This and That

Yesterday was a busy day.  I had really wanted to take a few more photos with some dolls in the scillas on the town line, but there were showers in the forecast, so we tucked our pants legs into our socks, and headed over first thing in the morning when the sun was still struggling to come through, and before the rain clouds moved in.

​I brought Miho and Winston, and will post more photos of them at a later date.....but just had to share one....

I also brought Baron and Naomi for some scenes that will get posted some time later this year..

Then we headed over to Hamilton to find Sussman's Supplies, a store that used to be on Queen Street in downtown Toronto. I used to go there every year or two and stock up on my favourite trims that no one else carried. I hadn't been there in years, and I knew the shop had moved to Hamilton, and I had run out of several colours of my favourite trim. 

The lady at the shop said sales had been really bad the past few years, and she was considering closing the store.  So I figured I better stock up, just in case. After all, the shop wasn't exactly the easiest to go to. It requires an hour and a half along some of North America's craziest, busiest highways, which are often stop and go even in the middle of the day.  But I really wanted to get some more trims.... 

I couldn't resist getting some mulberry paper flowers as well. I'd have loved to get a lot more - they have so many gorgeous colours in so many great sizes - but I didn't have an unlimited budget.

It will be a shame if the store closes.  I always loved going there. It was always packed with racks with row upon row of beads in all colours and sizes, feathers in every colour and size, fabric and paper flowers, and whole walls with endless rolls of laces and trims. A costumer's paradise.

Most of the things in the shop can't be found anywhere else - at least not in person at a real store -  but I managed to restrain myself and 'only' bought $200. worth. So now I'm all set for a while!