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See How My Garden Grows
I am successfully neglecting every plant that I have managed to plant this season. These ones are a little harder to kill. They are all part of headbands and hats headed for Jane’s Fashions at 44 Ontario st. in Stratford, Ontario
Read MoreThe Big Ex Revisited
It’s that time of year again. The Big Ex is in town. There was no earthly way to avoid it. Although we went on Tuesday it has taken me until today (Saturday) to be able to write about it. That’s because my son had that kind of impressive kicking and screaming meltdown in the middle…
Read MoreThe CBC Interview
O.K, My technological skills are really being tested. It took about a month, but I finally figured out how to convert the DVD of my CBC interview for the internet. Just a refresher- Queen Elizabeth visited Canada, beginning her visit in Nova Scotia and the CBC contacted me to do an interview about hats in…
Read MoreLilly’s Hat
Here’s one of my favourite little girls in her new hat. Lilly and Dusty have been friends since we moved to town a couple of years ago. She’s pretty comfortable here. She has often asked me for a hat, but she has her very own strong artistic vision and you just never know if you’re…
Read MoreThe Queen and Baby ducklings
What a whirlwind of a week. The CBC did come to my house on Monday to interview me. I would say I was sickly nervous for a few days prior, but when I woke up Monday morning I just calmed down and went into performance mode. Colleen Jones was really fun. She is something of…
Read MoreHer 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…
Read MoreBusy
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.…
Read MoreGreat Market Day
Today was Hubbard’s Market Day. It is official that I will be there every alternate Saturday throughout the season. It was nice and warm today and the crowds came out to buy great veggies, plants, cupcakes,coffee, flowers, jewelry, aprons and ofcourse…..hats. My new Raffia Coffee hats were a hit and I sold two of the…
Read MoreMore 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…
Read MoreBehind 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…
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