Have you ever listed clothing on Poshmark?
Or opened a print shop on your website?
I did, try it, just in time for the holiday season, feel free to support a local artist instead of buying retail. It makes a huge difference in a small business owner’s life and it creates an authentic connection too.
You guessed it, markets, they are fun and who knew you would like coming out to them as much as I like hosting you.
Thanks so much for all of the support you have shown me, knowing my merch is out in the world instead of floating around in my closet brings me a lot of joy.
Now let’s get to the details Knox Church is hosting a fab event August 27th 5600 Balaclava Street in
Vancouver. You can follow them on Insta to find out more about this amazing event. I am featured in their promo, with my red hair.
Vancouver Mural Festival is hosting a mini-market this weekend at Main and 5th, just behind the hotel.
Guess who will be there as a vendor with her merch on Sunday 10-3? Me!
Want to know what I will have there? Stop by and see me in person, the rest of the summer I will be selling in person only so keep an eye on my blog for my pop-up information. There are three more to go over the next few months. Keep an eye on my Instagram too, there will be information popping up in my stories.
I will have up-cycled clothing featuring my illustrations, pins, stickers and goody bags too.
Square payment is available.
This block party is featuring one of the biggest mural projects the festival has created to date.
You can find out more about it here
I reached out to my local Facebook group in August of 2021.
Here is the post;
Hello.
I am a mural artist who is building my portfolio.
I want to offer two murals, one to a business owner and one to a resident here in this group with no fee attached.
I do line work from photos.
I can take the photo or you can provide one.
I have created a 5 panel mural for Gordon House and painted a mural on a container during Lumiere this year.
I want to add more murals to my portfolio.
I am double vacc'd and will wear a mask while I am working.
A mural takes a few hours to create and then paint so it could take up to two days depending on the size of your wall and what you would like me to paint.
I would project a 4x6 photograph onto the chosen wall, trace out the shapes and then paint them.
Reply to this post or send me an email photography@freeadmission.ca
The result was one neighbour responding who works at the SPCA. I was delighted because I love animals. I finally got to complete the mural eight months later, after having many restrictions for COVID, a fire and well basically anything else you could imagine. I got to paint it and I am thrilled.
This process and the success of this project coming to light is truly a testament that follow-up works.
So whatever it is that you have your eye on, keep at it and don’t take No for an answer.
Hello.
It has been an exciting time, yet challenging too. Trying to find ways to carry on knowing that there is so much going on in the world has been tough for me. So with that realization, I have been trying to go a bit easier on myself. I have scaled back my hustle and am getting more rest. I am just giving myself some time, to feel myself. I hope you are doing the same.
In the meantime, I wanted to share some photos with you of the past 10 days or so.
I inspired myself with a new way to edit photos with my phone and thought about showing it to you. With that, I wanted to share more photos too.
So here we go.
The first four images are from a broken window I passed by. I grabbed a few photos and later I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to use in my story so I was holding them side by side on my screen and thought, hey, why don’t I grab a screenshot of this. So I took a screenshot that featured a section of each image. And then I kept doing that. I love it, so fun. Try it. You have to put your thumb near the + volume button on your phone and your index finger near the button you use to shut your phone off. Those two pressed at the same time make a screenshot. You need to hold the images on the screen that you want to screenshot, I do this with my thumb. Ta-Da! You have to go back in later and crop, that adds to the creativity because you can choose what section you want to crop too.
Next, there are a couple of drawings from a mural I will be creating. Can you guess who it is for?
Then we have coffee with a friend. The cups and table were so wonderfully read I grabbed a couple of shots with my phone and then later tried my screenshot technique and got a nice blend of each shot. I love the graphics of this coffee cup.
Next, we have some support for Ukraine popping up around my neighbourhood. I saw a man on the bus with a lapel pin made of ribbon featuring the flag’s colours. I was thinking that Putin has a small penis, if his health is failing and this is the only way he can think of to make a mark on the world WTF?! Just STOP.
Next, we have some more mural practice from my living space. I use old backdrop paper to practice drawing.
And then we have a photo with Jagmeet Singh and his new baby girl. He is the leader of the NDP party. I believe in the work he is doing so when I spotted him I asked my friend if she would want a photo with him. She said, of course, so away we went and I asked as soon as I could get his attention. His brother took it for us, I wanted one of just him but he wanted one of us, so we got this. An awkward selfie, my friend and I laughed about it and chatted about it for the next few blocks we walked. What are the odds?!
Next, we have the images I used in my Instagram posts this week, featuring Alex in Doris Land. You can see the whole photo set here
Next, we have a book I just finished that I highly recommend. I read it in a day, so good. Remember Tuesday’s with Mory? Same author, brilliant writer.
Next up we have some snaps of walking around with my camera in my hand, flowers are blooming, some are falling to the ground and others are being documented with paint.
Next, is a scene from me grabbing coffee solo reading one of my favourite books. I just found this book and it has quickly become my favourite. Get a copy, if you are an artist of any kind this book with inspire you, promise. I took one photo featuring my mask, and one without. Restrictions are lifted here now for mask-wearing, I am still wearing mine in public places. It just feels like the right thing to do.
Next, we have a series of images from an exhibition featuring found objects from the beach. Each sculpture took 6 months to make, by hand. Each piece is attached to mesh and the mesh is folded and moulded to create the shape. The exhibition was incredible to see. I kept pointing out objects in awe of the fact that it was found on the beach. If you are in Vancouver, go and see it. It is called Washed Ashore at Metrotown.
Finally, we have the wonderful war protestor interrupting a new broadcast, risking her life to get the word out to the Russian people about the war in Ukraine. They are not being told the truth, such a brave being.
How have your 10 days been? Would love to hear from you too.
I will leave you with this.
If you feel like having some fun and meeting a new neighbour, drop by, say Hi. Grab some chalk and draw.
This is an event created from my third neighbourhood small grant and I would love to see you there.
Wow, what a year eh. So many ups and downs and not knowing what the next few years will bring has made us all a little on edge.
One thing got me through and I want to share it with you because maybe it will help you too. Hope.
I have always had hope, some weird form of faith because of how things have turned out for me, I always have hope. Call it blind faith, call it silly but I managed to pull through this crazy time and come out on the other side with more of it. Strange, I know but that’s me I’m a little eccentric anyway so that’s half the fun of waking up every day for me.
I wanted to recap some highlights from the past year here and maybe it will give you enough juice to take a look at your year and find some of your own for your highlight reel. I would love to see yours too.
I was published in Vogue Italia 8 times.
I began working commercially with brands providing social media content.
I found studio space.
I made a portrait project in Tofino
I created a lookbook of my merch with the help of a magnificent team.
I finished a year-long photo and word project.
And I reached out to you consistently for 52 weeks.
Thank you for being here, I really appreciate it. I wish you and yours a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2022.
