“Make art every day.”

Since I was young, I loved to be involved in some form of art creation. One of my favourite Christmas presents ever, besides books! … was from Mom and Dad – construction paper, scissors, tape, and a few pencil crayons. I remember vividly.

Over the years, I have graduated from paper and scissors to folk art painting, glass painting, knitting, quilting, embroidery, beading, jewelry, scrapbooking and cardmaking, etc. Most hobbies require a lot of storage space! Beading/jewelry, as a craft, needs far less space to store those expensive but tiny supplies. The lovely part of this “living by the sea” – is that the sea glass and mussel shells are free, and part of the enjoyment is knowing you found the pieces yourself, thrown up by the tide. I am grateful to the shops here who have been able to sell my creations – jewelry, keychains, photocards, etc. as part of their tourism efforts – a mutually beneficial relationship.

I find that I heavily lean to the seaside themes these days, or at least its colours – the sea always inspires!