laura and christina in the dreampower booth!

if you follow us on twitter or facebook, then you know that christina, laura and i recently went on a 36 hour adventure to toronto to the ooak show to hang with a bunch of our designers and to soak up all of the craft and crazy that toronto has to offer!

it was quite the little adventure for us o-towners…we set out in christina’s dad’s volvo wagon early tuesday morning (well, 9am is early for people in retail) and it was one comic adventure after another until we got home late wednesday night…i think the pics say it all!

thanks to everyone for their smiles and hospitality! we’re dying to do it again…

guy & michelle at the new fresh collective on roncesvalles

the lovely hillary is her fun booth...hoot!

laura's 80th birthday! congrats!

monique...always the first designer we see!

nicole, my fun friend on fb...don't forget to send us some of those tunics! (-;

the jennifer glasgow crew, minus the cocktails!

laura finally let us see her garage turned studio space...soooo lovely, thanks for the sneak peek!

Pottery by Helen

Call me biased, but the new pottery we got in last week is my absolute fave pick!  Some of you, but not all, know that each Pottery by Helen piece is beautifully hand crafted by my mommy!!  Yes, the woman who gave birth to me, raised me and put up with my incessant nagging for more crayons, popsicle sticks and pompoms made each and every gorgeous piece you see here!

Mom is an amazing potter.  She has been working on a wheel almost full-time for the last 8 years and I absolutely love her style.  She hand throws all of her pieces and creates all of the handles, imprints, cutouts and details by hand.

She is an absolute purist: she makes all of her own glazes and uses only non-toxic components.  She uses all kinds of different clays, but my favorite is the speckled cream one that you can see in the photos.  Her glazes are yummy cotton candy colours: pinks, blues, and yellows.

As I write this blog post at my window, I am drinking out of one of her white speckled mugs.  The cup nests perfectly in my hand.

Thanks Mom.  So happy to have you at Workshop!

♥ Bridget

Pottery by Helen with birdies