February Flew!

Starting out with a pop-up card co-make I was inspired by Michele and the Lunar New Year - of the Fire Horse! - to make pop-up cards. Many thanks to Michele for her expertise and her excellent example (she makes hundreds of fun, positive pop-up cards which she gifts to seniors borrowing books from the VPL!).

Winter Wool Buddies in February saw a series of small gatherings and conversations that got me thinking about how I need to have "an Ask" - or something (or several things) to invite people to when we connect.
Specifically I'm thinking about neighbourhood-based organizing, starting from a common interest in art and craft.. I appreciate the good talks we've had this past month. I came away with was an over-arching metaphor of mending the world and our relationships as we also mend out material things. It's a reminder of the "ExperiMending" presentation I did a few years ago for the Museum of Anthropology.
My mending included my felted wool coat that I've been wearing for the past couple years - i removed the sleeves, over-dyed it and have begun adding needle-felted decoration to cover up the wear and tear.
Also my mom requested copies of the little mending zine that i originally created for Roedde House's family day a few years ago... and revisiting that sweet zine has reminded me of the power of care, repair and mending.