Hoping we’ll have a sunny day at this time, I’m going to participate at the second edition and sharing the space with my dear friend Claudia.

The event will happen on the next Saturday, August 21th, from 11am to 6pm and will have a lot of free activities and a design and craft street fair. It will be at St-Viateur Street (between Jeanne-Mance and Saint Urbain Streets), and it’s organized by the same association: Car Free Mile-End.

Hope you all there for a visit! :-)

Two of my favorites cards with the baby theme, I think I’m going to make them for the next craft fair! :-)

One of the biggest problems of a designer, without a doubt, is the difficult to find a place where they can display and sell its works, so a large number of people could get to know or find them.

When the Etsy site was launched in 2005, certainly it opened doors for thousands of professionals. I know that a lot of people have already had contact with it, but at the same time I realize that many others haven’t yet. Etsy ended up being a huge community, where people who make and value handmade items use it not only to sell but also to buy products, but I feel it still lacks advertisement that is more global, so people that are not directly envolved in that creative environment can get to know the service and realize how much they can take advantage of this great and very well organized tool.

This worldwide e-commerce portal offers handmade and vintage items as well arts and crafts supplies. The payment system is very simple and it depends on each seller, but the great majority accept Paypal, a fast and safe way to make any kind of payment.

Taking in consideration my great admiration for Etsy, and gratitude for it to exist (!), soon I’ll launch my own online shop and, as well as in the crafts fairs that I love to participate, all of you will be able to always check over the new products  that I’ll create.

Although I’m structuring my new store just now, I didn’t start to use it recently: I visit the website almost everyday (and many times during the day, sometimes lol) to get to know the wonderful artworks from excelent artists, that are posted every day. You’ll always find new things, every second!

In one of my visits, I was so lucky to find Persian Garden, the online shop of Afi, an extraordinary artist that makes amazing illustrations. When the order arrived at home, flawlessly wrapped, I felt the pleasant sensation that nothing could be as perfect for my living room as that!

In the photo above, you will find the following illustrations: Cypress Tree in brown and ivory (the ones in the edges), Paisley Bird and Pomegranate Tree (the ones in the center).

And also this one:

In this photo: Where the sun is shining (purple)

It really worths it to check this designer’s work that is inspired, in a very delicate way, by the Persian art and culture.

See you soon!

Hoping that there won’t be much rain, to not spoil the party, there will be tomorrow the Journée des Bons Voisins, an event organized by the neighborhood association Car Free Mile-End. They will close part of the St-Viateur street (from Jeanne-Mance to Saint Urbain street) and there will be a lot of activities.

They will also have a street market, where designers and local artisans will expose and sell their work. And I’ll be there with my products! :-)

I hope you can drop by to enjoy the day, the event and come visit me!

Address:
St-Viateur Ouest  street (between Jeanne-Mance and Saint Urbain st.)
July 17th, Saturday, from 11 AM to 18 PM

Wishing you all a great Summer! :-)

Certainly anyone who knows me also knows how much I like animals, especially cats. They are very cute and I simply love to have three adorable kittens here at home, they surely serve as inspiration in a sunny or rainy (or snowy!) day, for times when you just need to leave a little bit your work and think over, although in theory it could means nothing, in reality it brings a new breath to continue creating!

Presenting you Fofuxo, Marzipan and Gâteau on a lazy day! :-)

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I just loved all the visits that I received in the last fair, especially from my dear friends whom I was missing so much. :-)

My display at the bazaar:

Some of the Greeting Cards that I’ve sold there:

Now, at the end of June, I’m going to participate in another craft fair, that will happen at the Mile-End neighborhood, in Montreal. It will be on June 26th and 27th, from 11am to 6pm.

Address:
Old Skool Crafts Bazaar
L’Église St. Michel
105 Rue Saint Viateur Ouest
Montreal, QC

Hope to see you there!

I’m so happy to tell you that I’ll be in two craft fairs dedicated to local artists here in Montreal. The first one will happen in May at the Plateau, my favourite neighborhood in town. There will be another one in June, but I’ll give you more details about it soon.

In the Plateau, there will be a two-days event with lots of kinds of works, as paintings, photography, wood and fabric creations, among other products. My dear and talented friends Claudia and Fabiola are going to be there with their jewelry and purses. And I’ll be there too with my paper goods!

Event’s address:
Studio Off Interarts
5145 Boul. Saint-Laurent – Montreal, QC
Days: May 21th (from 3pm to 9pm) and May 22th (from 9am to 6pm)

And coming soon a new post about my new Etsy store!

 As the Mother’s Day is coming, I decided to make some cards with this theme. If you have some time, give me your opinion in the comments section!

When I was asked by a friend to make the invitations for his son’s 5th birthday party with “Le Petit Prince” theme, by Anthoine de Saint-Exupéry, I’ve got so excited!

Together we discussed some main ideas and, after that, I started the preparation for it: first of all the invitations. She wanted it to double as a bookmark, so the guests could use it even after the party.

I selected an original illustration of Saint-Exupéry that had only the outline, so I could watercolor it. After the painting, I digitalized it to make the layout and write the texts.

Here are the photos of the final results, step-by-step. During the making process I employed paper and felt as main materials. For the text I used the Little Days font as it looks a lot like the book’s.

 And the final result is here:

For the party decoration I prepared tags with the names of each snack and treats bags tags. Also I’ve made some pompoms to decorate the room. I used the font mentioned above, original images from Saint-Exupéry and a Photoshop’s brush that worked perfectly as watermark.

The Little Prince in biscuit and the keyrings (party favors), made with felt, were made by Mania de Boneca.

I got very happy to develop this work! If you are interested about any occasion invitations and tags, you just have to send me an email (Marcia at minois dot ca) and we can talk about it!

See you later!