Golden Gnome Arts Inc.

02/07/2026

Drag Bingo or at my Twin Beaches Mall studio

12/20/2025

Happening today at Twin Beaches Mall.

12/18/2025

I'm thinking of all the people out there with a million things on their Holiday list of to-dos.

Last Minute, Holiday Concierge. Your answer to, "When the f*ck am I going to get that done?"

I'm not doing anything, I know how Holiday organizing/cleaning/prep goes and how an extra set of hands can be a lifesaver, if only for an hour. So here I am. Professional, detail-oriented, organized, tidy, quiet and creative - available in the final hours.

Between housecleaning cycles with your regular cleaner, and you forgot to book a refresh? I clean. Need too many presents wrapped with flair? I'm a wrapper. Need the silver cleaned? Done. Need something dropped off/picked up/delivered/picked up and delivered? I have wheels and a big trunk. If only you could wash the dining room windows - one of my specialties. Your bartender just bailed on you - I have Serving it Right.
Those lights that aren't on the outside trees yet, depending on height - I've lit many a tree. I can do things, simple or complicated things.

Scheduled or OMG I need this in my life right now - try me. I have the gnome phone with me at all times.

Don't end up on the 24th exhausted and disappointed that one thing didn't get done. You can tell me what to do, and I'll actually do it your way. Order up a little help that's less expensive than your eye cream. So ultimately, I can buy eye cream. It is the cycle of life.

$35/hr, 1hr min, 604-366-1660 or [email protected]. Dates available on the poster.

Merry Christmas and all the jazz!

10/27/2025

mmmhm

monday midday mental health moment

10/16/2025

09/30/2025

Creators, fine artists, artists, musicians, farmers, investors, people who want to be involved, or you're just interested in knowing more. If you make things on Gabriola or Mudge that you sell and would like to sell more, you might be interested.

Apologies for scheduling so close to Tour. I have to meet deadlines for the program, so I had no choice.

September 30, 7pm
Gabriola Arts & Heritage Centre

See you Tuesday!

09/27/2025

TenorRiffic | Sunday, September 28th | 3pm | Phoenix Auditorium

Join Mike Allen and Cory Weeds for an afternoon celebrating the tenor saxophone. Joined by Miles Black/piano, John Lee/bass, Graham Villette/drums.

Tickets $30 at Nature Spirit Earth Market or e-transfer to [email protected]

As Mike says, "It's going to be smokin!". See you Sunday!

09/24/2025

TenorRiffic | September 28th | 3pm | Phoenix Auditorium | $30

Tickets at Nature Spirit Earth Market or e-transfer [email protected]

AND! Jazzy Jazz on Gabriola hats will be available at the concert. Never too early to think about the gift-giving season.

09/22/2025

Made on the Rock, the brand - part 9

Evidence suggests, we are entering another Renaissance period. This is very good for creatives.

Authentic handmade goods and original works of art are the new luxury.

With AI, self check outs, automated everything, connection to authentic, made by a human, one-of-a-kind pieces, is becoming more and more desirable. Original works from a tiny island in the Salish Sea…whoa Nellie that’s cachet.

Made on the Rock is not about production lines or volume. It is for the creator who is motivated to sell. Where creating is not a hobby, not only a practice, but a source of income.

Maybe you have three pieces you’d like to sell. Great. If they all sell - there’s a message below the photos of sold works: come back later I’m creating. Economics - the law of supply and demand.

It’s not commercialization. It’s umbrella marketing. It’s a hub where Gabriola creators can present themselves to find new clients. It’s for creators who want to sell what they make and 4500 island folks are not a large enough market because, let’s be honest, it’s saturated.

I’m only writing a business plan at the moment.

Searching high and low for interested people to give feedback. I’m not using the typical model of writing up all my expenses and deciding how much to charge to cover them. No. I need to know what the market will accept. What works. Then I can start to build the financial picture.

I cannot move forward until I know two things:

1. How many creators are interested, for real, where art/music/handmade goods/creating is their business.

2. What they are willing to pay for what, and their view of success, throw in how long they will give it a try.

But Carol, many of us are so busy preparing for Tour, why is your meeting September 30th??? I have a deadline. The program I’m in has goal posts and unfortunately, this is the reality.

September 30th, at 7pm
Gabriola Arts & Heritage Centre

I hope you can spare the time to be a part of the discussion. What I’m proposing does not fall under the mission/mandate for GAC or the Chamber. No lines are being crossed, collaborations are being discussed.

09/18/2025

TenorRiffic will blow your socks off, and we don't mean like the ones you lose in the dryer.

Sunday, September 28th at 3pm. Phoenix Auditorium at the Haven, 240 Davis Road.

Cory: "I'm excited to share the stage with a friend and mentor in Mike Allen, someone I have admired for a long time. The pressure will be ON but more importantly, it will just be fun to make music with him, and beside him as my front line partner. Seeing as my latest record is a two-tenor date with Jerry Weldon, I thought it would make sense to play music from that recording. I love playing with two tenors. Having another saxophonist is a nice foil for me."

Here's a track that will get you groovin. Olé from Cory's album: Cory Weeds meets Jerry Weldon.
https://youtu.be/XFohNC7gmBA?si=UXKxhhIA7qtgY_T9

Two tenor saxophones with Cory Weeds and Mike Allen, accompanied by Miles Black on piano, John Lee on bass, and Graham Villette on drums.

Tickets are $30 at Nature Spirit Earth Market or via e-transfer to [email protected].