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paper suitcases from t-shirt boxes 28 Jun 2012 | 08:20 am
Hours and hours flew by as I made our wedding favor boxes: paper luggage. At first I thought: it’s just a t-shirt box and I only need to repeat the process a dozen times, it’ll be a cinch. I didn’t...
no-sew color block suede cushions 28 Jun 2012 | 07:17 am
Aaaah, where did the time go?!? I feel like I have been DIY’ing at all hours of the day, everyday, only to pause for work and sleep. I get home from the office, inhale dinner, craft until midnight, ...
straw mat turned kilim magic carpet 12 Jun 2012 | 11:27 am
So the previously mentioned straw mats have had a backbreaking 8-hour makeover this weekend. I sewed four together to create a massive mat on which I painted on a number of kilim patterns. This once...
terracotta clay succulents 12 Jun 2012 | 09:50 am
As soon as I posted the wedding invites and saw the overall concept through a computer screen (not on my desk as it had been evolving for weeks), I automatically felt the urge to perpetuate the evolut...
suede-boxed invites with hand-marbled papers and terracotta succulents 5 Jun 2012 | 07:54 am
I didn’t think this would be so hard! Especially after designing handmade stationery for over 150 weddings in my designer days. I discovered, amidst the arduous task of making my own invitations, th...
canadian living june 2012 issue: father’s day card 3 Jun 2012 | 10:37 pm
It’s been a few weeks out on newsstands. Where did May go!?! Here’s my latest contribution to Canadian Living magazine: Father’s Day shirt card with a life-size wearable paper tie (clipped on with p...
terracotta, suede, apricot, champagne, honeydew, moss, straw, capiz, onyx, and gold 3 Jun 2012 | 08:21 am
They have something in common! They will all belong in our wedding ceremony and “desserts in the desert” picnic reception on the bluffs of the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Hoora...
grand wedding plans 16 May 2012 | 05:02 am
Finally. PLANS. Plans as small and grand as small and grand can be. Plans that absolutely make me the happiest bride-to-be! It took a while to get here, as you’ve known. A lot of options, opinion...
canadian living may 2012 issue: mother’s day topiary 13 Apr 2012 | 05:17 pm
Ok, my April issue unveiling may have been a little late. But the Canadian Living May issue just came out last week with my latest contribution: There is still time to head out to the newsstands to ...
easter egg pockets for canadian living april 2012 issue 13 Apr 2012 | 05:07 pm
Happy belated Easter! Nope, I didn’t let this Easter pass without a craft from me. But I have been so far behind, I didn’t tell you sooner! Or can I just say I am a year early? I made paper Easter...
