'princess and the pea' canvas-mounted painting from kids deserve art

One of the most popular girl paintings at Kids Deserve Art, this 16x20" piece is hand-painted on stretched and mounted canvas and dusted with a touch of fairy glitter. Ready to hang.

Kids Deserve Art is a mom-owned online art gallery. Haley-O started the gallery after her first child was born in 2005. She always had a love for art, and a strong belief that cultivating children's appreciation for art can significantly enrich their lives. While searching for art for her daughter’s nursery, her mission became clear: she wanted to bring genuine art into children’s lives, while supporting the artists in her community. And so, as the saying goes, Kids Deserve Art was born.

The pieces in the Kids Deserve Art gallery -- which include paintings, growth charts, coat hooks, light-switch plates, drawer pulls, tote bags, and more -- are all created by professional Canadian artists. Kids Deserve Art is a part of Haley’s personal website Cheaty Monkey, which is also a celebration of kids and the art of motherhood.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Princess and the Pea canvas-mounted painting from Kids Deserve Art (origin: Canada)

Starting bid: $30.00

classical acting session (Vancouver) with Donald Adams, founder, 'The Shakespeare Centre'

Being a skilled and effective classical actor requires training. If you show up at an audition for the VSO and say, “I have this violin and I really like playing it but I’m kind of self-taught. Anyway, here goes!”, you won’t get very far. It’s the same with classical acting. You need the tools to bring the great language and characters and plays to life. This class will focus on four areas of training: voice and movement, text analysis, rehearsal techniques, and performance.

All you need to get started are two contrasting Shakespearean monologues (one of which you have memorized in advance). Whether you’re a near-beginner who wants a solid footing for your work, or a seasoned professional looking for a brush-up, this is the class for you!

Donald Adams co-founded The Shakespeare Centre over five years ago with partner Jo Bates. While continuing to teach, and coach privately, during that time, Donald has appeared with Bard on the Beach (Macbeth, Shylock, and many others), Touchstone Theatre (numerous productions, including "Little Mercy's First Murder", "Prodigal Son" ", and "Influence"), the Christ Church Cathedral PAL benefit ("Agamemnon"), Blackbird Theatre ("Peer Gynt"), and Electric Co. Theatre ("Brilliant"). He has worked with such notable classical mentors as Douglas Campbell, John Neville, Robin Phillips, and Patsy Rodenburg, and performed Shakespearean roles across Canada for Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, The Playhouse, The Arts Club, and Carousel Theatre.

A long-time teacher for Bard's Young Shakespeareans, Donald has also taught at Maggie Bassett Studio (Toronto), and conducted workshops at Stratford Festival, and various universities and schools. Most recently, he received a Jessie nomination for his work as Hephaestus in "Influence", played Sir Galahad in the tv movie "Merlin and the Book of Beasts", and will appear in the mini-series "Riverworld".

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

One two-hour classical coaching session with Donald Adams for a Vancouver actor or student. May include voice and body work, text analysis, and performance feedback.

Starting bid: $50.00

a photography session with quadelle -- either in melbourne Australia, toronto ontario, or Nova Scotia

 

Enjoy spending time with your favourite people and Quadelle will follow with her camera to capture laughs, energy, and personalities. The session can be done in Melbourne, Australia in the near future, or in Nova Scotia in June or July (or even downtown Toronto in mid-June). Quadelle will gear the session to capture the kinds of images you are most interested in having from the day. Within three weeks of the session you will receive a CD of high-resolution images which you can print or share freely.

Quadelle rarely strays far from her camera and loves the beauty of everyday moments. Quadelle is looking forward to having an extended visit with family and friends in Nova Scotia, and as much as she loves her husband's Australian accent, she is wildly hopeful that the visit will be long enough for her children to sound even a bit more Canadian.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

A photo shoot for a family, couple, baby, individual or friends with Quadelle -- either in Melbourne, Australia in the near future, Nova Scotia in June or July, or downtown Toronto, Ontario in mid-June.

Starting bid: $100

'lament' fine art print by alexandra stokes

Alex is a student and procrastinator by both day and night. She spends the rest of her time traveling, taking photos, and writing on her blog. You may find her gesticulating passionately deep in conversation about sociology or feigning focus over an upside-down sociology book while actually writing (for fun!) at Mills College in Oakland, California.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Lament fine art print size of your choice up to approximately 9x14" (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $30.00

'fabric' fine art print by alexandra stokes

Alex is a student and procrastinator by both day and night. She spends the rest of her time traveling, taking photos, and writing on her blog. You may find her gesticulating passionately deep in conversation about sociology or feigning focus over an upside-down sociology book while actually writing (for fun!) at Mills College in Oakland, California.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Fabric fine art print size of your choice up to approximately 11x9" (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $30.00

'birdie on a wire' fine art print by alexandra stokes

Alex is a student and procrastinator by both day and night. She spends the rest of her time traveling, taking photos, and writing on her blog. You may find her gesticulating passionately deep in conversation about sociology or feigning focus over an upside-down sociology book while actually writing (for fun!) at Mills College in Oakland, California.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Birdie on a Wire fine art print by Alex Stokes, size of your choice up to approximately 9x11" (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $30.00

'Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories' edited by Jennifer McGuiggan

"Lanterns offers a kind light to weary travelers wishing for companions on the journey toward a well-crafted soul. Stories, poems, and essays offer signposts and gentle guidance, reminding readers that resistance melts away in the company of those who believe in the path set before us. By illuminating the ways we can move outside of our interior reflections into a more inclusive whole, this lovely book provides a way into togetherness that will encourage and inspire anyone longing for authentic connection around their creative work."

