wordless wednesday: soldier soldier

British Soldier lichen brooches on display.

pictures before an exhibition

Prepping for a display.
My work will be on show in the display case at Port Moody city hall (on the mezzanine level, up the stairs in front of the information desk) for the whole of February.
If I have the time, i'll change out some items in the middle of the month so the display doesn't stay static.
All work is for sale through the gift shop (blackberrygiftshop.ca) as usual.
Enjoy the show!

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Roses are red ... and not suitable for advance purchase

Roses are red ... and not suitable for advance purchase:

felted flower pin by Caroline Flett

Well, not these ones.

If you'd like to be prepared for Valentine's Day this year and flatter your honey with a beautiful red rose this year, why not check out our selection of floral alternatives in the gift shop?

framed rose by Del Holbrook

These roses won't need watering, or keeping in the cool, or even pre-ordering (though we do advise getting down here ASAP in case someone else gets here first).

ceramics by Jacq Sheridan

Roses - the ultimate "I love you" (unless you're a "nothing but chocolate will do" kind of gal - just sayin').

(yesterday's) Wordless Wednesday: love is (still) in the air

Wordless Wednesday: love is (still) in the air:

blood red wire-wrapped pendant on handknit Viking weave chain by Luci Gimenes

wordful wednesday: before i forget

On the twelfth day of Christmas ...:

Before I forget to blow my own trumpet (and because I don't have anything wordless and pretty for today's post), a blast from the past - the twelve days of Christmas (click the link for all the verses; hint - scroll down past the valentine's post) in all their poetic glory (from my posts for the gift shop).

(can you feel the tension mounting?)

... my true love (yes, i still love him, even though he spends every spare minute shopping at the gift shop) gave to me,

Twelve glassy magnets (not sure if the fridge door is big enough but they'll make awesome stocking stuffers for the kids),

Eleven finely woven mufflers (a matching one for every outfit, whee!),

Ten by three (which makes thirty - go on, count them) expertly applied lines of paint in a very pleasing arrangement plus a light house,

Nine sparkling glass stars (i think they're snowflakes but i hate to disagree openly with my true love at this stage in the festivities),

Eight jolly vintage buttons (i've picked my favourite and the rest are for the christmas dinner napkins),

Seven steamin' stompin' haulin' vroomin' road trucks (guaranteeing a quiet afternoon with the nephews),

Six upstanding and tranquil-looking fence posts (new year's resolution - hike more!),

Five wooden urns (they're vases)!

Four dotty spotty cups (would make great wine beakers),

Three orcas swimming on by (ah, summer holidays),

A cute penguin couple (awwww!),

and that origami peace crane still hanging out peacefully in the fir tree.

Now that's Christmas! (that was christmas)

:)

midlife monday: got out and played

I posted this on my other blog, and thought I should share it here with you too.

On Saturday I had a ski lesson.

On Sunday I took a painting class.
:)

Everybody should get out and play once in a while (or more often).

The mixed media pieces were created with acrylic paints and acrylic medium, over tissue and corrugated paper stuck to mat board. I stuck strips of fabric onto the larger blue piece - it's not ye finished but I'm leaving it awhile so I can see what direction to take it.

Getting smoochy in the gift shop!

Getting smoochy in the gift shop!:

devoted heron couple by Cathy Rycroft

Hard on the heels of Christmas and New Year - Valentine's Day! It's when couples need no excuse to get even closer than ever, unless the furnace has broken down again. It's a day of smooch, sloppy kisses, suspension of hostilities, and, if you're the mum of an elementary school kid, an awful lot of Disney-branded card-and-candy packages to get signed!

adorable frog couple by Tom Reid

Named after 14 martyred 'rebels of the state' in ancient Rome, February 14th is the day to celebrate romantic love. It's the day when over-consumption of chocolate is positively encouraged, and the notion of passion is tied in with commercial purchases.

the couple that swims together, stays together - platter by Dan Severance

So, if you want to show your romantic interest how much they mean to you, why not visit the gift shop and up your commercial purchasing quotient from our shelves.

Nothing says "I love you" more than a handcrafted love token from a local artist.

xoxo

together by Del Holbrook