What's New — Louisbourg

Thursday, April 26th was the opening day of the Louisbourg Market, an artisan market which was organized for various cruise ship visits where the passengers will be visiting our community.  Unfortunately the morning of the market we discovered that the first cruise ship had to turn around due to rough waters preventing the ship from docking. But that didn't impact the market! What an amazing turn out from the community! I couldn't believe that, on a Thursday afternoon of all days, there was such an outpour of support. It was so incredibly heartwarming. Reverend Emily Duggan holding her basket of...

This was a big week for me, launched my website (yay!), made a few sales as a direct result, and designed the branding for the soon to open Louisbourg Market (Formally the Louisbourg Artisan and Farmers Market). Moving back to Cape Breton was a step towards building a life 'back home' and that involved growing my community. And yesterday I got a little taste of it!With the branding for Louisbourg Market I built it around the iconic lighthouse - a landmark for the community. I wanted to focus on the town and less on the national park - but I...