Sundays are for slowing down, making things by hand, and letting creativity lead the way ✂️🎨✨

How are you being creative this weekend? 💛

Say hello to Benny 😻🎨

Professional napper, part-time muse and full-time heart-stealer.

We love this playful acrylic painting by Fern Donovan. Fern primarily works in watercolours and acrylics, but her personal art also often includes other media and techniques such as gouache, ink, charcoal, and coloured pencils, and crochet and linocut printing 💫

Be sure to check out Benny the next time you`re in the Gallery Shop! 🐈

We have all the handmade goods you need to stay cozy and stylish this weekend 🔥🧶

▫️wool snood with flower brooch by Larysa Grygoryan
▫️stripey surprise scarf by @karifellart
▫️proddy brooch by @needleitstudio

The Gallery Shop is open until 4PM today 💓

Knitters! Want to learn how to knit cables? 🧶 Join us for our introductory class with Alison Hood 💫

📅 Thursday, January 29 & Thursday, February 5
▫️$28.00 +hst (members) | $31.92 +hst (non-members)

Add texture, depth, and beautiful detail to your projects. You just must already know how to knit! 🥰

Alison Hood brings over 35 years of knitting and teaching experience to the classroom. Known for her engaging stories, deep fiber knowledge, and supportive teaching style, Alison creates a welcoming environment that makes learning both enjoyable and inspiring.

Register today by emailing tammy@capebretoncraft.com 💌

Finish That UFO (un-finished object)! ✨🧵

Quilters, it’s time to dust off and finish what you started! Join Wynn MacNeil for a four-week class designed to help beginner and intermediate quilters refocus, gain confidence, and finally complete those beautiful works in progress.

📅 Mondays, Jan 26 – Feb 23, 6-9PM (no class Feb 16)

Let’s turn that UFO into a completed project, together 🪡💛

Email tammy@capebretoncraft.com to sign up today 💌

For all the details, visit the course link in our bio 🔗

We’re delighted to welcome From the Hedge, an Ingonish based herbal tea line handcrafted by Wendy MacKinnon, to the Gallery Shop! 🫖

Inspired by the land around her, Wendy creates therapeutic tea blends rooted in self-care, wellness, and a deep respect for nature. Each blend is thoughtfully formulated, with botanicals chosen to work synergistically, bringing together both traditional herbal knowledge and lived experience. 💛

From wildcrafting to tending her own herb garden, Wendy pours her love of the land into every bag, offering a little piece of Cape Breton Island in each cup 🍵🌿

Sign up today – hand building with clay for youth (ages 7+)🏺🎨

Let your child’s creativity take shape this winter! This fun and engaging 4-week introductory clay class introduces young makers to the magic of hand-building. Students will explore pinching, coil, and slab techniques while creating imaginative and functional pottery they’ll be proud to take home.

📅 Dates: Wednesdays, Jan 28 – Feb 18, 6-8PM
💰 $85.80 (members) | $97.81 (non-members)

To register your child, email tammy@capebretoncraft.com 💌

For all the details, visit the winter courses link in our bio 🔗

Today we`re admiring `Shifting Sea Ice` original acrylic by Celeste Friesen 🌊❄️

Layered textures and cool tones capture the quiet movement and tension of changing waters, a powerful reflection on the beauty and fragility of the natural world. 🌎

See it today in the Gallery Shop, we`re here until 4PM!