Pennello Lane

This week’s interview is with Jenny Hildebrand of The Felting Penguin. A desire to create led Jenny to experiment with weaving, sewing, quilting, pottery and woodworking, but when she began working with wool she was drawn to it immediately, and began making and selling beautiful felted scarves that are full of texture and organic in […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I thought it would be fun to start doing features on  some of the talented, creative people I know. Quilters, painters, photographers, knitters, writers… I’m curious about what got them hooked on their particular art or craft and what inspires them. Who better for my first interview than my mum, a master quilter. She has […]