Runs on Coffee and Cream

An absolute must right now since my skin is so dry!

See? Kitty snuggles. He keeps me on the couch longer than I should be.

Typical outfit on days I'm off work. Lots of layers and warm socks.

 

We tried a new bakery here in the city and I'm so in love! It was adorable inside and the food was amazing.

I shared a raspberry crumble bar and a slice of chocolate pecan pie with Adam. He's lucky I shared.

Kitty tights + kitty.

He has a box problem.

I'm finally at a stage where I like my hair most days. It's grown to a great length and I'm loving the blonde.

I hope February is treating you well!
xo Jen

Gorgeous, right? I'm so in love with them and how they make downtown more beautiful. I'll be sure to share any new murals I find during our downtown walks this winter.

xo Jen

This weekend I'll be a vendor at Northern Game Expo here in Sudbury. I'm excited for the show since last year was a lot of fun and there was a good turnout. And I'm definitely interested to see the other vendors and what gaming stations they have set up since the show is in a bigger venue this year.

With the show being a gaming expo I had to pull out all my Pokemon and Nintendo fabric for pouches and cat toys and I'm currently in the middle of finishing up a few more totes for the show too.


I will be selling at another gaming and comic expo next month in North Bay, Gateway FanEx. So I'm guessing my spare time will continue to look like this until then:


Honestly, I'm just excited to be apart of these local shows. They inspire me to keep creating.

Have a great weekend!
xo Jen

This Saturday is Graphic-con here in Sudbury. I'll be in Artist Alley selling my bags, pillowcases, and cat toys. I'm very excited to see how the show is set up this year since it's in a new venue.

As usual I've been super busy sewing like crazy. I have a ton of product to bring with me this weekend.




If you're in the area, I definitely recommend checking out the convention this weekend. It should be a fun event!


xo Jen

Comic convention season is upon us! I'm seeing pictures on social media of cons happening all over North America lately. My first comic convention of the year is in two weeks... eeek!

My convention schedule for 2016:

March 18-20 - Toronto ComiCon

This is Fan Expo's little brother of conventions. It's at the Toronto Convention Centre and I see a lot of repeat artists, vendors, and customers between this con and Fan Expo. I find it's the perfect first show to do of the year. It's not overwhelming but it's still filled with so much positive-geek energy.

June 11 - Graphic-Con (tentatively - still waiting on table confirmation)

This is the second year for the Sudbury comic convention and I'm pretty excited for it. Last year's was super busy and it was awesome to do a local convention. This year it's taking over the Sudbury Arena so it has room to expand.

September 1-4 - Fan Expo Canada

The biggest convention of the year for me and I'm always super pumped for it. The size of this convention is definitely overwhelming but I love it. I think it's because I've been selling at this convention for a good 10 years. After I get over the first day jitters, I just take everything in all weekend and allow myself to get excited and hyped up in the environment.


October 16 - Northern Game Expo

This is another local show that's heading into its second year. I sold at this show last year and it was fun. It will also be in a bigger venue so I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
 

Over the last few years I've cut out some shows and focused on the ones that I did really well at and also local ones. It's made a huge difference in my productivity. Spacing out my big shows allows me to sew up an insane amount of stock and I can keep my Etsy shop udpated (which has increased in sales). But you never know, I might decide to squeeze in some other local craft shows if they look interesting. I did sell at a great one last December at the local YMCA here which I'd love to do again.

So as usual, be prepared for lots of craft and product pictures and updates!
xo Jen

Last Saturday was Graphic-Con, a local comic convention here in Sudbury. It was the first year and they had it in Vale Cavern inside Science North. I didn't know what to expect, how many people would show up, and how well my items would do. Well, the show blew me away and surpassed all my expectations.







They did a fantastic job putting on this convention. It was organized well and everyone was helpful and on the same page there. I can only imagine how much this show can grow if they keep doing it yearly.

My Etsy shop is back open and I'll be adding new stock over the next couple of weeks once I get a sunny day to take pictures.

If you stopped by my table last Saturday, thank you!
xo Jen

Whatever I have leftover after Saturday I'll be sure to add to my Etsy shop so watch out for those updates!

xo Jen

Growing up I took figure skating lessons. I did it for years and really enjoyed it. Since then, I've skated on and off at public ice rinks and it's crazy how quickly and easily I remember how to skate. And now we live in a city that is full of outdoor skating rinks. You can skate on the lakes or on one of the man-made rinks. We checked out a track that they flooded to make into an ice rink a couple of weeks ago. I was nervous about skating after not doing it in years. But I quickly got into the rhythm and not once did I fall.


Our next ice skating adventure will be on Ramsey Lake. I've never skated on top of a body of water so I'm excited to head out on the lake!

Recently we also took a walk through Nickeldale Conservation Area. The walk started off with me trying to climb through 2 feet of snow to get to the trail. I lost my footing and fell into the snow bank. And then I couldn't get up because I was laughing so hard. Anyways, it was a great walk. The snow's incredibly deep throughout the conservation area now. But there are snowmobile tracks everywhere which luckily packed down some of the snow so we had a fairly stable path to walk along. Though, we did have our feet fall through the path a few times and we'd almost fall over.


A part of the path takes you behind a cemetery. It looked incredibly beautiful covered in snow.


The only wild life we saw... a gorgeous bird trying to blend into its surroundings.

February is more than half over which means we don't have much more of Winter left. There's still a couple of outdoor adventures I want to go on before the snow disappears. So I have some planning to do!

Have you been on any outside adventures recently?
xo Jen

On the first day of 2014, I convinced Adam to go for a walk (I say convince because he was coming off of a night shift). It was freezing out! -35 or so. But it was so sunny and I was itching to get out of our place. So we bundled up and went for a half hour walk through Nickeldale Conservation Area.





 
You can see how high the snow was off the main trail in this picture. My boots just barely protected me from it.

Minutes after taking the above picture of Adam I fell flat on my face. Apparently my left foot found a hole beside the main path and I tripped. Besides snow going all over me, I was fine.

Honestly, looking back at these pictures, this was the perfect way to start the new year!
xo Jen