Dear pony featured here

poppytalk.com

with some of my pictures (the one with Natalie modelling)!

yeah!

Blog tout mignon

I've discovered this blog that I find extremely cute:

http://makemylemonade.com

It's in french but the pictures and DIY are accessible for anyone!

Go check it out!

Skill exchange

One of my favourite things to do in the world,

is finding something to trade.

It means giving & receiving,

with purpose, satisfaction or functionality.

Dale just traded some skills with our friend Niels.

 Niels needed a custom box.

We needed to stretch a canvas with my Dad's painting.

Dale is the most talented woodworker who does carpentry as a living. And being in love with him is not altering my perception.

Niels is a talented artist who used to stretch canvas as a living.

Dale made this box with some bamboo he had left from another project.

The maple handles are painted black except for beveled edges

"which catch the light".

It's a beauty. Niels was extremely happy.

He stretched my Dad's painting in front of us.

I was so happy to see this painting again,

it has always been a part of my life when I was growing up,

since the 80's.

Now we need to paint the frame (white?)

and find the right place for it.