Month: November 2013

  • Staff Pick!

    It’s another gorgeous, albeit, COLD sunny morning here in the Cowichan Valley and all the ladies are busy getting everything ready for next week. Our cutie-pie Brandi got the lucky pick this week and she chose ‘Zooey’, the classic beauty with the sweet almond eyes. Hair styled by: Shauna Clothing by: Thamar Likes: Frolicking in…

  • Little notes …

    Once in a while a mom and her little one will come by the shop or at a market to look at the dolls. What the mom is really doing ,however, is some detective work to see which doll her child loves most. Sure enough a love match is made between the child and the…

  • Little Traditions

    Growing up, it was always just me and mom. We didn’t have a lot of extended family and those we did have lived on the mainland so we rarely saw them. Because it was just the two of us, we often made up our own (often quirky) family traditions. At Christmas time, we decorated a…

  • Staff Pick!

    Happy Friday Friends!! After a week of dark skies and rain, it’s a beautiful sunny fall morning hereĀ again…yay for a great start to the long weekend!! It’s time for our weekly feature ‘Staff Pick’ and our resident Dutch friend Thamar got the lucky pick and she chose the sweet natural girl Gloria! Hair styled by:…

  • Things in the shop …

    I have this vision for my little studio shop at Whippletree Junction. I would love for it to be a sort of toy store/kids store that brings in local artisans from the Cowichan Valley and gives them a storefront to sell their wares locally. Slowly (mainly due to a complete lack of time) I’ve had…