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Caroline Larsen: Weaving with Paint

Caroline Larsen is an emerging Toronto-based artist. A graduate of the University of Waterloo, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts as well as the Fine Arts Memorial Award, she has been exhibiting in group and solo shows since 2010. She was recently awarded the 2012 Emerging Artist Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. I […]

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Margaret Hanson: Designing Woman

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for another Creative Canadian Woman! This week we’re chatting with Margaret Hanson, a talented designer with her own boutique style graphic design company. I was familiar with some of Margaret’s work, without knowing it was hers, before I met her. She designed the logo for the Breathe Now conference, […]

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Katie McDonald: the Craft of Bartending

Meet Katie McDonald of Veneto Tapa Lounge in the Hotel Rialto in Victoria, BC. Katie is an award-winning bartender with a skilled palate and a flair for combining flavours to create unique cocktails. Fresh off a win in the BC Hospitality Foundation’s “Dish ‘n Dazzle Bartending Shakedown,” and a guest speaker at the recent Breathe […]

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Rachel McRory: Broken China and Seaglass Jewelry

Meet Rachel McRory of Glass Ceiling, creator of handmade porcelain and seaglass jewelry in Vancouver, BC. Rachel turns shards of broken china teacups and plates, as well as seaglass, into beautiful earrings and pendants. She answered a few questions for me, and she has a special offer for Pennello Lane readers! But first, let’s find […]

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Carol Swinden: Pictorial Quilts

Time to introduce another talented member of my family! This is my sister Carol Swinden, who creates amazing pictorial quilts. Like fibre paintings, these are quilts that hang on the wall. Her style is realism, and some of them indeed look almost like photographs. The quilts are made up of many different types of fabric, […]

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Maxine Munson: Tealights

On Saturday I was at the Victoria Tea Festival, and what a fun and inspiring afternoon it was! In addition to the many different teas to taste and tasty treats to sample, there were some creative vendors displaying tea-related jewellery, mosaics, Christmas tree ornaments, cards and more. One lovely exhibitor was Maxine Munson, who had […]

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Jo-Anne Redublo: Yummy Yume

Software tester by day, in her off hours Jo-Anne is a creative baking ninja! (talk about multi-talented: she also has a black belt in kickboxing and Shotokan karate and a brown belt in Yoshukai karate) She recently opened her own catering business, Yummy Yume (yummy – English for delicious, and yume, pronounced “you may” – Japanese […]

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Robin Jones: Embellished Jute Bags

I want to show you a cute project made by my niece, Robin.  This girl has talent, she’s always making things and comes up with some great ideas. For this project, she took some inexpensive jute bags and added her own embellishments to personalize them. The woven grid of the bags works perfectly for counted […]

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And the winner is….

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway!  It was fun having so many visitors and comments in the past week. The prize is the Cartolina “Home” print… but in addition, Fiona from Cartolina added an assortment of lovely cards, making this an extra special prize package. ….and the winner of the draw is………. (drum […]

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Fiona Richards: Cartolina Giveaway!

I want to show you my lovely new print from Cartolina, with an image of the Eiffel Tower reproduced from a Victorian postcard. People who know me probably know how much I love Paris, so how could I resist this… c’est tres jolie, non? If you aren’t already familiar with Cartolina, allow me to introduce you! Based […]

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