Summer 2010

ISSN 1918-1612

PEI:FUN INTHE SUN!

FREEWIN A MOORCROFT VASE!

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Our inspiration:Sandi Komst gets her inspirations from all around her. She is inspired when she is grocery shopping, out for a walk, or even going into a vacant house could do it for her.

In 1985, she decided she was going to take control and do what she wanted to do, and that was to just paint whether or not the career went anywhere. Painting has since been more to her than she had ever dreamed, and in doing such, she !nds complete solitude. She loves walking through the woods and hiking with her camera and sketch pad.

Sandi is originally from Nova Scotia and came to the Island to visit a friend in 1977. She quickly fell in love with the people and whole Is-land itself, and couldn’t imagine living anywhere other than in Beach Point, PEI.

“When you do something you love, it’s not work.” she says. She doesn’t mind how many hours she puts into a painting, she just does it.

Her piece entitled Tea Roses (seen here) was the inspiration for the ensemble on the cover of this issue.

Panache has teamed up with the world famous

Canadians have been collecting Moorcroft for over 100 years. Famous collectors include Elton John, The Queen, Rod Stewart and many oth-ers.

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102 Queen Street, Suite #2, Charlottetown PE, C1A 4B1.

Rebecca is wearing a chi!on dress by Sunsets on the Eastside, available at www.sunsetsontheeastside.com; bracelets, both $30, Lou Lou Clothing and Accesso-ries; earrings, $20, Nessya’s Gems and Jewels.

SUMMER 2010Volume 2, Number 4 – June 2010

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Written by Aimee PowerIce cream has become such a solid staple of summer on Prince Edward Island.

Is Anne Shirley’s love for this dairy confection the cause of all this, or are we Islanders just born with an incredibly sweet tooth? Re-gardless, everyone has their own beloved dairy bar where they like to pick up that perfect cone.

We have priced out a single scoop in a wa"e cone in the hope that you indulge in this PEI rite of passage during the summer.

*prices exclude applicable tax

Brehaut’s Take-out$2.19Murray Harbour

Downtown Convenience$2.29Charlottetown

St. Eleanor’s Dairy Bar$2.49Summerside

Shirley’s Place$2.50Souris

Kiwanis Dairy Bar$2.95Charlottetown

Frosty Treat$3.19Kensington

Cow’s Ice Cream$3.49Cavendish

Coldstone Creamery/Tim Horton’s$4.75Summerside

Written by Cassandra BernardPhotography by Katelyn Fraser

Bewitching Delights

When Debbie and Geo# Crowther reopened $e Kitchen Witch nearly four years ago, they wanted to support the community

that would be supporting them.

Beginning long before the ‘buy local’ campaign, the cafe serves about 95 per cent of food made from scratch and displays items on the menu that contains Island products. $ey also promote and sell veg-etarian and gluten-free options.

Geo# bakes all the breads and does a good portion of the cooking while Debbie does the rest as well as making homemade jams, pick-les and more. $eir menu includes tamales and tortillas inspired by Debbie’s Texan roots as well as some of the original recipes that were on the !rst owner’s menu. $ey make paninis and homemade soups as well.

$eir deserts are listed on a chalk board in the cafe and vary from day to day as they are all made from scratch in small batches. $e most popular desert choices? Geo#’s cream scones with Debbie’s home-made jams and her homemade strawberry rhubarb gelato made with Island fruit are their top sellers.

$ey o#er over 50 teas and freshly ground co#ee beans for each pot. $ey also o#er some unusual sodas like Ginger Beer and, when they can get it, Dandelion and Burdock.

Upon receiving a request for gluten-free items on the menu within the !rst weekend that they were open, the Crowthers discovered that !nding these items was a big problem within restaurants on the Is-land. $ey began developing more gluten-free options, and over the winter they have put in an exclusively gluten-free kitchen with ap-pliances kept separate from the preparation of the wheat-containing foods. $ey are committed to o#ering safe homemade gluten-free foods for the people that need it, but since both their wheat and

gluten-free breads are all handmade in small batches, they ask that you call in your order at least 24 hours before pick up.

Apart from o#ering a healthy menu, $e Kitchen Witch is well known for a very interesting service - tea leaf readings. $e readings are available throughout the week except for $ursdays and Fridays. Debbie says that Janice, the tea leaf reader, is a Godsend and hired her on the spot the day they met. $e Crowthers now think of Janice as part of their extended family, $e Kitchen Witch family.

