Or is that I've been a busy bee?
Either way, my visit to Bizzy B was wonderful!
That's Barb, who owns Bizzy B, standing in front of the shop. It's a wonderful shop, extremely well curated and full of everything I like! If you're ever in Toronto, stop by!
Barb and her husband, Tony, were the best hosts! I stayed at their beautiful home and Tony cooked and cooked and cooked. It was awesome!
And they even decorated the store for my visit!
And had all the stencils displayed for sale:
Yum! And the front counter had a display of the weekend's classes:
Colorful, painty, and awesome!!
On Friday night I taught a card class to a great group of women.
I have to pause for a moment to talk about the brilliance of this plug thing. Tony and Barb have wired the place so that these plug cubes come down from the ceiling so you can plug in your heat guns, lamps, etc. It's so brilliant! All stores need to do this!
On Saturday we went paint and ink wild making books!
I had two three-peaters (people who spent the entire weekend with me and took all three classes). Chloe (above) was one of them.
Another classroom must-have: the clothesline. Really makes drying so much easier!
Diane (above) was my other three-peater. And she claims that she looks exactly like the girl in this stencil. What do you think?
One really nice touch was that the price of the class included lunch! How awesome is that?
Even the garbage from this class was pretty!! I love that paper napkin!
Sunday we made amazing canvases. To say I was impressed with my students would be an understatement!
We even got Barb to play along, though how she stayed clean with long sleeves and no apron is beyond me.
Branca came to class AFTER running 20 kilometers. Talk about an iron woman!
Christine was definitely the doodling champion!
Deniza, who works at Bizzy B, said she was going to do a "Julie face" -- apparently I have my mouth open in every photo!
And after all the messy fun was over, Chloe and her boyfriend James treated me, Deniza, Barb, and Tony to Korean barbecue.
We had a great time. It was fun to go with two native Korean speakers. And Barb and Deniza both learned how to use chopsticks! Yay!
You can check out more photos from the weekend on Bizzy B's Facebook page. (And it looks like I really do have my mouth open is every single one. Though really this one is my favorite. Or maybe my least favorite. It's a fine line.)
Thanks for stopping by!
