anna shoub

A Castle For a Prince

Tony was inspired this year and made Dusty a castle bed for Christmas. The challenge- assemble it while Dusty is sleeping in our bed on Christmas eve and transfer the sleeping prince into it so that he wakes up in his new kingdom. Tony rose to the challenge. There were some extra expletives when he…

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A Great Weekend

Last weekend was the Halifax Crafter’s show. I met many wonderful new and old customers and also spent a fair amount of time salivating over the work of the other artists. It’s one of the nicest shows I have ever seen. People lined up to get in when the show opened and it was still…

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Yuletide cheer.

My mind is slowly turning to shopping. Seems to be hardwired in the DNA for late November. This weekend I will be at the Hubbard’s Christmas Market and the following weekend I will be doing the Yuletide Cheer show put on by Halifax Crafters. I’m super excited about this one because the other artists are…

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Meeting Wonderful Customers

This leopard print felt hat went to the best head possible. I don’t think Audrey will mind me telling you that she recently underwent brain surgery. Although she has a beautiful bald head, she was in need of a hat. I loved meeting her and was amazed at her smiley positive look on life. She…

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Toronto Greetings

We just got home last night from our trip to visit my family in Toronto. This is the tree where I spent my childhood. It has lost a few of the lower limbs. I like to think that if they were still there I could have climbed up without the help of this ladder. We…

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Happy Halloween

When I signed up for this motherhood deal I had no idea of the magnitude and importance of Halloween. This here is my Frankenstein monster. There are many similarities between him and a boy called Dusty. Yes, I do go a little overboard with his costumes, but that is to make up for all the…

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A Little Escape

I haven’ been writing much lately because I have been busy trying to get those wholesale orders out. It has been quite nice hiding away in my studio making hats, but sometimes I just dream of making something beautiful, impractical and that loses money in every way. So, with that in mind, I took the…

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The Best Model Ever

Remember that adorable little girl in my hat from the last post. Well, It seems the whole family is into hats. This here is Feather. I do have to admit she looks really good in it.

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I Miss This Hat

I just came across this photo of one of my merino wool wet felted hats. I love making them, but as they take forever and a day, I don’t get to make too many of them. They never stay with me for long. This one lives in Montreal with its owner.

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