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Never 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 MoreA sweet success of a day.
Happy to report that our Drift show in Halifax was a super success, largely in part to the plethora of cookies. It was really fun spending the day with some talented and fun ladies and force feeding our customers homemade goodies. I baked these Rugelach, which if I may say so myself were quite the…
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. …
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 MoreI have a confession to make. I hate doing craft shows. I’m not a fan of crowds and being something of a control freak, I find it difficult to control my hats when faced with thousands of curious people. Children with food, adults with coffee, free chocolate samples at the next booth over before reaching…
Read MoreAnnique
This little charmer here is Annique. I can make her in so many different colours.
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