February, March and April are great times to go adventure in our lovely parks on the North shore and around Vancouver. I'm a little bit of a nature nerd and have a need to be outside as often as possible. About three weeks a go the man had to work the weekend, so I picked up a coffee and some snacks and ran around (run = walk) Lynn Canyon for a good 3 hours. It's just nice to be able to be surrounded by nature and forest even though you're in the city. It takes you out of the noise, the confusion (confusion that at most times, I do like) and forces you to stop, breath and relax. And I like that.

Two weeks ago, we went to Deep Cove and did the Quarry Rock hike. We made a quick stop at Honey Doughnuts, picked up and Americano (delicious) and a doughnut (of course). It was a quicker hike than I hoped, but the view is stunning and the huge rock at the top has a beautiful view of the cove. It is a stunning location for a picnic (or doughnut treats) and basking in the sun, when it does come out! It's uphill most of the hike, but it's short (30 min - 1 hr) and very beautiful.

I'll try to do more urban stuff soon, I tend to forget to take pics when I'm doing fun stuff around town, probably because I end up looking like a tourist! I promise, we do fun stuff in the city too.

Just posting some fresh illustrations. Working on a new series and goodies. enjoy. :)

Well, we went back to the homeland for Christmas. It was cold. It was full of food. It was full of too much wine and beers. It was long and it was noisy. But after a few days getting used of everything and everyone, it was really great. Did some skating, ate some delicious fondue, went to the country and went sledding with the nephews. And took a dip in my sisters outside hot-tub in -25ish temp. The stars were clear and pretty. We came home thankful to be in Vancouver with +5˚C after waking up to -25˚C in Edmonton. Being Vancouverites, we forgot to bring shades to the sunny prairies. You don't exactly use sunglasses in Vancouver in the winter. So we ended up having to buy some shades while we were out there. Unfortunately, we bought matching shades, so we ended up looking a little douche like. (hence the douche-y photo) Not on purpose may I add. Oh well, they saved my eyeballs from the glaring sun and the crazy bright white snow. That snow is damn bright people. I have to say, I did enjoy getting all frozen up for the 2 weeks, I feel like I'm not Canadian if I can't hack the cold in the winter!! I'm sane, I promise, that's just the farm girl talking... The city girl is back and I'm back into my cute wellies and skinny pants with only one layer and one pair of socks. Ahhhhh, muggy gray skies for 4 more months... ^_____^

We've been stalked by the Etsy Salker!! They liked our Deer-mas Christmas Card!! YAY!

Check it out here: http://etsystalker.com/?p=5254

Hi! It's time for the Christmas Shows ramp up. I'm doing two shows this weekend! Oye! One is Make It at the Croatian Cult. Centre off Commercial Drive. ( Click here for the Make It website! )

Show Info: MAKE IT:

• Friday, November 20: 4pm to 9pm

• Saturday, November 21: 11am to 6pm

• Sunday, November 22: 11am to 5pm

• The Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC


Second Show is an Etsy sale at the Cambrian Welsh Hall (Main St.)

UNDER THE BIG TOP ETSY SALE

• Saturday, Nov 21: 12:00pm—5:00pm,

• Cambrian Welsh Hall, 215 E 17th Ave, Main St, Vancouver, BC (right behind the toy shop)

Click here for the Etsy Sale Facebook Page!

Anyhoo, we'll have a lot of of Plushies, some new Christmas Tree ornaments, Christmas cards and wallets and goodies. Hope to see you around, these are great places to get your holiday shopping started and you won't have to go into a crazy mall!!

We're excited, see u there!

Meet little Maximilian, the good little monster who scares off all the bad monsters! He's cute, he's round, his limbs are fuzzy and he shows off his kind little heart. His ears look like horns and the horns look like antennae, how weird and cute is that?! We'll be bringing the new little guy out to Portobello West Market Vancouver this weekend!! Come meet him and get some halloween candy. I'll be dressed up as a giant Lemonade plushie, which was my Halloween costume last Halloween (I'm soo excited I get an excuse to wear it again!!!)

Click HERE for the Portobello West Market link!

see u around!!

So I've been eyeing up the adorable needle felted creatures from Him creations for a loong time. I've seen her goodies at Portobello West often, but didn't have the chance to get any goodies. Shima Itabashi hand felts each and every one of these cute little guys. They are meticulously made and are extremely cute and beautiful. I picked up the wee "Chimatto" dude for myself who will probably have a home on our Christmas tree this year. The adorable elephant is for my 4 yr old niece who just had her birthday! (i'm safe she's not into reading blogs much...) Check out Shima's website and her etsy site for more sweetness:
www.himcreations.com/
www.himcreations.etsy.com