My Water Babies.

Oggy went from being TERRIFIED of water to LOVING it so much that he has now claimed the bathroom sink.


Oggy and Catface are more alike then Catface seems to think...
http://heatherbays.blogspot.com/2007/03/most-photographed-cat-in-world_09.html

Snowball Fight.

A candid photo shoot just before the new year.

Merry Quinzmas!

ALOT more Quinzmas photos can be viewed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherbaysphotography/



Quinzmas 2008!!
The Park Theatre in Winnipeg Manitoba
December 13.
www.quinzy.ca/

If you couldn't be there, you can still listen to it on CBC radio.
Quinzmas will be broadcast on

Dec. 25 as a Christmas Special at 7 pm on CBC Radio 1
Dec. 25 on Sirius Satellite 137 at 3 pm ET (2 pm central)

The Dandelion Eatery.

A sad day is upon us.


I have recently been informed of some VERY terrible news. The greatest restaurant (in the world based on my opinion) is closing it's doors FOREVER on December 20th. The Dandelion Eatery is located in Winnipeg next to the Organza at confusion corner on Osborne. Go there and EAT!! The food is amazingly delicious...organic and free range. I would recommend the free range elk for dinner with the goat cheese cheese cake for dessert, (seriously the BEST cheesecake I have ever had, and I have had ALOT of bloody cheesecake in my 26 years on this earth). If you don't want to go for dinner, they have an incredible brunch on the weekends, mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!

Just go there and EAT!!!
http://dandelioneatery.com/

Christmas Tree-2, Oggy-0

So, the tree was put up 2 days ago and Oggy has proven to LOVE the decorations. If you look closely, you can see him under the tree in both photos (he is blurry in the top one because the shutter was open for quite a long time.) The tree hasn't fallen over yet, which is shocking considering the amount of times Oggy has jumped from the couch into the middle of the tree. Not to mention he plays with the decorations close to the bottom and gets his claw caught in the "branches".

I have a fake tree. Real trees are a nice idea. That smell. Mmmmmmmm. Realistically, if everyone who puts up a Christmas tree or Holiday tree got a real tree...that's a lot of bloody trees. It's also a lot of plastic, pollution and garbage to create the fake tree. What to do?!

My Little Felted Animals.

I have hand felted all these little animals, and there's many more too.


Alligator



Duckling



Panther



Pig



Polar Bear

I Heart Film.

There's nothing more magical then photographing with old film cameras.




These photographs were all taken with 120 film using my 1950's Hawkeye Brownie camera.

Felting Beads!

Right now I am working on making beads for necklaces which I will be selling at the art sale at the Cre8ery on November 22! If you want to come out to the sale, it's located at 125 Adelaide St in the Exchange District and you will be able to view and buy the work of many many artists! If you have facebook, there is an events page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=32714503026



Now, if you want to make felt beads, here's how you do it...
Get yourself some yarn that is 100% wool. You can also by loose wool.


I took the wool and measured it to my arm length. For beads to be the same size you have to be consistent with the amount of wool you use, so I measured my arms length for this specific size that we're making today.


Take the long piece of measured wool and fold it in half, then cut. Fold it in half again, and cut again, and then do that one more time. Now you should have 8 strips all about the same length.


Take a piece of thread and tie the strips together as shown above.


Now twist the yarn and separate each piece.


Now you should have something that looks like curly doll hair. Start pulling apart the strings and meshing them together. You want to make the wool light and fluffy.


After the wool is fluffy (the fluffier and softer it is, the better the bead) cup it in your hands to form a ball shape, like a bunny tail.


Place the ball of fluff is warm soapy water. It's best to do it in a sink because it gets messy. Also, try NOT to use an anti-bacterial soap because they are bad for the environment.


Now take the wet blob-ball in your hands and start rolling it as if you are making a snowman with play-dough. Keep rolling and rolling until you have a bead.
TIP: If it came out lumpy, try to frizz and mesh the wool more before putting it in water, or, don't roll so hard when forming the bead.


And that's how you make beads. They will take up to 2 days to dry, so put them somewhere safe away from kittens who will likely steal them cuz they think the beads are toys.

Double Exposures.

Warm Days and Cold Nights.