Keepin' busy

Inspired by a photo from Pinterest I made these little personal Christmas trees, using 100% repurposed wood, unused drawer pulls and, of course, some paint that I have kicking around at all times. These lovelies would look wonderful on a shelf, in your cubicle or office, or as a little Holiday reminder in your kids' rooms.
I will be making a whole load of them for Freedom Clothing Collective, but will also make them available in my Tiny Poppies Etsy store. They should be making an appearance within the next two weeks. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Fabulous Etsy Find

I did a post about this Etsy store about two year's ago and kept stalking it ever since. Finally, two days ago I made my long coveted purchase. It took a while until Marc and I could both decide on the pattern for our very first Wilderness Project as the artist calls it. And here it is, bold and beautiful in orange with subtle aviary pattern. I can't wait to have it in our house.

Up and Coming

Here are the pictures of the two pieces I scored this past Sunday. I do have a general color direction for both of them, but that may change last minute - you never know with these things. I have already removed all the hardware from the glass door cabinet and it is ready for sanding and painting. That may happen today, depending on how other projects currently on the go penn out.
Tomorrow, I will reveal my latest Etsy purchase. Can't wait to share it with you.

Mr. Bear

This past Saturday Freedom Clothing Collective attended the Barns Art Market at the Toronto's Wychwood Barns. One of the studios displaying their works was halohalo and they were offering silkscreaning demonstrations to the visitors. I really liked this print and thought how it would make a nice addition to my mini art collection by local artist. I may chose to paint out the frame in the future but for now I will just have to make do.
Tomorrow I will share with you two new gems that I came across this Sunday and that will soon undergo some much needed Poppyfication.

In the Works

My friend's mom scored this baby for me last Saturday. I couldn't wait to start working on it, and here is the sneak peak of what is going on. The week is crazy, but I hope to have it done by the end of it when it will find it's not home at Freedom Clothing Collective - only temporarily I hope. There are a few more pieces in the works at the moment, and I am hoping to have them all revealed in the course of the next week or so.
Enjoy your Wednesday friends.

Before and After

This time it is for my house. Two years into this adventure and this is the first piece I did for myself. Not that I had extra time to do it, but I decided to squeeze it in between two projects, as if I didn't do it now, another year would go by and other things would be given priority. The before picture is a bit fuzzy and I apologize for it, but hopefully you can see all the holes that were drilled and that I had to fill in. As it stands now, there are some knobs missing on the side doors and down the road I would like to change the pulls on the bottom drawer, but that may have to wait until i find something suitable. For now this will do. Next on the list for me is my coffee table, but that may have to wait, or not, will see how things go.

Mail from Barb

And this is what arrived last week in the mail. A few notebooks, and a metal letter P along with a hand written note from Barb Blair of Knack Studios, who was and still is my inspiration. I entered her contest a few weeks ago, just for fun really, and who knew that I would be the one to scoop this sweet treat.
Thank you Barb, my ideas and thoughts will now have a new home in these cute notebooks that won't add an extra pound to my purse and the letter "P" will move into my studio as a reminder of the awesome career path that I chose to take thanks to you.

Green Works

The month of July was full of excitements for me, not only did I get my first Etsy custom order, but I also got to be featured in a web commercial for Green Works cleaning products. Truth be told, I have been using the products for a while and when my friend Melissa told me about the opportunity to be featured in the web commercial, I jumped on board. It was a hot Tuesday afternoon in July when the shoot took place at my house and it was without a doubt one of the most awesome days of the Summer. The striped dresser in the video is the Etsy order that is now living with its new owners in Brooklyn, NY.
I would like to thank the teams from Green Works Canada and DDB Canada for this once in a lifetime opportunity and also give a big shout-out to the mighty director duo Nat and Greg from Peking for being super patient with me and giving me the confidence I needed to complete the task - you guys rock.

Poppies in the Spotlight

A very exciting week is about to start in a few hours. Tomorrow, these beauties will be featured on the Toronto's morning show Breakfast Television when Live Eye cameras move to Around the Block, a local furniture consignment store. The owner, Warren Hales, was kind enough to share the spotlight with me and I am deeply touched by this gesture.
Tune in tomorrow morning at around 7am to CityTV and check out what the producers have in store for you, then visit Warren's store and check these pieces out first hand.

Introducing...

...new color for the Fall, that I just can't wait to get my fingers tinted with. It is a warm marigold yellow, not to bright to make you shy away from it, yet strong enough to make you envision sunflower fields during the long and cold Canadian winter months.
There are three different pieces sitting in my storage awaiting a makeover (actually four, one of them being my dining room console). Each one of them worthy on this color, but I think will be a last minute decision as to which one will be the most deserving. Stay tuned...