Miniature Snow Globe (2020)

In the fall of 2020, I was asked if I could create a miniature snow globe containing a "milk" carton and cinnamon rolls on a plate. Miniatures are right up my alley, so I jumped at the opportunity. After much shaping, painting, printing, cutting and gluing, the final piece was delivered to set and filmed for a commercial. I was very pleased with the result, and keep a version on my desk as a keepsake. 

FELTS IN FRAMES

I had so much fun making these for a few years. They are hand cut and hand stitched, stuffed with a little cotton and mounted in shadow boxes. A few stayed out of frames to be used as Christmas tree ornaments.

Wee Bean Ornaments (2005-2015)

In 2004, the opportunity to participate in a Christmas craft show arose, but I had no craft to sell. Shortly thereafter, I saw a counter in a shop with glass fronted drawers, filled with beans and seeds, and my brain went “click!”. With that counter as my inspiration, I set to work creating figures inside watchmakers cases, using only beans and seeds, and sealed them with ribbons to hang on the tree. 

I have gone through several designs, settling on some favourites which include Santa wearing a dried cranberry hat, a fennel tree topped with a copper star, and angel with sushi rice wings, snowmen with sesame snow, and a lump of coal on a mirror. 

I haven't made these ornaments since I had my son in 2016, but who knows, inspiration may strike again in the future. 

MISCELLANY MAKES

Sometimes I'm simply struck by the need to make something, whether by necessity, or just because I haven't made anything in a while. Here are a few of those projects (including Halloween costumes, which I now look forward to every year!). There is GREAT satisfaction in making something with your hands - I get lost in the projects and find peace in the process of solving the puzzle of how to turn a vision into a reality.