the Hat Junkie
Take This Hat to Ascot at Your Own Risk
My adventures in sewing wheat straw continue. Wheat straw is seriously rustic. Sewing with it has caused me to recall the breathing techniques that were taught to me in birthing class, many moons ago. (didn’t work then either) Tony has several times closed my studio door to put a physical barrier between himself and the…
Read MoreDoes This Hat Make Me Look Old?
Last week I set up my wares at Lady Luck Boutique in the Hydrostone Market in Halifax. Gloria walked into the shop looking like the text book definition of elegance. She tried this hat on and asked, “Does this hat make me look old?” We all agreed that it looked beautiful on her and she…
Read MoreHow do I Bore Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.
I might have a wee tendency towards obsessiveness. It’s a bit of a pattern in my life. Something will grip me and I can think of or do nothing else. The predominant symptom of this state of mind is that I become incredibly boring. Well, not to myself. To myself I’m perfectly fascinating, but anyone…
Read MoreA 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 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 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 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 MoreA Breath of Fresh Air
When I most need to look at and experience beauty it walks in my door. This is Donna. She came to visit a couple of weeks back from the Annapolis Valley and walked away with a new garden hat, but she also ordered a hand dyed, organic jersey cloche from me. My challenge was to…
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