Where or where can colour junkie be??

Um, in the basement sewing until I have cramps in my arms!

I just finished my first show on the weekend! I was an exhibitor in the Hamilton Baby Expo. I am so glad that I participated in that show. It gave me a chance to test out my booth for the One of a Kind and see which of my products people were drawn to. I met some fantastic people and will hopefully be putting my work in a couple of stores!

People were definitely interested in my pillows, owls, and monkeys....I am busy busy busy making more to replace what I sold out! My pillow form supplier is going to be happy to see me next week:)

This weekend between Halloween and a birthday party, I will be finishing some of my ottomans. This set is made using beautiful, colourful wool!

Also I have finished designing the templates for my Christmas stockings.

So here are a couple of pics of some of my new work........

What goes around comes around...

The picture above is from craftsanity.com...I love the colours of course.


I went out for lunch/a beer with some old coworkers of mine last weekend. I am terrible at keeping in touch sometimes. They hadn't met Penny yet and she is nine months old today!
I drove Anna home and she offered me the old light table from our work. When we were moving I had given it to her. She doesn't use it and I could convert it to an exposure table! I am going to put it in my basement studio:)
Poor Tommy has to move all of his paints/easel/paintings upstairs again. He had just finished setting up a corner of the basement for them. But I am a space sponge and I am slowly taking over every sqaure inch of the basement for my studio!

I'm in!

I found out that I got in to the One of a Kind show for Christmas. It is about a week less than 6 months away.
I started a to do list and it is very very long.
Tomorrow is night 5 of printing at Sheridan. I have been getting quite a bit done but I will need more fabrics than I am going to be able to print in the next 6 weeks.
I think I may sign up to use the studio again in the fall if it is available.
A friend and previous coworker offered me a light table that I could potentially convert into an exposure table to burn silk screens. I just have to figure out if I can find a way to fit it into my basement studio.
T may have to move his paintings and easel up to the spare bedroom and allow me to claim every square inch of the basement as my work space. I LOVE having a designated place to work. Lucky me.

Here is a sneaky peeky at some of my test swatches:)

Week 3

Tonight is week 3 of printing in the studio at Sheridan! Eek. Time is flying by.

My goals tonight:
1. Print trellis
2. Print alphabet
3. Print concrete block inspired design
4. Print tree!!!

I think that is pretty good, but if time permits...also expose a polka dot overall and the invert of the concrete block design.

Also tomorrow I would like to send T her mock ups of the bedcover for her daughter...

LOVING how much design work I have been doing. LOVING it.

Now for eye candy...



courtesy of joomoolynn on flickr

The Cool Hunter

OMG...just got a link to this from my daily CRAFT email...the cool hunter blog.
The power of colour:






Say it loud, say it proud "I love colour!"

There are more pictures on the blog entry of architecture that uses bright fabulous daring colour but I love these two pictures the best:)

What should I make?

Well I applied for the One of a Kind show using pictures of my pillows, ottomans, toys, blankets, and an applique/embroidery little picture to hang on your wall. I have an issue...I have too many ideas and can't seem to settle on what should be my main focus. I have access to the printing studio now so I don't want to waste any time...I exposed 5 screens with little patterns to print for my toys. I think I should focus on what I am going to put on my big screens next.
So...multi-color prints? single color prints? overall repeats or compositions?
I do lean towards repeats...
Stay tuned:)

Sheridan

Well, last night was like a huge clash of past and present! The studio has a tonne of screens from my old place of employment, plus some of our scrap strike offs for rags. It was very strange to see my work and my school mixed together. The college is a little fancier than when I was there but still pretty much the same.
It has been 10 years since I graduated...Two big changes I noticed:
1. signs that say no smoking outside and a list of fines associated with that
2. signs that say no cell phones in the life drawing classes.
Both good changes!
I managed to coat and expose nine screens and I worked on some artwork for other designs. Next week I am going to go early so I can strip my bigger screens and then print print print! It was so exciting and inspiring to be there.
I still haven't heard from the One of a Kind show...what the heck is the hold up???
Today I plan to go and drop off my application for the Baby Expo in Hamilton.