A ME-MADE FOR MY MISTER : : COLETTE NEGRONI : : HAWAIIAN SHIRTS

    Hey you! Just me again. Well, not actually me in the pics. That’d be the mister wearing his Colette Negroni Aloha Shirts. Even though many of us are wrapping up pretty much everything summer, I wanted to show you the Hawaiian shirts I made for him back in June. It’s not often that G makes an appearance here at A Colourful Canvas…he’s usually the guy behind the camera…but a real live man-e-kin really classes up the me-made, don’t ya think? And happy me; it didn’t take much convincing to get him to model his newest Aloha shirts. Custom made to his specs, from fabric he picked out when we were in Maui last winter….he likes them, he really likes them. I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that sewing for one’s…

BOWL OF CHERRIES DRESS : : SIMPLICITY 2339

  Hey you! Me again, with a brief fill in on summer’s ups. The mister and I enjoyed a little getaway to Whistler where we did lots of hiking and swimming. I sometimes wonder if the only reason we do massive amounts of moderate activity is because we enjoy PUREBREAD so dang much. Here at home, I’ve been enjoying lounging in our little garden. My flowers are putting on a brilliant show and they’ve lured in so many hummingbirds and bees and butterflies. It’s heavenly! And indoors…I gave my kitchen a little makeover…just painting and decorating..and I sewed new window valances too. One of the perks of renting is that any of the big stuff that may need doing is left to the landlord. It’s all very light and airy now, and…after all the…

DIY : : FABRIC LANYARD TUTORIAL

Hi you! I recently made a lot of fabric lanyards for our 40 + Blogger Meet-Up 2015, and thought I’d share a little DIY tutorial. These lanyards are handy to have around…the house and your neck…bwaaahahahaha. I bet they’re pretty awesome for kids too!* Great for ID and badge collecting…and….you can make them right sized for your pint sized! Of course, my very favourite thing about them is that they are lightweight…oh, and that they go with all my outfits. Yeppers…they don’t require much fabric at all; almost every one I made for the meet-up came from my scraps stash. You need as little as a 3″ wide strip of fabric! After stitching about five of them, I was in over-achiever euphoria. You know…the I can do anything frame of mind. After fifteen, I…

40+ BLOGGER MEET-UP 2015 : : VANCOUVER CANADA

  Me, Suzanne and Melanie   It started here. Well, looky dat, Pie in the sky dreams really do come true, Wot? The 40+ Blogger Meet-Up 2015. Last weekend. Here. In Vancouver. Twenty bloggers came together for a weekend of friendship, food, and fun. And I have to tell you, it’s all feeling more than a little surreal. You see, I’m thinking back to that rainy day last December when the three of us…Melanie, Suzanne and I…gathered around a restaurant table. Outside, raindrops streaked randomly down window panes. Things were decidedly cozy indoors, and there was little inclination to venture out onto the wet streets of Vancouver. Besides, we were busy hatching a plan, a very big plan. Our voices, and laughter, became increasingly animated. We may even have said the word epic. repeatedly.…