orillia streets alive~ stephen leacock chairs

this weekend is the kick off for the annual orillia streets alive project this year featuring stephen leacock chairs!!!

after two months of working on them the 50 chosen artists are ready to show their work!!

here's a little article about us (tammy gravina, kristin wright and myself) about the chairs.

http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/what%27s%20on/article/1376723--art-you-can-sit-on

i would like to mention the reasoning behind my chair design.  i was thinking that as an artist if i have an idea i would draw on anything that i could get my hands on, i thought this would be the same with writers.  i studied and learned stephen leacock's penmanship so it was like HE was writing on the chair.  it was a fun (sometimes challenging) project and am looking forward in seeing what the challenge for next year will be.

come on down this saturday and meet all the artists and see their beautiful chairs!!  remember to vote for your favorites!  (voting is from june 23rd to july 28th) but the chairs will be present all along mississaga street in orillia all summer. 

hope to see you there!

until next time...
much love
nom
xoxo

p.s.  you can vote until july 27th!!! just pick up your ballot at Jack and Maddy's 143 Mississaga St. E downtown Orillia see all the chairs downtown and vote for your favorites!
chairs will be on display downtown until october!!

roof reno!!

so after much blood, sweat, tears, rain, depot-dump-beer trips the infamous roof project is complete.  (well the outer roof, the inside is another future project...)  huuuuge thanks go out to bill and don for working away at this project through everything mother nature could throw at them.  thank you!!!!    i am comforted in knowing  that when it rains i will not get wet standing under my roof, go figure it worked that way.  ;-)

before shot... (well at the very beginning of starting shot...)

after!!!

 hoping to get the rest of the new siding on at some point this summer.  (ah renos, they're just never ending.  ;-) )

now off to do the other eighteen billion things in preparation for the busy summer season that is rapidly approaching.   studio open in three weeks and counting.... egad....

until next time...

love
nom
xoxo

fresh out of the kiln...

ceramic log containers!!!

small 2" w x 2 1/2" h

large 3 1/4" w x 3 1/2" h

NEW ~bigger wall fairies~

11" with a variety of wing colours and designs

perfect for around windows, fences and trees.  :)

gearing up for a busy season ahead!!!

until next time
love
nom
xoxo