storytelling

write

  • speechwriting
  • research
  • social media
  • news releases
  • web content
  • ghostwriting


 

edit

  • copyediting
  • proofreading
  • fact checking




     

design

  • website development
  • webmaster training
  • social media coordination




     

create

  • photography
  • commissioned paintings

Instagram – @tonguepen

View fullsize Very sad news for youth artists internationally. I was very proud to be both a contributor to this magazine when I was in high school, and then a volunteer editor for the past 6 years. #supportthearts
View fullsize Another amazing artist for the cover of @theclaremontreview — Babble by Serena Lu. What an honour to work with your beautiful art. 🙏🏽 ・・・ Number 53 is starting to hit mailboxes across the country and around the world! Thank you to all the fan
View fullsize Sneak peek of @theclaremontreview no. 53 spring/summer issue, currently with the printers. A particularly fine crop of artists and writers if I do say so myself...
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View fullsize Working on some exciting new projects: two websites designs and a possible documentary research project. Busy times!
View fullsize The latest edition of @theclaremontreview is out! As always, I’m pleased as punch to help produce this fantastic magazine, bursting with outstanding youth writers and visual artists. This cover pops without much help from my design skills thank
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View fullsize New web and logo design client! Writing as a day job is amazing and I know I'm blessed, but design really gets me jazzed. Thanks for trusting me with this @paperhouselife!
View fullsize Good friend and @tonguepen client, @ocanadaartstudio, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his O-Canada Portage shows and #Canada150 by setting a #portage of his very own in some his favourite places here in #yyj and beyond. Call it an art treasure
View fullsize One of my side jobs is layout and design for @theclaremontreview, a literary magazine for youth aged 13-19. Our Spring Issue is out and ready for purchase at www.theclaremontreview.ca.
View fullsize My goal is to add more art to my walls this year and I'm trying to live by these words as I do.
View fullsize Worked outside my comfort zone this morning at a workshop by the wildly talented @lauren_mycroft @poppet_creative. There's many more layers it this work's future, but I was pleased by the bones.
View fullsize Blank canvas. So much potential. All ready for a workshop by @lauren_mycroft at @poppet_creative. (Great sale at @opusartsupplies by the way.)
View fullsize As an old-school sewer with no formal training beyond high school sewing class, I'm still catching up with newer techniques. I've been seeing pattern weights everywhere, so I decided to make my own.
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View fullsize One of my lovely purchases at the @moonrise_creative maker's market. @covetandkeep it was great to meet you in person today! #FUworld
View fullsize I've officially declared it to be summer in #yyj. Summertime sour cherry soda syrup is coming. Thanks, @misscoldcomfort!
View fullsize Something new off the sewing machine: a raincoat for #MacGuffin. I created the pattern myself, sourced some great printed canvas from @premierprintsinc and @cloud9fabrics via #Etsy shop @sewfinefabric. Final touch will be waterproofing using wax from
View fullsize Spent the afternoon getting soggy in the woods. #tonguepen #rechargethebatteries #gooutside #yyj #franciskingpark #hiking #explorevictoria #exploreyyj #explorebc #beautifulbc
View fullsize Monday, Monday. Much improved with coffee in my #blackbirdstudios mug. #caseofthemondays #workhardforthemoney #girlboss #coffeeaddict #yyj