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Live Well in Lunenburg

This beautiful film about Lunenburg was commissioned by the Lunenburg Board of Trade and features yours truly, with special appearances by Dusty, Lego the dog and Tony’s back. Hope you enjoy.

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Hello world!

Welcome to The Hat Junkie, where old Fashioned Millinery is combined with modern day practicality. Inspired by a time when beauty lived in our everyday lives. I live and work in the beautiful, seaside town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.  Come visit if you can.  If it’s not in the stars right now then I’ll be…

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Balance

Just finished my last market of the year. Now it’s time to regain a bit of balance in my life. Seems that while I was busy making hats, Tony was practicing his salt shaker balancing skills.

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So Long Summer

The Mornings here are consistently cool and crisp. Summer is heading out and fall is heading in. This photo was sent to me by a customer whose beautiful daughter is a hat junkie in training. I’ll write more when I get through my mound of wholesale orders and can come up for air.

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A Virtual Visit

I realize most of you can’t make it to the Seaport Market on Saturdays to come visit me, so I thought I’d post some photos of my little hat emporium. We can pretend.

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Spring Fever

It’s cold, but sunny here in Nova Scotia. Not quite pansy time yet. But these little beauties from my organic sewing garden can withstand the cold while singing out SPRING!!My new pansy fascinators are made from organic hemp and cotton jersey and are mounted on a wire headband, wrapped with the same jersey fabric. Click…

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My new Raffia Hat

Here’s one of my latest creations. She is named Rachel and just loves sipping tea in the garden after a long hard day of pulling up weeds. She is made from raffia straw, linen and a vintage handkerchief. As my old native New Orleans roommate used to say- first you decide what you want to…

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