New Les Petites

Sparrow Avenue Raven Beaver Owl and Wolf series Les Petites (tiny pouches)

Another sunny day here although there seems to be very difficult weather in other areas: snow, hurricanes...

Lots of stuff going on behind the scenes. Thank you for liking the new Moose Pillow. Now that he is in print form, I'm liking him  more and more.

New Moose Pillow

Sparrow Avenue Moose Pillow

There is a new Moose Pillow in the shop. I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out. It looks quite at home sitting on the Muskoka chair.  
The lilacs are in full bloom and I thought I'd incorporate them in some photos.

Sparrow Avenue Black Wolf Pillow

I played around with the depth of field so that the wolf in the background would be in focus. He will be in the shop soon.

A Beautiful Spring Weekend

That was such a beautiful weekend, wasn't it? We had a little visitor, he's so cute! But I hope the family doesn't intend to stay. Raccoons can do so much damage and we've had our share.

It was a very busy weekend with house, garden and commercial work. But I managed to get the garden in over the Victoria Day holiday (the traditional time for planting in southern Ontario). I haven't any pictures as yet but maybe a little later.

There are piles of work in all stages of completion strewn over my work area and I've been working on new product images to catalogue, which is an exciting project in itself. 

New Work

Sparrow Avenue Raven 2013

Working on a pile of pillows printed with my 2013 images. The last few days have been so perfect too with an abundance of sunshine. I feel a lot more enthusiastic when it's this beautiful outside. 

Hope it's the same for you too, 

wherever you are.

In Canada it is a long weekend: Victoria Day on Monday. Lots of printing and sewing to do. Strangely enough, no family this weekend.

New Pillows in the Making

A full day of warm sunshine finds me working away on new pillows. Earlier I had picked up masses of zippers. 

I can tell you with certainty that this warm weather is so much more inspiring than the cold rain, wind and hail that we've had the past week! All I wanted to do was sleep, which isn't like me at all! 

With all the rain, the grass was turning into a field that sheltered swarms of aphids. It was awful. You couldn't go out without a cloud of them flying into your hair and eyes, let alone the house.  I tried to go out to cut the grass, but it was impossible until today. So now I hope that will be it for the aphids. 

For sure the birds were happy.

Another Collection

'Gotta Dance' by SparrowAvenue

Black Silk Tie JayKirbyTies $18	Flattering A line Long ... LuciaVerona $95	Vintage 50s Lace Overla... OpheliaVintage $265
Vintage 1940's Faux... Orchardtreasur... $8	PURA Spanish Vintage Bl... bOmode $59	Black Evening Bag in Pl... LittleBitsofGl... $25
The Rosella...Girls Bla... AlexandriaOliv... $120	FREE SHIPPING, Black Sc... Fashionscarf $19.9	Formal Raw Silk Black B... knotco $29
VIntage black dress, ve... RoseleinRariti... $47	pearl bracelet-4 Rows 8... goodgoodjewelr... $10	Vintage Black Beaded Fo... BarbsClosetSho... $20
Fred Astaire Ginger Rog... SurrenderDorot... $13.89	Vintage Shoes, Black Hi... CarolinaVintag... $20	1915 Saturday Evening P... OldPaperAndPag... $14.55

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

The third photo of this collection was the inspiration. 

Hope you like it.

Little Sparrows

Sparrow Avenue sparrow pouch

With all this crazy spring weather we've been having, it's been a bit difficult to keep focused on work. Have you had it too?

I've been printing a lot lately. I'm really enjoying the new images I have worked so hard on the last few months. But I've always loved this little bird. Usually the male sparrows are noticed because they're so distinctive. However, I prefer the look of the female sparrows: their beady little eyes are so sweet.