thrifting tuesday

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hadley had the day off from school yesterday. some children had unfortunately contracted h1n1 and classes were cancelled so the classrooms could be disinfected.

so we went thrifting -


i found myself a wicked raincoat (labelled 'rain cheetah').


homemade pottery (C.L. 1967).


halloween costumes were 75% off - we picked up some great outfits for the dress up box.



small blochs.


ice skates for hadley. unworn and $5.

not photographed are the requisite arthur/berenstain/angelina books + ponies. quite a haul!

a great day - unspoiled by the horrible bus driver on the way home. bah humbug!

a happy halloween

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hadley's first trick-or-treating adventure was a success (no surprise there!).


her bag of candy was 'too heavy to carry' after only two blocks (avoiding the houses with the 'scary wool' aka fake spiderwebs) - and after sorting thru her loot - she only wanted the smarties + lollipops.


i learned too late of the 'halloween fairy' (the child leaves their candy out for the fairy who visits during the night and exchanges the candy for a toy). next year.

** update: i told hadley about the halloween fairy. she looked at me skeptically while i explained the details and then replied: "well ... i'd NEVER do that! i love candy too much!" and then polished off a box of nerds. **


earlier in the month, we traveled to the pumpkin patch.


like last year, the combination of muck + mushy pumpkins made hadley retch - so i grabbed some pumpkins and we hightailed it to the snack bar for mini-donuts + hot chocolate.


with halloween behind us, i am hard at work preparing for three upcoming local christmas markets at hycroft, dunbar community centre + heritage hall.


new in my shop - rosso - is a oneofakind dress in vintage cotton which features bold 'painterly' colour blocks of brick red, dark rose + olive on natural background.

etsykids - october design challenge

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each month etsykids team members are challenged to create a unique item within a chosen theme. this month, we were challenged to create an exciting new item based on a theme 'birds + owls'.


my entry 'lark II' is made of a vintage cotton print featuring falling feathers on cheery canary yellow background.

voting will be open to everybody until tuesday, october 27th.

lark I + II - vintage feathers

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new dresses in my shop -


lark I is constructed in vintage fabric featuring falling feathers on soft flamingo pink background.

cap sleeves. side seam pockets.

fully lined in pale pink voile. invisible back zipper. self-bias hem.


lark II featuring falling feathers on cheery canary yellow background.

cap sleeves. side seam pockets.

fully lined in pale yellow voile. invisible back zipper. self-bias hem.

limited availability. dresses are ready to ship.

one of a kind

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i attended the oneofakind show this weekend - so much talent! there was so much to see - it took me hours to see everything and i didn't even stop to check out the food!

some favourites from the show include the paintings of melissa herrington


an oversized canvas tote at hoibo silkscreened with the image of a birkin bag

heavenly knits at gossamer knitwear


here i am with jessica - one of the sisters of sister sister buttons and good friend of my own sister


i purchased a red hooded capelet from patouche for hadley but (sadly) nothing for me.

however -


i did (mentally) purchase everything by local artist dina gonzalez mascaro - i fell in love with her sculpted rabbit head pendant (shown in gold, above) and rings (below).



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