Crafting in the Rain..

Hellloooo,

Well it's one of those rainy Vancouver days. Perfect day to cozy up in the house and make some new pieces. With 2 craft shows coming up I am excited and busy and I am going to fill my table(s) with lots of interesting and fun items. Yay!

Craft shows are:

Blim Monthly Community Market

Sunday March 28 | 11 AM – 4 PM | By donation
@ Heritage Hall (15th and Main)

Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market this month to take place for the first time, in Heritage Hall on Main and 15th. 2 blocks north of Blim

And:

Got Craft? Spring Show

When:

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Where:

Royal Canadian Legion 2205 Commercial Drive (@ E.6th Ave), Vancouver

It's getting lighter!

Greetings from the hazy and sunny East Side...

I walk my dog at about 6:30 a.m. everyday. For the past several months we've gone in the dark, shaving a few minutes off each time to get back inside out of the cold. But in the past few days there has been a marked difference. It is getting lighter earlier. And my favourite bird has started to sing its song, just like every Spring. So now we're stretching the walks out and getting our hearts beating again.

I haven't checked in for awhile, but have been busy. My jewellery is coming along well. I have some new ideas for Spring and Summer and am waiting for supplies to come in the mail, which is taking ages. I want to work some copper plated materials in to my pieces now and the bits and bobs I need are literally crawling across the continent to arrive here. This is ok. I have made some glass earrings, Italian Millefiori, gotten them into the stores. I am now working on some charm pendants using more of my antique buttons along with some pewter charms I received from a girl in Austria. Beautiful old boots and shoes and teapots. Victorian themed, so close to my heart. These little shank buttons I have are coming in so handy as I can fasten them to colourful backings and make them into mini pendants. I love the endless possibilities.

My personal goals at the moment consist of getting more exercise, eating a little more regularly, and trying out some yoga. All of these are things I forget about as I sit at the table working on my pieces all day. By the end of the day I often feel tired, but this is not the actual case. If I go for a good walk at the end of the day I will get a second wind. Listen to your doctor, Andrea.

The jewellery making has carried me through a year of ups and downs, it has kept me afloat and able to stay part of the world. They say studies show that working with your hands can help depression, and when I put this to the test, it could not be more true. To take the focus off myself and pour it into a passion, is the best form of therapy that exists. So I will do my best to keep on keeping on.

Hello Bonjour!

Today I am so excited, I am working on my Summer collection, or rather, beginning to work on it. Just tickling its fancy. Seeing as it is only February I have lots of time. But it is going to be so different from what I have been doing and I likey likey likey.

I still have another 12 lbs of buttons in shipment to me as we speak. I know this is bordering on obsession. (what are we talking about bordering, it is a clear-cut PROBLEM) However I also have new Victorian style charms on their way from Austria and the States, and these new buttons are so beautiful it's as if they are from an alien vintage planet of loveliness. I have to keep working with them. I have taken over a section of the house with buttons. They have so many layers and personalities to them.

So, I shall leave it here. I am working on a bowl of cold oatmeal and coffee from 6:30 this morning. Too distracted. Time management is something I am working on right now as well.

Thanks just now then,

I shall revisit soon.

A