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Tonight, Dave and I went out and saw Changeling . I'm not a big Angelina Jolie fan but she was good in this film as a single mother whose little boy disappears. I cried. I always do. A few month…

I've been meaning for a while to write about this new site just launched recently by Phatsheep Textiles out of the Shetland Islands (an island off the north coast of Scotland). Suzanne designs …

If you're in the mood for a winter market this weekend, but can't get out, or want to avoid the crowds, grab a hot chocolate, and your mouse and come get lost with us at our online curated ma…

A HUGE thank you to Lisa Solomon for all the interesting posts from her neck of the woods in Oakland, California this week! It truly was an honour to have her with us as our special guest and we ju…

A very fitting print of the times, Tampa-based artist, Jen Renninger has created this mixed-media print entitled, HOPE (which we all need a little of from time to time). Visit her at our market or…

Last night, I had a girls' night out with a group of friends from the neighborhood. We went for Italian and the chef made me my favorite dish, pasta with an evil salmon cream sauce. So worth the…

It's so nice to post some new polaroids by (old blog friend) Maditi . Her images are always so refreshing and fill your senses. Love this one called "flow". It's a fine art print…

COMPOUND GALLERY by Lisa Solomon compound2.jpg Compounded show [ http://thecompoundgallery.com/2008/10/01/compounded-october-11-october-27/ ] Before I round out my posts here for poppytalk I just wan…

Camilla Engman has a show opening in Halmstad, Sweden this Saturday (and I'm sure many of us will be there as Maria mentioned on her flickr , {in our dreams}. Halmstad Nya Stadsgalleri Saturday…

I'm so pleased to show this new new piece from Natalie of Nebo Peklo, Winter Poppies . After taking a year and a half break (cute babies take up a lot of time), Natalie has created this beautifu…

Before I had kids I'd do spa nights at home—bath, face scrub and mask, mani, pedi, the works. Tonight, I managed to find time to put on a mask and freaked out Max and Sabrina. "MOMMY!!! WH…

This calendar by Maria Vettese of port2port press is her third and final letterpressed printed calendar. She's combined original photographs from 2008 along with vintage illustrations to create…

This morning I'm starting a new series I'm calling, "New Affordable Art". I'm planning to do two versions a day. A morning version and afternoon. I plan to do this at least u…

BLANKSPACE GALLERY by Lisa Solomon Believe it or not Oakland has a burgeoning and VERY lively contemporary art scene. There are a lot of artists who live and work in Oakland. A LOT. What's great…

Being the ceramics fan that I am, I totally fell over when I saw these gorgeous, gorgeous lamps by Boston potter, Jill Rosenwald . Made from slip cast earthenware with a white underglaze (and clear …

Issue 8 of Small Magazine is out. Click here to read online.

Diorama's are so interesting to me. They create these magical "pretend places" that one can focus on and be taken away for a moment, they almost have a zen effect. So I'm always d…

First off, thanks to everyone for the great feedback on yesterday's post about toys . I went ahead and created a list of good toy sites, let me know if you have ones to add! Now, on to today'…

We really love these new ornaments made from vintage wallpaper and 1/8" birch plywood by Seattle duo, Ladies and Gentlemen . All the wallpaper on the ornaments are ones that they've collect…

We'll have twenty of these please! Three vintage camera ornaments are hand-painted on mouth-blown glass and replicate three of our favorites. A Kodak Brownie, Rolleiflex and Leica. Made in Ger…

As I gather the last few of my holiday cards, I have to mention these sweet ones by our guest blogger this week, Lisa Solomon . I received one of these last year and they are really adorable. She h…

TAIL OF THE YAK by Lisa Solomon Today I want to introduce you all to one of my all time favorite stores. It's called Tail of the Yak and is run by Alice Erb and Lauren McIntosh [a fabulous artis…

Wow, it's exciting to see the arts and crafts world here locally in Vancouver is thriving, as I've never seen so many great Holiday Craft Fairs and Art Shows about. Thanks to reader Kirsten …

The scene of the crime. The crime: Buying our kids too many damn toys! With the holidays coming, and Max's birthday next month, and the fact that I just wasted a half hour of my life matching up …

ARTICLE PRACT by Lisa Solomon Since I talked about fabric yesterday I thought it would be fun to talk about yarn today. Article Pract is a BEAUTIFUL yarn store that is practically within walking dist…