New Stockist! Hooray!

We have a new stockist! 

Check out Urban Gardener @ 1640 Dupont, the newest addition to the Junction Triangle neighbourhood.


A big beautiful corner store garden & gift shop, featuring a variety of plants, accessories and Canadian handmade goods from some of my favourite Etsy sellers like Fitzy, Sprout Press, Avril Loreti, Twill & Print and more.

If you fancy yourself a green thumb, aspiring to be one or looking for a special gift, this friendly, sun soaked store has you covered. Not just plants and tools, this full service shop also carries a selection of beautiful table top and hanging planters, terrariums, they build custom planter boxes and offer a range of design and installation services. Click here for their full list of services.




I am excited to announce Leikey Designs Needle Felt Cacti are now available at Urban Gardener. This kind of plant will last forever too!  So run and check out the shop! Go now! 

Here we go again!

I'm very excited to announce that Leikey Designs will be at the 

One Of A Kind 2015 Spring Show

This year, look for me in the Rising Star section of the show.

Join us 

March 25th - 29th 

Direct Energy Centre

Toronto, ON 

Once again I'll be giving away tickets to the show, so stay tuned. 

Make sure you follow 

@leikeydesigns 

on Twitter and Instagram 

for contest details and for a sneak peek of all 

the goodies that will be available at the show!

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!

One Of A Kind Online

With the One Of A Kind Show growing every year, it seemed only natural to expand online to reach a global audience.

Leikey Designs is very excited to announce it's involvement in the One Of A Kind Online shop, bringing the unique handmade goods you'll find at the shows, to you 365 days a year!

Many of the artisans we look forward to at the Spring and Christmas shows, you'll find year round on the new site, so you won't have to wait!

Many of the popular products Leikey Designs sold at this year's Spring Show will be available in the online shop. Take a look here

The One Of a Kind Online Shop officially launches today to shoppers around the world.
Happy shopping! 

Felted Bunnies

Easter's almost here!

I'm very excited to finally have these little felted bunnies available in my Etsy Shop.
After their huge success at the One Of A Kind Spring Show, they're now available to ship internationally.
These handmade bunnies are made from soft sheep's wool and needle-felted into their cute little forms.
Hop on over to the shop to check them out and get yours quick.

Giveaway Time!

Productions is in full swing here, getting ready for the One Of A Kind Spring Show.

I'm so excited for the show I want you to be there too! 

I'm giving away 2 tickets to the show 

so you and a friend can check out all the springtime talent and visit me of course! 

To enter to win these tickets...

1. Click here and follow the link to my instagram

2. Follow the instructions and you're entered. 

3. A winner will be chosen at random and announced Monday March 17th. 

Bonus:

Follow me on...

Twitter:

@LeikeyDesigns

Facebook:

facebook.com/leikeydesigns

Instagram:

@LeikeyDesigns

Etsy:

leikey.etsy.com

Pinterest:

pinterest.com/leikey

to find out about more giveaways and news of upcoming shows. 

Good Luck!

OOAK Spring 2014

Leikey Designs is starting off with a bang this year, with a booth at the 

One Of A Kind Spring Show 

at the Direct Energy Building, Toronto. 

March 26 - 30th
Booth K20Q

Check out the Canadian artisans and springtime goodness 

the OOAK show has to offer and

click here for a special Promo Code to receive $1 off admission when you order your tickets online. 

Buy online and skip the line!

Find me at my booth in the special Spring Show exclusive, Etsy Section. 

Follow me on twitter @LeikeyDesigns and Facebook for updates and special promotion dealies. 

Check out my online shop here  for a sneak peek of what's in store at the show. 

See you at the show! 

New stuff!

Our second installment of our photographic update series... 

Some of the latest stuff I've been working on.

This year, I've started to focus on growing the Etsy shop little by little as more and more custom orders and requests come in. Here are some of the goodies I'm producing...

You can find some of these items now available in the shop!

