EMILY CHALMERS – her book – you’ve probably heard of it Flea Market Style – it’s perfect. Perfect in that each of the images combine colour, collecting, displaying, collage, and formal composition – making each room feel handpainted from a uniform and thoughtful palette – although looking at the items individually will blow the whole [...]
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my old kentucky blog radio
Posted in awesome blog, music, tagged blog radio, change of heart, el perro del mar, my old kentucky blog radio, sirus radio show on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
.. is my new favourite thing. I get to listen the show My old kentucky blog radio show if I’m late to get into town for work (which usually happens) – and then when i’m running around town. Tuesday mornings from 9-11am on sirius radio channel 026. The blog is an awesome resource for cool [...]
hanging in there and everywhere
Posted in art, awesome blog, shopping, tagged counting sheep, handmade mobiles, hanging objects, mobiles on December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chester and I have this amazing seagull that soars above our little living room space (Thanks Uncle Brian & Auntie Joan McC.) I remember making some one time that were ‘farm yard’ themed – lots of farmers with straw hats, sheep, horseys, and cows i remember that strung from popsicle sticks. hanging things in a [...]
stars so bright
Posted in art, awesome blog, tagged artist cards, celebration, dinner, holiday cards on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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a cup was broken
Posted in art, awesome blog, fashion find, shopping, tagged feathers, noemiah jewelry, quebec artist on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
… she’s slowly getting put back together. Today the husband and I went into town to buy some toothpaste and we got an icecream for my super sore throat. here are some beautiful images from Quebec artist Noemiah that have been a soothe to my flu that I found on etsy this morning Feather and [...]
comox valley dwellings
Posted in awesome blog, comox valley love, tagged blogs, comox valley, courtenay, interior design on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Being back at “work” at the end of the week has kinda thrown me all off. I kept thinking today was a monday not a friday- TGIF! I felt like really weird all day. I still can’t believe tomorrow is saturday. I’m going to feel like it’s tuesday- i just know it. Tonight i’ve been [...]
rain!! = cozy online shopping time
Posted in art, awesome blog, ceramics, fashion find, shopping, tagged few handmade, handmade, handmade finds, online shopping on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it’s raining, no no it’s POURING!!!! (and the old man couldn’t possibly be snoring, when his house is flooding!) We have had straight through falling sheets of water on us here in the comox valley for the last 2 days! And i’m watching the weather lady say their is more in the forecast. The rain is good [...]
utopian goat living
Posted in awesome blog, tagged blueberry farm, country living, farm life, goats, surrey, vancouver on November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Heather Cameron‘s ensuite bathroom (so pretty!) Heather Cameron’s blog a day in the country celebrates everything that is simple and beautiful and perfect to eat. Her organic, chemical-free blueberry farm located in the south surrey area outside of the greater vancouver region – is aptly named Missing Goat (because they are a farm with a [...]
margaret matsuyama
Posted in art, awesome blog, ceramics, printmaking, tagged animation, art, ceramics, figures, japanese canadian artist on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Japanese Canadian artist Margaret Kon Matsuyama started making these amazing figures when I worked as a student with her at emily carr a few years ago. Matsuyama won acclaim with these little identity challenging multiples since graduating with her BFA in 2008. Matsuyama’s work speaks about her personal expression through her many mediums of art [...]
molly hatch ceramics
Posted in art, awesome blog, ceramics, pots, tagged art, ceramics, gallery, line drawing, molly hatch, pottery, vermont on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my first entries included a little snipet about one of my favourite ceramicists — – – – MOLLY HATCH. If you haven’t already … you should check out her feature article in the nov/dec issue of Pottery Making Illustrated – where the feature (written by Hatch )- discloses how she does her amazing [...]
