A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

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 ...

Style is part of self-care. Especially now as we've entered the long-haul part of the pandemic it's time to put über - effort into getting properly dressed again. I'm not saying we need to be *dressed up* because *well-dressed* works just fine right now.

After all denim which was once considered ca...

If I have to be on lockdown, at least this time *outside* isn't calling me because it's -2 and the ground is covered in that snow-slash-sloppy-slash-slush that makes you wonder which shoes you're going to wear if you do leave the house. You don't really need to wear boots but you don't want to ruin ...

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries our own life-plan, which cannot be superseded by any other.

~C.G. Jung

Nothing makes me crankier than a pair of shoes that hurt.

I can’t believe that I spent so many years work...

Never underestimate the power of RED. 

In Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, the little girl in this simple but exuberant children's story knows that red barrettes are best, "because they make my hair laugh."

According to color psychology, red is the color most associated with passion, action and energ...

I think that playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
~Kate Spade

Growing up, back-to-school was a big deal for me. I got new clothes and new school supplies!

(Who doesn't love a newly sharpened pencil?)

Sometimes I got store-bought clothes, but mostly I remember my mom sewing for...