BJ's Journal

Textile and fibre artist (and dear friend), Catherine Miller, asked me to provide some elements for a piece that she's working on to celebrate th...

She looks like a puppy! Maybe it's her hairy head or the angle of the camera, but this photo takes off 12 years.

Who learned more? Me or Julie Ann? There are really no words that can justly describe this experience with the lovey Julie Ann Rayner. She was wond...

My most rewarding moments from last summer were spent with these eager, determined and tenacious kids. Their patience was astounding. Ellen comes...

I'm just a low-tech kinda gal.

While I had great success with the big soldering job, I had major frustration with the little job of soldering nickel silver wire onto the silver d...

I took the new glass discs to Penland. I wanted to set them on high polished silver discs so that the light that passed through the transparent col...

My favourite  fish and chips is from Rick's Fish & Chips in St Peter's. I don't know if it was because I waited on their steps for them to open...

The beach is even more magical in the fog. In 8 minutes it went from a faint haze of fog to where we were barely able to see the lobster boat rac...

You're never too old for a pinata. When Megan turned 21 we hung a pinata full of tootsie pops from a tree branch, in the park. Megan was blindfol...

I had an absolutely delightful visit from the Amani Group from the Upper Canada Chorus this afternoon. The Chorus is visiting PEI and doing a scave...

When I saw Sandy and Fiona's new kitchen I gasped as I ran my hands over the doors and then said "Oooooh! I want to make glass pulls for your cabin...