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Pop-Up Workshop Recap: Summer 2010 Fashion Accessories Workshop

Pop Up 2010 Summer Workshops: Miu Miu Brooches

Here’s some photos from last Thursday’s secret special pop-up fashion accessories workshop at Young Jane‘s on [...]

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DIY Project: Canada Day Stencilled Pennant Bunting | String Garland

DIY Project: Canada Day Pennant Bunting

So for us Canadians this Thursday is [...]

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A Different Kind of Crowne Royal

Hats and Headpieces @ Royal Ascot 2010

To get you ready for Friday’s party and your birthday headpieces, here’s a mix of recent photos from two different sources: shots of Diana Moldovan by Eric Ray Davidson for Continue reading A Different Kind of Crowne Royal

Spins & Needles Now Posting DIY Project Instructions Online!

spins & needles - march 2007

Those of you who subscribe to our newsletter know this already – but after getting all our archives organized and all our DIY [...]

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The Best Kinds of Yard Sale Posters

Yard Sale Poster Halifax, Nova Scotia - May 2010

One of the first thing you notice as an out-of-towner in downtown Halifax is that the streets [...]

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Flowers on the Pavement

Outside My Window This Morning

If it’s not my alarm clock that wakes me up in the morning it’s the sound of screaming children from the elementary school in my [...]

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A First Lady and Her Shoes

A First Lady and Her Shoes: End Result A First Lady and Her Shoes

“I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. [...]

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DIY: Knotted Ribbon Necklace with Baubles

DIY: Knotted Ribbon Necklace with Baubles

I spotted the necklace below a couple months ago at The Bay (a large Canadian department store similar to [...]

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DIY Project: Dazzle Camouflage Stencil T-Shirt

DIY Project: Dazzle Camouflage Stencilled T-Shirt

Spins & Needles 5-year anniversary party was awesome! I’ll be writing up a post about the party later this week when we get [...]

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From Catwalk to Battlefield

MilitaryVogue20109 Vogue March 2010

With a birthday bash like this one, what’s a girl to wear?

Fortunately for me, the timing of the event with the Camouflage exhibition at the War Museum couldn’t be any better. Military garb is in for [...]

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