Singstar! and Cookies

Kittie and I have always been huge fans of Karaoke. We have been going to Karaoke since the early 90s, well, she may have even been going in the 80s but I wouldn't know about those adventures. We love to sing! There are Karaoke boxes here in the Toronto area that we are quite fond of. They have a wide variety of asian pop music as well as top Pop songs and a wide collection of oldies.

With Mackenzie being born, we have actually not gone to one of these Karaoke boxes since that time. Our solution? The Karaoke Revolution series for PS2, and more recently: Singstar! We are enamored by Singstar. It's Karaoke, with the original music videos. It's very very fun and addictive. We are known to spend sleepy Sunday evenings forgetting about dinner and singing Gwen Stefani's "Cool" and Elton John's "Rocket Man". It typically means being extremely hungry and running out for take-out Pizza much too late. Is it worth it? Oh yes.

Besides our Karaoke addiction, Kittie bakes really good cookies. She made me some beautiful cookies for Valentine's day. They are almost all gone! Boo. Though, she just bought four dozen eggs. Yes, four dozen eggs are sitting in our fridge! What is she going to do with all of them? Something tasty, I'm sure! She's our baker!

Crocodile Surfer

The first copy of my favorite print sold today at our store. Thank you so much! This illustration was very fun to illustrate and colour. It makes me feel very buoyant! It's a little child in a crocodile get-up riding a big wave. Surf's up!

Sunday Fun

When Kittie and I head into Toronto to visit my mom & dad, there's a little Italian Bakery that we really really like: Bona Via Bakery. We have not gone to the bakery for years now (ever since our little head was born). But today we made it, and we thoroughly understand why we love this place! It's stocked full of great cakes and sweets; AND they make the best Cappuccino! It's so yummy. We must have been perusing the dessert display for a good 10minutes before deciding to sit-in for two cappuccinos, and two take-out desserts for our post-dinner: who doesn't love dessert?

We haven't had a nice coffee break like this together for a while! We have to visit my mom & dad more often! They really do love taking care of Mackenzie, so it let's us escape for a couple hours.

I also started the seeds for the heirloom tomatoes today. Last year's batch didn't turn out so well, but I'm hoping that things will work out better in 2008! I'm starting a little later this year, but I think that everything will turn out just fine. I am planting 3 varieties: Montreal Tasty, Silvery Fur and Ziegler's Fleisch. I ordered my seeds from Terra Edibles. They were great last year, and we actually bumped into them at the Green Living show in 2007. It was fun talking with them and seeing their wide variety of seeds. Hopefully we will see them again this year!

We are also planning to grow Oxheart Carrots: these are the short stubby carrots. Kittie is really excited with these seeds!

New York City

Kittie and I came back from New York City a few days ago. We went with my siblings and visited a cousin down in Hoboken. It was a long drive, but we enjoyed being away from here for the first time since Mackenzie was born! NYC is a very inspirational place. We visited the Metropolitan Museum and enjoyed the Impressionist works of art. I am a huge fan of Van Gogh, so it was a real treat to see entire rooms devoted to his work. We also went to SOHO, the architecture and the wide variety of things to see was astounding. We spent a lot of time in the Moma Design Store, just so many cool things!

I definitely enjoyed visiting the city, but really like living here in the Toronto area where things aren't as hectic. Overall, the trip was really fun! We will certainly go back to New York City sometime soon!

Snowed in!

The snow has been coming down for over 24hours now, we must have a good 15cm on the ground. Although driving in it is no fun at all, I do love the winter. Winter has a calming feeling, a quietness that I very much enjoy. There's nothing better than being inside, with the snow coming down, and a steaming cup of hot chocolate and a good book by your side.

I drew a little sketch (mostly because my camera is out of battery) to celebrate the occasion!

Creative Selves

This is our first post on Blogspot! We started a sister site @ Wordpress, but are moving here to see if Blogger is a better fit for us. Kittie and I have been working very hard and putting a lot of effort into our Etsy store. Becoming sellers on Etsy has been a tremendously creative process, we both love art in all its many facets: music, paintings, toys, jewellery, pottery, etc.

Etsy and the Handmade Pledge are beautiful ideas. We are strong supporters of Etsy and the Handmade Pledge. We hope that you will enjoy the artwork that we produce, and have fun reading our blog and our adventures with our little toddler girl with the huge personality.

Enjoy!