Easy Ideas for Embellishing Hats

Winter in Canada is long and cold, and generally requires wearing a warm hat every day for several months. If you ever get bored of wearing the same ones through the winter, try embellishing hats with with these three easy ideas.

Canadian Design: Archerade Jewellery Design and Goldsmithing by Sasha Oda

bandit silver necklace by Sasha Oda, Archerade, Kiku Corner

Archerade is a one-woman jewelry design company by Toronto-based Sasha Oda. Tomiko and I first found her designs while visiting the Annex Flea. We love that the pieces have a sort of tribal or geometric look to them, but are dainty enough for everyday wear. Sasha Oda says that most of her pieces are first […]

Canadian Design: Umbra

Umbra Cage Wall Clock, Kiku Corner

Umbra products are now sold all over – from museum shops to international malls, even now at Martha’s Vineyard – and I recently found out that it is a Canadian company. Not just any Canadian company…it’s from Toronto! Umbra products are generally smartly designed, beautiful and functional. I’ve got a few Umbra items in my […]

Canadian Style: Annie 50

Annie 50 is a clothing company from Montreal that I discovered at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto. All of the dresses and skirts that I tried on were of high quality and super flattering. I didn’t end up buying anything at the show, but they have an online store that still tempts […]

Canadian Style: Spring Dresses from Onze

  1. Santa Marta Dress; 2. Orient Express Dress; 3. Conquest of the World Dress; 4. Candy Shop Dress; 5. Nightawt Dress; 6. Ship Ship Dress It has officially been spring for a few weeks, and now it’s sunny and almost even warm! I can’t wait to start wearing pretty spring dresses again and sipping lemonade on my […]