Danyel Wheeldon, owner of Northwood Originals, has a better take on putting pen to paper. Instead of painting on a traditional canvas, Wheeldon is a 23-year-old full-time artist who specializes in creating paintings on wood.   Danyel Wheeldon, owner of Northwood Originals posing with one of her pet portraits of a dog on a big piece of wood. Credit: Danyel Wheeldon   Living in a rural part of northeastern Ontario, Wheeldon began Northwood Originals in 2020 while pursuing her college degree.   “I started my business in 2020 as a way to supplement some income while I was still going through college. Since I live in quite a small town, there are only…

The name of owner Kaitlyn Fortier’s business says it all. Weft and Whorl specializes in vintage clothing, but more specifically, “quality neutral basics,” says Fortier.   “The meaning ‘weft and whorl’ is a play on words for the way fabric is created. Fabric is made up of warp and weft, and my artwork is based around that, so I came up with the name from there,” says Fortier.   Weft and Whorl is a one-woman show, being Fortier’s full-time job, consisting of many levels of organization, sourcing and posting inventory and content on Instagram and Etsy.   Weft and Whorl was created on Instagram in 2017, but the account was originally designed to…