Mascot prototypes

baby-friendly hippo toy 

baby-friendly whale toy

Tiger Cats baby hat

mini giraffe toy

felted Bunny Bobby Pin

carved stamps

stuffed train toy

crochet cowboy accessories

If you are interested in a custom order, get in touch! email at leikey@leikey.com

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. 

5-10-15-20

The 5-10-15-20 pop up shop is happening 

July 12th - July 27th

With an opening reception + art installations

 + workshops + more....

July 12th 5pm - 9pm

(just like it says on the poster ;)

You can expect to find a cornucopia of affordable design and crafts for yourself, your friends, your home and maybe even your friend's home - if you're feeling generous; priced between $5 - $20. With goods ranging from wallets and accessories to prints and small housewares. There is even a workshop to construct your own light fixture! This concept shop is spearheaded by the lovely, talented and kind Ananda Gabo - artist and events co-ordinator. 

It should also be mentioned there will be a door crashing raffle, a magnificent assortment of tropical fruits and must have kimbap, made special for opening night (Sat. July 12th) 

Shop hours:

July 12th - 27th

Tuesday-Saturday: 12pm - 6pm

Sunday: 1pm - 5pm

For vendors, info and general ogling visit 

5-10-15-20.com

And to preview some of the stuff I'll be selling
click here + exclusive *new* stock you can only get at this event!

it's the end of April!

Hi everyone!
It's been quite awhile since I last updated things on here. I'm starting to update the News & Events page and here's a little peek at what I've been up to as we head into craft show season! Enjoy!

Up next - more on these projects and a look at some of the stuff I've crossed off the Tutorials To Do List !

Back from the show!

Tis the season to be crazy busy.

 Just wrapped up my final craft show of the year, the 401 Artisans Marketplace at 401 Richmond, in Toronto. What a wonderful event!

401 Invitation to Holiday Market- Owen's photo of my Fox Knot ring was featured on!

I had the fortunate opportunity to meet some wonderful vendors from the show like: Sigrid Natural Skin Care, She Said Jewelry, Numero Seis, Chrys Designs, She-She Hats, Holly Febbraro, Leaves of Trees and Simple Smiles.

Cara of She Said Jewelry - Handcrafted feather accessories

It was her first show! See the wooden display cabinet? She made that!

(photo by Roohi of Leaves of Trees, from her FB page)

Pictured: Alejandra of Numero Seis (handcrafted statement jewelry featuring professionally scouted exotic findings, metals and one of a kind beads)
Infront: Sigrid Natural Skin Care - luxurious handcrafted creams, balms, masks & mists grown and harvested by hand in the Ottawa Valley.  
(photo by Sigrid of Sigrid's Natural Skin Care)

Leaves of Trees - Stunning naturally dyed silk scarves and natural soaps and lip balms.

Artist Roohi also designs/prints her own labels!

(photos by Roohi from her FB page)

ma teeny booth - working on some knitting
(photo by Owen)

last day
(photo by Owen)

Please checking out their sites and stores as they sell some of the best locally handmade products I've come across.

As well as 401, I also participated in the pieceWORK & Hard Twist shows at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Sadly I didn't get any pictures during. But head down there are see for yourself.
If you haven't already been to Hard Twist this year, please do. Not just to see my felted animal heads, but to see the crazy talented collection of artists work! The theme this year was Obsession and it's evident as soon as you walk in. We're a seriously obsessed group of artists!

Here is a little peek of my favourite piece in the show...

(photos by Meghan Macdonald from her website.
Check out her website to see photos from her collections)

Artist Meghan Macdonald

Title: What Remains

Technique: Meticulous Machine Embroidered Sculptures

Such incredible work. Meghan has spent the better part of year or two building this collection of embroidered familiar artifacts. If you're planning to go to the show, this piece is worth the trip alone!

The show is free and located on the 3rd & 4th floor of the Gladstone Hotel. 

Exhibition hours are 12pm - 5pm. 

Exhibition is on until Jan 29th. 

Tell your friends!