I love to flip through books and looking at online sites for ideas on craft projects that I can work on. More than I love that, I love taking classes and learning by doing. I really enjoy learning new techniques and trying out crafts to see if I'd enjoy pursuing them further. Craftsy is an online craft course site that offers videos and tutorials, so you don't need to leave the home or hire a babysitter or anything in order to learn something new. The next 2 free Craftsy mini-courses I'm … [Read more...]
Shiny Holiday Event-Ready Earrings from Jolica
December 14, 2012
A simple outfit can take you from day (office) to night (party), add these sparkly silver earrings from Jolica, and you're set to go! I can't say that I'm exactly a party-person, in fact I try to avoid most crowded social scenes, but I do get quite a few invitations to store openings, media events and the like—and they are usually after work! Because I don't like to dress up too much to sit at work for 8 hours, I typically just dress up my usual business-casual outfit with some jewelry. … [Read more...]
Handmade Gifts for Tech Lovers
December 2, 2012
Tech lovers love technology and gadgets, obviously. But, they also love handmade gifts, like the ones I'm sharing below. … [Read more...]
Personalized Gifts for the Holidays from Blurb
November 16, 2012
Rather than bring back cheesy souvenirs and tacky gifts from my travels in New Zealand, when I went there on exchange back in 2007, I put together a photo book of pictures from my year away for my mom and dad. I'd been emailing and talking to them about all the places I'd seen and what I'd done for the year away, so giving them a photo book was the perfect gift. Blurb has so many different options for their photo books that you can give each person on your holiday gift list a customized book … [Read more...]
Handmade Holiday Gifts from Circle Craft Christmas Market Vancouver
November 10, 2012
Yesterday, on a gorgeously sunny Saturday, I went to the Circle Craft Christmas Market in the Convention Centre in Vancouver. Although the market is set-up for holiday shopping, I definitely saw a few things that I wanted to buy for myself. Amongst the typical Christmas-related magnets, ornaments, and stocking, were tons of fashion items. I was surprised to see so many items of clothing—scarves, sure—but do people gift dresses? There were an abundance of hats, too. … [Read more...]
Spotted: Contemporary Ceramics by Cathy Terepocki at #IDSWest12 Vancouver
November 4, 2012
Contemporary Ceramics by Cathy Terepocki really caught my eye at Interior Design Show West's The District area. The One of a Kind District was full of fantastic handmade artists, but Cathy Terepocki's booth really stood out. I could really see these being given as holiday gifts. … [Read more...]
Halloween DIY & Handmade Ideas Roundup
October 14, 2012
It took a while to finally hit us, but now fall is definitely here—leaves changing colour is only one part of that. It's rainy here in Vancouver, with no sign of it stopping until late spring! I know it's late in to the year now that Canadian Thanksgiving has passed. Time to get things ready for Halloween, and rainy fall days are perfectly spent crafting. … [Read more...]
Favourite Handmade Local Design Store Tour—North Vancouver
October 4, 2012
Was it the bold contrast of bubble gum pink and brown and the fun font used in the store name, or the colourful array of gifts in the store front window that lured me in to handmade local design store favourite? Whatever it was, I was happy to be inside perusing the myriad handmade local goods, perfect for gift-giving. … [Read more...]
Handmade Fall Leaves
September 26, 2012
I'm not the only one who loves to start new creative projects in the fall—it's a time of year that is so inspiring. I love the changes in the the weather, the colours, the new stuff everywhere. . .and the leaves scattered about. … [Read more...]
IDS West Preview & One of a Kind District
September 12, 2012
September and October are prime months for nesting—fixing up that one little corner of your home or doing a complete re-decoration in order to cozy-up the place for the cooler months, guests and entertaining. Luckily, I'll be getting lots of new ideas to share with you when I attend the Interior Design Show West (IDS West) in Vancouver in a few weeks. Features for IDS West 2012 include: One of a Kind District—this is where you get to check out local art and products from Vancouver and B.C. … [Read more...]
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