food, photography and my creative life
When you give birth to something you are passionate about, building, nurturing it, and shaping it to follow a vision is a labour of love. Labour and love being the key words. When you publicly attach your name to it and throw it out into the world and are a recovering perfectionist like I am, it’s downright terrifying. When you are also a control freak
It’s been quiet around these parts lately, I know. Even when I’ve posted it’s been sadly lacking in photography tips and tutorials and such. But, there’s good reason behind it. You see, we’re putting on a conference. A food blogging conference. Canada’s first national food blogging conference. FBC2013 from Food Bloggers of Canada. When I say we, I mean me and my two partners, Mardi
I am taking a holiday. This is a big statement. Well, maybe not for a lot of people but it is for this chickybird. I’ve been freelancing full time for three years now – a decision I don’t ever regret making. Except for one thing… no vacation. Every year I say I will pack up the dog in the truck and treat myself to a
Alright… it’s been a while since we’ve had a Before & After Monday so let’s talk about something so super simple that you can do in Adobe Lightroom that can make a dramatic difference to your photos: the Graduated Filter tool. And when I say super simple, I mean super simple. This little gem of a tool is easy to miss, especially if you’re new
This past weekend I had the opportunity to checkout the first day of the 3rd Annual Vancouver Christmas Market. The market, which is modeled after an authentic German Christmas market, is open from November 24th till December 24th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza in the downtown core. It’s festive, bright and full of delicious sites, smells and tastes! Full of traditional wooden booths offering
One of my favourite places to go in Vancouver is Granville Island. It rides a fine line between being a tourist trap and being a well loved local institution. If you’re a local you have to pick your times right to avoid the throngs of tourists (my favourite time to go is actually in the winter on a weekday!) The public market is home to
Today is my little bitty blog’s second birthday. And you know what’s funny? I got the date wrong. I thought it was tomorrow. Apparently I rank right up there with the ex-boyfriends who could never remember my birthday! And the irony of that is… today actually IS my birthday. Irony running all over the page here. Anyway, we’re not talking about my birthday here because
Last weekend, I needed to escape. I really didn’t care where or how or with who, if anyone. I don’t remember the last time I had a full day off from work. I was tired, pretty cranky and feeling like I was verging on crossing that line between simply overworked and burning out. So you can imagine, I was pretty pleased when Ethan from Tastes
Tucked away in the depths of my garden are 6 very healthy raspberry canes that produce an inordinate amount of fruit. They’re like the rabbits of the berry world. They would happily take over the entire yard if they were allowed (they’re most definitely not!). Basically what this means is, I wind up picking a whole bucket load of fruit every second day. I used
I thought I’d try something new here on the ol’ blog. I take a lot of photos. I actually take a lot of food photos that never make it here because they’re not attached to a recipe. And let’s all be honest, readers want recipes. If traffic is your game, then it’s scary to do a post without a recipe (although, to be honest, 4
I'm a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, traveler, dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast among a million other things. The full bio...
