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Her Majesty, The CBC and me
O.K, Here’s the scoop. On Tuesday I got an e-mail from Colleen Jones at the CBC. The queen is visiting Canada on June 28th. She will begin her tour here in Nova Scotia. In honour of her visit the National news is going to do a little piece on hats. So, Colleen googled hats and…
Busy
I seem to be getting into crazy busy mode again. It’s all good, but I tend to become a wee bit panicked at times. (read anxiety attacks) Somehow I always get everything done, but if anyone knows a good method of getting from point A to point B while still breathing please let me know.…
Lupine Love
When we lived in NY state I purchased some unknown to me flower called a Lupine. I never did get the thing to grow. My neighbour had a few in her garden that she prized and protected. Then we moved to Nova Scotia. One day I took a walk on the back harbour trail and…
More Coffee Hats
I have had a fun few days making coffee hats. It hadn’t occur to me to trim a straw hat with the burlap, so when it finally clicked it was one of those “I could have had a v8” moments. Still trying to decide if I like the grey background or not. If you have…
A Perfect Weekend
I was a bit panicked that Dusty had no school for 4 days in a row, I had no plans to speak of and Tony really needed the time to work on our house, but the very long weekend turned out to be completely perfect. On Thursday afternoon Dusty had a little class show of…
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…
Behind Every Successful Hat Maker…..
Behind every successful hat maker is a genius graphic designer. In my case it’s my super talented friend, Andrea Dixon. Our partnership started 25 years ago at Lennie’s Whole Foods in Cabbagetown, Toronto when I was assigned the job of teaching the new girl how to use the cash register. She was a natural. A…
Caroline Ghetes Photography
At some point last year I was contacted by a wedding photographer, Caroline Ghetes, in Charlotte NC to see if I wouldn’t mind lending her one of my fascinators in exchange for some professional photos. I checked out her web site and was pretty darn impressed. I just got the photos back yesterday. Almost can’t…
Sale, Sale, Sale
Hello everyone, From May 10- May 17 I will be having a sale in my etsy shop. I will take 20% off your total purchase. I will issue a refund through paypal within 24 hrs of receiving your order. Click here to check out my shop. This photo is of my new Jenny fedora hat.…