Janice has a very positive outlook and rarely sees anything negative in her readings. If she does, she calls it a cautionary sign and tells the person to be mindful.

In their second season, a woman who visits PEI each summer returned to the cafe to have Janice read her leaves again. During her reading the year before, Janice had told the woman that she saw something in the cup that had to do with a car and that she should be mindful. $at following spring, the woman started to step o# a curb, but she remembered what Janice had told her. At that moment, a car came around the corner very fast. $e woman said that she probably would have been hit if she hadn’t remembered Janice’s cautionary words.

For a true reading, you have to be the one to drink the tea from your cup. You can’t spoon the leaves out of the pot as they have to pour naturally out of the spout. Once poured, you stir the tea, and when you take the spoon out, Janice reads the leaves and the magic begins. She also reads children’s cups as long as they drink the tea.

$e cafe, located at 949 Long River Road, Kensington, is open from 11am to 7pm or by reservation !ve days per week in June and seven days per week in July and August. $ey also do private parties (the tea leaf reading stagette parties are very popular) and o#er tea leaf reading workshops and craft workshops. For more information or to book a reservation, call 902-886-2092.

summerlovin’

Love is a breath of fresh air, when pastel hues make a pair!

Photography by Katelyn Fraser

Styling by Mary-Elyn Keenan

Models: Christina Hennessey & Blake Caissie

Hair by Emily Beck

Makeup by Savannah Belsher-MacLean

Special thanks to Kelsey Cheverie, Aimee Power, Kristin Cheverie, Alisha-Marie Stephen, Angela Court, Mikey Wasnidge and Rebecca Ford for helping us fold all those cranes!

Christina looks lovely in ivory lace. Dress, $69, Pseudio; gloves, $12, lace jacket, $18, all $e Greenman: Vin-tage and Vinyl; pink beaded necklace, $30, Nessya’s Gems and Jewels; wedge shoes, $65, Aldo; belt, earrings, rings, and headpiece, all Paper*Cakes, avail-able at www.papercakes.ca.

Blake is suave in a straw chapeau. Shirt, $98, Color Blind; undershirt worn throughout, $14, Pseudio; slip on shoes, $98, Aldo; jeans, bow tie, belt, and hat, model’s own.

Inspiration from past eras makes Christina a vision in layered crino-line. Crinoline, $12-$38, gloves, $12, all $e Greenman; blouse, $29, Pseu-dio; shorter necklace, $25, bracelet, $20, all Nessya’s; pumps, $80, Aldo; hair clip, ring, and longer necklace, all Paper*Cakes.

Blake is perfection in this polka dot dress shirt. Shirt, $30, Lou Lou Cloth-ing and Accessories; luxurious pants, $128, Color Blind; dress shoes, $80, Aldo; bow tie and tie, model’s own.

Christina is a breath of fresh air in this white frothy dress. Dress, $79, cardigan, all Samuel & CO; studding necklace, $150, Nessya’s; belt, price upon request, crinoline (worn previously), and gloves, $12, all $e Greenman; earrings, rings, and head-piece, all Paper*Cakes; sling-back %ats, $45, Aldo.

Blake is a leading man in his own fabulous pieces.

Daniel Roper is currently studying Wildlife Conservation Technology at Holland College. Hehas worked with local watershed groups building retaining walls to prevent erosion, tree planting, woodlot beauti!cation and many others. He feels that getting people outside and involved in nature is the best way to begin to build some sort of foundation of interest not only about environmental concerns, but in understanding and caring for our surroundings.

Panache: What is your spirit animal?Daniel: $e owl - mysterious, cunning and unique.

P: Who is your favorite Captain Planet character and why?D: Wheeler, because he had the est power. Fire. ...and I mean, who ever wanted to be the ‘Heart’ guy, anyway?

P: What is your favorite vegetable?D: Popcorn and cornpops.

P: Who is your environmental celebrity crush?D: David Suzuki’s daughter.

P: What is your favorite reptile?D: Alligator Snapping Turtle because it’s the real life Bowser from Mario Bros.

P: What is your idea of a romantic !rst date?D: Go on a hike and have a picnic. $at would, in my opinion, be quite an ideal date.

Daniel Roper

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We gathered some of the Island’s funniest people share their pet peeves of summer on PEI. Here are their sad tales.

