock until very close to my deadline! 60 collages in 5 days. Could it be done?

Yes! It could! I worked my little butt off and made 60 collages in 5 days!

 

Not with out destroying my "studio" aka my living room...

 

...and cutting myself pretty severely by pushing myself up to get the phone and pressing my hand against my exacto knife. This put quite a dent in productivity, having to go to the doctor's office etc.

And I got a cute keychain out of the whole deal. My mom found this purple owl and gave it to me because I was having such a shitty day.

It was all well worth it! Our tent was right on the beach, and right in front of stage 6.

 

 

Chanda and I had such a great time! We work well as a team and understand each other's quirks. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year!

30 Days Finale

So I completed the 30 Days Project. If you would like to see all the houses I drew, in sequence, you can go to my Flickr site. I am doing custom houses, now. Please contact me if you would like your own house done, or if you are looking for a gift for a friend. They make great wedding and anniversary gifts!

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30 Days Project - Day 18 

I started putting these little coloured drawings onto wood panels (same as the ones I use for my collages) and I think they look really cute! Here are the first two:

 

New Collages!

I am really happy with this batch of collages. Something about them came together so nicely and they are pretty quirky and the colours are fantastic.

I will be at the Trout Lake Farmer's Market tomorrow selling collages.