I love you Helbotica! When can we be together?
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Recently I’ve been pretty darn inspired to give word burning a go. At some of my more recent art shows I’ve seen a lot of stunning work that combines wood burning and paints. I can’t imagine this being any kind of profitable endevour for me personally, but I am thinking I have a chance at making something beautiful.
I picked up my first wood burning kit yesterday at Michaels (gasp – the horror of it all). I was fortunate enough to get a gift certificate so I didn’t feel all that guilty paying their ridiculously high prices for my newest tool. It sure looks an awful lot like my soldering iron, but a hell of a lot less grungy and beat up.
Stay tuned. More details as this craft develops.
I am freaking out a little. I really, really cannot wait for this film to come out.
Watch this little trailer for the film and be inspired!
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Belt buckles!
The holidays are coming and I’m getting ready for all my shows and preparing wares for my retail locations. Here’s a few of the of my latest.
Here comes the new belt buckles! I’m busy cutting out pictures and thinking up rude little remarks!
I’ll add more pictures when I have more to look at!
For Puces Pop!
I’m really excited for this show! I’ve been working so hard to get ready and I’m hoping I meet all my crazy deadlines. We shall see…
If you’re in the Montreal area next weekend you should definitely check it out. It’s going to be tonnes of fun.
A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to be the winning bidder on one of Tascha Parkinson’s beautiful folk paintings. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I adore her work so I was ecstatic to get a piece (and, I have to brag – at a FAN-freaking-TASTIC price!).
Here she is hanging on my wall. It’s not the greatest spot in the world, but it’s somewhere that I always see it.
Another piece, a print, that I picked up recently on Etsy is from a wonderful artist working under the name SpeckledWords. It’s Project Runway time and she had this totally inspiring Tim Gunn sketch/digital art. I love it. I had this vintage frame that I really wanted to use, but it wasn’t a perfect fit. I’ve back the picture with a colourful map for now. When I get a chance I’ll get it a proper insert thing.
I’m finally home after a long weekend of crafting, travelling and selling. As I mentioned before, I took part in the annual Women’s Art Festival in Kingston, Ontario. Sunday was a beautiful day. It started off sunny with a nice light breeze, but the humidity quickly amped itself up and I was sweating buckets! I had lots of people stop by to say hello and check out my new wares. On Friday and Saturday I made a new line of fridge magnets (I’ll tell you more about them later) and I got some positive feedback on those. Lots of my resin belt buckles found happy new homes and I’m pleased with that.
I spent most of Monday lost. My doctor relocated her office and it’s not listed at all. At one point I was on the phone with 411 and unknowingly sitting about 7 steps away from her office. Thank goodness I started looking for her office with at least an hour to spare. I found her just time time. Just in time to sit for another hour in the waiting room. A little annoying, but such is life at the end of the business day.
I also added to my injuries list while I was away. I had a 6am fall down the stairs while I was carrying a tub of crafts. The silver lining is that it woke me up (or shook me up) just in time for my hour long drive to the art festival. I have a pretty (painful) carpet burn up my forarm and on my left knee. Even tonight I slipped and fell in my craft room. If standing on my two feet wasn’t so convinient I would stop it at this point.
Earlier today I got to take a trip to one of my favourite thrift stores in the world. I bought a cart full of clothing, books, knick knacks and fabric for just over $80. My grandmother thinks my husband is going to divorce me for bring home so much “junk.” She’s the one that trained me to thrift store shop – she should know better than to call it junk. A shameful word indeed.
I’ll spend tonight and tomorrow photographing some of my new vintage finds. I’ll be adding them to my Etsy throughout the week. Check back for updates!
