Workshop Fun at The Design Exchange!

 Last night I ran a workshop at The Design Exchange where participants got to design their own Tea Towels... and not just any tea towels, collaborative tea towels!

Participants started by outlining their design for their own tea towel. Then at every 20 minute interval they got up and moved to someone else's towel and had to figure out how to add their own vision to someone else's canvas.

It was interesting to see how the participants vibed off of what was in front of them. Trying to replicate the shapes or techniques, and find new ways to add their design sensibility to the print that they were presented with.

The gals at Hoopla in a moment of deep creative concentration...

With the inspiration flowing and the paint flying these guys came up with all kinds of creative designs.

 The outcome of the workshop was pretty amazing!

 

March News

March is looking like a pretty packed month of workshops and shows and new products and fun events! Here are a few goodies that I'm looking forward too...

 This upcoming Saturday March 10th is the Craft and the New Economy Symposium. a one-day symposium that brings together international, national and local speakers to address the relationship between craft and issues of sustainable business practice, technology, DIY and social responsibility.

I'll be running a tea towel designing workshop at The Design Exchange in the evening of Monday March 19th. It'll be a collaborative workshop where participants work together creatively to design a set of tea towels. Participants will add their unique design elements to each tea towel and build on each other's creative vision to design a one of a kind set of tea towels. This workshop is perfect for doodlers, artists, and designers alike.

And the end of March brings in one of the first signs of Spring. The Spring One of a Kind Show! From Wednesday March 28th to Sunday April 1st 450 vendors will be sharing their latest designs and delicious treats! Use the online coupon code for a discounted ticket rate!

Anthropologie Love!

Yesterday I got the chance to meet the Home Buying Team for Anthropologie. Myself with five other Etsy sellers put together a display of our goodies and introduced the Team to our lines. 

It was a fun day and I got to meet some great people!

 Here we are! I met some fine ladies at the event who make the loveliest treats! handpainted dishes, ceramic clocks, brightly coloured ornate chalk boards, and oh so sweet cake stands!! 

From left to right : Charlotte of Charlotte L Design, Sonja of TEXture MIX, Jelena of TinyPoppies, 

Brittany of Morgan and Bean, Pam of neatTreat, and of course Moi! 

Missing in the photo is Pam of lurearts

The Design Exchange hosted the event. Oh and FYI... Their shop is packed with great stuff right now! Plenty of amazing Canadiana goodies!

Remembering the Summer 2011... Mustache Edition

 

 Once we got back from our honeymoon i would have to say that the rest of my summer was consumed by MUSTACHES! With a few juicy orders in the pipeline that will be in stores for Movember, i was overwhelmed with mustaches and had to really reconnect and remember why i got into making these Mustache Hankies in the first place... Because they are hilarious!

I spent one morning in August with the kids at The Summer Design Camp at The Design Exchange. I showed them some of the goodies that i make and we talked about finding inspiration and art and design and all that fun stuff. Cheers to the little girl who stumped me with her question about which colours i like the least. I tried to answer by picking up coloured pencils that i didn't really like, but the kids kept proving me wrong and finding those colours in my work. Nuts!

*Photo credit : The Design Exchange 2011.