~ Jen Lemen, artist, activist, dreamer

Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories is a collection of prose, poetry, and black & white photography by women writers, artists, and photographers that offer up wisdom about life, friendship, and creativity. This beautiful book is handcrafted and professionally printed, making it the perfect gift for girlfriends, daughters, mothers, yourself. It is hope, inspiration, and a reminder that creativity and community walk alongside each other, a string of lanterns lighting the way.

Contributors to Lanterns include Darlene J Kreutzer, Liz Lamoreux, Jen Lee, Jennifer McGuiggan (editor/contributor), Rachelle Mee-Chapman, Lisa Ottman, and Jena Strong.

Jennifer McGuiggan is a freelance writer, editor, and writing coach who works with a wide variety of clients and publications. Jenna invites you to join her in The Word Cellar, which she envisions as a cozy, stone-walled chamber filled with twinkle lights, shelves of stories, nooks of books, and plush armchairs perfect for sharing your tale.

The Lanterns Light & Love package includes: 

* one signed copy of Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories
* one 5"x7" color print of The Chocolate Room
* an audio recording of the book's opening poem Oceans Vast: A Blessing by Rachelle Mee-Chapman
* a handwritten love note
* a sweet treat, all thoughtfully packaged.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

The Lanterns Light & Love package by Jennifer McGuiggan (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $20.00

'tendril' fine art print by shawna cameron

This vibrant, hopeful image of new life budding was shot in January in the Caribbean. It will be professionally printed, signed on the back, and shipped with care. Choose any size up to its original 8x12 aspect ratio (shown) or have Shawna crop it to a standard size such as 8x10.

Shawna Cameron is a fine art photographer who shoots almost exclusively in ambient light. She has a particular fondness for macro work, and loves how getting close to an object can render it abstract to the point that it becomes purely about the form and colour. With an M.Sc. in botany, nature and flowers often find their way into her images. She lives in Ottawa, Canada and is the personal paparazzi of her two beautiful children.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Tendril fine art print by Shawna Cameron (origin: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Starting bid: $20.00

signed limited-edition hardcover of 'stays crunchy in milk' by adam knave

"Stays Crunchy In Milk is that rare story with both heart and substance. Adam Knave deftly reexamines the pop cultural elements of his childhood then reshapes them into wondrous things both familiar and new. Knave’s engrossing story transforms his love for his early memories into an exciting adventure novel. Its narrative swept me right along. I really cared about what happened next." ~ Gary Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit

Stays Crunchy in Milk is a pop culture road trip novel that winds its way through the 80s to discuss friendship, the concept of home and what it means to grow up. Through familiar lands to places startling and unknown – across looming castles, endless battlefields and simple brick roads – three friends will hunt and search and scour every inch for the missing fourth. Along the way they’ll have to rely on a whole lot of luck and a little bit of charm, but mostly each other.

A fairy tale for the super-sugar generation, Stays Crunchy in Milk is a road novel packed with 100% of your recommended daily allowance of essential action and adventure. And it’s a delicious part of a nutritious breakfast. This is the single rarest copy of the book in existance. The publisher did a run of exactly 34 hardcover copies. This is copy number 1 of 34, signed, making it one-of-a-kind.

Adam P. Knave is a freelance writer and editor who has written fiction (CRAZY LITTLE THINGS and STRANGE ANGEL, STAYS CRUNCHY IN MILK), comics (LEGEND OF THE BURRITO BLADE and THINGS WRONG WITH ME and stories appearing in Image’s POPGUN anthology) and columns for sites such as thefoonote, TwoHeadedCat, PopCultureShock and MamaPop. He is also one of the editors of Image’s POPGUN anthology as well as other comic projects.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Signed, limited edition hardcover copy of Stays Crunchy in Milk by Adam Knave (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $65.00

New, added by Adam: "If we break 100 bucks on it I will pay for shipping out of my own pocket..." I think that's a challenge. ~ Kate

batch of custom organic soaps by Dominion Soap Company

This custom batch of handmade soap will be made-to-order with certified organic vegetable oils and scented with your choice of natural essential oils. Keep things simple with one favourite essential oil or make a swoon-worthy blend. Choose from: orange, lime, lavender, clary sage, patchouli, geranium, or vanilla essential oils. Add a swirl of color in your choice of clays, spices, or botanical ingredients. Shown here is the blend Cafe au Lait.

This batch of soap will be large enough for you to be generous with friends and family and still have lots left over just for you. It will work out to approximately 24 full size bars, complete with your own custom label. Are you getting married soon? Handmade organic soap makes a glorious wedding favour. I can cut your batch of soap into just over 100 guest-sized bars and stamp your initials on each bar.

Dominion Handmade Soap is a tiny little company owned by René Joshi Sims. She is devoted to making great soap that is easy on your skin and easy on the planet too. Her products are made with carefully chosen ingredients that are certified organic, fair trade, or locally sourced whenever possible. Sometimes they're even a couple of those things at the same time, which makes her very happy.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Batch of custom organic soaps (24 full-size bars) by Dominion Soap Company (origin: Saskatchewan, Canada)

Starting bid: $50.00