ted had some truly beautiful cards printed up by Tanya over at snap & tumble.  i had been admiring her work on etsy for a little while, due to my slight obsession with letterpress and searching out printers here in canada.  i then met Tanya at a trunk show at the workroom.

 

i don't think i captured the beauty of the letterpressing she's done, but you can see her much more capable photos over on her blog

oh, and the rabbits from earlier in the spring? they made tiny, cute bunnies! this little guy would fit nicely in my hand, if i could catch him.

i lucked out at a second hand shop with my mom the other day - she found this fantastic wallpaper, two full rolls of hand-printed and flocked bamboo patterned wallpaper!

the label was peeling off, so i carefully removed it and put it in a safe place so that i wouldn't lose it, and of course that 'safe place' is alluding me now.  i do remember that is was manufactured in canada.

i hope that you can see the flocking - it s wonderfully fuzzy.  now all we need is a house with a small room to wallpaper, as i don't want to waste it on this rental flat, and i think the landlord would object since the entire house, inside and out, is painted beige.

also - there was an article in the saturday National Post about the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and my work is mentioned in it. if anybody has a copy, i'd love to have it.  i'll even send you a present for your troubles!

i've returned home from toronto outdoor art - spent a wonderful weekend staying with friends michelle and the bookhou family, thanks to all for the hospitality!  and a thanks as well to the many friends who visited, it was great to talk to you all.

 

 as usual, i had very little time to run around and see the show myself, the only downfall of participating!  on the last day of the show, my good friend Naomi Clement [you will see her wonderful pottery at cabbagetown this september] discovered Deborah Freeman.  Naomi and i are friends from nscad, where we were in ceramics together.  Deborah fires her work in atmospheric  kilns, using wood and soda ash to add to the glaze on the work.  i miss ceramics very much sometimes, and especially the wonder of opening up an atmospheric kiln to see the somewhat unpredictable results.  i bought the little collection above, my favorite being the ewer with funnel.

i also got my hands on one of arounna and john's wonderful new alphabets, which are even nicer in person than the in the photos.

 

jenna greenberg of jenna rose is making teatowels now, so i picked up this lovely pair in a cotton/linen blend.

psst, jenna!  permaopaque markers are now available in finepoint - you can get them in guelph at wyndham art supplies!  thanks to cara for the finding them for me.

i'm in toronto for the outdoor art exhibition this weekend - stop by booth pink 100 and say hello.

i am using a wonderful organic linen in my new work, combining it with my hand dyed and screenprinted fabrics for bursts of colour. these are my new caps, that i finished sewing yesterday.  four colours, three sizes, with a small bit of elastic in the back for fit.

as i've mentioned before, i listen to cbc radio one continuously throughout the day.  jian ghomeshi hosts a program called 'q', and today they spoke about the portrayal of women and girls in animated films as always a princess.  i then found this photo project by vancouver photographer dina goldstein.