resurrection fern

poetry stones

these stones are an extras special collaboration between cathy cullis the amazing artist from the UK and myself. The theme was natural dyed fabrics and threads from both our homes and the words of great canadian poet Leonard Cohen.

the money collected from their sales will be donated to the organization doctors without borders , an organization we both hold dear to our hearts

the stones will be sold after posting later today on instagram. They will all be the same price of 100 dollars canadian and i will ship them anywhere in the world for free. 

I will post the first batch at 8 am eastern standard time and the rest this evening at approximately 8pm set

payment should be made through paypal 

i am going to post the photographs here so that they can be previewed

hope we are all able to help the world a little bit more today 

xxxx

please note two of these stones are already reserved ( the first dance me to your beauty ) and (the moon is swimming naked ) 

 

covered stones available very soon

 

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i know many of you have been asking

when i might have some stones available

for those beautiful stone collectors living outside the toronto area

i have decided to let some go out into the big wide world

i will be posting them on instagram starting on this friday

not sure of the time yet

you will need to follow me on instagram to see them

you will need a valid paypal account to pay for them

the first person to email me will be offered the stone

i have no desire to open up my etsy shop so i do hope this works

xx

m

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baby its cold outside

a few icey images from our new year's day walk

and a few links

something i was reminded of

by a kind soul on instagram yesterday

this became one of my most liked and shared ideas

it is certainly good weather to make some

 stay warm friends

xx

pinecones

are available now here

they are larger than the ones i made last year

and all the indigo dyeing was done in my backyard this past summer

they are all natural inside and out

 

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last photo is a glimpse of my workshop

xo

m

 

instagram weekend and a trunk show

i had a lovely time on saturday at bookhou

selling some of my naturally dyed wares

with some lovely makers

while it poured rain outside and even a little on the inside

the renovations happening there are amazing

the rest of the weekend was spend helping family

tidying my studio

indigo dyeing

and

resting

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my naturally dyed , crochet covered stones will be available for purchase

exclusively at crown flora studio

adam and davis have a beautiful new website

:)

junction flea at the don valley brickworks

this combination was a perfect match

beautiful ecologically minded restoration

in the eastern heart of toronto

and the now famous junction fleamarket

with all its wonderful vintage sellers and beautiful makers

including my favourites bookhou and crownflora

and my new favourite LATrE

here are a few photographs of the event

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instapartypoppygrams

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early tuesday morning

and i mean early

the sun was not out of bed yet

i needed to wrap a few gifts for tamara

and wanted to have some poppies to decorate the table

off to the garden in the predawn hours only to realize we have the only poppies in our town

that had not yet bloomed

seriously contemplated borrowing some of the neighbours

but realized i was still in my jammies

back to the house to find the colourful crepe paper I bought last visit to mexico

while geninne was buying art paper for her prints

snip snip

twist twist

and everylasting poppies were born

when tamara first saw them she thought they were real

and lili loved them too

isn't sonia's liberty fabric poppy pouch gorgeous

i think i need to order another one for myself

xo

m

 

 

feathers for a friday...

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inspired by the feather quilt of ann maria horner and my basket of naturally dyed fabrics

it was my beautiful sister helen's idea to suspend them in the window

and let the warming lights of spring shine through

i was going to use them to make a table runner or pillow

but after seeing them in a new light they may end up adorning a summer skirt or tunic

yes summer

the warm weather has finally arrived in ontario

and the resuurectionfern porch had its official opening yesterday after work

:)

m

bookhou + geninne

 

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these lovely friends make such beauty together

now to decide where to put my wall art so i can admire it everyday

oh and isn't the drop cloth where arounna printed it amazing

i would like to frame that and hang it on my wall too!!!

if you missed out on this first colaboration a little birdie told me there are more projects planned

lucky us :)

the making of an indigo quilt

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all fabrics have some indigo in them, all dyed in my own backyard or kitchen except for a few vintage japanese indigo pieces purchased at the junction flea market last summer

i have special plans for this piece

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