I have to admit I felt a little tweak of regret as I looked through my Facebook feed yesterday morning! So many people celebrated the Royal Wedding in style with early morning brunch, gathering together friends and family to watch Harry and Meghan tie the knot. I kind of wish I’d done the same but… Read more »
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Super Mom and Baby T
You all know our beautiful Natasha! It’s hard to believe she has been with for 3 whole years now. When I first met Natasha she was in her late 30’s. She was working at Trixie’s Boutique in Grimsby and I was showing to her for the boutique. We developed an instant friendship. Natasha had been… Read more »
Designing and Creating for Women
I am so absolutely thrilled with the way the spring collection is being received this year. I designed the collection around the different characteristics of a woman because I wanted women to have
Toronto Strong
Last week cast a dark cloud over Toronto when the devastating news was released about the deadly van attack in the north part of our beautiful city. I saw an old friend on Facebook post, “This happened on my street, please don’t worry, we are all okay.” My phone went off several times the next… Read more »
Maybe Mother Nature Really Does Know Best
My friends and family always say to me, “Don’t be so hard on yourself, you have no control over this.” The truth is I am hard on myself. I blame myself if a show has a low turnout, if a sale isn’t a huge success, if a new design does not appeal to everyone. Yup… Read more »
We’ll always have Paris!
Whenever I drive into Toronto the “An American in Paris” billboards call to me! I finally did something about it and asked my Mom if she would like to join me. In typical Mom fashion her response was, “Yes! My treat!” Geeeez am I ever a lucky kid! Our evening began with a windy walk… Read more »
Stepping Into Our True Selves
Do you ever feel like you know yourself so well that no one could possibly ever tell you something about yourself that you didn’t already know? Have you ever asked yourself what makes you loveable? What is the magic that you give to others? What is it about you that makes people want to be… Read more »
My Royal Lineage . . .
You know how much I love to write about my family and the strength that they give me. Today I wanted to share a story with you about the powerful woman who I was named after in our family. Her name was Monika Eydis Normann. But wait – rewind for one second . . …. Read more »
Girls just Wanna have FUN!
In the beginning . . . Did I really pick up my first bead 26 years ago? Noooooo… I could have sworn that was like two weeks ago. Since I started this exciting ride of jewelry making I’ve always loved to bring my customers together in one room to celebrate and show them my latest… Read more »
All My Children
Well, these are not ALL of my children, 5 of them are missing! Are you shocked? Perhaps something you didn’t know about me. As a young teen I was already quite enterprising. I loved children and we happened to have 3 families on our street who needed a responsible baby sitter. I was it! Not… Read more »
