The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

This is a tale of redemption and resilience. This is what happened to the hat I thought I’d lost. It had fallen into the leaves in the parking lot last fall, and turned up this spring. It had been outdoors, under snow, all winter. It…

I sound like a broken record, but wow things have been busy! There are so many great things I’ve been up to, and I’ve had no time to sort through photos – but hopefully I’ll get through them soon. Had an amazing time shooting Mary…

I’ve been MIA for a week working on putting together my kickass new condo. It took a lot, but I’m there, I’m in love and here are pics =o) The view, one of my favourite things about this place. Aaand – the condo. I’m proud…

I have been sooo busy these past few days, between work and packing … and work… and packing. This condo is going to be gorgeous. I spent a ton of time putting my core skills to work in designing it, of course – I drafted…

Yarn: Mirasol Tupa, in gold. Pattern: The Travelling Woman by Liz Abinante Mods: I did 5 repeats of chart A – and used 5 mm needles on a light worsted instead of the recommended fingering weight yarn. Finished size: I haven’t taken proper measurements yet,…

Today my mom had to make the heart breaking decision to put our dog Bella to sleep. Rest in peace Bella, and thank you for 14 beautiful years. We will always love you.

To get away from the trials of packing Tito and I went for a walk in Mt Pleasant cemetery last night with the cameras. Thanks to his amazing eye for little details we managed to photograph a lovely Robin, a male and female Blue Jay…

This past weekend I got to volunteer at Cadillac Fairview’s annual walk/run in support of POGO (Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario). I was there as the photographer, and though Tito had come just to keep me company he ended up spontaneously donning a red volunteer shirt…

Found this pattern by Goodknits.com on these super adorable Mary Jane style slippers. The tutorial is for crochet, is beautifully easy and fast and I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a super comfy, quick and fun project. Either for yourself or as a…

These goodies are all from last weeks lampworking session – enjoy! I also made this red pendant – …which goes so beautifully with one of my favourite scarves… And these earrings Which had to be rescued by all the glue I spilled on them… Hope…

I wanted to share a few shots I took last weekend of my dear friends Mary and Perry (Doesn’t that sound adorable?). We did the engagement shoot on the weekend at Toronto’s beautiful Union Station, and I’m looking forward to shooting the wedding later this…

  Here is a view of a glass pendant that came out of the kiln on Monday. I had foolishly decided to use glue on the post, which resulted in Tito having to rescue the piece by cleaning it up and grinding off the glue.…