First Big Festival of the Summer!

Don't forget, all you Londoners (Ontario of course), that Sunfest is this coming weekend!!

I will be there.

In the Park.

Victoria Park.

Thursday July 9th to Sunday July 12th.

Come by and say hello if you're there!

Here are some photos from the last show that I did, Slam Gallery, at Fire on the Eastside.

My gorgeous display!

Some pretty necklaces...

Superstars Maureen and Ally!
Wearing, oddly enough, the two necklaces I posted about the day before the party.

See 3 posts down :)

My Stalkee...

I went out to Niagara Falls last weekend (or the weekend before?)... time flies... and I HAD to go to Anna Olson's bakery! Screw the Falls right? I'm kidding, they're amazing... but, here is the first photo I will post, of me with her, of course, in front of the sweets counter. :)

Of course.

We had the White Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake (3 of them between two of us) and a delicious Creamy Lemon Square. We had one each at the bakery then I got two more for the road but then 30 minutes in the car I realized they probably should be eaten soon.

So we did.

Of course.

Her bakery is in the middle of a vinyard in Niagara on the Lake.

It's really quite amazing. We had our desserts with fresh cherry juice in the backyard overlooking all the vines.

R.I.P M.J.

He changed the face of music in all aspects.

New Beads, New Necklaces

These are the things that make me happy... among many others of course.

At the show on Thursday!

Now if I could only get my website updated with some of this stuff...

Slam Gallery 2

Another night of art (and me) at Fire on the Eastside!

Please join us on Thursday June 18th from 7pm to 10 pm!

Fire on the Eastside
6 Gloucester St., Toronto (two streets north of Wellesley, just east of Yonge)

There will be Art
There will be Jewelry
There will be food
There will be booze

Choose your poison... I mean, passion.

"Fire on the East Side presents Slam Gallery. In this second installment, we feature artists Suzanne MacRury, Neil Young, Jewelry designer Nicole Boudreau and others. Mill Street Brewery will be on hand to sample some of their products as well!Please come out and support the arts in your community!"

See you there!

What's new?

We are officially in Suite 306! Finally, no more drilling and sawing outside my door...

Creative Peacefullness....

Tomorrow is organization and creation day.

Tonight is Lemon Meringue Cheesecake night. 4 minutes on the timer. They will be in the coffee shop tomorrow morning. Freshly delivered!

2 minutes 52 on the timer...

In case you can't find me...

This snazzy new sign in the building lobby will point you in the right direction...

Except that next week we will be in suite 306. Hopefully they'll get that switched up right away.

Then I can post another photo!! And Photoshop a Graffiti heart around my name once again!

Come visit. I dare you.

Pretty Goodies...

This is what I've been baking twice a week for the past month.

The top two cupcake looking ones are mine. The middle one is actually a cupcake... vanilla... but the one on the right... ooooh... that's a cheesecake. The Lemon Meringue Cheesecake. :) Mmmm.

I'm struggling a bit to find the time to do the baking twice a week but I'm enjoying it. It's pretty awesome that I can get all this baking done and I don't have to eat it all.

But if I have to, I will. Don't get me wrong.

I will.

Tomorrow is baking day so if you're at all tempted to have one of these bad-boys, you will find them at T.A.N. Coffee on saturday. 992 Queen St. West!

Get 'em while they're hot (or set and chilled...), they do not last long.

Headaches this week...

But these headaches are leading to a new and exciting thing!

Our studio space is moving to a new suite! Same building, different floor, different number.
The owners of the building decided to tear down and open up the entire 5th floor... my floor... so they had to find a new place to put us. It's all working out for the best as they are giving us a slightly bigger space AND they're tearing down all the walls inside so that it is one big open space! Something we planned on doing eventually anyway, only now we don't have to pay for it :)

All good!

Except that for the past 2 weeks I've had to walk through a construction site to get to the studio. And all this week it's been going over proposals, signing new leases, getting new cheques written, choosing paint colours, getting all four of us in the space at the same time... and out of the four of us who share this space, it's my phone number they have.

I swear I hear my phone ringing even when it's not.

Anyway our new lease starts on June 15th so we should be moved in by monday!!

End Rant.

Cupcakes 'n Cheesecakes!

Baking all morning/afternoon for the coffee shop!

T.A.N. Coffee 992 Queen St. West

Coming up later this afternoon....
Lemon Meringue Cheesecakes
and Vanilla Cupcakes

DE-LISH

Oh...

There is also a small write-up on the Lou Lou website.

http://www.louloumagazine.com/english/insider/louloushops/article.jsp?content=20090520_094006_6340

A Store Feature!!!

Amazing Amazing Amazing!

Fresh Collective is featured in the June issue of Lou Lou Magazine!
I can't wait to see what the outcome of this will be. I know the store has already had people coming in because of this. And it's only just the first of June!

Go team!

I've gone ahead and put an arrow pointing to my necklace that is on the bottom mannequin... :)

Feel free to click on the image to see it larger. Yes I know it just looks like a birth mark... but it's my necklace, I swear.

The woman in the photo is the store owner. Laura-Jean the Knitting Queen, or, LJ the KQ as I tend to call her.

Check it out!

Thank you

The party last night was a huge success!
Thanks to all who came out!

My lemon cupcakes were a huge success too! Yay!
Maybe they'll make their way into the coffee shop... who knows :)

Another Etsy Treasury

One of the designers from Fresh Collective created a Treasury on Etsy featuring a few of the designers from the shop.

So this is also a sample of the work that you will find in the FC.

Don't forget the party is tonight and the sale is all day long at the shop.

Fresh Collective 11am to 9pm

692 Queen St. West, Toronto

AND I made some pretty fabulous lemon cupcakes that I will be bringing to the party... as if the sale wasn't enough!!!

Come for the sales

Come for the cupcakes

Come for the company!