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Born this Way!

March 5, 2012

I’ll be back later today with my Food Matters post, but for now I thought I would share some photos from this weekend. Eric and I made the trip up to Edmonton to attend a party celebrating the first anniversary of my brother coming out. Michael we are so happy for you and proud of the courage you have [...]

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DIY Paper Pompoms

March 1, 2012

Last week I found a DIY from Martha Stewart with on making oversized paper pompoms. Martha sells kits to make these pompoms. I am telling you, these are so easy that you don’t need a kit. Being too cheap to buy the kit, I made these pompoms on my own for a brunch I hosted last Sunday. Below [...]

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Finally! A Clean Office

February 29, 2012

It took and entire month but I finally finished cleaning our office!! Before we cleaned it looked something like this Now it looks something like this!! I really love this room. I love the slanted ceilings and how despite facing north it is bright and sunny all day long. Here is a view from the [...]

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Brick Brac

February 28, 2012

Last summer when we were working in our yard we moved lugged about 100 bricks down the side of our house. It was the worst. While moving all these bricks I discovered one special block printed with Calgary. I decided to take it inside and clean it up. Can you believe it took me over six [...]

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Food Matters Project: Baked Rigatoni

February 27, 2012

This week Marcia over at Twenty by Sixty choose Baked Rigatoni with Brussels Sprouts, Figs and Blue Cheese for this week’s Food Matters project. I strayed quite far from this recipe. As some of you know Eric and I have a reputation for being picky eaters. We don’t like brussel sprouts or blue cheese. Despite [...]

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Feist Poster

February 21, 2012

One of my favourite gifts from Eric this Christmas was this colourful Feist Concert Poster from Poster Cabaret. Here the poster is framed in my living/ dining room. I love how the colours of the poster tie in with the colourful chalk featured on our recently painted chalk wall. Don’t mind our dark cavernous kitchen and ugly lights. [...]

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Food Matters Project: Speedy Spinach Pesto

February 20, 2012

Lately I have been obsessed with The Faux Martha. Melissa’s photos are amazing, tempting me to try pretty much anything she whips up in her kitchen. It is through Melissa that I discovered The Food Matters Project. The Food Matters project is all about incorporating more unprocessed, whole, and natural foods into our lives and [...]

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Chalk it up to Style

February 16, 2012

Late last year I started flirting with the idea of painting a chalk wall. Eric was reluctant at first and just before Christmas he finally came around. You have already had a first glance at our chalk wall sWhen we used it as a backdrop for our Christmas party photo booth. Today I thought I’d [...]

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Nothing but Sunshine

February 12, 2012

This weekend I did nothing for the blog. I started cleaning out the office (more on that later this week), fit in a yoga class and went skiing at Sunshine Village in Banff. I was really pissed when I realize I left my phone at home. So instead of posting my own pictures, I am [...]

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Keeping it Real

February 8, 2012

People who know me well can attest to the fact that I am a very messy person. My desk at work is a mess, my room is a mess and my kitchen is a mess. I am so messy that when I was 16 years old my parents took away my bedroom door in an [...]