My summer pet peeve is taking my shirt o#. I’m a thin man, although that’s not the adjective I prefer. I ask people to say that I’ve got a plasma build, which sounds more sleek and contemporary. Unfortunately, not as fashionable in torsos, as in televisions. I’ve been waiting since the age of fourteen for my beach body to be ready. I’m beginning to suspect that it’s never arriving. When it gets hot at the beach, and it’s time to go skins, I’m so relieved that I’m married. And there’s someone legally obliged to love me. Because when I take honest stock of my frame, I resemble the missing link between dinosaurs and birds. Pale skin stretched over pointy shoulder blades, like %edgling wings, useless for %ight. Add my tendency to shriek on contact with cold water, and at the beach, I could be mistaken for a pterodactyl.Patrick Ledwell

$e summer on Prince Edward’s Isle. Joyous. Golden. Long-awaited. $e buildup to it is like sitting through a pile of ho-hum opening bands, all day at an outdoor music fest. $en, !nally, that headliner comes out that you have been bragging to all your mates about…”No no, trust me, Terry, you’ll want to stick around and hear ‘PEI Summer’…yeah yeah, they’re always sooo good. $ey only tour for eight weeks a year. Yeah yeah Terry… I know, listen I’m sorry we had to sit through ‘PEI Late Winter’, ‘PEI Fake-Spring’, ‘PEI Winter 2.0’, and a bunch of other crappy bands, but…holy smokes, just listen to PEI Summer!” So yes, I suppose my PEI sum-mer pet peeve is less tangible than most. My beef with summer here is how incredible yet %eeting it is. Well, that, and the clarinet guy on Queen Street. Sheesh.Fraser McCallum

Summer is a time of minimal clothing which one might assume is an indication of minimal fashion faux pas but alas, summer is the heat of fashion’s misfortune.$e biggest problem I have with summer style are capris, or more speci!-cally, manpris. John Mayer tried to make them cool by accessorizing with an anklet but it only added fuel to my !re of disgust. Capris are what hap-pens when pants and shorts meet in the middle. It’s di&cult to pinpoint why capris were invented, whether it’s to make legs look shorter, create the oddest tan lines, or to allow ankles to feel the breeze.Guys in tank tops are similar to girls in thong bathing suits, why not leave something to the imagination? Showing o# your arm pit hair in public? Abrasive. Girls in belly tops give me a similar nauseous feeling. Just be-cause Kelly Kapowski rocked it on Saved By $e Bell, doesn’t give you an invitation to. I see your belly button and I raise you the rest of your shirt. Regardless of how major your summer fashion misdemeanor, at least you can always blame it on heat stroke.Keely Turner

I love to eat. I love food. I love the outdoors. But as much as a try, and as much as I grin and bear it, I do not enjoy patio dining. Don’t get me wrong; the sun on your face, an ice cold cocktail in your hand and a plate of delicious food in front of you sounds as idyllic as an afternoon pony ride in Hobbiton. But throw in dive-bombing, beer-drinking wasps, bone shaking Harley Davidson engines, and phantom howling gusts that send your umbrella %ying into the next table, and suddenly you’re being chased

through Mordor by axe wielding orcs. And as Frodo would tell you, that’s no fun. So save yourself the headaches and the inevitable spilled drinks, and get your ass back to the dining room table. Patios are for tourists any-way, that’s why they’re only open four months of the year.Andrew Sprague, Sketch 22

My summer pet peeve? I hate it when Demeter, the Greek goddess of abundance, gets all in a hu# and becomes the Sorrowing Mother. She loses all interest in fertility so that plants languish, animals cease to multiply, drought sweeps the land, and people fear for their future. Typical. $en ya’ got friggin’ Notus, the bringer of late summer storms, destroying crops and such, and just bein’ a dick as usual. Course, never fails, Aethon, god of famine, and all those scallywags show up uninvited. And Habdonia - hello? Goddess of the summer harvest? It’s s’poseda be the !rst harvest on the eight-spoked wheel of the year - the Lammas sabbat, right - but where is she? Nope, nowheres to be found. Jumpins, that’s aggravatin’.Lennie MacPherson, Sketch 22

