Lunenburg
Don’t Cry for Me Texas
Today this Mabel Rose hat begins its journey to sunny Texas where, I hear from my customer, the temperatures are now in the seventies. So, I am sending along my deepest concern and sympathies for anyone living in a warm climate who is not afforded the opportunity to enrich their moral character by way of…
Read MorePuppy Photo Bomb
Some dogs just need to steal the show. Photo by www.heidijirotka.ca
Read MoreThe Lady’s got Style
I was selling my wares at our Lunenburg Farmer’s Market today, when this beautiful woman walked by. The coat, the boots, the scarf, her hair, her face, absolute perfection. The only thing missing was…. The headand, of course. I was so relieved that she agreed with me. Her name is Margaret, which is perfect because…
Read MoreLunenburg The Beautiful
Happy Monday morning. That’s a good one, right? I have been hoarding thoughts to share with you on this blog regarding parenting and evil fifth grade science fair projects and the adventures of accidentally discovering the very existence of this science fair project two days before it’s due date by way of another parent’s Facebook…
Read MoreNever Too Old
I have often considered changing my business name from The Hat Junkie to the Hat Therapist. You wouldn’t believe the things I hear every time someone approaches me to look at hats…My nose is too big, my chin is too small, my forehead is too flat, I’m too fat, too skinny, too short, too…
Read MoreA Slipper Slope and a True Vacation
Happy New Year. Tomorrow is back to school day for the boy and back to reality day for the mom. Fortunately, my reality is pretty fantasy. In past years, I have gone from intense hat making for orders straight into intense pajama making for my boys and, not too surprisingly, I never quite got…
Read MoreThe Three Muses
This adorable photo comes to you from Chicago. I received one of those hat emergency calls some weeks back that these three ladies had all purchased polar fleece coats and now needed the matching hats. The coat company had told them the color name and since we both use the same polartec fleece, I was…
Read MoreThere’s No Place Like Work
This is where you can find me these days. All day and into the night. I have been filling orders up to my eyebrows. This is the time of year when people order Christmas presents and boutiques need those hats to arrive in time for Holiday shopping. So, the one woman sweat shop sweats on.…
Read MoreCrap, Evil Pirates and a Middle aged Mom.
Last night my friend and mother to Dustin’s friend sent me this screen shot and suggested that I might want to get Dustin his own YouTube account. We do have a few internet rules, like he is not allowed to write comments on videos. I did actually put those parental controls on my account, but…
Read MorePuttin’ on the Glitz
You may not know this, but twelve years of my life were spent in Marblehead, MA. Portsmouth NH is just a hop, skip and a jump away. Such a great little town and I spent many days there. So, I’m particularly excited that Puttin’ on the Glitz at 40 Market st. is carrying my hats. …
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