STYLE YOUR LIFE

A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

Back to School Shopping for Tweens and Teens fashion your style Sep 02, 2021

Zoe Brown is going into 8th grade this year. Like so many other teens and tweens who are ready to make their own fashion choices she knows finding the perfect first day of school outfit can be daunting. Unlike other girls, I am her grandmother.

I’ve seen her style evolution first-hand. Over the yea...

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Broccoli Hair fashion your style May 28, 2021

My daughter called it my *broccoli* hair. Ouch.

Sadly, she was not wrong.

A recent graduate of Fashion Academy in the late 80's (yes, I've been around for many, many years) I knew my new 'do was the epitome of chic. My hair was permed and piled high on top of my head. To make matters worse my styl...

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Languishing design your life May 02, 2021
 

Are you as wiped-out and muddle-headed as I am? I've been feeling guilty about that and the fact that I can't seem to get my *chic* together these days.

The last year seemed so ... unreal. And also, too real. As did most of the world, I spent a lot of time inside the hous

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Hello Spring fashion your style Apr 04, 2021

April is arriving in style. I think you'll agree that no matter what the temperature, Easter signals the *official* start to spring.

There's still a chill in the air here in Canada. It won't be time to break out my dresses and sandals for a few months yet, however my winter wear is slowly starting ...

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Material Girl design your life Mar 22, 2021

I'd like to know.

What do you have in your life today that you know without question is right for you?

I found my career groove by the time I was ten years old. Mom and I would spend time together at Fanny's Fabrics most Saturday afternoons, pouring over pattern books and assessing the potential o...

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Spring Smile design your life Mar 16, 2021

This week we celebrate Spring Equinox. In my neck of the woods it will still be a while before the trees and tulips blossom. However, the days are getting longer, the weather warmer and that makes me happy.

When we went into quarantine last March so many of us hit the pause button on our dreams and...

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