My friend Steph and I are the kind of people who stroll through home decor stores and nonchalantly state, “Oh, I could totally make that”. We happened upon a variety of be-feathered and lushly pom-pom’d holiday decor items during an early fall peruse of one of our favourite shops and…
As soon as the weather shifts, something stirs inside me that sends me into a cleaning, purging, re-organizing and re-jigging frenzy. No space is safe – last weekend I spent an hour organizing under the kitchen sink. For those of you who know me in my day-to-day life…especially my former…
For magpie-types like myself, the holidays can be a dangerous time to set foot into any store. All that glitters is proudly on display and it’s all I can do to keep my blinders on and wallet relatively full. I wasn’t so lucky this weekend when dropping into Starbucks to…
My recent nesting urges have driven me to Teatro Verde, Restoration Hardware and HomeSense more times than I can count recently. We’ve been house hunting in earnest and my house-making feelings have been at an all-time high. I’ll admit, my frequent business-only sourcing trips for a recent blogger program I…
Back when I was at HumberPR, we had a pair of guest speakers come in to talk about doing PR for avocados from Mexico. We all giggled while attempting to grasp that avocados actually need PR, but we soon learned that they can be a very intimidating food for someone…
For the last few months, the tissue paper poms I made for my Kate Spade-themed birthday party have been hanging off the treadmill in my basement. This means two things: 1) I obviously haven’t been on the treadmill in awhile and 2) all the cuteness has been wasted. In my…
It’s officially back to school season! It’s been a few years since my last first day of school, but I still remember the feeling of getting ready for university and my post-grad. Palpable excitement. This year, I know quite a few people headed back to school, be it their first…