Honestly, every time I cracked open the Mac in the past few weeks, I have wanted to take pause and blaaahg away about something on my mind. But life gets crazy. I know that we, the warm bodies of the...
Another soggy October day here. The wind and rain have managed to knock off all the gorgeous fall leaves and the cold weather is creeping in. Yuck.More reason to gawk, ooh, and ahhh over the wonderfu...
At first it was sorta cute...a lone bumblebee had found its way trapped in beside a bolt of tulle in my sewing office the last week of August. I showed the children, we caught him/her and gently let ...
I was made keenly aware of our attachment to my Mac yesterday morning, when without warning I received this visual reminder that machines can fail: Faced with the decision to repair the Mother ...
Not too much to say about Mr. Kanes show except that he did his research. So far his designs are UNMATCHED when it comes to new "lines" for the spring. Practical? Not sure. Who ca...
Chances are, some of you think that my title here is the origin of one of my favourite fabrics for fall in winter in Canada: corduroy. In french "corde du roi" would mean "cloth/cor...
The Mulleavy sisters presented their spring collection for Rodarte a couple of days ago and it was a visual stunner .... with layered textures and fantastical colours and relatively new cuts for the ...
I will admit that my first impression of the (not-yet-reviewed on Style.com...should be interesting) show in NY today by Badgley Mischka for spring, made the hairs on my neck rise. It had pieces that...
Harsh title, I know. But seriously Ms. Furstenburg. More about that disappointment in a second. Fashion Week in NY. Sigh. Id love to go back there during these fun days of peeking forward to the spri...
Firstly...Happy Back to School, End of Summer, September, Tuesday, and so on. If you are not going back, or have loved ones is going back, you can surely remember this time of year. Maybe its w...
Kidding...my readers know I dont give advice on my blog. We just returned from a long camping trip with our close friends who are like family. I wouldnt want to be with anyone else while experiencing...
My paternal grandmother told me that one can never possibly be too overdressed. If you are wearing the best outfit in a room, then let... them... stare.I loved this advice when I was a teen, bu...
Flat, cupped, square or round ... metal, plastic, the dreaded holographic ... and Ive seen thinly sliced precious stones used to. Whether you choose to ever wear them or not, everyone knows what...
The über-cool David, creator of one of my favourite blogs The Nyanzi Report asked what I thought about Giambattista Vallis latest contribution to the fashion world with his Fall 2011 Couture collecti...
Time flies....Thats the longest Ive been away from this creative outlet since I started a year and a half ago. Missed it! Been on holidays, then lots of work, the histrionics of the end of the ...
Let me set the record straight on one point (before I blog this year about the final dance show of a school here for which I am Costuming and Year-End Performance Director): I have never danced...
The dance season is over until September here in our household, and we are experiencing some withdrawal. We werent quite sure what to do with ourselves yesterday, having been wrapped up, shlepping ar...
SO out of the loop right now - buried up to my eyes in 4-way sequined stretch and tulle. 16 costumes left. The performace is a week a way at the dance school our daughter attends and for which I am d...
OK....Alright....its everything people say it is. I admit it. After living in Toronto for over a decade and visiting - within my lifetime - some of the major cities in Europe....I get it.New York is ...
I have a fantastic weekend to look forward to....My very close girlfriends and I are going to New York City for a couple of nights. Its about a 6 hour drive from here, but were flying from Syracuse a...
Enough about the royal wedding already! KIDDING. Loved all of it, woke up at 5:00 am in my commonwealth province here in Canada. I had to. When I was 10, I watched Diana and Charles get hitched ...
Ill take a guess, and presume that Kates dress will be made of some fairly high-quality materials. With all the dance fabric that has been floating in and out of my workroom in between home decor job...
Our next race is in few weeks - my husband and I are doing another 5K. I never thought I would enjoy running, but its really quite mind clearing ... with a side benefit of fighting against some poor ...
Its been a while! Birthday, work, dance costumes, work, and lovely time spent with family and friends. However, in the background of all the bliss, theres been a gloomy cloud overhead. At the risk of...
Wow. Such a ramp up and speculation over the royal wedding and chiefly Kate Middletons dress on her wedding day....are you one of those who gives a hoot? Im interested...a little I guess. It the...
Its my birthday today...so this will bequick as I am off for the weekend ... to an inn just north of Ottawa. Spent a fabulous morning with all my sweeties and then had a lovely birthday breakfas...
By now, you have most likely seen Rihannas "barely there" dress on the cover of the April Vogue (US) and how wonderfully concealed her girly-bits are in a pre-fall Chanel dress. Strateg...
About 20 years ago, I invested in a pair of Merrel sport shoes that I worked, camped, traveled in. They never wore out. You know when you WANT a pair of shoes to wear out?! I finally tossed them...
My last post was a little negative. Woops. Im just bummed about the lack of springness in the air. On a much happier note....after seeing Gaps Fall ready-to-wear collection this mor...
Sorry, I had play with that word...Days before Chanel in 1983I was catching up on the runway shows that have gone down in the past few weeks, while weve been wrapped up in sailboats, and vacation, an...
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