Hearts for Haiti

Here's a great way to shop and give at the same time! Hearts for Haiti is a group etsy shop that has been set up by volunteers.

The way it works is any individual etsy seller can donate items to be sold on the Hearts for Haiti website, then when the items sells, the money goes toward Haitian relief efforts - specifically Doctors Without Borders.

I've donated a few pairs of these heart locket earrings. Great for a wee Valentines treat.

So far they have raised just over $23,000.00!

Hats off to Hearts for Haiti!

www.buenostyle.com

umm, the olympics and stuff . . .

Ok - I am kind of excited for the Olympics. I'm having a hard time imagining how little ol' Vancouver will explode with people though. I was just dropping off a load of jewels at Fine Finds and the owner was saying that they will be open from 10am to midnight every day! Plus, they and a bunch of other Yaletown businesses will have tents set up right outside the Canada Line station that will be open until midnight as well.

I thought it would be kind of fun to go work there for a couple of days a week during the Olympics - so I'm gonna! I'm mostly interested in meeting people from Europe, then becoming best friends and then they will invite me to come stay with them at their homes. Yes. This will happen.

Jane (owner) told me that they expect 550,000 people to be walking through Yaletown during the duration of the games. And they are staying open until midnight because the nearby live music venues and BC place events all get out at 11:00pm, so about 150,000 drunk people will spill out of these venues around 11pm. Yikes!

I've made a few special "souvenier of Canada" pieces that fit right into the BuenoStyle line. They're made with vintage and antique Canadian coins and I think they are pretty darn cute. Oh - and some rings and necklaces made from vintage military buttons. CUTE!

These pieces will only be available at Fine Finds and and Dream. Oh - I'm also going to go work for Dream a couple of days too. Come say HI!

www.buenostyle.com

The great Studio clean up - again!

For those of you following along, you may remember the big studio clean up of last year, right around this time. It went from looking like this - to this.

Nice, right? Well, I had the opportunity to move my studio next door to a slightly larger space with a storage closet so I jumped on it. Last August. And I haven't organized it since! So - get ready for the great studio clean up of January 2010! Here's the before photos. Yes, I have been working in this messy space since August! I'll post the "after" photos soon. (hopefully!)

Holiday images . . .

Thought I'd share a few of my favorite shots from the Christmas / Holiday season. Just for fun . . .
Vintage chandelier crystals and twinkle lights up in the studio.

Beautiful veggie plate I made for our friend's Christmas party. I know, I know, vegetables at Christmas? But it's so nice to have a palate cleanser when all those sugary treats are around. Homemade hummus too.

The traditional human pyramid that happens at our christmas party every year. Don't ask me how that got started, I actually have no idea. This year it happened at 11:00 sharp, so no one was tooooo wasted.

Me and my folks on Christmas day in Victoria, BC.

Took the Clipper down to Seattle on Boxing Day to visit bestest friends, John and Kellie. They have an open door policy when it comes to urban wildlife.

And a pet duck.