1980's Sweater Nightmare Redemption

This was an horrible 80's sweater.  It had awesome shoulder pads.  The styling was pretty yucky, but the angora, the cable knit, and the gunmetal beading seemed worth saving.

More Hats!

Turquoise Angora Button

Fairisle Rose

Boiled Wool Flowers and Feathers

Eastside Culture Crawl

The Eastside Culture Crawl is nearly here. I've been busy up-cycling and crafting for the big event. The hat I'm wearing used to be an old wool sweater that was accidently thrown in the wash. Now it's high fashion.

If you've never been, now is the time. There will be over 300 artists opening their studios to the public on November 18th - 20th. Save your money to buy some art!

Oh Maman!

It was Mother's Day a couple of weeks ago and nobody had planned a thing. Under Mum's instruction we were all told to save our money and not splash out on anything she didn't need. However, Mum did want to have a brunch and since she is the best organizer in the house, she planned it herself (I did most of the cooking).

My Brother and his lovely wife, had just flown in from France, so we were all pretty excited to be together. I picked a bouquet of flowers from my garden, and then Mom and I went up the Drive to get the groceries. We picked up some italian sausages from our local deli and then with the eggs and fruit we had in the fridge we managed to make the following

A beautiful kale salad with pumpkin and sesame seeds, a strawberry mango fruit salad, a fennel orange salad, sausages, and I managed to poach ten eggs perfectly and put them all out at the same time and they were hot. Oh! I also had a bottle of Veuve Cliquot in the back of my fridge, so we had Mimosas too.

Our little downstairs neighbour heard all the commotion and she invited herself up for some Mother's Day time with our Mum. My sister brought over a small bowl of chocolates from Chocolate Arts . . . so there was one gift. Well there was actually more than one gift. Mom and Dad had just come back from England, so Mom gave presents to everyone. It was pretty funny.

It was so easy and it turned out perfect.