My summer pet peeve is how I can’t feel safe alone at night in Charlotte-town. Only a fool would venture out alone. I have heard one, not two, horri!c tale and narrowly escaped my own run-in with the city’s most deadly and vicious predator: the cleverly masked raccoon. Several sum-mers ago, a raccoon made its way onto my deck and would not leave no matter what I did (yell, shine a %ashlight at its face, beg). And a friend told me that two raccoons dropped out of a tree by her back door! I’d love to enjoy summer evenings sitting on my deck but I have too much to live for, and since my better half often works nights, I am locked safely inside by sundown. Imagine if I sat out alone at night? $ere would be no one to hear my desperate cries as I lay maimed on my deck; my cocktail’s little umbrella %oating in a pool of melting ice and blood? I wouldn’t dare. I dream of a summer that isn’t held hostage by the urban raccoon.Carly Martin

TIPS ON REVEALINGYOUR PARK BODY

(A Guide For Males) By Jeremy Larter

You have spent many hours over the long winter crafting your physique into a thing of overpowering beauty. Fol-low these tips to make your Park Body reveal a success:

1) The earlier the reveal date the better. You will catch other males off guard, and the females will be ecstatic over seeing the shirtless male physique so early in the season.

2) Select an activity that doesn’t require much concen-tration. Females love watching males throw and catch things.

3) Do not look around to check if others are looking at your Park Body! (Of course they are.)

4) There is no sense in having a Park Body if you have a frown on your face.

5) Encourage your friends to display their Park Bodies as well. The more Park Bodies in one group the more attention you will each receive individually.

6) Have fun. Enjoy your Park Body. You’ve earned it.

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CHILD OF THEmoonArticle and photography by Aimee Power

When warm weather beats down on Prince Edward Island, it

seems that everyone comes out to play. Hula-hoopers on Victoria Row, a fa-miliar Clarinetist beside the Confeder-ation Centre and numerous buskers of all talents throughout the downtown core. Pam Atkinson is one more per-former on that list, but she prefers to come out at night.

Pam is a poi spinner who is quickly teaching herself various mediums of the act. $is particular performance art is sim-ple in essence (just two balls on a %exible rope) but requires coordination, rhythm and a predilection to !re. Dancing with !re may be something you associate to the circus, and she certainly doesn’t mind the comparison.

To incorporate this artist into her life, she decided to give herself an alter-ego: “Amaris”. $e name has Celtic roots and means ‘child of the moon’, which suits her to a tee. Pam works hard as a social worker by day and at night she gets her chance play outside under the stars.

Pam’s !rst interest with poi came as a birthday gift in 2005. Her then-boyfriend ordered a pair from New Zealand and she was immediately excited: “there was an instructional

video that came with the poi that taught you di#erent tricks and styles. After I got through with those, I started watch-ing more and more videos on Youtube and kept getting more and more ideas!”

Her !rst !re performance was almost a year later - at her Grandmother’s 90th birthday party. Since then she’s been taking every opportunity to perform, from various festivals on Victoria Row (such as Nigwek 2009) to weddings, birth-day parties and recreationally on the boardwalk. While it takes a lot of courage to get up in front of a crowd, she says “I’ll spin !re anywhere, as I love doing it so much!”

Although Pam feels very comfortable with her current rou-tine, she is always looking to learn more. “I would also love to learn to eat and breathe !re, perform with !re hula-hoop, !re sta#, and even !re whip” she fearlessly states. Belly danc-ing and hip hop classes are also currently on her radar, as she feels it would really help to diversify her performance and help her build strength and stamina at the same time.

Another endeavour for Amaris is teaching poi. She receives praise and admiration after many performances and to teach someone how to safely practice !re spinning is an im-portant next step. To contact Pam “Amaris” for lessons you can reach her at amarispoi@live.com or search for her on facebook.

I N S P I R A T I O N

S T A T I O N

What’s black and white and six feet tall? Rebecca is! Striped skirt, $39, Pseudio; blouse, $35, tank, $23, ring $25, all Lou Lou Clothing and Accesso-ries; studded belt, $20, pumps, $40, all Winners; bangles, sold in sets, 4.99, 6.99, Le Chateau; earrings, stylist’s own.

Patti Hawkins and her husband, Rick, built their cozy pottery studio tucked into a forested parcel of land in North Granville where they enjoy a quiet, peaceful existence. $ey designed the studio to accommodate a comfortable working space and a small retail display area enabling her to welcome visitors year round.

With great interest in !ne arts, she loves to combine the freedom of creativity with func-tionality, allowing a !nished piece to gravitate to any room in the house or workspace.

