a cottage sunset photo shoot!

This is what happens when three friends get together and the sun is setting perfectly at the beach....we decide to have a photo shoot. A cottage sunset photo shoot! 

This past weekend was a weekend filled with swimming, laughing, smells of bonfire, delicious food, sandy hair, and flea market finds. How was your weekend? I hope you got to enjoy this beautiful weather we have been having! 

Congratulations to Angela for winning the two handmade hair bows by Victoria. 

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it's give away time!

Outfit details

Dress: Thrifted

Shoes: Winners

Earrings: Weezi, London, ON

Hairbow: Handmade by Victoria Speirs

Necklace: Handmade by me, Hattitude jewels

I love my hair bow. I think these hair bows are the perfect thing to throw on to complete an outfit. You know me, I am always one to accesorize rather then spend a fortune on a dress. I like to spend my money on accessorizing and I think hair clips and jewelry are the perfect item to do just that with. 

It's been over a year I think since I posted a give away. This is the lovely Victoria Speirs she makes beautiful hand sewn items and specializes in baby blankets, burpies, pretty much all things babies! She is so talented and if you have not checked out her FB page where she sells all things handmade, including wedding buntings. She is really is a jack of all trades and I LOVE seeing her posts pop up on my facebook home feed. She is such a talent to the handmade community!

Here's how to win these awesome hair bows, similar to the one she made me in my outfit post above. 

1. Like Victoria on her facebook page (trust me you won't regret it, her posts are always insanely adorable!) Click here. 

2. Like Hattitude jewellery (my handmade jewellery company specializing in custom work for bridal parties) on facebook. Click here. 

3. For EXTRA entries you can share our FB status about the giveaways 

4. For even MORE EXTRA entries you can follow Victoria and I on instagram @victory_speirs and @hattitudejewels

Don't forget to come back here and leave 1 or 4 comments telling me which you did, with your email address included so I can email you if you win! 

Winner will be chosen next Friday on August 16th, 2013 on random.org

Good luck everyone! 

print mixing at it's finest!

Outfit details:

Skirt: Vintage, Chez Thrift

Shirt: Courage my Love, Toronto

Sandals: San Francisco

Bow: Handmade by Victoria Speirs, click here

Necklaee: Handemade by me, available in my shop. click here

I'm a HUGE fan of print mixing. Isn't this shirt fun how it's double sided? It's two vintage scarves sewn together. I thought this was a nice fun summer outfit. The necklace I handmade goes perfectly with the outfit. It's not overpowering, because this outfit is a little on the wild side. The colours in the necklace are very muted and compliment the wild prints. It is a neutral necklace which are hard to get, but perfect because they match everything and give your outfit that extra layer. I will be putting it up in my online shop soon. All my pieces are made from vintage items. This was made from a vintage earring and beads with new chain. You can check out my online shop of other handmade pieces of jewellery by clicking here.

The lovely little bow I'm wearing (which I cannot get enough of!) These bows give any outfit that added pop. They are handmade by my lovely and talented friend Victoria Speirs. Check out her facbook page here for some other CUTE stuff. She specializes in baby items. She is expecting a new little one in September! 

I'm off to work on the Fashion show today. Are you coming to our launch party? It's happening in 16 days! It's a music fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis outdoors on a farm in Caledon. Live music, dancing, dinner included and tickets are only $25 bucks. Best dressed hippie wins a prize! You can check out the event by clicking here.  Hope to see you there! 

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