Ready to learn How to Monogram a Bag? If you’re following me on Instagram, you’ll know that I am heading out on vacation soon! With vacation, comes new beach accessories. For the longest time, I’ve wanted a Monogram Beach Bag so this year I decided to DIY one. My local craft store has this huge selection of Straw Accessories (See my DIY Straw Clutch DIY here) that I may have gone a little crazy on. I stopped myself at two accessories but believe me…
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If you’ve been on Instagram or Facebook you have probably seen the Hobby Lobby Ugly Location Challenge. It’s taking over! Since I live in Canada, I don’t have quick access to a Hobby Lobby. However, here in Canada, we have this amazing craft store called Micheals. It’s any crafters, bakers dream shopping location. Dee, Nicole and Myself headed out to Michaels the other day to try out this challenge. We even gave it a try at Canadian Tire – which you’ll have to…
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Since last summer, I’ve been eyeing a Straw Tassel type of bag. I’ve seen a few in the stores but they were all between $40-$50 Canadian which was a little high for a bag that I might only use a few times during the summer. Creativity struck the other week while I was walking around my local craft store and spotted a ton of plain straw beach accessories. There was everything from clutches, beach bags and hats. I seriously had to hold myself…
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Niagara-on-the-Lake Weekend Getaway Itinerary Check into Hotel The first step for any getaway is to check into your hotel and if you’re a blogger you add ‘taking photos’ to your to-do list. For this trip, we partnered up with Sketchers to ensure we had the most comfortable shoes as we knew we would be doing a lot of walking inside of the wineries. So before heading to the hotel, we made sure to capture some cute photos of our Sketchers. I didn’t know…
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Finding your style can be hard! When looking through my closet the other day I was trying to think of what type of style I have. I tried to pinpoint it but couldn’t. This got me thinking that we don’t always need to have one specific ‘look’ to us. When getting dressed for the day it all depends on my mood. If I’m in a rush then I’m most likely going to grab my favourite pair of jeans and pair it with a simple sweater.…
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Coffee, Blog, Repeat! Is there a better sweater for a blogger? Nope. This embroidery sweater has been on my DIY to-do list for so long. I always wanted to try this craft but was also kind of scared. I thought that it was going to be hard but it ended up being super easy. Yes, it did take quite a bit of time to do but the end result was so worth it. I’m definitely going to try more of this type of DIY but…
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Over the past few weekends, I’ve been living out of a suitcase so it got me thinking about travel outfits and the best items to wear. I’ve made some bad decisions before with wearing the wrong items on a long flight or during a car ride. This is why I’m sharing my 3 favourite things to wear when travelling. Tips for the Perfect Travel Outfit Layers: When I travel I tend to layer on the clothes. Not like Joey does in Friends with Candler’s…
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Adam and I are always looking for new ways to get out for the weekend and experience something new. This past weekend we had an opportunity to head up to the Collingwood area near Blue Mountain. Typically when we’ve been there in that past we’ve always stayed in the Blue Mountain Village, however this time we got to stay at the Living Water Resort & Spa. Let me tell you this, whether you’re on a family vacation or a romantic getaway this place…
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On the Go Beauty Products I’m always on the go and usually find it very hard to sit still for a long period of time. This is why having products that are quick yet efficient to use makes my life a lot easier. Have you ever been trying to get ready quick and then you smudge your freshly painted nail? You either try to fix that one nail and no matter what you do it ends up looking terrible or you have to spend…
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