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Before
When we first came to Lunenburg a bit over a year ago we moved to the bottom floor of a house site unseen. Turned out to be the most perfect little neighbourhood. Dusty would sit on the stoop and chat with all the neighbours, greet every passerby and enjoyed the thrill of crossing the street…
Customer of the Year
Things are calming down around here. I am now finishing up some small, manageable orders and going into hyper mommy mode. My evenings are spent making a dragon costume for Dusty. Oh, sorry, that’s FIRE BREATHING DRAGON costume. The tail is really impressive. Now that I actually have time to think I have started thinking.…
Front Page
Two nights ago I clicked on etsy to check in and there was my darling Priscilla fascinator on the front page. It’s such a thrill. Feels like winning the lottery. The amazing thing was, though, that I had that day randomnly found this other talented milliner’s blog. Her blog is called Glorious Hats. It was…
A Light at the end of the Tunnel
I am actually seeing an end to the orders. Well, hopefully not the end end, but an end to the complete madness. I am really looking forward to cleaning my studio. I will have to photograph it before I do so that I can shatter any ideas of being a together person. Every time I…
LivingThrough the Hats
I often dream of travelling, but my life at this point is not conducive to hopping on a plane to Europe. It’s hard enough to get Dusty to leave his house to go to the playground. When I finally make it to France I don’t want any whining involved. I can wait, but until then…
Buried Under Hats
I’ve been thinking about writing in my blog. Really. In the same way I have been thinking of doing the dishes, laundry, cleaning my studio, going for a walk, getting a massage. I try to remind myself that this is a really good thing, but I am buried under a pile of hats. The orders…
Come September
Fall has arrived in Nova Scotia. My friend insists that if you don’t leave the house till noon and you are in by 5 then you can pretend it’s summer, but really it’s fall. The good news is that fall is the most incredible season here. The sky is so blue, the light is intense…
Ciao Bella
My good friend Andrea, who does the graphic design on my web site, hang tags and promotion is off for a trip to Italy. Poor thing. So, she contacted me with a hat emergency. Fortunately, Andrea is as much of a designer as I am and her description was really pretty specific. She wanted me…
Too Hot!
I thought I would never see temperatures over 90 F. 30 C, give or take, since leaving New York. I am always bragging about our wonderful temperate weather. Well now my parents are here for a visit from Toronto and I’m eating my words. It’s HOT! Hopefully it won’t last too long. We have waited…
Blue Rocks
Last weekend was the biggest Lunenburg weekend there is all year. I’d have to say it would be a big weekend anywhere. It was the Folk Harbour Festival. An annual event that lasts 4 days. The town is packed with people. Tony and I love folk music, but we are still afraid of shelling out…