Graphic designer Eleanor Rosenberg has just been accepted in the Hot One Inch Action show on October 23 at Gallery Gachet in Vancouver. It's an exhibit of 50 artists' one-inch buttons. Opening night is a fantastically frenzied event where you can buy little baggies of buttons and trade away until you get the ones you really want.

Eleanor:  "This year I've decided to get gruesomely historical will a little Marie Antoinette piece. Mary Antoinette had a seamstress/modiste named Rose Bertin who was responsible for stealing a blue diamond necklace. The diamond necklace was terribly expensive and the cherry on top of the debt accumulated during Marie's reign which enraged the populous and egged on the revolution!

So in honour of Rose, I present the beheaded queen in a style reminiscent of ornate floral fabric. A perfect accessory for formal wear."

For more details on Hot One Inch Action visit  www.hotoneinchaction.com.

3 kids under 5 years old

1 Grandpa, armed with Visa card

1 Grandma and 1 mother, there to keep it all together!

My family recently went to Vancouver to take in a day of the “Olympic experience”. Our fabulous local airline offered a day trip that was too good to not take advantage of, so off we flew...

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The Bay building, downtown Vancouver. Those massive banners were to advertise the Bay’s exclusive Olympic products. People waited in line for hours to buy a branded hoodie or sweater!

The Bay building again, different side. WOW.

Even Visa was in on the Olympic branding action…

Those red jerseys were everywhere! You couldn’t help but feel the pride that was in the air.

My little boy, Kai, branded from head to toe!

It's said being in a strange environment is conducive to creativity.

That sounds about right to Eleanor, our new designer and first-time Yukoner. A native Vancouverite, her thoughts are normally as saturated with creativity as the city is with rain. Now, suddenly surrounded by a sparkling winter wonderland, she expects her artwork and ideas to reflect the magic and inspiration of her new-found northern home.

"Let if flow. Let it flow. Let it flow."