Star photography and northern light hunting is a favourite hobby of ours. I love long exposure shots (and that feeling when you hold your breath and wait to see what the photo will look like). Here are a few of my favourite images, and what…
When I came home on valentines day these were waiting for me on the bedside table :) Of course before they died I had to put a few away for jewellery. I preserved them and finally had a chance to make something of them this…
Today it’s snowing outside. It’s practically March, but it’s as good a day as any for snow to finally show up. With any luck it will cool down and become proper snow – currently it would be more accurate if I said it was slushing…
I didn’t know if the idea would have any traction, but it’s only been up for a day and I’ve heard back several beautiful stories so far. One from a lady who helped out someone at work because they had the same rare blood type,…
2 of my best friends are getting married – she’s from Sri Lanka, he’s Portugese. They both love Super Mario. Nailed it? I wish I had some advice on how I made these, but I honestly just opened up a pic of Mario and Princess…
Inspired by the good works of the Yarn Harlot and other knitters who have used patterns to raise funds for charity I’ve decided to try an idea of my own for knitting karma! Here’s how it works. This is a lovely cowl pattern I’ve just developed:…
Today I wanted to talk a little about product photography and how I get even lighting on my shots. For an example I’ll use a piece of pottery. Here is a photo of one of my pitchers. Pottery is very hard to shoot because it’s…
This is the winter that wasn’t. At least, here in TO it wasn’t. We’re not used to this total lack of winter and last weekend Tito and I drove out in search of ice and snow because, dammit, we miss it. We ended up heading…
Being a designer is tough because it makes you picky. I had experimented with Kool Aid a while back and, while it was fun, I didn’t keep up with it because I had so many ideas in my head and I couldn’t make the yarn…
I’ve been seeing these all over the net, I had to make one for myself :)
For Issue #2 I wanted to try out something a little more techy. I’ve been having to do a lot of architectural shooting lately, so this technique was on the front burner for me and I thought I’d share it :) As an architectural photographer…
Craftsy is starting to sell patterns, and the Blue Brick pattern store is ready! Only 4 patterns are up so far but I’m looking forward to building a fun collection :)