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Lunenburg 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 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 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. …
Read MoreAmelia Rose
Amelia Rose is one of my sillier hats, but I love her. You can’t quite see it in this photo, but the flower is enormous. As in, stands out a couple of inches away from the head. I had started by trying to make a polar fleece fascinator, which is quite a silly concept in…
Read MoreThe Making of a Wet Felted Hat
I love this hat and fortunately, I love my aunt, who I made it for even more. Making this sort of hat is a small act of insanity. There is no measuring the hours. I had to stop calculating somewhere after 3 days. Wet felting is a process I truly love and the clock just…
Read MoreAdorable Customers
So many adorable customers. This is Jamie, sporting her Charlotte hat in the rain. A woman with style. What more can I say. She’s just perfect. Randi is one of my favourite regular customers. It’s true I have a lot of favourites, but that’s because fabulous, strong women are attracted to my hats. I love…
Read MoreA Felt Hat For a Change
My Morning Walk
Lego pulls me around Block House hill and while he looks for deer poop, I look out at the town towards the front harbour. We turn left down to Montague st. and come to Foodland, one of our two local grocery stores. While I am grateful to have a place to pick up milk, mostly…
Read MoreHeidi’s Photos
This is the first time I have ever been happy to look at a photo of myself. The beautiful setting and the smiling woman behind the camera had a lot to do with me being relaxed. Heidi’s just going to have to agree to be the official Hat Junkie photographer.
Read MoreFelting Frenzy
These hats are my babies.They are wet felted merino wool. It’s just so much fun to be able to start from the wool, pick any colour in the spectrum and create any shape I like. I call them small acts of insanity because they are so labour intensive, but I love every minute of it.…
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