Dyeing with avocado pits! What a fun, easy afternoon craft. Just what my quarantined heart was searching for ;). I learned how to do natural dyeing from The Wild Woven Collection (check out my Instagram highlight from the workshop I took with them last year) and I’ve been stashing avocado pits in my freezer since.…
Fortnight Swim In Midnight Flora
My dream swimsuit—Happy Birthday to me! I recently purchased the swim pullover top and foldover bottoms in midnight flora from Fortnight here in Toronto. I’m so happy with the fit (true to size!) and the fabric. While I unfortunately don’t have much of an opportunity to wear it yet (hello, global pandemic), I’m looking forward…
Name It
We like to talk about the notion of better. Of doing better and being better and making better things. We also like to talk about change. About making change and being the change. What we forget is that both of these things are relational. Better than what. Change from what. We are so enthralled by the notion of progress…
The Foundery Retreat At Cobblestone Farm
My dear friend (and business coach!) Stephanie Pellett hosted her first retreat at Cobblestone Farm this past weekend and let me tell you, it was everything I didn’t know I needed. Sonja of Nurture Retreats kept us nourished (I will forever dream of this bibimbap sandwich), Steph helped us get out of our own way,…
The Best Thing About Your Art Is That It’s Not For Everyone
Let’s read that again, shall we? The best thing about your art is that it’s not for everyone. While deeply true, this is definitely one of those lovely-in-theory-difficult-in-practice sentiments. When people don’t like our work… When they don’t understand it or don’t understand us… When they unsubscribe or unfollow us… it feels personal. Social media…
You Can Do Hard Things
Making art is hard.Doing something people don’t understand is hard.Therapy is hard.Lifting weights is hard.Grieving is hard.Paying off debt is hard.Creating work we’re proud of is, almost always, hard. So many of the worthwhile things in life—the things that ask us to meet ourselves and bring us closer to others—are so very hard. But we can…
The Humility Of Art
One of the hardest parts of building something new is having the humility to do things that might not work. That’s art. And art isn’t linear. When you’re doing something that hasn’t been done before with the intent of creating change (change in others or in a system) you’re going to face pushback. They’ll be…
Nooks Of Nurture, Nurture Fall 2019 Retreat
Behold: Nooks of Nurture™️. Grateful to have finally experienced the magic that is a Nurture weekend. Grateful for the incredible group of women I got to share it with. Grateful to Sonja Seiler and Stephanie Pellett for creating this beautifully intentional space (like honestly, how) and to our facilitators Or Har-Gil, Kristiann Boos, and Priyanka…
Three Days In Brooklyn, New York
Three days in Brooklyn last week for a workshop. Well, the workshop was one day. I tacked on two extra days because… NEW YORK! It’s one of my favourite cities to visit if I’m feeling like I need to creatively recharge. I didn’t take many photos on my camera (who am I!?) but you can…
Showing Up Is The Shortcut
I’ve been talking a lot this year about the importance of showing up. As you are. Wherever you are. And not apologizing for it. We’re in such a hurry to find our work, our people, our person, our passion… that entire industries have been built around selling us shortcuts. But maybe you don’t need to read…