Albion Gould
makes & travels
I will never apologize for loving candy corn. I look forward to candy corn season every year and keep a stash in the house. It didn’t occur to me to check and see if I could get candy corn in New Zealand until the season should have started–you can’t. If I had realized this sooner, …
So much of my crafting inspiration comes directly from my travels. I’ve never travelled and *not* come home with fresh ideas that were a direct result of where I’d been. Whether it’s unique craft supplies, skylines, or embracing a new culture, creativity and travel go hand in hand. This rainbow row houses tea towel embroidery …
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in New Zealand who doesn’t know who Sir Edmund Hillary is–he’s on the $5 bill! I will admit that I didn’t know who he was until I got interested in Mt Everest during my late 20s–Hillary, along with his sherpa Tenzing Norgay, became the first confirmed climbers …
I’ve never been much of an ice cream eater–until the awesomeness that is New Zealand ice cream became my norm and now I might have a problem. I used to be adamant that ice cream is only for summers, but it’s fully winter here and I had a bowl of cookies and cream last night …
My first visit to New York City was for a school trip during my senior year of high school. We did all of the standard school trip stops, including visiting the Statue of Liberty. I absolutely fell in love–so much so that I returned for university the next year. My school was downtown and I …
I love (and greatly miss!) summer fireworks. There’s something really special about getting together as a community or neighborhood and watching the explosions of colour in the sky. Some of my favourite fireworks memories are of watching the spectacular show Pittsburgh always put on in the middle of the city. They would be set off …
