Hello my lovely blog readers! I realise I haven’t been posting that many things lately and I have no excuse. It’s easy to say “I’ve been busy,” but at the end of the day there was probably time for me to sit down and write a little something, and I’ve just been lazy. My best friend Cara came to visit me from Canada for 8 … Continue reading New Blog
This is a birthday wire sculpture I made for my manager at Saffrons. She is a devout Goth so I thought I would try to include some of her favourite things into one wirey package! The finished product is somewhat different than I had intended when I started but I think it turned out pretty cute. Plus, she loved it and that’s all that matters, … Continue reading Birthday Gifts
Reduce, reuse, recycle. So, a new house means the opportunity for new regimes, which can be scary but in this case it’s rather exciting! I have been told that up until fairly recently (say, last 5 or so years) recycling programmes haven’t been that big or popular. Because of this, none of my housemates recycle, really, which results in several things: embarrassingly empty recycling bins … Continue reading 2 Out of 3 Ain’t Bad
Here is just a little teaser of the post I am working on the say goodbye to the ManHouse chapter of my life: T’was the last night in ManHouse, and all through the manor Not a tenant was ready, not even the hamster. The boxes were packed in the front hall with care, In hopes that the lifting, the housemates would share. More to come! Continue reading Farewell to ManHouse…
Well, nothing makes moving into a new house more official than creating a video tour of that house, which is exactly what my house mates and I did yesterday! To christen the new (old) house I do a video walk through and welcome all of you into our abode. So, goodbye ManHouse; hello AppHouse! Coming soon: A commemorative post about ManHouse. Continue reading This Old House
So, I got a haircut. They say you should get your hair cut every few months; apparently it helps it grow or something. I never understood that logic: cut it to make it grow. Regardless, I was closing in on the 10 month mark so I thought I should probably do something about it. My hair was definitely part of the “very long” category but … Continue reading Haircut
My friend Katie’s mum asked me to make something out of wire for her daughter; we talked about it a little bit and settled on something with cats. You see, Katie has two cats. Katie is also very silly and I imagined that her cats are also very silly. What is more silly than the thought of cats playing with and getting tangled up in … Continue reading Cats & Yarn
The reason I started making wire sculptures is partly because of the Alexander Calder exhibit I saw at the Art Gallery of Ontario but mostly because it was something my grandpa used to do. There are numerous wire portraits around my grandma’s house, a few animals, and most notably, a wire airplane. The airplane is a very popular piece with my whole family, and it … Continue reading Homage to Boggy Bob
I took this picture and I had to get really close to the bee to do it. I realise that bumble bees don’t sting, but it was still scary. UPDATE: According the http://www.bumblebees.org, they do sting and their stingers are unbarbed which means they can sting repeatedly with no harm to themselves, which subsequently means amplified harm to me! I could have been massacred. Due … Continue reading So Bee It
How do girls in the movies look so good with wet hair? When I get out of the shower I look like I was just rescued from downing and half my hair was trying to save itself by attempting escape in every direction, while the other half decided to be complacent and curl themselves away quietly, resulting in a big twisted pile on top of … Continue reading Brushing Up
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