Northen Knots

09/15/2025

I’ve been… busy.
Gratefully overwhelmed times a million, but now with a real job that I get to do on top of everything else.
Here are some rando-highlights 😂🤘🏼

08/10/2025

📣 Anybody out there ?!?!
…”Annual update”? Sure why not 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

So August 24th marks 1 year since I exploded my finger during Slopitch Playoffs… I then played for another couple weeks hoping it would be fine, like an IDIOT 🤡🤡 and made it much MUCH worse🫣 a year later and I’m still wearing my lame brace (when I can find it), still using my secret silly putty ball for physio, still wearing big chunky rings to help my phat knuckle appear smaller 🥴

In all honesty I started losing my spark for knots after losing Papa the previous summer. I think a lot of it really was me just not wanting to sit with my thoughts during those quiet mindful, moments of creating… while everything in my head and heart were VERY loud. So I shoved my string into the basement and avoided it. Completely.

I feel like breaking my favourite finger 🖕🏼, on my dominant hand, was the universe’s way of saying TAKE A DAMN BREAK!
So I have. A really really long one…
I took a break from the burn out, the hustle, the signing up for markets, the organizing sitters and schedules, the sales, the profits… but really the connections are what I’ve missed. I miss my workshops and spending quality time with randoms humans who chose to spend their time with ME. I miss seeing smiles on seniors and kid’s faces when they figure out they CAN do it!

Since breaking my finger I’ve stepped back from all of it. I had varicose veins removed (twice), I started working part time (after 3 years of being SAH/self employed) I set fire to a couple old bridges that didn’t deserve to still be standing… 😎❤️‍🔥
it’s been A YEAR.

Are there projects I have stirring around in the back of my mind? Yep. Do I have a tiny bit of guilt about my radio silence ? Of course.
BUT I chose to worry about something way more important than others expectations of me… I chose ME.

10/10/2024

… jokes. Kinda 😂
Tis’ the season for markets and fundraisers and donations and as much as I LOVE participating and helping out around this time of year, the universe has prolonged my hiatus (thanks to multiple fractures in my finger from forgetting how to use my glove hand playing Slopitch in August 🥴)
CT scan today …

Thanks for checking in on me. I miss you🥰

09/03/2024

Celebrate!

Always so overwhelmed with feels when I think about what I’ve been able to do that last couple years…
Forever

🎉🎨September is the Month of the Artist in Alberta, the first and only province in Canada to dedicate a month to celebrating artists. This annual celebration highlights the immense value artists bring to our province, both socially and economically.

Join us in recognizing the incredible contributions of our artists and the vital role they play in our community.

07/27/2024

“Sorry I didn’t do that thing you thought I should do. I was busy doing whatever I wanted”
-how I will be responding for the next 37 days of summer break ☺️✌🏼.

05/07/2024

I got to do 2 of my favourite things today.

First, thanks to my lovely lady friend for managing the boys after school, I got to do a workshop with my new friends at Rotary House Seniors Lodge.
I am always so so grateful for Nistawoyou Association Friendship Centre inviting me to share time with them 🫶🏻
AND THEN!!!!
Opening Ceremony for Minor Baseball.
My dude didn’t hesitate to make some friends in the dirt and I am SO excited for his very 1st season 🥹 ⚾️

Great day. Me sleepy though lol

Ps. Cheap Tuesday tomorrow. Don’t forget🥴

03/28/2024

Looking for something special to gift?
Something “made with love”?
Go check out the store at Golden Years Society!!

(It just feels different when you know a real life Grammy made it, wouldn’t you agree?🥹🩶)

03/20/2024

When it comes to my “senior friends” I just can’t help but wellup and shed a tear thinking about how fortunate I have been to share time and stories and laughs and hugs with them all because Arts Council Wood Buffalo and St. Aidans Society created the opportunity through Arts in Action.

So. So grateful

Arts Council Wood Buffalo and St. Aidan's Society have been partners since 2020 in bringing arts-related programming to seniors in the Wood Buffalo region. This has been achieved through a number of different initiatives, which are planned and executed in consultation with local seniors.
We appreciate the variety of projects that the artists have brought to us and the partnership with the Arts Council. We are also grateful for all of the seniors who have supported the arts.
Participating in the arts shows promise for improving older adults' quality of life and well-being, from better cognitive function, memory, and self-esteem to reduced stress and increased social interaction.
We look forward to bringing more wonderful programs to you!

03/18/2024

-wristlets-
The GoAT, the OG, the most functional piece of art I think I’ve ever made and a favourite of everyone who has one!
…and to think there was a day at the beginning of all this when I said I wouldn’t bother making keychains because I “didn’t want to upset anyone” 🥴
What a brain-fart that was!
Imagine Pepsi never bothered to make a soda because Coke was already in the game?
IMAGINE?!? 🫨🫨—>pretend I’m holding you by the shoulders and shaking the silly out of you🤣

Wristlets, and more! available always at .0hairstudio and 😎✌🏼

03/12/2024

-plant hangers-
Fun fact: I started practicing macrame because during C0️⃣V!d I would rescue a little 4” plant every time I went to the grocery store (instant dopamine 🙌🏼) and I quickly ran out of surface area in our house!
It was then I had to make a very important choice…
Either start making bread and eat my feelings OR spend my “lock down” hyper focused on learning a craft.
I feel like past-Amanda made a good choice. Not only for the plants but for her wellbeing!!

A few different styles, available always at .0hairstudio
Or just shoot me a message 😎✌🏼