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Canada Post is currently on rotating strikes - so unfortunately we cannot guarantee ANY packages shipping out via CP. 

Purolator upgrades are available upon checkout - please upgrade if you need your package by Christmas. Email us if there is any issue with proceeding with checkout. Free studio pickup and pickup at the One of a Kind Toronto Show available!

US and International orders will NOT be affected by the strike

DEADLINES

Canada via Canada Post: Not guaranteed :(

Canada via Purolator: Dec 4

USPS: Dec 10

International (outside Canada/USA): Nov 22 (International orders not guaranteed)

This post is part of our testimonials section - stories provided by some of our favourite clients. To read move visit the testimonials and stories page. 

Months later I received a promotional email from Match.com to join because they’d found me a 89% match and it was her! The hot doctor! Needless to say I joined and we went on our first date....the rest as they say is history. 

I am so thrilled to have found light & paper and Ali’s beautiful uterus cutting! I knew right away this would be the perfect gift for my wife on our wedding day! I of course asked Ali if she would be willing to make one minus an ovary:) 

This is the perfect way to celebrate our relationship and our serendipitous meeting:)

Thank you Ali! 

On June 30th I hosted my very first workshop at Object Handmade studio in Vancouver. I'll admit that I've been asked for workshops many times before - but I never felt qualified to teach one. Because I stumbled upon papercutting as just a fun craft, with no arts education to back me up, I just thought that I didn't have the chops to back up actually imparting knowledge.

Luckily I have friends who push me - and my friend Grace from Eikcam Ceramics encouraged me to teach a workshop at her studio when I was visiting Vancouver. So, I packed up all my goods and hopped on a plane on my way to the West coast. 

Creating the papercutting worksheet was the most time consuming part of preparing for the workshop - but I'm so glad that I did it. I was surprised at how much time everyone took to practice on the workshop. It exposed everyone to different pattern ideas and allowed them to see what felt right. 

Once everyone started cutting I realized that I actually had a lot of instruction to provide - and it really made me feel satisfied how quickly everyone caught on, and how much fun they were having. 

Best of all though was to see everyone conceptualize their piece - and to see how different everyone's pieces were! Here are a few photos of those who finished their pieces during the workshop.

I'm feeling super confident about teaching now and I'm excited to announce a Toronto workshop this September (details coming soon!)

This year I've been trying to expand the variety of patterns that I use to create my papercutting pieces. 

Many of my pieces are comprised of repetitive patterns within a recognizable shape - my favourite way to create a papercutting is to free-hand cut with the blade into whatever pattern draws me in. But I find that I get stuck within the same patterns again and again. I started my notebook sketches to see that if drawing out some pattern ideas would help me branch out into creating different shapes and designs within my papercuttings. 

Some are totally new ideas...

some are re-working my old favourites...

and some are a bit of both.

It's difficult to articulate my creative process to myself and others - mostly because it usually just feels like a big mess all within my head. My notebook sketches are one attempt at organizing that mess.

June 15th + 16th we will be hosting our annual studio sale! We have a large selection of slightly damaged or discontinued products that will be discounted up to 90% 

Friday June 15 - Noon-8pm

Saturday June 16 - 10am-3pm

We will also have regularly priced products available, including framed pieces. 

Accepting credit cards and cash. 15 Adrian Ave, Unit 227 - Buzzer 2270.

Our studio neighbours Fitzy, Birds of North America, and Dagg and Stacey will also be holding sales during these hours!

We've got 4 pairs of tickets to giveaway for OOAK Toronto Spring! To enter, you must be a newsletter subscriber.

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Winners will be announced March 27! 

This weekend we will be at two local shows in Toronto for your last minute holiday shopping!

Saturday, December 16

Sunday December 17

Click the pics for more info :)

UPDATE: Shop is now closed for the holiday season! See you in the new year.

All orders placed Dec 14 and later will be shipped after January 6th. Please contact us if there is any issue or if you mistakenly placed an order.

To receive your order before Christmas order by:

December 13th: Canada + USA

December 1st: International

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