Her black and white pieces are designed and created using a technique of carving known as Gra&to. Using a small carving tool, she carves intricate patterns on previously glazed surfaces while revealing the white clay underneath.

Patti likes the dramatic e#ects of the contrast between the black and white. When she de-signs a carved lantern, she begins cutting out random designs around the entire dish using an exacto knife. $e process is rather time con-suming for her but it is a labour of love and the !nished product is worth the e#ort - the re%ec-tions casted from the glow of a lit candle inside are mesmerizing.

P. John Burden originally came to Canada from Britain in 1977, and after traveling to Australia and then back to England, he returned to settle in Canada.

John has worked within a myriad of art medi-ums, and he currently uses his creative energy through painting, illustrations for children’s books, historical illustrations, and making stained glass church windows. He also plans to return to making jewellery as he did in the 70’s when he was a goldsmith and engraver.

Like many of his paintings, he didn’t quite know what this piece, “Near Massingham”, was going to be when he began painting it. It began based on his wife, Robin, and his daughter, Ji-selle, and then the painting soon took over, as his paintings tend to do.

$is painting is also based on a place where he used to live called Massingham, England, which was an air!eld for !ghting planes called spit!res. $ey had lost many pilots, so in a sense, the painting is of a mother and child, and possibly her lover has not come back from war.

$ere is a car being pushed in the painting which represents a 1936 Morris 8, an old fam-ily car that his father used to drive working as a country doctor visiting patients. $ey always had to get out and push the car because it often broke down.

Use P. John Burden’s colour palate to enhance ev-ery ensemble! Skirt, $25, Lou Lou; shirt, $24.99, belt, $20, bangles on right arm, $40, all Winners; bangles on left arm, $15, Aldo; earrings, $35, Overman available at "e Greenman: Vintage and Vinyl; necklace, price upon request, Nessya’s Gems and Jewels; ring and Miu Miu pumps styl-ist’s own. Red picture frame courtesy of Chelsea Ling of Paper*Cakes.

Rebecca is #ying high in the sky in this lime dress! Dress, $159, Samuel & CO; shoes, $70, earrings, $8, Aldo; ring, Lou Lou, $25; bracelets $20 each, necklace (in hair) $30, all Nessya’s; necklace, Paper*Cakes, available at www.papercakes.ca; mirrored bracelet, stylist’s own.

As a child, Susana Rutherford was dragged out of Chartres Cathedral screaming because she didn’t want to leave. She remembers taking the trip to Europe with her family and falling in love with stained glass work.

Susana was born in Spain, and moved to PEI when she was quite young. She once lived near Blenko Glass factory in West Virginia where she used to go to watch how the stained glass was made. After admiring through shop win-dows and cathedrals, now has her own glass studio and shop, Firehorse Studios, on Water Street in Charlottetown.

$e shop boasts a beautiful collection of her own pieces as well as a number of other Island glass artists’s work.

$e Luna Moth piece featured is fairly large at about 29 square inches and is all done with Spectrum Glass. Susana was %attered to have the piece featured in the Spectrum Glass News-letter last year as it was the !rst she had ever done of this kind. Since then, the piece had a long residency hanging as a feature in Luna Eclectic Crafts & Gifts and people have con-tacted her for custom work.

T H E W O N D E R S O F

Written by Harmony Wagner, R.Ac Art by Zoë Novaczek

For thousands of years, coastal peoples have used seaplants as food, medicine and to bene!t the skin. Rich in vitamins, minerals and

micro-nutrients, seaweeds can address a wide range of health prob-lems: osteoporosis, high blood pressure, cholesterol, cancer, obesity, heavy metal poisoning and thyroid issues and the list goes on. Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine has long recognized seaweed as e#ective in reducing swelling, masses and tumors.

Today, seaweed extracts are valued in the cosmetic world for their hy-drating and anti-aging qualities. $allasotherapy, bathing in seaweed infused water, is popular in European spas for detoxifying the whole body and nourishing the skin. $e bene!ts of seaweed are many. All seaplants are rich in calcium, folic acid (prevents birth defects), Vitamin C and E and boron (important for brain function). Kelp is rich in iron and Dulse is high in B vitamins and anti-oxidants. $ese varieties are also high in iodine and boost metabolism to bene!t weight loss and hypothyroidism. I could go on and on, but let’s keep it simple. Not only is seaweed at our !ngertips at the supermarkets, but on PEI, it’s at our toe tips as well.

