my home

 

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photographed and styled by my friends donna griffith and lynda felton

 

what a fun day that was.  

 

 

t h i r t y     y e a r s !

 

in 1994, i started this little company while at art school. i got my first taste of making things and selling them at a craft show while at the Emily Carr school of Art and Design.  i loved every part of it and spent that same summer doing a show every weekend. church basements, outdoor shows, any show that would take me and i made whatever i felt like with whatever i could get my hands on. then in 1995, i was accepted to do the One of a Kind show in Toronto which meant i had to get a bit more serious. i had to come up with the name, a brand and a cohesive line of products. i was attending the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design by this point and convinced them to let me do the show and develop the line as an independent study for my degree in textiles.  very sneaky.

 

and that was it.  i have been doing this for the last thirty years. it has evolved and taken many forms which i hope to explore this year as i go through all of the memorabilia and files. this seems like a good place to record it all for me and anyone else who is interested.

 

this post is in honour of the early booths and shows that i did.

and the people who helped me with them and visited.

xo

 

                              h a p p y     h o l i d a y s  .   

      h o p e     y o u      a r e    c o z y       a n d    h a p p y

 

 

 

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       m y      v i n t a g e      a p r o n s

 

      i have been wearing, making and collecting aprons my whole life. 

      i love them.  all.  and i love that wearing one connects us to all the

      women who have come before us who wore them to protect their

      dresses (when having clean clothes was much harder than we can

      imagine) ,  to remove hot pans from the oven,  to carry eggs in from

      the coop,  to dry their hands  and probably to wipe the odd tear. 

 

             to see more images of the aprons, go here

 

      happy making, cooking, preserving, building and baking everyone.

 

            xo heather

 

 

 

 

be safe . be well . be kind . be happy . 

xo 

 

hi.

 

i hope you are all staying safe, sane and healthy.

my whole life, nothing has made me happier than nesting, making things for my home and my people, nourishing and marvelling at those simple things.

so in one way, i have never been happier than this moment for having to simply turn in and concentrate on those simple things but at the same time, there is this surreal storm happening around us.

like my flag says, be safe.

and i hope you too are finding pleasure in your home....

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                  h a p p y      n e w      y e a r

 

i absolutely love this time of year to start fresh, clean out all of your nooks and 

crannies, look over the past seasons and prepare for the next.  here's to some 

more time together.  i miss you.....