Good-bye Christmas
First, I know it’s been a long time since my last post. 2011 brought a number of pretty big changes to our house. I found out at the end of the last school year that our school division had made the decision (a tragic one, in my opinion) to do away with teacher-librarians. I absolutely [...]
The Latest Quote
I love collecting favourite quotations! And I’ve been painting them on my walls for years. My method was to transfer my quote to a transparency, use an overhead projector to project it on the wall, then trace it with pencil and paint over it with a paint pen. The quote above was painted over the [...]
The IKEA Dandelion Altered for Christmas!
A year ago when we were starting to build our new home, I shared images of some of the light fixtures we were going to use. One of the lights was the Dandelion pendant from IKEA, which has been frequently featured in many design magazines, websites and blogs since its debut. This light was one [...]
Pink Christmas
A number of years ago, one of my favourite magazines, Blueprint (alas, no longer in publication) featured a pink Christmas tree on its cover. It was love at first sight. I finally bought one of my own online from treetopia.com after Christmas last year. I was very excited to finally take it out of the [...]
