Banquet Journal

waldorf school children's christmas fair

    i'll be selling some work, new and old, at the waldorf school's christmas fair this saturday november 21st. if you're not familiar with the waldorf school in north vancouver, it's a good introd...

hello

  after more than a month of chaos we are finally settling into the new house. the tail is mending, and i have lots of exciting things in the works, to be revealed in the next few days, including a...

pumpkins

    we've been crafting a bit more lately, our favourite being jack-o-lanterns: i cut out eyes and other bits, cy takes over with the glue stick. a happy project for a pen and crayon phobic little one

himmeli

  i've been thinking about the possibilities of finnish himmeli (found via hujour), of which i was re-reminded by lena corwin's take on polish paper chandeliers, which makes me think of the divine...

pickled zante grapes

  apologies for the absence. we've been eating: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, lazy cabbage rolls, cranberry, brussels sprouts, carrots, turnip, pumpkin and pecan pies, etc.  and we for...

pacific national exhibition

      much more fun this time around,  highlights were the lumberjacks, dumbo, the rcmp musical ride, and of course the mini doughnuts. 

magnolia

april

trying to slow down recovering from another round of colds and flu taking the time to drink tea using cups and saucers breathing in the hyacinth at little mountain happy we are healthy and safe

celebrations

celebrating at my parent's house: the last of the snow and (lucky) thirteen years of good health mum has saved these party hats for at least twice as many years as that...

christmas 1

Thinking about bidding on some glass mushrooms for the tree...  Available here.