A Dogumentary

Yes, that’s right a DOGumentary. Last weekend, I dragged my significant other to watch “Weiner takes all: A Dogumentary” at the Mayfair theatre in Ottawa. You were even allowed to bring your dog to watch the movie. It was a cute movie and it was even cuter to see all the Dachshunds leaving the movie theatre afterwards.

Holiday drive

A few pictures from our excruciating long drive to NB during a snowstorm.

Brrrr...

It's been extremely cold here in Ottawa all week. Temperatures dipping down to -22C at night and daytime highs of around -16C (if you can call that a high!). That's -8F and -3F for my American friends.

These frigid temperatures have encouraged me to make a few more scarves and mitts for my Etsy shop. Here are a few of my newest creations:

On a side note, remember my post from Thursday ...

Well now it's time to vote for your favorite entry. Be sure to vote on the CanArtisan blog before December 22nd.

Christmas tree '09

Here are a few pics of my Christmas tree and the decorated mantle:

Mercury glass ornament

Mercury glass ornament

CanArtisan is having a fantastic contest. You have the chance of winning a $25 gift card from Chapters by sharing you favorite holiday memory, photos or tradition. Just be sure to enter before the 19th of Dec., see blog for more details.

A foot of the white stuff

It's officially time for winter boots.

Contest alert - TCET 12 Days of Xmas

There's another great contest from the TransCanada Etsy Team. It's called The TCET 12 Days of Christmas!!!

This promotion runs from Wednesday, November 25 to Sunday, December 6th.

How to participate: You receive a ballot for each $10.00 (excluding shipping) you spend in participating shops (see TCET blog post for the full list of shops). The Draw for this fabulous package full of handmade Canadian goodies pictured above will take place on December 7th. This Package is worth over $350.00!

Be sure to check out the TCET blog each day for holiday-themed features from our members including recipes, holiday traditions, and stories! I decided to share my mom's famous shrimp dip recipe!

Auction find

Yesterday, I attended my very first auction. It was at the Salvation Army and I scored a large print by Canadian artist Benjamin Chee Chee called "Friends". The print caught my eye a few weeks ago and I just hoped there wouldn't be too many people at the auction. I was right!

His bio is fascinating and tragic. Here's a small excerpt I got from Wikipedia:

"Benjamin Chee Chee, artist, of Ojibwa descent, born Kenneth Thomas Benjamin at Temagami, Ontario 26 March 1944; died at Ottawa 14 March 1977. His early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, who he spent many years searching for. He moved to Montreal in 1965 where he developed his love of drawing, moving back to Ottawa in 1973. He gained fame as he developed his unique style of clear graceful lines with minimal colour of birds and animals giving sense to emotion and movement. After finally finding his mother and achieving success as an artist, he committed suicide in an Ottawa jail. "