The Light Fantastic

Do you ever have so many ideas, so many sides on your plate, so many to-do's in your day planner, that you can practically feel your veins hum with intention? With purpose? With drive?

Like so many days this past year, I feel like lightning today!

Here's a thing - I'm going to make and upload a beauty of a new banner tomorrow. I'm also going to commit to updating this thing every single day, which means I'll have to create something new and show-off-worthy every single day. Happy new year! My 2010 resolutions start now. More on the way...

In Other News

This has nothing to do with my own art (unless you consider it related by virtue of the fact that music is one form of art I could never make. Musicians blow my mind), but Hamilton band Huron releases their long-awaited debut album at This Ain't Hollywood (or, as I wish it were called, The Saint Hollywood) on Friday night.

Rush out and pick it up! I'm not cool enough not to be excited about this, so I'll right out and ask you to please note that I am thanked in the liner notes, a thrill I know Rob Gordon understands.

Scribbling...

Whenever I'm painting or tooling, I feel like I should be writing. Never have I found myself writing and feeling like I should be painting or tooling.

With this in mind (and with the help of NaNoWriMo), I threw myself to writing this month and, while it's been so great to fully devote my time to that...I miss my sad silver tools, sitting lonely and cold in their mountain ash storage shed.

However, my head is filling up with ideas and, since I have next week off of work, I hope to find a few short hours to devote to making lovely leather things.

Noobs

My new banner and layout is crappy...I will fix it in the coming weeks, and also spill some exciting information!

Away We Go

I just signed up for this baby an hour ago. NaNoWriMo challenges you to write a 50, 000 word novel in 30 days. I'm not aiming for a publisher-ready manuscript, but I am shooting for the word count. Check the site out if you need a kick in the pants to get started on your would-be novel.

Makers Market

Here are a few shots from October's (frigid) Makers Market at the Cathedral on James Street North...

Makers Market