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kids trunk show at the workroom!

Posted by Aprile on 2009.08.24:

What a wonderful time I had yesterday at the workroom for the kids trunk show! Sorry for not even mentioning it sooner, I completely lost track of time! It was a really great day and I got to meet some great people too : ) Karyn did a nice little interview with me on her blog as well at make something.

I borrowed some pictures for this post from Karyn's flickr, because the ones I took turned out really awful. She took some really nice close up shots that my camera would never have been capable of... Check out the rest of the photos from the show there too!

What do you think of the setup? I bought these two suitcases in Welland, one for $3 and they gave me the other one for free (what a bonus!) They seem to be a match, aside from the slight difference in shade of blue, but maybe one is just more used than the other. The best part is that they are from ACME Luggage, and ACME are my initials (Aprile Christina Marie Elcich). Weird, I know. I would much prefer a brown suitcase I think, but for the kids trunk show I thought the blue was perfect. I even made some little buttons and books just to go along with the theme.

I meet so many people through the internet these days, and I met Jen that way and then in real life yesterday! She is a fellow collage artist and is super excited about getting some of us together in the area. I love hearing/meeting about other collage artists online and through Notpaper, but I rarely get to meet anyone in person (but I feel like I know people all over the world somehow!).

I also got a chance to connect with Lisa a second time, who brought me a HUGE stack of envelopes for my thesis project (it's a secret! shh!) and now I don't have to look for any more... ever again... I really have more than I need, and I am very grateful (you're so awesome, Lisa!). It's going to be nice to do some more collage material swapping in the future.

Oh, and I can't forget I had a great time getting to know Kalpna (aka Ghost Face Knittah) who was one of my "neighbours" at the show! Also Debbie who I work with at Anthro! Seriously, so many wonderful people...

Anyway, it was such a nice event and I felt quite welcomed, I would love to do it again, and I will surely be attending ALL of them in the future! I can't wait to start learning how to sew...

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something's hiding in here

Posted by Aprile on 2009.04.18:

I'm not the only one who loves everything Something's Hiding in Here does, but this made me particularly excited! The little necklaces above were inspired by the Your Message Here project, and spell out You Are What You Love. I feel like I need one of these, also the bag on the far left below. I will get one if they are still there in a month or so, which will not happen. Painfully broke right now and I can't afford to spend $15. I miss buying things off the internet.





{ above images via Something's Hiding in Here }

This recycling of calendars is such a good idea! I love the way piles of cut paper look. I actually did something similar to this for a school project with some leftovers. We made a letterpress inspired calendar and when it was printed on our terrible school printer, it came out looking like it really came off a letterpress, but not in such a nice way. The paper wouldn't take the ink and it was a huge mess. But I made light of the situation and made some cute little square buttons (below). Jory is my cute button model.



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handmade nation

Posted by Aprile on 2009.01.31:

I got this book today! I am so excited to read it, and hopefully, eventually, see the film. Apparently there will be a screening at DIWhy? on February 26. I have to remember to go to this... I never end up doing all the things I plan on doing, and I hate that!

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well, i never

Posted by Aprile on 2008.10.19:


How meaningful would an embroidered love letter be? I should have learned how to do this instead of knitting.

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