Here are the photos of our visit to The Paper Place.I was like a cat in a fishery :)The cherry on the cake was to spot my Galison 'Thank You' cards in the shop!Oh! I almost forgot that I ate my first ever macaron from Nadège,across...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Flea Market Treasures
A few treasures I scoredat the Sunday St. Lawrence flea market...
Saint-Armand
On top of all the wonderful memories I brought back with mefrom my trip to Canada, I also brought back amazing art supplies.Margie took Sonia & me to visit The Paper Place on Queen St.I bought a whole stack of Canadian 100% recycled...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Margie's Magical Garden
I have a really hard time finding words to describehow beautiful my friend Margie is inside and out.I think the wild exquisiteness of her garden is a perfect reflection of her.I hope you are inspired by all of this as much as I was.I...
Thursday, July 28, 2011
To Dye For...
On Monday we had a 'dye party' in Margie's backyard and it was magical.Margie, Sonia, Arounna and Barbara transformed their fabricusing natural dyes while I made them my husband Manolo's famous guacamole.I'll post the recipe soon!Read...
Workshop At Bookhou 2011
Hand carved stamps workshop at Bookhou in Toronto, ON.I was blessed with the most wonderful group of creative, talented women.I loved spending time with each one of you.Thank you for welcoming me with open arms and so much love.Music: "The Littlest Birds" by The Be Good Tanyas ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Gushfest
I'm back at my home sweet home after a beautiful time in Canada!Here are just a few photos I took of Arounna's studio & shop at Bookhou.Not only is she ridiculously talented and prolificbut she is also very warm, sweet, down to...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Canada here I come!
I'm off to Ontario tomorrow and I'll be tweeting my trip!Follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/geninnesartI'm finally meeting Arounna and Sonia and seeing my dear friend Margie again :)What a treat!Thank you so much to all of you that...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mani
Gave myself a "geninne" manicure ahead of my trip to Canada this Thursday...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wearable Art
I'm working on something really fun for my shop!Each of these 2 x 2 inch squares with my original paintings will be transformedinto one of a kind of wearable art when I'm done embroidering& adding some details on them...stay tuned.Update:...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
In print!
My 13 year old son Daniel's awesome portrait of Margie's Lord Byron(gray kitty with yellow eyes)made it into Issue 10 of Uppercase Magazine!Words cannot describe how proud I am of him...
Friday, July 15, 2011
Collecting Nature
I love to collect little bits of nature and display them around our home.They are a constant source of inspiration for my artwork.Last week I found the most perfect glass box to display some of my beloved treasues.My growing collection...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Summer Storms
Quick watercolor sketch on gray recycled paperinspired by stormy gray summer skies that make colors seem bright...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Dark & Stormy
I'm giving my favorite old t-shirt a new life with an iron-on of my elephantwith embroidery on top. I used a Strathmore iron-on sheet.I love how the stormy sky blended with the color of our blue house a few days ago.We're finally...
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