October 31st 2009

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

cake recipe care of Martha Stewart

We had our annual pumpkin carving party a couple of nights ago, and I wanted to make some fun treats, (as an excuse to bake, because I haven't been able to lately!). I used a recipe from Martha Stewart with cute marshmallow ghosts on top. It was so tasty!

The pumpkins turned out really well, too. The skull one was Cara and Rob's, the "Chris" one was Katherine's, (although she wanted to include a cigarette in his mouth? haha! He got a toothpick instead), and the "Naomi" one was by Anthony. I've never seen a pumpkin with bangs before! Cute!

The owl was mine, the cat was Naomi's, and the one with the giant mouth was Nikki's. Chris' didn't end up in this set of photos, but it was a clock! With clockwork! It was so cute. They've all been getting a lot of attention from the neighbourhood kids on the way to school.

I went to Stephen's show at Narwhal last night. It was pretty incredible. His paintings are really beautiful. He has an Artist Profile on NOW Magazine's weekly feature that's well worth a read.

Finally, Celine wrote a really sweet blog post on our day of jam making last weekend. Her photos are so soft and sweet! Dre looks so handsome! Thanks for a fun day, Celine!

October 28th 2009

Okay, so I may have gone a little overboard with the Hallowe'en decorations this year, but we're planning on handing out candy on Saturday night, and I want the house to look spoooOOOOoooky!

I've got a treat baking in the oven for our pumpkin carving party tonight. I'll post photos of it later. Thank you for the recipe, Martha Stewart.

Are you planning on dressing up for Hallowe'en this year? If so, what are you going as? (I have a feeling a lot of people are going out as "Max" from Where the Wild Things Are...)

{ Thanks to kitjule1010 for this sweet costume idea! }

October 26th 2009

I recently did a job for MORE Magazine and saw a copy while waiting in line at the grocery store today. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

I should apologize for my neglect of this poor, dear blog lately. I'm entering a very busy time, and won't be posting as much in the next couple of weeks. I'll try my best to keep up with it!

October 23rd 2009

Happy Friday!

Chris and I have been working on getting the materials together to start framing my work for the book launch, and the real construction will start this weekend. We'll have to make so many! And there's so much prep work to be done. I'm looking forward to the way everything will look together. It wasn't until my meeting with Kristin the other day that I saw what all of the work looked like spread out, and I'm really happy with how cohesive it was. I can't wait!

Tomorrow, Celine and I are going to make a batch of delicious jam. I'm sure there will be pictures to post up later. I love the above illustration. I found it on an American canning website, but I'm not sure who the illustrator is. I love the look of mason jars! Another of my favorite mason jar illustrations is by Roisin Fagan for Repeat Studio, a local textile design company. I recently saw some of their linen towels at a workroom Trunk Show, and they really stood out to me.

On a bit of a holiday theme, and because I've been listening to this album so much, here is a video from the show the other night. The show was quite ghoulish, and perfect for the week leading up to Hallowe'en!

October 21st 2009 (the second)

I nearly forgot. Last night was the Dead Man's Bones show, and it was so much fun! There was a talent show at the beginning, including animal tricks and illusions, and the MC was a ghost in a cowboy hat.

The children's choir was from a local school, (although I kept missing which one), and they were adorable! They were dressed as ghosts with skeleton faces and black hearts pinned to their chests.