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I will be having some quicky posts coming up, since I will soon be going on a long vacation to see friends and family in three of the places I have previously lived; Ottawa, Minnesota, & Maine. I have prescheduled some posts so stay tuned...I sho (read full article)
Tonight (July 2nd) is a great night to view new art in the Bow Valley. My wonderfully talented friend, Jane Newman, who is as warm and kind as she is gifted, is having an opening for her show "round the outside" at Wild Flour Bakery Cafe at 211 Bear (read full article)
It is always nice to spend a leisurely afternoon with friends. A couple of weeks ago, my kiddos and I were invited to friend's home for food, laughter, and some good old backyard fun. Jane, opened her lovely home to us all, and served us a wond (read full article)
Just a quicky post before I am off to dreamland. This week, while watercolor painting with my 4 year old, I decided to give my one year old daughter a paintbrush. She loved it! She liked putting paint on the brush, then putting color on paper. She se (read full article)
Earlier this month I blogged about the Altered Book Show currently at the Banff Public Library. Myself and artists, Jane Newman, Cindy Gibson, Mojo Anderson, Pat Allin and Zoe Nelson, have 12 books on display for the month of April. Michelle Macullo (read full article)
Our family enjoys going to art exhibitions, and we tend to go to a lot of them due to my profession. And while these events are often more geared to adults, on Saturday evening we went to a special event where the art was for children. Local Banff ar (read full article)
Books by Cindy GibsonI am excited to be part of a month long altered book show at the Banff Public Library. During April, 12 altered books will be on display art and book lovers to peruse. The books are the result of a class, taught by Jane Newman, a (read full article)
Max Elliot and eight-year-old Darmody O'Donnell show off their piece, Lady Luck, at the Women's Art Show opening reception at the Banff Public Library. The art show, put on by the library in conjunction with the YWCA, is on display until the end of M (read full article)
...gotta love those! Back to back art openings, yippee!BANFF TOWN HALLFriday night was the annual Homegrown Show at the Banff Town Hall. This show is always well attended with lots of great food and fun conversation. This year there was also live mus (read full article)
"See" Mixed Media by Tiffany Teske (Record album jacket, embroidery thread, original Polaroid transfer, vintage photograph copy, map, game piece, acrylic paint, stones, not shown in this photograph)Collage from the series "Wanderlust""The Homegrown A (read full article)
Well, I have always been able to work best with a deadline. I tend to wander off to other projects if I have all the time in the world. So, just in the nick of time, I finished my piece for the Women's Art Show at the Banff Public Library. I worked o (read full article)
(The beginning of my piece; I selected images from my negatives, had them printed, arranged them, added fabric hearts and collaged text from a vintage dictionary.)Usually when I drop off the face of my blog for a few days it is because I have been bu (read full article)
I have been working on this collage for a few days. I was inspired to start it because I had lots of book page and sheet music hearts left over from Valentine making. I usually start a collage with a vague idea of what I want but I never plan things (read full article)
I was invited to a luncheon today by a friend who spent the week in my town at a conference at the Banff Centre. The food was great and it was nice to see my friend before she headed back to her town. She had been given some lilies which she gave to (read full article)
The New Year always puts me in a reflective state. It makes me assess my goals for the future and also makes me look at what I have accomplished during the year. I often have things I want to post about that take me a long to time to get to... this i (read full article)
I love children's books. I used to read them even before I had a child. I strive to write one someday, hopefully sooner than later. I live in Canada. There are far fewer children's book publishers here than in the US. We do have a wonderful organizat (read full article)
How was the Artisans Market? Well, from what I heard, Saturday was fabulous! I however, was not there. My booth was there, my work was there, but I was NOT. Pardon me while I whine for a minute. I had a migraine on Friday night. I have only have them (read full article)
I am excited to be selling my photography and art at the Canmore Christmas Artisans Market this year. It is a wonderful way to do all of your Christmas shopping while supporting the handmade movement while not even leaving the Bow Valley!! I heard th (read full article)
Wow! The month of October was spent getting ready for my show. And the past week has been spent shooting and posting for Polaroid week. And my in laws were here, and now my dad is here. Add play dates and preschool, crafting with friends, hunting tre (read full article)
I am always trying to catch up on this blog. I have hundreds of posts which never get written. Balance. Ah. Yes, I strive to be balanced. So, some things don't get done. And for me, the point of a blog is to enjoy writing. If it becomes a chore I don (read full article)
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