I took my camera for a walk

I must admit that having my camera with me has become much too infrequent of late.  The i-phone is just too easy to use sometimes and I have often neglected taking real photos.  Yesterday night we all went for a walk, the boys brought along a neighbour friend to play soccer with and I walked around taking pictures.  The kitty at the bottom belongs to a neighbour and made me miss our little Amber. Doesn't she look like little A? Hmm, almost time for another kitty.  Anyways, it felt really good to be creative with something other then ceramics!

It's been an extremely busy few months for me, filling a number of larger and diverse orders for shops and galleries.  I'm thankful to have shipped off the last order for spring, just as I head out to Winnipeg tomorrow to visit a dear friend, some family, and stop by the Woodlands Gallery for a meet & greet the artist.  I grew up in Winnipeg until I was 14 and went back to visit often until I spent 1 year going to college/Uni when I was 19.  It was a place I called 'home' throughout my teens because we had moved for reasons that weren't my own.  I wrote countless letters to friends, trying to keep in touch despite moving quite far away.  It's kind of amazing to still be in touch with many of my elementary school friends via Facebook these days.  I'm looking forward to doing some good catching up over the next few days, celebrating my bff's birthday and connecting with some family too.  It will be a much needed break from the studio and probably a good walk down memory lane too;)!

Come and say Hi in Winnipeg in May!

With the weeks feeling like they are flying by, I wanted to be sure to get the invite out for my artist meet & greet in Winnipeg next month! Woodlands Gallery has been carrying my work since last fall and it has been so nice to connect with the amazing gallery manager, Jennifer.  Since I was in town for a few days, I thought it would be nice to invite all my local friends and family to come by the gallery and see what I've been up to!  If you are interested, please do come by and say hi- it's not every day that I'm in the Peg!

I grew up in Winnipeg until I was 14 years old, and then went back as an adult to do a year of post-secondary, so my roots in this place run pretty deep.  I have heaps of family and lots of friends that I still keep in touch with, which is my main reason for visiting.  It's been about 6 years since I last visited my childhood bff and since then, she has had 2 beautiful little kids that I have been dying to meet.   

There's a facebook page with more details here!  Please pass around to anyone you know who might be interested in coming! Thanks!

New work at the Woodlands Gallery

Fall Rhapsody by Melissa Jean at the Woodland's Gallery

I'm really excited about having a wider selection of my work available in my home-town of Winnipeg at the Woodlands Gallery.  I spent the first 14 years of my life in this city and still have a lot of family and friends who live in 'the Peg' so I'm a prairie girl at heart.  One of the great things about working with new galleries is being able to develop a body of work that is exclusive to their clients and venues.  The Woodlands Gallery will be carrying teapots, mugs, and vases in my Tangerine and Indigo Stripes, which I think will compliment the gallery's fall landscape paintings- the one above by Melissa Jean.  You can find the Woodlands Gallery at 535 Academy Road, and on Facebook too!