Pictures of my work....

I have been trying to take more pictures of my work...Turn the camera away from the kids and focus!! haha
Here are a few pictures...

Hello March!

Whoa! Time flies!

My work is now available at Springy's in Hamilton. They are a baby boutique that sells strollers (we got our BOB duallie there) and baby gear, bedding, and all of the baby necessities! They love to buy local when they can, so they have some work from local designers in their store as well. We met through the Hamilton Baby Expo in October. Currently they have some baby blankets, pillows, owls, and a couple of monkeys.

I am bringing another set of pillows and giraffes down to the store this weekend...Sneaky Peeky....

2011

I decided that 2011 would be the year of me keeping up with my blog and it is already January 3rd and no posts from me. Ultra fail in the resolutions department I guess. Although I did read two novels this week! Giller Prize nominated books rock. Too bad they disregarded Room...it looks really good too.

So....in the design department...

Working on some new ideas for screens, and totally cleaned up the huge mess I made in the studio during the One of a Kind show.

Bought some lights to so that I can take some better photos of my work too. Would love to actually have some things listed on Etsy!!

Making stuff

Well Christmas is around the corner and I am having withdrawal from my little studio in the basement. I am making blankets for the cradle and doll bed I bought from the One of a Kind show for Summer and Penny. I would like to also make Reed a superhero cape but realistically that is not going to happen. I have one monkey left and it is going to be Penny's! I can't sell her.

I just read someone else's blog and realized that mine is boring. I think my New Year's resolution is to become more focused on my blog and my etsy.

I am buying lights so that I can take some wicked photos of my work. I give up on trying to rig something up every time!

Love,
Heidi

One of a Kind show

The One of a Kind show came and went already! I had to sew every night to keep my booth full. The owls, monkeys, pillows, and stockings were a hit!
I only sold a few ottomans but I guess not that many people wanted to carry a piece of furniture on the TTC. LOL The owl ottomans were the most popular.
I resigned for next year, but decided against the Spring Show. It would be wayyyy too insane for me to attempt to make enough to stock my booth in time.
Ironically I received the Sheridan catalogue for the night courses in the mail today. I think I am going to sign up to print there again. That worked out really well for me.
I have a million ideas..maybe 2 million. Better get started!

Oh, and I met tonnes of amazing artists and fantastic people. It was a great week, although I missed the munchkins like crazy.

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!