"make it!" photo's

This past weekend I was at "make it!" - a local (amazing) craft fair - it was AWESOME! Here's my table:

I bought these mini dresser drawers from a thrift store last week.

Doily snowflakes:

I stiffened a bunch of doilies with cornstarch and water.

Here's a shot down my aisle (this was a slow time!):

Now I'm desperately making new stock for the last few shows of the season! There will be some late nights this week!

SO Excited - "make it!" is Here!

This weekend I'll be at the "make it!" show, starting tomorrow at 4pm! I'll be right near the stage.....look for the crocheted snowflakes display (and say hi!).

"Shop for one-of-a-kind handmade items from over 110 of Canada’s hottest urban artisans, designers & crafters! Make It fuses indie shopping, a fully licensed bar and live music from up-and-coming local musicians to create a dynamic, upbeat experience! There will be something for everyone from fashion, accessories, art, jewelry, baby items, home decor and stuff for the guys!"

Self Portrait

Here's a self portrait that I made for a "This Is Us" book collaboration - A self-portrait project to mark eleven years of trading ATC's in Vancouver, B.C.

She sort of looks like me (at least I included my "adult freckle" - aka: age spot!).

Birds off to "Bird on a Wire Creations"

Check out my mom's birds!! Aren't they absolutely fabulous? Just in time for Christmas (although I'd have these up all year), these birds are flying off to a local store here in Vancouver: "Bird on a Wire Creations".

A Brighter Palette

I'm just plugging away making new things for the upcoming shows! My last batch of necklaces have a much brighter palette.

Here's my table set up at last weekend's Burnaby Arts Council show:

Tomorrow I'll be in North Vancouver at the Delbrook Rec. Centre from 10am to 4pm!

Christmas Cards

Today I popped into "Bird on a Wire Creations", a local store here in Vancouver to drop off some fresh stock for the Christmas season, including some Christmas cards!

Here's a snapshot of part of my table from the weekend fair at St. Thomas Aquinas (the Octopus "A" sold to a very happy "A" named woman!)

Now I'm getting ready for my next fair: Burnaby Arts Council's 4 day fair, starting this Thursday!

Tomorrow's the First Christmas Fair of the Season!

Are you feeling Christmas-y yet?...or is it still to early for you?

I'm feeling the buzz - tomorrow's my first Christmas Craft Fair of the season! I've just started to post my 2011 Winter fairs on the sidebar to the right.....there's more to add (when I find a little scrap of time!!)

I have a favourite out of every batch that I make - this one's my favourite for today:

It's made on a German Scrabble Tile piece:

Since the fair is tomorrow, today is filled with assembly line craziness!

Christmas Stock

I've been working like a mad woman, getting stock ready for the Christmas season - I'm starting to get excited!

These are almost ready to go:

Finally, some finished glass rectangles:

You should see my work room....it's like a hurricane swept through!

Halloween Party Treats

It would be fun to serve up some of these treats for Halloween!

Witch's Finger Cookies:

Weiner Worms:

S'mores Ghosts:

Bat Cake:

Spooky Halloween Spirits:

Buried Alive Muffins:

DIY Halloween Decorating

Paranormal Portraits:

(from Country Living)

Cheesecloth Ghosts:

(from Country Living)

Halloween Apothecary Jar:

(from eab designs on flickr)

Creepy Hand:

(from Better Homes and Gardens)

Boo!

(from Better Homes and Gardens)

Papercut Pumpkin:

(from Apartment Therapy/Elista Mora)

Great Halloween Costumes

We're back to "normal" here in Vancouver. It's been just over a week since our vacation to Hawaii and it's taken a while to get back into the swing of things.

Halloween is a big topic in our house these days....if my kids were (much) smaller, I'd totally do this:

(photo from "ladylucente" on flickr)


I also LOVE these sugar skull costumes:

(photo from Brianna Perezcassar Makeup and Hair Blogg)

(photo's from Lauren Gherardi on flickr)

Since I've been back, I've been working hard on making stock for the upcoming Winter shows! These necklaces need just a little bit more work.

Lots of late nights around here!

Aloha!

Aloha! I've been away from blogging for a while! I finished the summer markets in Vancouver, and our family is on a 2 week holiday away in sunny Hawaii (Kona)!

We've been visiting a ton of beaches. This beach was so, so beautiful.....soft white sand, clear, warm water...but deceivingly dangerous. We didn't notice the warning of death and drowning signs until we left the beach, but we figured that out pretty quickly once we got there! The waves were very, very strong - too strong for my 5 and 7 year old non-swimmers! (although they didn't think that at all!)

In extreme contrast, we visited a black sand beach yesterday. It was neat....but kind of creepy. The black sand made the water dark, dark, dark. Up until now we've been used to seeing crystal clear water. I almost couldn't dip my toes in this water.....I just couldn't shake the idea of creepy things living in that black water just waiting to grab my feet! Of course I didn't project this fear to my kids!

This is my 7 year old sitting at "Snorkel Beach". This was by far my favourite beach so far. I brought my snorkel gear and spent a good long time watching the colourful fish and large turtles. It was seriously like swimming in an aquarium. I'm going to buy a disposable underwater camera and spend one more day at this beach before we leave!

Black sand beach again:

Snorkel Beach again:

Jumping the waves at "Surfer Beach":

"Surfing":

"Surfing" with Oma (hahahahah - we were seriously the whitest people on the Island - especially my 7 year old! We don't stand out as much now though...)