There’s time to think.
Humans in the Balance during Covid-19: A Comic
April 7, 2020
How can I not draw what’s happening? I’m cheering for Team Humanity. ~ Love, Alison
Exercise during #Covid-19
April 6, 2020
All of us are feeling this. Nothing is so simultaneously easy and hard as moving. #JustDoIt
Advice from an astronaut
March 23, 2020
It helps to understand your place in the world right now. 🌎
Thank you, astronaut Chris Hadfield, for giving us some perspective. 🚀
Source: YouTube – “An Astronaut’s Guide to Self-Isolation”
I’m looking for a new printing partner
March 14, 2020
Some of you are asking how I’m faring in my search for a new business partner to print and ship my pillows, totes, scarves, and tees at Pen Jar Productions. 👚 👕
First, THANK YOU! 😘
The answer is: I’m doing my due diligence, researching my options online, talking to friends, drinking tea ☕️, and building a chart in Excel. 💻
I put said chart in the cloud ☁️ so I can share it with other creatives who are also looking for the same thing. We are building it together!
In a perfect world this printing partner would:
Be in Canada 🇨🇦
• Use fabrics Made In Canada ✂ (ethical/sustainable)
• Utilize POD and DTG technology 🖨
• Integrate with Shopify 🛒
• Take shipping off my hands 📬
• Be committed to sustainability 🌎
• Have no minimum spend (my loft is cute, but it’s not big enough to take on inventory)
If anyone has any ideas, I’m all ears. 👂
My chart includes the pros and cons on:
Art of Where
Spoonflower
Contrado
Printify
Printful
Supply & Demand
Pigeons & Thread
TeeHatch
Printeez
Raincoast Digital
Tentree
SugarBomb
(and several more …)
Beauty Geeks features my “Spring Branches” pillow for Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2020
The magazine editor in me still appreciates round-ups of pretty things.🎀
Just like in the movies, the packages arrive at your office. 🛍 📦
You unbox them with glee and line up the object on your desk looking for patterns in ingredients, colours and textures. 💄🌺
Then you pull them together to tell a story. It’s all very Diana Vreeland! 👩🏻
To quote the great Diana: “My dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.”
The soft textures and scents in this Galantine’s and Valentine’s Day round-up by Liza Herz for Beautygeeks is like 10 minutes with the Calm app, but not 10 minutes with Diana. 💗
Liza’s keen eye saw what I never imagined: she paired my “Spring Branches” pillow with soft cashmere throws, Viva Scandinavian mugs filled with white tea, Gucci perfumes, and amber potpourri nuggets.🍵
All of these things will help you think of nothing but your breath.
Thank you for the story mention, Liza, and Janine Falcon! 💋
My “Spring Branches” Throw Pillow is available at @PenJarProductions until February 28th
Sketching at the mall
February 2, 2020
There’s a hightop table facing the shoe department at Nordstrom Canada’s Toronto location. 👢
It’s for people to stop, sit, play with their phones, or wait while they get a clothing item repaired at a nearby sewing station. 🧥
It’s also great if you’re an urban sketcher. 🎨
There’s always something to see and sketch.
Saturday at the AGO
January 18, 2020
I asked the Marchesa to tell me about her life, while Calder bent in to listen.
#snowday❄️ at the @agotoronto
Saturday sketching at the AGO – Illustrations by Alison Garwood-Jones
