February!

Have a look at this link - it's one of the things I've been putting together recently. The Ontario Crafts Council's 'Portfolio of Makers' features members' portfolios on its website.

Remember, Remember

I should have noted in my last post that it was the 5th of November - Guy Fawkes day.

Today, the 7th, has been a lovely sunny day. I'm trying to work really hard on things for the Piecework show in 3 weeks time, to which end I picked up some additional shadow box frames today.

The frames are for the silk free motion embroidered butterflies I've written about a number of times, otherwise known as my Psyche collection. I've created an online portfolio of a selection of those and a full explanation of the collection, which you can look at here:

Open publication - Free publishing - More thread

Moments and Inspirations

After having a totally uninspired day on Monday as far as getting any crafty things done, yesterday showed some potential.  I put together some new cards, picked up a portfolio to put jewellery images into, and spent a while browsing around in Chapters.  Bought a Quilting Arts magazine, which just stuns me - the contents, that is, not the fact that I bought it. 

It was this that led to me thinking about small moments that inspire you or make you smile.  A gift that's carefully wrapped in layers of matching paper and ribbon, a butterfly in your garden, the smell of books and coffee...

Can you think of a few things that inspire you?

Showing work online

I've updated my textiles portfolio on Issuu, and I'm working on a website.  That could take a fair bit of time.

Another portfolio link

I've put up a link to my jewellery portfolio on Issuu, you can see it here.

I'm also in the process of adding to my textiles portfolio, with images of things I didn't have pictures of before, etc.  That still needs work, but here's one photo I took the other day which I quite like.

Issuu

You can now view my portfolios of paintings and of textiles on Issuu!  You don't have to be a member to view them.

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haha... So the realisation that there are less than 2 weeks remaining of term has hit.  It was already there in the back of my mind, but reared its ugly head yesterday. I'm working on assignments like a PDF of my portfolio, and I don't have with me the dimensions of half my textile pieces!  Plan B is to create a portfolio of my paintings, and I don't think it's a problem for the assignment.