Lunenburg
A Hat Junkie Hat and Nova Scotia License Plates
Funny title, eh? There really is a connection, though. This is Janis Campbell. I met her a week ago at the Lunenburg Farmers market. She picked up this hat and fell in love. Then she looked at the price. She was totally sweet about it and I never take offense when someone can’t afford one…
Read MoreFrom Sandwich Wraps to Glamping Hats
Today’s blog is brought to you by a block of bees wax. This hat, modeled by Pam, comes later in the tale. The story begins with these bees wax fabric food wraps. I got them from my friend, Elisabeth Bailey, the locally famous cook book author. If, like me, you lose sleep over plastic in…
Read MoreHats, Rainbows, Sunsets and Breaking up with Facebook
What a week it’s been. I made hats, I sold hats, I received heartwarming messages from happy customers, gardened, walked my dog, talked to the man and the boy and, oh yeah…I broke up with Facebook. After years of screaming at my screen, I decided to take control. I’m tired of a world that steals…
Read MoreLearning from Maud Lewis
Yesterday Tony and I went to see the movie, Maudie, about Maud Lewis’ life. For those of you who are not familiar with Maud Lewis, she was a very well known Folk Artist who worked from her tiny home in Nova Scotia before tiny homes were trendy and before folk art was cool. This morning…
Read MoreMom’s Buy and Sell in Lunenburg
Nova Scotia is a bit of a snowy place right now and what with endless school cancellations and general shack wackiness, you might be looking to hop on a plane and head south. But if that option is not available to you, there is another cure. Come take a day trip to Lunenburg. I’d be…
Read MoreLunenburg Winter
Lunenburg in the winter is really a pretty good place to be. When the leaves and flowers are gone, the sky and the colourful buildings will sustain you until spring. Pretty much every morning starts with a walk through the cemetary. I love these two trees. I think of them as an old married couple.…
Read MoreSewing with a Syrian Refugee
Oh, I just can’t help myself. I’ve got to tell you a bit about my few hours sewing with Rezan, one third of Mahone Bay’s Syrian refugee family. I was a little worried about communication because they just arrived here in September and they are just beginning to learn English. But it really wasn’t a…
Read MoreYou Drive Me Crazy. Happy 14th Anniversary.
“You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. But, I love you so much, Baby, I’m going to drive you crazy, too.” Greg Brown This photo is from mine and Tony’s wedding day, August 23rd. 2002. Yes, we also have photos of adoring stares and passionate kisses, but this…
Read MoreWhat Doesn’t Kill You makes you Happier
You know what they say, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This past year I went through something of a struggle. On the outside it was the story of a woman fighting red tape in Nova Scotia, but on the inside the struggle was more complicated and personal. I’m happy to say that it…
Read MorePlaying Hat Hooky – A Ride to Corkum’s Island
When you have a sixty hat wholesale order to ship out in two days and you still need to make ten, label them, write an invoice and box them up, there is only one thing to do…go for a bike ride. I just really don’t have the personality for missing out on summer. Today I…
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