Banquet Journal

merry christmas

grapefruit and meyer lemon marmalade

Few things give me as fine a sense of accomplishment as a row of jars the morning after jam making. From this recipe (thank you June Taylor).

red square bazaar

I took these pictures at night, with no flash, so it was hard to capture the sparkle and festive spirit of the event, but many thanks to Stephanie for including me in this years Red Square Bazaar.

trees

The first two are our tree; the last is the tree at P and C's. A terrible photo, but can you see the lights are covered in origami balloons? Magic.

the simple things

Leftovers from our favourite Litttle Nest.

office for the reanimation of dead ideas

New business cards today for a side project of mine. This person and I have created the Office for the Reanimation of Dead Ideas, and projects so far have included an edition of origami mobiles, a...

reindeer

I am delighted by this lovely plastic deer, thrifted last week at a special haunt. My Nana had a fleet of them when I was a girl, and I have been searching a long time for the same.

some marine animals of the pacific northwest

A poster in the works...

philately

Played hooky last week and visited a little stamp shop I hadn't been to in ages. Found these gems, and some lovely Christmas stamps I'll post in the next few weeks. Toque was great fun, and a spec...

authenticity

That’s sort of the goal in life, to be authentic; to be an authentic, real person and to somehow integrate your internal world and the world around you has to be one of the most difficult things to...