Black Pearl Life Style

Wood print printing is a 'relief' printing technique whereby you continue to carve away at an image, in the meantime, printing different colours on top of each other (after each layer dries) using this wooden block. This print is one I worked on during art school, my only dalliance into wood block printing. It is my favorite print making disciple and I love this print. Currency one left in store!  Here's a link to more of my artwork although i'm not painting much anymore www.libbymourant.com And more on screen printing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_printing

We always have costume jewelry in store and sometimes, some rarer and more expensive pieces make an appearance too. Here are some great tips to clean your jewelry, especially pieces that have been sitting for a while, maybe gathering a little dust.  We love this tip - dip your jewelry in a glass of fizzing Alka-Selza, apparently they will be sparkling clean after a couple of minutes in this gemstone spa bath.  Soak your gems (even diamonds) in club soda! They will be shiny in the morning! Here are some more tips - a great blog! https://www.rd.com/home/cleaning-organizing/cleaning-jewelry/

We featured this craft during a Festive Play Date we hosted last week. Looking for an easy, appealing craft that the kids would enjoy, we found plenty of variations on trusty Pinterest  http://mommylittlehelper.blogspot.ca/2011/12/santa-claus.html   With just paper plates (that I pre-cut, and pre-glued using Popsicle stick 'holders')some glue and cotton wool, the kids were able to conjure up their Santa masks. I didn't have red card, so managed to find some decorative card for the hat cut outs. Here's a quick video we made while Ella, Magnus and I were practicing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pNCSc_zZl0&feature=youtu.be