Monthly Archives: May 2010

Anticipating inevitable shrinkage

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

Every year the neighborhood I live in has a giant garage sale. Tons of people come from all over the lower mainland, and we all emerge from our winter cocoons with coffee in hand and have a great day of … Continue reading →

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KitchenAids or Stand Mixers?

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

This morning was the perfect cloudy-rainy-holiday-Monday-stayin’-at-home-day for bread baking. The children love it, it makes the house smell amazing, and I felt like I built a little endurance in my arms kneading bread, so that maybe I’ll kick a little … Continue reading →

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Sock Monkeys and Steam Engines

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Part of being a parent it seems, is experiencing all those collateral things you would never have dreamed of doing prior to having kids, that you now get to do. Like, Build A Bear. I’ve been to the mall, I … Continue reading →

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Tilting at windmills

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

There’s only one real downside to being a potter. Every once in a while I realise that I’ve been using the same 4 bowls, plates, and mugs, when I have a whole cupboard stacked with pottery piles deep. I have … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a lamb junky

Posted on May 15, 2010 by

I have family on Saltspring Island, and every summer we spend time on the farm, the children run wild, it’s an organic feeding frenzy. And if you love good food (I do), you get to know the local farmers, growers, … Continue reading →

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Ceci n’est pas une…Ritchie Bros. handbag?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by

Well, it’s not every day that I get to say Rene Magritte and Ritchie Bros. in the same sentence, but this blog entry is all about shakin’ it up baby! Magritte is one of my favourite artists – Belgian, surrealist … Continue reading →

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Let’s call it a wheel loader and leave it at that

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

So I ran out of duct tape at about 10 pm tonight, and while I’m not sure if it’s a John Deere or a Caterpillar, it’s a wheel loader fo sho, and that’s that.  I’m actually truly amazed that this … Continue reading →

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crazy project #2307: cardboard loader backhoe

Posted on May 9, 2010 by

This recycling/upcycling  challenge at work has me spinning with ideas.  I got an idea on Friday to make a loader backhoe “sculpture” (I’ll use that term loosely).  My kids, of course, think I am a crazy lunatic, or a 12 … Continue reading →

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girlie vs. soviet constructivist

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

Well, here’s a glimpse at how my eclectic brain works…I’m working on a very girlie scalloped cupcake plate and a coffee coaster with a constructivist logo. And somewhere in there, I got a round tuit.

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back to the earth

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Well, enough of all these cakes – i’m caked out! I don’t normally go through such a frenzy of cake-making, and my arms are killing me from yesterday’s athletic achievements rolling out all that sugar paste for the Mac cake. … Continue reading →

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