$e next time you take a walk down the beach, take a closer look. $e north shore is the best place to gather clean, organic seaweed to eat or use for beauty treatments. If you collect respectfully from what has washed up on shore you are not disturbing the ecosystem. Stick to the large brown varieties such as Kelp, Bladderwrack and Irish moss. $ey are abundant, easily identi!able, edible and are the most e#ective for reducing !ne lines and smoothing the skin.

Reminiscent of lasagna noodles, Kelp has a broad, %at brown body with rippled edges. $e algin in Kelp is good for burns, so if you get too much sun at the beach, try draping moist kelp over your skin as a poultice. Bladderwrack is a hit with those who love bubble wrap, due to the bubbles that form along its blades. $e serrated tips beyond those bubbles high are high in fucoidan, an anti-aging compound that has remarkable e#ects on skin with repeated use. Irish moss is also distinctive, looking like a miniature tree. For your own thallaso-therapy bath, collect some or all of the above seaplants and place in your bathtub. Pour boiling water over the plants and steep until they ooze. Add a bit more warm water and soak. Or, for a face or hand mask, place some sprigs of Irish moss and Bladderwrack tips in a pot on the stove and just barely cover with water. Bring to a boil for a short time and then allow to cool. Apply the gel repeatedly for more supple, younger looking skin. Refrigerate to preserve, as this natural product will form a mold over time.

If foraging by the shore or the taste of seaweed isn’t your cup of tea, you can still access the healing properties of seaplants while plump-ing and improving the elasticity of your skin. $e Oceanna Seaplants cosmetic line, produced locally and available at the Charlottetown Farmer’s Market, attains seaweed gels using whole, wild-crafted plants. $e gentle extraction process preserves the minerals, vitamins and antioxidants for you to absorb. Dr. Irene Novaczek, Director of the Institute of Island Studies, founded Oceanna Seaplants and has developed an array of hair rinses, skin creams, facial masques and bath salts that not only make you look good, but are good for your body too.

Whether it’s on the beach or at your local Sushi shop, these humble, ancient plants have so much to o#er. Look into the natural healing power of seaweed.

Harmony Wagner is a Registered Acupuncturist practicing Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine in Charlottetown.

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Baked Malpeque Oysters with Bacon and Leeks

Makes 10 servings Ingredients:

1 tbsp butter1 tbsp all purpose %our1 cup whipping cream8oz bacon (preferably market bacon) chopped4 cups thinly sliced leeks (white and pale green parts only; from 4 large)1 cup !nely chopped celery1 bay leaf1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/4 cup dry white wine2 tbsp grated Romano cheese20 medium Malpeque oysters, shucked, or four 8oz jars shucked oysters1 cup fresh breadcrumbs made from French bread

Melt butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add %our; whisk 2 minutes. Add cream slowly and whisk until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat.

Sauté bacon in heavy large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 6 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Discard all but 2 tbsp of drippings from skillet.

Add leeks, celery, bay leaf, and cayenne to skillet and sauté over me-dium heat until vegetables are soft, about 12 minutes. Add wine and cook until absorbed, about 15 seconds. Add cream mixture and bring to simmer. Stir until leek mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in bacon and cheese. Season generously with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate.)

Place 1 oyster on each of 20 oyster shells . Top oyster in each shell with 2 tbsp leek mixture. Place on rimmed baking sheet. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)

Preheat oven to 500°F. Divide breadcrumbs among shells or rame-kins. Bake until leek mixture bubbles and crumbs are golden, about 8 minutes.

Written by Kirstin Sweet, Jackie Skinner and Katryna Crabbe of Sunsets on the EastsidePhotography by Alex ClarkModels: Jenny McLean & Kennedy Clark

What you’ll need: 1 towel or piece of fabric scissors thread measuring tape straight pins sewing machine chalk, fabric pencil or marker bias tape elastic thread appliqués, buttons, ribbon or other decorations

Step 1Fold the towel (or fabric) in half and cut a 4-inch wide strip along the length of the fabric for the shoulder strap. Take this strip and fold the right sides together, then sew a seam along the length of one end. Iron the strap so the seam is in the center of the bottom side of the strap. Turn the strap right-side out and hand stitch the other end. Tuck the raw edge inside about a 1/4 inch before stitch-ing to give a !nished look.

