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On Wednesday we held a fundraiser for the Banff Community Greenhouse. I am on the committee and this fundraiser was the culmination of many meetings and lots of effort. And it was flawless! It was held at the Banff Legion. The weather was AMAZING and (read full article)
It has been a whirl wind week of crafting fun. Today I joined kids 6-10 at the Banff Public Library for an Earth Day craft and story time. I decided to do a bottle cap craft because it uses a readily available resource that is most often thrown away. (read full article)
I ALWAYS have my eye out for craft and art how-to books, both new and vintage. I was surprised to find I had overlooked this book from 2005, in our local library. Bazaar Bizarre: Not Your Granny's Craft Book by Greg Der Ananian is worth a read. In fa (read full article)
My creative, crafty friend, Maureen, gave me a copy of The Knitting Sutra by Susan Gordon Lydon, with a box of supplies she had cleaned out of her space. I am not a knitter but she mentioned it is a book many creative people could related to. It piqu (read full article)
You may or may not know that I hold two University degrees in photography (one as the major and the other as a minor to studio art). I am an artist, crafter, writer, and all around creative, but I usually say I am a photographer first when I am asked (read full article)
Images by Tiffany TeskeMonday was a wonderful day. It was International Women's Day. It was also the first time as a mother of two that I needed to figure out a way to be three places at approximately the same time. Another mother, my friend, Dominiq (read full article)
From time to time, mostly around major holidays, I am contracted to teach crafts to local seniors. I really look forward to these visits, and I know they really look forward to seeing me and my kiddos. Today I brought my 8 month old to make Valentine (read full article)
I didn't have much time to create today but inspiration was EVERYWHERE! My friend, Tawna, came to visit. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. I met her in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, when she was my student. I was teaching a digital (read full article)
Today was a beautiful, sunny, spring like day that I spent with my kiddos. Quin had her first kids yoga class. She spent all day, it was a 4 PM, asking about it, and I was afraid it might not live up to all her anticipation, but it totally did. She L (read full article)
We are still in full on holiday vacation mode around here. We are slowly ticking off the projects we have been too busy to get around to. It is hard work to get to all the fun projects we set our sites on, but someone has to do it, sigh... We hope th (read full article)
Craft inspired me to photograph our handmade Christmas stockings. Their staff was writing about theirs. I have had mine for my entire life. A flood of happy memories come back when I see it. And the cross stitched Santa comes from someone in my famil (read full article)
So much to post, always so little time...I made this pendants back in April for a charm swap that was hosted by Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine. Participants could make up to five charms and then receive the same number that they made back from other p (read full article)
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