Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Heritage Hall
3102 Main Street @ 15th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
11 am – 5 pm

Don’t worry folks! I haven’t been swept up in Olympic madness (though I have been enjoying seeing so many visitors from all over the world in my city), I’ve just been locked out of my blog for the past few days. I noticed it was loading really slowly & sometimes timing out all together, so I tried to do a database upgrade & then everything went kaplooey. Yes, that *is* the technical term.

It seems to be back on track now though & just in time for my first market of 2010 – Blim Community Market this Sunday. They’re moving to a new, bigger venue right on Main Street and I can’t wait to catch up with my fellow artists and crafters. There will be 48 vendors ranging from fashion to vintage finds and records to art to jewelry, all with a focus on promoting creative production in our community. Click here to see the full list of vendors.

And don’t forget to come on an empty stomach! Open Sesame is catering the event and they make some of the best Japanese concoctions I’ve ever had, at any price. Seriously amazing food.

I’m hoping I’ll have time to properly scan and print some of my new paintings (ahem…Alice in Wonderland), but the clock is ticking. I will definitely have a selection of lockets and pendants, stickers, postcards and maybe an original or two. See you there!

I had such a fab time at both of my shows on Saturday that I pretty much took all of Sunday off to recover. And to watch the Superbowl, of course! I couldn’t care less about football, but fair’s fair. My mister accompanied me to artsy fartsy schtuff, so I had to return the favor & watch some football. Fortunately we invited some friends over AND my mister made chilli, so I can’t complain.

On to the shows! First up – Hot One Inch Action:

I submitted Murray (print here) as my button design and was so tickled when I saw the way he’d turned out. I kept a bunch, traded for a few of my other faves and had an all around awesome night.

Next up we headed over to Box Studios for the Heart On show. It was also super packed with over 250 people through the door. I got to chat wtih some of my favorite local artists, but unfortunately my photos are awful. It’s a fairly dark venue – perfect for dancing & general merryment, less perfect for snapping non-blurry photos of artwork. Using the flash with artwork is almost worse than blurry, so…meh. Sorry!

So much fun! I’ve got a bunch more shows coming up this spring, which means I need to get back to painting now, but I’ll be posting more details soon. In the meantime, here’s a hint: follow the white rabbit.

Last year I doodled some cute little Valentine’s Day cards and put them up on the blog as a PDF file. I’m still smitten with them this year and I hope you will be too!

You just have to download the file and then print it off at home onto some heavy paper or cardstock. Cut them out and voila! Totally free Valentines for you to give to your special someones. Yay!

Download the PDF here

If you’ve never downloaded a PDF before, you may need to install a program to open it. The most common (& free) one is Adobe Acrobat.

printed on card stock & cut out

Happy (early) Valentine’s Day!

have 2 shows coming up this weekend & they both happen to fall on the same night.  I may have to swap the cocktails for energy drinks, but it should be a blast. First up – the button show:

Saturday February 6, 2010
doors @ 8pm
W2 Culture + Media House – 112 W Hastings
Vancouver, BC

My button design was selected as one of the medalists in this new round of Hot 1 Inch Action. There will be 50 different artists represented & for $5, you get a bag with 5 random buttons. I love this idea! You can buy specific buttons, so if you really have your heart set on a certain one, you have to get social & start swapping. Fun!

Next up, my girl MJ is hosting another fab art show/party with a romantic theme – The Heart On. The last show (The Wee Show) was packed & I was delighted by the quality of the art & the all-around awesomeness of the people I met. Normally I don’t do so well at hot, loud, crowded events, but the artists & attendees were such a friendly bunch that I could’ve partied all night. Which reminds me…wear comfortable shoes!

Saturday February 6, 2010
Doors 9pm
Box Studios (1622 Franklin Street)
$8 | at the door

I still have to find frames for the 2 new paintings I have in this show, so I’d better hop to it!