Step 2Cut another strip o# the fabric, about 3 inches wide, and set aside. To create the main part of the bag fold the remaining fabric in half and trace a half-circle about two inches from the fold. Touching the outside of the half-circle draw a straight line, draw another line run-ning parallel to this on the opposite side. Cut along the edge, the fabric should look like this: U. Pin the 3 inch strip to the U shaped piece, right sides together, and sew a seam along the edge. Repeat on other side of strip with the second U shaped piece.

Step 3Before attaching the shoulder strap pin and sew bias tape along the top of the bag.

Step 4To give the top of the bag a ru"ed look, do some shirring. To do this, wind elastic thread on to a bobbin and insert it into the sew-ing machine as you would with regular thread. Place regular thread on the top spool (in a colour that matches your fabric, as you will be sewing with the right side up-and stitches will be seen). Before you begin sewing, change your stitch length setting to the longest option. Sew your !rst row just below the edge of the bias tape. Now sew another row about a 1/4 inch below this !rst row. Repeat until you have achieved the desired amount of rows.

Step 5Now you can attach your shoulder strap. Center the strap onto the 3 inch strip (width) of the bag. Pin and sew. Repeat on opposite side.

Step 6It’s now time to add some personal touches, some appliqués, a bit of cinching, it's really up to you and the options are endless!

the weekenders’ project

BEACH TOWELSHOULDER BAG

Where to $nd the treasures featured in this issue

XMARKSTHE SPOT

Moorcroft Pottery Contest – page 1Moorcroft Pottery (www.moorcroft.com; available at Precious Memo-ries, 89 Capital Dr, Charlottetown)

Bewitched by !e Kitchen Witch – pages 4-5Kitchen Witch (Long River Rd, Kensington)

Summer Lovin’ – pages 6-11Pseudio (670 University Ave, Charlottetown) $e Greenman: Vintage and Vinyl (48 University Ave, Charlottetown) Nessya’s Gems and Jewels (64 Queen St, Charlottetown) Aldo (670 University Ave, Charlotte-town) Paper*Cakes (www.papercakes.ca) Color Blind (58 Queen St, Charlottetown) LouLou Clothing and Accessories (449 University Ave, Charlottetown)

Inspiration Station - pages 18-23Hawkins Pottery, John Burden Art, Firehorse StudiosPseudio (670 University Ave, Charlottetown) LouLou Clothing and Ac-cessories (449 University Ave, Charlottetown) Winners (670 University Ave, Charlottetown) Le Chateau (670 University Ave, Charlottetown)Aldo (670 University Ave, Charlottetown) Nessya’s Gems and Jewels (64 Queen St, Charlottetown) Paper*Cakes (www.papercakes.ca) Samuel & Co. (670 University Ave, Charlottetown) Luna Eclectic Crafts & Gifts (111-A Grafton St, Charlottetown)

Wonders of Seaweed - pages 24-25Harmony Wagner, R.Ac (1 Rochford St, Charlottetown)Oceanna Seaplants (www.oceannaseaplants.etsy.com)Zoe Novaczek (www.woolandpaper.etsy.com)

Baked Malpeque Oysters with Bacon and Leeks - page 26Victoria Village Inn & Restaurant (22 Howard St, Victoria-by-the-Sea)

Weekenders’ Project - page 27Sunsets on the Eastside (www.sunsetsontheeastside.com)

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Style IN FRONT OF 102 QUEEN

We asked fashionable people passing by our o%ce what summer shoe they prefer!

Here are the answers we got!

Photographer: Aimee PowerChatter: Mary-Elyn Keenan

Jessica ObregonBallet Flats

Mandice Allen (on left)& Susan French

Flip-%ops

Paul Killorn (on left)Sandals

Nathan LobergSandals from his own design

company, GroE Custom Clothing

Julia KunBare feet

Hayley Murray (on left)Ballet Flats

Japan PetcharatAnything bohemian styled

Alex McLeodTiger shoes

Mohammad Voghou" (on left)Slip on sandals

Saori ImbeHigh heeled sandals

Celia MoaseGladiator Sandals

Shannon Lawson (on left )& Mary-Jane Doucette

Gladiators

Nicole DoironConverse slip-ons

Mike WalkerLoafers, or anything

without laces

Paul Killorn (on left)Sandals

Nathan LobergSandals from his own design

company, GroE Custom Clothing

Alex McLeodTiger shoes

Freedom Hair Inc.532 North River Rd.

566-4876

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