In fact, it should be Happy Last-Day-of-2015"!!! This has been a fabulous month of felting, sales, getting the website online (no small feat), and then having family visit for the last few weeks. I have taken this week off work (as an occupational therapist), and have relaxed into the holidays. This means letting the left [...]
It has been a whirlwind for sure. This time of year is typically pretty busy with Christmas parties and trying to fit in shopping, cleaning, and well...work! I was extremely fortunate this week to be called by the CBC for an interview in their afternoon segment. I raced up to their office so that we [...]
Tis the night before Hali, and I'm quite calm at the moment. I wanted to write about my "process" when it comes to preparing for a show. I take my hat off to those who do shows all the time, shipping their booths from venue to venue, the organization, time and energy that must take. [...]
It is early November and I'm squeezing in a shoot before the shows in two weeks and a month's time. This is when I call on my "team". These are friends who model, my ridiculously supportive neighbor Susan and her home, and her partner Jack, my photographer. Typically here's how it happens: We set a [...]
We are one week away from Canadian Thanksgiving, and my thoughts are turning from the change in the weather and preparing for upcoming shows, to preparing for our family's arrival and regional visit. Since moving to New Brunswick, my husband and I travel to Grand Manan, an island in the Bay of Fundy. Our first year [...]
As summer recedes and fall starts to show its colors, it is time we start to think of cooler weather and covering up. Despite the warm late summer temperatures, I have been getting the urge to slip into a cashmere sweater, wrap myself in a scarf, and put on a cozy hat. Heck I'll even admit [...]
