This is a holiday wreath I made by upcycling holiday mail advertising. I used the ads as leaves of a pointsetta, and used beads from a broken neckace as the center, and finished it off with a nice light spray of matte white spray paint.

I especially love the places where you can still see the text underneath the paint.  This pretty piece of paper art was given as a gift for the holidays.

These were some totes I made from vintage pillowcases that I found in second hand shops around Toronto. I chose to mix and match two patterns together to make it more interesting, and finished the edges with colourful bias tape.

I also stenciled the Japanese word Kaizen on each tote, which loosely translated means “continuous improvement”. Which I thought was fitting seeing as the totes were an improvement on its former existence as a pillowcase, and secondly it serves as a replacement for such things as plastic bags.

There were only six totes made, and all of them sold within a few hours at the Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts festival this past September. I am already scouting the second hand shops now for next years stock, or if i get my act together earlier maybe these can be this years Christmas gift? We shall see.