New Stockist Alert!

I'm so excited to announce Leikey Designs products are now available at 

Red Pegasus 

628 College St, Toronto

We're thrilled to have our brooches and needle felt pieces available at this

 Little Italy landmark shop. 

Just in time for the holidays. 

Stock up on these small gifts for their stockings before the big day! 

Thank you Red Pegasus!

Getting Ready for the show

Just a little under three weeks away until the One Of A Kind Christmas show. 
Busy prepping and making for the show. I'll have a variety of stuffed toys, brooches and needle-felted goodies available at the show, including many of your favourites from my Etsy shop. 
This will be my second OOAK show vendor experience and my first Christmas show experience, as a vendor. 
Very excited and nervous at the same time. 
Hope to see you at the show.

Stay tuned for a giveaway coming up next week where you could win two tickets to the show!!!

For now, back to work.

 Here's a sneak peek of what's in store for the OOAK Christmas show...

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*cat not for sale

New Stockists

Did you know Leikey Design products are now available in stores?

Not just online, Leikey Designs Toys can be found in these fine Brick & Mortar shops in
Toronto, Hamilton & Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Canoe Paper & Gift Co.

233 Locke St. S, Hamilton, ON

canoeonlocke.com

Dots & Loops

183 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

dotsandloops.ca

Scout 

405 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON

iheartscout.com

I'm grateful to these stockists for their support and hope you will check them out to see all the wonderful goodies & gifts they have in store!

Hashtag Pop Up

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know, this weekend will be your last chance to grab some Leikey Designs goodness for your holiday gifts.

I'm participating in two markets this weekend

first ....

Leaves of Trees HQ 

Opening Pop Up Sale 

177 Queen St. E

Toronto

Dec 19 - 23 (that's right Thursday - Monday!)

Second....

Art Cave 

Arts & Crafts Holiday Show & Sale

155 Lamb Ave. 

Toronto

Dec 21 - 22

for more info visit the site! 

Art Cave

Happy holidays and hope to see you there :D

Kid Culture Creates - Workshops

We're now in our second month of our Kid Culture Creates workshop series
and I'm happy to share our August schedule as well as some photos of from our workshops so far!

To sign your kid up for classes, please contact Kid Culture @ 416 859 9006
or email kidcultureboutique@gmail.com

         

  

photos from kidculture.facebook

Photos from Kid Culture Facebook + Leikey Instagram

News & Events!

Hey have you check out the News & Events page lately?
I have a few things happening this month just in time for the holidays like...

Artisans Marketplace @ 401 Richmond, Toronto
On this weekend
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm
Free Admission!

Hard Twist 7: Touch Me, Feel Me

On now until January 27th @ Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

Opening daily 12pm - 5pm

Free Admission

Intro to Needle-felting: Holiday Ornaments 

Dec 15th 1-4pm @ Needlework  in Hamilton

Catch me at one or all of these events this month! 

And don't forget to stop by the shop for the cutest holiday gifts or our 

new print shop for our Animal Collective prints!! 

New in the shop!

So if you've had a chance to wandered over to the shop, you'll noticed there's loads more goodies!
Previously, these items were exclusively available at shows and events - so if you came out to the shows, you would get to see what I've been working on and first hand pick of those goods!

Well for the first time ever in my shop, I'm bring these goodies to the masses.
Here are a few sneak peaks, if you haven't already seen the new stock.

needle- felted Avocado Sprout

Bike/Trike Necktie

Braided Hairbands

Rocket Ship Necktie

Beehive Pincushion w/ Bee Pin

Rocket Ship Pin

Hot Air Balloon Pin 

Many of the new items are Ready to shop, so head on over and gander at the ever growing product list. I'd love to hear what you think. And as ALWAYS, custom orders are absolutely welcome. :)
Enjoy!!

Links:
www.leikey.etsy.com

Email:
leikey@leikey.com
-for custom or wholesale orders. 

Workshop @ Needlework!

I'm very excited to be teaching a new and super fun workshop at Needlework in Hamilton next Saturday afternoon!

If you'd like to learn how or wonder how I make all those weirdo felted things I do, stop by the shop or register online here.

Saturday June 23rd 2pm - 5pm we'll be learning the basic of dry felting or Needle Felting!
Using just a couple of simple tools you'll learn how to transform raw wool into actual shapes! The workshop is a creatively open class, which means you can make anything your imagination can think of. I'm partial to felted animals myself. So bring your imagination and we'll have all you need at Needlework next weekend! Hope to see you there :D

**Update - Still some spaces available for the class, if you would like to join us for the class - get in touch!

Noelle Stevenson - Illustrator

Have you seen Noelle Stevenson's work?

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You should, it's pretty great! Her work reminds me alot of Scott Campbell (who you may also know from his Great Showdowns series)

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Armed with a tablet and photoshop, Stevenson's illustrations are quirky, nerdy and adorable to say the least. With an indie-esc doodle-like style, she creates clever and witty comics featuring herself, characters she's dreamed up and others derived from pop culture and fiction.

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I've afforded some free time to catch up on her even growing comic series. Lately, Stevenson's illustrating an impressive line up of characters from comics, fantasy and fiction. Just to name a few: X-Men, Avengers and Hunger Games to Bones, BBC's Sherlock, and Doctor Who. Stevenson has an endearing wit and "5yr old" like humour/sensibility that is insatiable to nerds and nons alike.

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A girl after my own heart, she feeds off the creatvity of her emotions, all while watching tv shows marathons and superhero movies.

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Stevenson has a Big Cartel shop, where she sells prints. The shop is currently out of stock as she's busy with school, but I look forward to purchasing print of her work soon ;)
Enjoy!

Noelle Stevenson Illustrator -  (aka Gingerhaze)
blog
shop
bio
art work 

401 Artisans Marketplace

If you're thinking of giving one-of-a-kind gifts this year

but that's about as far as you got, 

come support local artisans at the 401 Artisans Marketplace 

Thursday Dec. 8th to Sunday Dec. 11th.

Preview of good things to come! - click image to enlarge

You'll find a bevy of gifts for everyone, even those hard-to-please people - you know who you are.... Edibles and jewelry, housewares and apparel, accessories and artwork. There are literally hundreds or gift ideas to fit your budget.

As the OOAK Toronto Show comes to a close this weekend, 401 Richmond West opens it's doors, to the craft-hunrgy public, for their 19th annual Holiday Marketplace.

Free admission for everyone! We want you to spend those dolla dollas on the artisans!

About/Vendors/ Times - click image to enlarge

We're open for business Dec 8th through to Sunday Dec. 11th. Join us on Saturday especially because we're holding a raffle hosted by 100 Mile Finds to win an amazing gift basket filled with handmade goodies from artisans participating in the show! The lucky winner will receive one of my Fox Stuffies along with many many other fancy treats!

Also happening on Dec. 10th & 11th is City of Craft at the Theatre Centre on Queen West.
So if you're in the city for either show, make sure you hit up both to find that special gift or unique piece for yourself.

Hurry up and get your indie-holiday shopping on!