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On this auspicious first day of June I’m excited to say that this bird has landed; surely & safely. All last week I had ...
06/01/2026

On this auspicious first day of June I’m excited to say that this bird has landed; surely & safely.
All last week I had a wonderful few days of travelling in southern Ontario visiting family and friends, talking to artists and other brick & mortar shop keepers. Spring is decidedly over in the south and it’s interesting to see the transitions as I drove further and further south and then again further and further north. I’m definitely not ready for the summer heat my family is already experiencing. And I’m so glad to be home where my lilacs and tulips are still blooming and life moves at a decidedly slower pace. I’m so very thankful for the support, kindness and encouragement from everyone. It’s truly only been a few hours but I awoke this morning at first light and whispered aloud ‘I’m a shop owner’. 😍🩷🥳🎉🍾 As I move Stoney Lake Textiles into her new space you’ll see more of this wee bird and even more info soon. I promise ☺️ , , ,

Who doesn’t love a good detour? There’s adventure in the unexpected and joy in knowing you’ve stepped on a path not trod...
05/24/2026

Who doesn’t love a good detour? There’s adventure in the unexpected and joy in knowing you’ve stepped on a path not trod before. However, there’s the odd time you find yourself on a detour in the middle of the desert that turns out to be a raised irrigation levee and not a road as Siri is suggesting you travel long for another 4 miles to your destination. No questioning an erratically intermittent AI while trouping (a bit blindly) through the desert, mistake #1. Quickly, known to be a raised levee only when a farm worker comes barrelling down said “road” after you’ve driven through what looked like a mud puddle in the desert, mistake #2. While we got out -car mostly intact (dried mud in the wheel well and springs in the desert is really just rock hard clay and it’s super hard to get out and makes such an incredible grinding racket that the border guards at the Mexi-Cali border suggest you ‘take care of that soon’ as they wave you through)- that detour wasn’t fun. But it was a whole load of good lessons learned. I’ve been thinking a lot about this latest detour, being disconnected from my studio practice for so long, and I know it was also a whole lot of good lessons learned. Finding those bits of joy along any detour really focuses what you loved about the journey. So much of what goes into making our everyday joyous, even in tiny bits, is truly fuelled by intention, even when happenstance or randomness intervenes. As we move toward the solstice and flower season, I’m feel all the more on track with this intentional part of the path. A bit more time before I can share it all. But it’s looking amazing. Thanks for reading through my overly long little detour story. I’m so glad to have you travelling along with me. If you have a good detour story, I’m in! Please share! , ,

05/03/2026

We get these brief moments to see wonder and stop for joy. So just stop and enjoy it when you can. I caught the very last of this glorious sunset on my way home tonight from the last day of my wee gallery. I’ve cried and I’ve raged. I’ve sulked. And I’ve moped. Now I think it’s time for stillness and breath. I realized, on my drive home tonight, that the loss of a business is hard but isn’t comparable to the challenges of losing a friend, loved one or the worry over the future of someone you love. Take care out there. Take care of yourself. And take care of those you love. Biggest hugs. Emerance

03/30/2026

I took a Reduction Lino Printing workshop with Leah Wood of on Saturday and made this three colour kitty print. It was sooo hard to do 😂. Truly. Leah makes it look easy- she demonstrated a Guinea Pig print. Working from the lightest colour to the darkest colour, you carve away your block after each colour and making sure each layer lines up correctly 😅😅😅. Of course, I made carving mistakes thinking like a single colour printer and that green ink was everywhere on me. But it was so much fun with a great group print making. I’m still only doing single colour prints on my fabric printing though. Because making a yard of fabric this way would take months…for me at least 😂. Thanks Leah! I’m looking forward to the May workshop.

Forget you freezing rain. Instead of going back to bed this morning, like I said I was 😫, I tucked myself away in my stu...
03/22/2026

Forget you freezing rain. Instead of going back to bed this morning, like I said I was 😫, I tucked myself away in my studio completing some long languishing works in progress. I’m always enamoured by printed linens. They’re harder to find in Canada right now so I tend to hoard rather than use them. This little dress absolutely needed some of my ‘do not cut’ stash to make a delightful sunny bright and springy Tea Dress.🌼🐦‍⬛⛰️. I also didn’t want to spend 30 minutes rethreading my serger so I used a sweet floral Rifle Paper Co fabric to bind the seams of this linen jacket. It’s only took 4 hours to make these bias bound seams… but it’s still worth not having to rethread my serger 😁 How’s your Sunday 👀 ? Did you persevere in your quest to find the joys of Spring? Curious minds want to know. 🤔 , , , ,

I met these lovely chickens at the Dr’s office one fine Monday morning. No, my Dr doesn’t keep chickens. But it seems th...
03/12/2026

I met these lovely chickens at the Dr’s office one fine Monday morning. No, my Dr doesn’t keep chickens. But it seems the cross the field often to ‘help’ in the office gardens 😄. I knew they’d make a fun print someday. Well today’s that day 😍🐥😍. I found the little block print sample I made of my chicken and tried a few simple single colour prints with the Caligo Safewash ink. It needs to be a larger scale to print on kitchen towels but I’m loving it so far. It’s curious how I manage to find things to distract when I have to organize the studio 🤔😂 , , , ,

After months of wallowing in despair, I’m finally seeing those glimmers of joy that make all things manageable. With all...
02/06/2026

After months of wallowing in despair, I’m finally seeing those glimmers of joy that make all things manageable. With all things bright and vibrant- like a shimmering mirage that only exists in my head at this point- I love this planning stage of my creative workshops. Our March theme for our Hallway Gallery at Divine Craft is All Things Tea. I’m trying to figure out how to make printed tea cups, and a few other Tea related bits, from tea bags and flowers. Yes Tea Bags. Nope not gross ones, because I weirdly remove my tea from the tea bag before I use it 🤔so what to do with all those little leftover tea bags but use them to make fun lovely stuff? Sadly, because we’re still in the midst of snowmageddon, not live flowers at this time of year. But some of my printed flowers from last fall will do quite nicely I think. If you want to join us in a bit of creative madness, check out our workshops on the Divine Craft website. I’m busy loading more each week so most of our workshops will be live soon. But I have to test this one to see how long it takes to complete and to see just how much glue paste I can get everywhere 😂😬. I hope you’re finding your own wee bits of joy these days. , , , ,

Haha! Snow can’t stop me! In the 59th year I finally mastered (not really) the snowblower. Dave’s been gone for 4 days a...
01/26/2026

Haha! Snow can’t stop me! In the 59th year I finally mastered (not really) the snowblower. Dave’s been gone for 4 days and it snowed every single one of them. I was forced to get over my animosity toward the crazy loud and super stinky beast of a snow blower and just get er done! I think I’m over my idea of buying myself a cute little electric snowblower now 😂. It’s time for tea. And hot tub. Or maybe just more tea and a wee lay down 😴😴😴 ,

Awww little studio. While you’re not quite what the 10 year challenge is about, I still love how you’ve changed over th...
01/18/2026

Awww little studio. While you’re not quite what the 10 year challenge is about, I still love how you’ve changed over the years. It’s true, my desk is still a riotous mess a decade later. It seems some things are eternal😜! And honestly, what I thought was a huge and out of control fabric stash seems ridiculously small (and very well organized) now ☺️
The best part is that we’ve made so many good things together. And you still look darn good to me 10 years later 😍🎉 #2016,

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