In the past few days, Toronto has been under a layer of ice that began with a storm last weekend, and was kept up by the fact that we went on to have a truly white Christmas. On one hand, it’s caused massive amounts of…
This is how you can keep a cold indefinitely : Take medicine Go to sleep Wake up feeling just a little bit better Conclude that you are totally healed and go do stuff (work, shop, or in my case, wander about in the cold with…
We’ve had freezing rain in Toronto all weekend. To Tito and I, that means it’s time to get out the cameras and head to Leslie Street. I apologize for the image-heavy post… but I hope you’ll agree that it was worth it :)
A few mishaps of late have motivated me to make some changes to the Blue Brick’s Etsy store, due to the number of folks who think they’ve ordered a knitted item and not a knitted pattern. Despite the following: The listing itself is called a…
It’s tough to blog about crafts when you don’t want to give away your Christmas gifts! Instead, here’s an update on my polymer clay adventures. I started by switching from Sculpey to Fimo because it’s apparently harder… harder to work with that is! This stuff…
Another goodie out of the kiln, the elephant plate! Other than the fact that I would use another technique for more even glazing, I love this one :)
When I’m learning a new medium, there is always a period where the medium dictates what you get. Sometimes, this is a long, and frustrating period, and sometimes it’s short and you’re able to start getting predictable results fairly quickly. Polymer clay has been one…
Final haul from the kiln this week, and the first piece I wanted to write about was the one I made for my karate instructor and his wife. As you can tell from this shot of the rest of the haul, I never, ever work…
I do a lot of things in my day job, but photography has always been the best part of what I do. One of our clients in particular is a huge part of my photography life, and every year we choose a shortlist of my…
I decided to join the TFA holiday KAL this year, as part of my triumphant return to knitting after giving the wrists a break for a month or so. Ah, the best laid plans. I started out on a pair of flip-tops mitts in Orange…
A few weeks ago I tried my hand at polyester resin, and it was a complete disaster. I thought that scrubbing off the mold (and my skin) with acetone would be fine, but on my next experiment I found out I was wrong. The stress…
I’ve had a horrid problem these past few months (that, as a positive, side effect, led to my spending so much time exploring resin) which is this: something is the matter with my wrists. They ache like nobodies business. It’s not even a mystery –…