STYLE YOUR LIFE

A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

Let Colour Reflect Your Personality fashion your style Nov 16, 2021

Recognize what hues bring you happiness - and stock your closet

“Purple, Grandma, purple.” At the tender age of three, my granddaughter Zoe had definite opinions of what colours she wanted to wear. Purple makes her happy. She told me so.

What colour makes you happy? Maybe you’ve never thought abou...

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The Gift of Gratitude love your life Nov 01, 2021

In a society that has you counting money, pounds, calories, and steps, be a rebel and count your blessings instead. 

-LISA HECKMAN 

As a Canadian I've recently celebrated Thanksgiving. I know my American girlfriends will celebrate later this month. 

We've never been a family who does the *let's g...

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Makeover Mode design your life Sep 12, 2021

Whatever you've been putting off, I'm here to tell you, today is the day to start - even if that means taking the smallest teensy-insiest step forward.

OPRAH

It shouldn't come as a surprise: We've all been stressed out for a long time with this never-ending pandemic for the past year and a half. L...

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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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