Hi You! As promised, I'm back before month end. I'm participating in The McCall Pattern Company Shirtdress Sewalong that was introduced late April. And oh hey...today is the deadline for inclusion in the random giveaway. I had already purchased a new shirtdress pattern just prior to the announcement...so the timing was serendipitous. Meg Carter, from the McCall Blog, was indeed the hostess with the mostest...keeping ... Read the Post...
SOPHIE SWIMSUIT : : CLOSET CASE FILES
Well, hiya everybody. It's not uncommon for those of us on the better side of fifty to have an articulated list of must-do's...the proverbial bucket list if you will. Awkward photos of self in a swimsuit? So...not...on my list. But...here's the thing...I was a pattern tester for Closet Case File's newest gem, the Sophie Swimsuit, and I just couldn't not share my results. So buckle up...you have been warned...the curves of a middle aged tween ... Read the Post...
VELVET BOW CLARE COAT
And we're back. Hi everyone. I hope you've all had an awesome long weekend...or is it only my Canadian peeps that enjoyed an extra day of leisure? Wot, you ask? Well officially, we celebrated Queen Victoria's birthday. Unofficially, we...along with eleventy million other Canadians...traveled. That is what you do on the May long weekend. You go. Somewhere. Anywhere. In our case, we transported ourselves across ... Read the Post...
NOT SO TINY BUBBLES DRESS : : VOGUE V8886
Hi you. Well...after a week of blue skies and above normal temps...we found ourselves dodging raindrops when we photographed my Not So Tiny Bubbles Dress. That's not to say we were unlucky...all the other moments prior to our picture taking were decidedly dry. Earlier that afternoon we enjoyed a matinee performance of Good People at The Arts Club Stanley Theater. Then we made our way down to Granville Island for a bite to eat, an aprés dinner ... Read the Post...