Pillow Mosaic

I hope you had a great weekend
and thank you to everyone 
who left comments
about the 

Pillow Give Away 

I had a lot of fun
 reading about which pillows each of you liked. 
It was so much fun
that I think
I will do 

More Give Aways

More Often

As I had mentioned last week, I was off to Margie's Yard Sale on Saturday. Arounna and Adam came too. There was so much to see and collect. I came away with a huge stash of vintage buttons!

O, and by the way, congratulations to the winner of the Pillow Give Away:

Sonia 

(please e-mail me your address to

barbara@sparrowavenue.com

 and your pillow will be on its way)

 

Sparrow Avenue Postcard Day Bags

Sparrow Avenue Postcard Day Bag

All they need are their buttons.

I'm going to an amazing "driveway" sale on the weekend, hopefully I will score some vintage buttons for my bags. I'm sure I'll find a lot of other wonderful things to bring home too.

 Don't forget to leave your comments for the Pillow Give Away. You have until the end of the weekend to let me know which one you would like. They can all be seen at the shop.

Have a wonderful

weekend

500 Posts

I can't believe this is my 

500th post!

To celebrate I'm doing a

Pillow

GIVE AWAY

All you need to do is go to the shop and look over the pillows there, come back here and leave a comment. That's it! On Monday I'll announce the winner.

Good Luck

Works in Progress

 

It seems that Wednesdays have similar pictures of works in progress. You can see the new "Balloon Ship" and "Nest Detail" here. As well I managed to sneak these smaller images onto a screen:

 

A little beaver and the original modified nest from the drawing I did with the robin a few months back.

 

The Potters' Market, Guelph

Guelph, Ontario

We stole away to Guelph the other day (I can't tell you how rare it is for us to get away anywhere besides the grocery store!). I love Guelph. Years ago we tried to move there but unfortunately we couldn't find the right fit place. If it weren't for the cars this shot could have been taken 30 - 50 years ago.

We went to see the Potters' Market that is held in an old and partially restored mill. It was my sister's last show before she leaves for Nova Scotia to start a new and different life. The potters  participating in the show (including Lorraine)  can be seen here.

Andrea Vuletin's work I especially liked because of the life size bugs seemingly crawling around.

Barns Art Market

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

On Saturday I was doing my first show for 2012 at the beautiful Wynchwood Barns Art Market. Originally a streetcar repair facility for the Toronto Transit Commission (built between 1913 -1921)  it was abandoned in the mid '80's. Almost 20 years later it was "adopted" by Artscape.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hi and support handmade. It was so nice to be out again and talking with you.

Wynchwood Barns Art Market: First Show of the Year:

Wynchwood Barns Art Market & Doors Open, Toronto

After sitting on the wait list for a few weeks, I've just found out that I will be in the Wynchwood Barns Art Market this Saturday (tomorrow). If you're in Toronto please come by. More than likely, I won't be on the map (so-to-speak) because of the late notice but I will be in booth 24.

Sparrow Avenue Nest Day Bag

 Before the week ends I wanted to show you the new "Nest Day Bag" that I've been working on. I really love the colour of the new linen for the strap and body of the bag. 

The weekend should be

glorious,

I hope you enjoy it

and if you can

don't forget to 

drop in at the Art Market