Gog and Magog: Porcelain Mantel Dogs

My dogs

Spooky Stuff: Catherine Heard Frozen Charlotte

Frozen Charlottes are a kind of porcelain doll that was popular between the 1850s to the 1920s. They were inexpensive to manufacture because they had no moving arms or legs so were easily… Continue reading

Spooky Stuff: Snakeskin Bangles

I realize that I haven’t been sharing my creepy crawly jewels in honour of Halloween. To make up for the oversight, here is a pair of snake skin bangles. First of all, let… Continue reading

Freebie Friday: Weller Soldering Gun

Have gun, will stay home.

Orla Kiely Scarf

Wrap arounds

Midweek Modness: Quistgaard Thistle Spoons

Modernist utensils

Dragons Awake

Myth understood

My Serpentine

Mr. Greenstone

Freebie Friday: Stone Carving Kit

About a year ago I interviewed the super talented sculptor Karen Brodie. After the interview, she gave me a soapstone carving kit. Last weekend, I finally started (and completed) my first stone sculpture… Continue reading

Maxi Priestess

Pattern onslaught

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