I’m Brenda. I'm based in downtown Toronto. I'm a retired art professor, of 35 years now exploring creativity as a regenerative entity in life's many journeys, turned botanical jewellery & textile artist, slow-stitcher, tea-drinker, writer & journaller ... using everyday alchemy as a metaphor for meaningful change

What About You? Do you ...

[ul][li]Love handmade, sustainable, multi-functional things[li]Believe making is healing[li]Enjoy sketching, stitching, sipping tea, mending, envision ideas blossoming as meditation[li]Want to rekindle the creative spark within you and connect with others

If you're rekindling your own creative practice or tending to it in a secret garden, you belong here.

I've made Mini-Course Tea Sessions for drawing & painting, beading, stitching ... and more!

Come to the table with something in your hands, something in your cup for looks into my Behind-the-Scene processes, studio life, and product stories.

We're here to watch this garden grow and plant seeds together, one at a time.