The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

I got back from Italy with epic jet lag. Luckily Tito was on a weird work schedule too, so we were both awake at 5 am the next morning and we decided to suit up and take the cameras to the brickworks, see if we…

Yesterday was a massive resin-fest at the house.  I was up to my elbows in the stuff literally all day and I’ve got to say, the results are lovely :) Every day this week I’ll show off some of the pieces created yesterday, all of…

I’ve been experimenting with a new direction in resin – combining it with prints (specifically, transparent prints) to create transparent pendants with inlayed graphics. The results have been very cool. In this case I’m printing the graphics with gradients that I’ve already prepared, rather than…

First of all – some winners to announce! Thank you to everyone who participated in my contest, I really enjoyed reading all your thoughts on what you would make! The two winners from my random name draw are: Carol, who wrote: “I would save my…

This Tuesday I will be listing my very last pieces of resin for sale through Etsy. After those pieces are gone, the Etsy site will focus exclusively on my knitting patterns and I will produce resin for sale by commission only. It was a tough…

This morning I uploaded my final (fingers crossed) manuscript to be printed, and I couldn’t be happier. So much work, thought, creativity and time has gone into this puppy, and I feel that it shows. My editors and proof readers have been amazing, the response…

I’ve finally updated my Etsy site with jewellery made from the leaves collected on our road trip. If you followed my travels around North Ontario you might have seen this picture: During the trip I made sure to be collecting leaves along the way –…

I wanted to share an update to my Etsy shop – resin rings have been added to my Autumn collection! These rings contain real autumn leaves, vintage sequins and occasional embellishments like sprigs of Queen Anne’s lace. They are both in antique copper for now,…

I have begun getting my Etsy site back on track, the site will grow to contain samples of (hopefully) everything I do; jewellery, ceramics, photography and knitted goods. I’ve started out featuring just a few things – the leaf jewellery so popular at the show…