Here are the other two HST animations I helped with. I animated the top one, and I helped pose the 2nd one.

This month, we are having a referendum to vote for or against our controversial Harmonized Sales Tax here in BC. This is an animation I did for HSTinBC.ca, with Anik from Dancing Line Productions.

Do you know how you will vote? I'm still doing my reading and research. If you have any links to share about the HST's pros and cons, please let me know!

Burger Love

A wedding gift for my good friend Karen. They love to travel in search of good food.

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Fundraising Update!

Total donations raised as of today from print sales: $3907!* $4907!

(*update: Oops, I forgot to include the $1000 that ING Direct matched)

Being that it's just a little over 2 months since the disaster hit Japan, I thought I should update you all on how much my cousin and I have raised so far in donations. She is up to $2000 USD, which has gone to Mercy Corps via Artists Help Japan, and I'm at $1907 $2907 CDN, which has gone to the Canadian Red Cross. Thanks so much!

Here's a picture taken by Sota from Crane for a Dollar at the VIVO fundraising event in March 2011. Sota has been selling buttons for a dollar and is going around local elementary schools here in the Lower Mainland, to teach kids about what happened in Japan and what it means to be compassionate, alongside button making and crane folding. He has partnered with local businesses to raise funds for Japan. Check out his website for the great work he's doing.

As for my prints, there are still some available online at my Etsy store, or at a couple of places like Blim, Blim's monthly market, and supposedly the Nikkei Centre's gift shop.

Thanks again to all who are supporting the relief efforts in Japan. We wish the victims in Japan the best in their recovery. There are daffodils growing amongst the tsunami ruins. Spring has arrived.

I sewed a ukulele bag a couple of weekends ago. I modified a box pouch pattern to create a tapered case. It's a pretty snug fit. This blog makes it look like I like to sew, but I actually don't... I realize I keep doing it cuz it's an easy way to create things in styles I like... yar... you win sewing.

Sketching at a waffle shop this weekend.

Bake for the Quake

Do you like cake? Go get some baked goods at Bake for the Quake this Wednesday April 20th, 2011 from 6-830pm at the Roundhouse! Some of my prints will be there and all donations will be going to Doctors without Borders for Japan. Cake... nom nom nom nom.

***UPDATE: They raised $7136 that evening! Awesomes!