CURRENT INSPIRATION Vintage glassware – I need a body guard dedicated to keeping me away from thrift shops right now, because the collection of little glass bowls and huge old mason jars that I’m amassing is geting silly. I think I’m going to turn some of them into lanterns for our deck… Wild raspberries – [...]
Monthly Inspiration
Current Inspiration Summer sights & smells & sounds – From changing my perfume up to something citrus, to the sound of an iced latte in it’s glass to seeing all the pretty hipster girls downtown, I’m so happy that summer is finally here!! For me the summer means reading on my deck, having pints of [...]

CURRENT INSPIRATION Finding Mentors – I’ve been working really hard on finding rock star business women to learn from and be motivated by these days. I love spending pockets of time going through sites and finding ladies who knock my socks off and remind me to stay inventive, positive and focused. Leigh-Ann from Freckled Nest and [...]

Current Inspiration Handmade – I’m just loving the warmth of handmade everything right now – even handmade inspiration collages instead of digital ones =) With a new (functioning!) sewing machine I’m excited to have fun things to show you soon. Our Sparrows – We have a young sparrow couple living in the corner of our [...]

Current Inspiration Canadian Pride – The Olympics have been amazing, and I’ve been kind of brimming with pride these past weeks. I love that everyone has been able to peek inside our borders to see how amazing embracing multiculturalism has made us. There isn’t anywhere in the world I would rather live than in the [...]

Current Inspiration Valentines Day – I’m not a big holiday person and I have a low tolerance level for saccharine gestures but something about Valentines Day gets me. My version of a perfect Valentines Day is cooking dinner together, drinking a bunch of Pinot Noir, slow dancing in the living room, and watching Rushmore. (I [...]

Current Inspiration 1920′s style – flapper hair cuts, long necklaces & dark lips. Exclusively on other people, who are from the past. I think I would be most happy right now if I had unlimited access to the city’s photo archives and could go through pictures of my city when it was still dirt roads [...]








































