Happy Christmas!

We wish all of our family, friends and everyone else a most happy Christmas and only the very best for the New Year!

Peace,
Erica, Kevin & Hannah

Life and the Undead!

Crazy busy lately! My new job at Michael's is going well. I am slowly learning how to become a custom framer. It's good to learn a new skill. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Latest project for my business was a custom frame for one of my best (and favourite) clients in Los Angeles. S. needed something personal for her husband as a 6th anniversary present. She provided the quote - me, the creative design! The photo has been blurred for her privacy.

This is just one example of the custom work that I can do - so don't hestitate to contact me if you are looking for a unique gift for that special someone!

Halloween tomorrow! Love this "holiday" and I am so glad Hannah does too. We had a practice run on her zombie costume on the weekend. NO princesses in this house! It's all about creepy, scary and ghoulish!

I love doing special FX makeup. Almost made it a career, but now I just get to have fun once a year!

Kevin, Hannah and I went to my parents this year for Thanksgiving. They still live in Cobourg where I was born and raised. It is always nice to go home as I love Cobourg, but it is always hard to see the changes that continue to happen to my hometown.

The rock beach is one of our most favourite places to visit when we go to Cobourg, but there have been some major changes to it in the last little while. People who live along the beach have now put up signs prohibiting people from walking all the way along the beach (like we did when we were kids!). They claim they own the land right up to the water. As Kevin pointed out, this means their property line changes depending on the the tide! I understand their frustration with people leaving garbage and it making it's way onto their property, but come on!

Now there is only a very tiny section of beach that you can walk and enjoy. It really threw all of us for a loop and made me quite sad. I am usually okay with change, but this hit me harder than I thought it would. Kevin also pointed out that these are probably the same people who complained about the "intrusive" noise of the train whistles as they go through town. What's next?

All was not lost on this trip. We had a wonderful time with my parents in their new house (which I am realizing I don't have a single picture of!). My brother joined us over the weekend and we ate good food and played LOTS of Scrabble! The love of family never changes . . .

I guess in the end as long as my family is in Cobourg it will always be home.

Very quick update this morning as I am heading off to work soon.

Last Thursday, my friend G. asked Hannah and I to go apple picking with her and her kids. They picked me up after work and we headed out to Apple Hill Fruit Farm which is about 20 minutes away. I had never been apple picking before - which is hard to believe considering I grew up in apple country! It was alot more fun than I thought it would be and we all had a good time. We picked our fill of apples (some of which we took to my parents for Thanksgiving apple crisp), bought some apple cider and headed home. A very lovely end to the day . . .

William Tell Overture for Moms

Brilliant!

Props and Paying It Forward!

I started a new job this week! I am a custom framer at Michaels. Still in the training stages, but will be jumping in with both feet soon.

Came home from work today and was tooling around Etsy when I discovered that one of my mirrors had been featured on another blog! You can check it out here http://www.littledaisychains.blogspot.com/ So I thought I would pay it forward . . . The woman has a store on Etsy (http://www.daisychains.etsy.com/) where she makes charming jewelry and hair accessories for kids. Here are some of my favourites:

Aqua Girl Flower Ring

Pink On Pink Bobbies

Type It Back, Childrens Initial Bobbies (you can use your child's first and last initial!)

Beware - Lawn Thieves!

So Kevin and I are lying in bed this glorious Sunday morning and Hannah comes in to join us. I ask her to open the blind to let in the sunshine when suddenly she exclaims in the most serious voice:

"Someone robbed our grass!"

Well, I just about died laughing. You see Kevin dug up some dry patches in our front lawn yesterday and filled in spots with some lovely topsoil. As a result our lawn is very patchy and looks like someone "robbed" our grass.

Everyday I am reminded in some small way of the wonder of children . . .

Here is the man outstanding in his "field".

3, 2, 1 . . . Blast Off!

I am pleased to officially anounce the launching of my blog!

Here you will find the latest examples of my work, happenings in my life, things I like and don't and little of this and that . . .

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cat my logo designer for my awesome new logo! You can see her work here http://www.babyjewels.etsy.com/ or click on the link in the sidebar.

Two new projects to share with you!

The first is a baby book I did for my brother as a gift for a friend of his. It was fun to work with this paper. The cover had a bit of a shimmer to it!




I just finished the second project today. It is a birthday book for a client to give to a friend of hers who is turning 60!




Hope everyone has a great weekend and check back often to see what's happening!