Take 10 classes of yoga at Mandorla to 'aggressively relax' for the holidays. Tomorrow is class number ten.
16.12.09
15.12.09
Daily mantra
Enhance the everyday. Doesn't that make a simple daily mantra? To find beauty, peace or creativity in each day's hours. It is a mantra echoed in the life and work of stylist and creative force Pia Jane Bijkerk (she lives on a houseboat in Amsterdam - how whimsical), and it is one I will try to adopt over the next few weeks as my own life hopefully starts to transition into a new space.
(Photo collage by Pia Jane Bijkerk)
14.12.09
10.12.09
No. 31
8.12.09
7.12.09
67 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays
Inspired by this Molson Canadian ad, I am putting together my own list of 67 ways to enjoy the holidays:
1. Gaze @ celebrity portraits at the Vanity Fair exhibit @ the ROM (until Jan. 3. 2010).
2. Indulge in buttery perogies @ Granowska's in Roncey.
3. Make my own gift wrap and tags with recycled materials.
4. Skate circles around the Hub @ Harbourfront.
5. Breathe in the tropics @ a local conservatory one afternoon.
6. Do a crossword @ the Red Rocket.
7. Take 10 classes of yoga @ Mandorla Yoga to help 'aggressively relax' for the holidays.
8. Pick up a winter wool sweater @ H&M.
9. Paint my nails a festive colour.
10. Drink hot chocolate and stroll through High Park.
11. Take pictures at all our winter outings.
12. Order in Firenze's when it is too cold to go outside.
13. Drink boozy eggnog with nutmeg.
14. Indulge in the chocolate of Stubbe's on Davenport.
15. Build a snowwoman.
16. Wax and use the cross-country skiis.
17. Read two new books.
18. Go tobogganing.
19. Gear up for snowboarding - new helmut, jacket and boots.
20. Drink good hot chocolate.
21. Eat homemade soup and good bread.
22. Relax, take a swim, steam or sauna at Body Blitz.
23. Two massages - post-party and pre-Christmas.
24. Make a donation with our empties $$ to The Inn of the Good Shepherd.
25. Christmas clipboard art.
26. Our first Christmas tree.
27. New winter stockings from The Bay.
28. A new hair cut.
29. Solstice in Kensington Market.
30. Snowflakes on my tongue.
I need 37 more...
4.12.09
Cashmere-wool goodness...and Made in Canada too
Oh goodness. I ordered the 'Morgan' Coat last night from dace in british columbia. I'm tres excited to receive it and more excited to wear it - a cashmere-wool blend in gun metal grey. And it was forty percent off the sale price. Props to Alyson @ Unruly Things the heads up about the sample sale.
3.12.09
Alphabet Posters
Just bought this adorable alphabet poster for the little Rio Star! Designed and printed by Enna and available on Etsy. If this one doesn't suit your fancy, check out the alphabet poster guide on Design Sponge.
2.12.09
On loan
23.11.09
Peace week
This morning I went to the YMCA's Peace Medallion Recipient Breakfast. I went because I helped vet the nominations. I went to see how the Y executes events. I went because I wanted to be inspired by someone - in this case by Ruth Geurts - who is driven by passion for peace in their career. It was a wonderfully positive way to start the week.
Christmas wish list
Poppytalk Handmade's Holiday and Gift-Themed Market opened today and there are some very lovely goodies I'd love to find in my stocking on Christmas morning. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, hub, hub.
From top to bottom:
1. hand-printed fat quarters from repeat.
2. le sac from lines by davis.
3. precious recycled soft wool gloves by dear pony.
4. anything from the letterpress wizards pistachio press.
Labels:
christmas,
craft,
poppytalk handmade,
Sarnia,
Wish list
22.11.09
Christmas countdown
The calendar tells me that Christmas is only five weeks away. The thermometer however, tells a different story. One of climate change and a late November reading of nine degrees c. Sure, I'm not quite ready to done my sleeping bag parka for five months but it's hard to ramp up the holiday mojo when its so temperate outdoors.
21.11.09
Branches
19.11.09
18.11.09
Wish list
Seems like bags are on my mind lately. This ruffled linen one would look pretty on my arm, n'est pas? Add it to the wish list.
13.11.09
Lounging
This is the kind of sofa I could come home to; to watch a movie on a Sunday evening; to read a book on a sunny afternoon; to curl up on, with the hub's head on my lap.
Labels:
designs,
pinch design,
Sarnia,
sofa,
the style files
Wordy gift idea
Brooke Reynolds of Inchmark posted this lovely - and wordy - gift idea on Design Sponge today. An alphabet stack gift card for someone you know really well. For each letter, you pick a character trait (flattering of course) that best describes that person. Putting this one in the craft trunk.
Labels:
alphabet gift card,
brook reynolds,
craft,
design sponge,
inchmark,
Sarnia
8.11.09
6.11.09
Wish list
If I could splurge today, I would buy this honey brown weekender bag. Sigh. Three hundred dollars better spent on our upcoming party.
High five
Friday. The weekend in sight. And I'm at home trying to keep a sore throat at bay. Sigh. But at least the sun is shining in a beautiful fall way. An early morning at the Farmers' Market tomorrow and little, fun to-dos with the hub. Oh, and high fives are one of my favourite things.
(Can't remember where I first found this photo...opps!)
5.11.09
Hounds
How precious is this guy? If the hub and I were to expand our family of two to include a pet, if we were pet people, a basset hound would be my top choice. Photographed by Sharon Montrose and available on Etsy.
Labels:
basset hounds,
etsy,
Sarnia,
sharon montrose,
unruly things
A Darn Sarn-inspired Christmas
Okay, I know I am rushing it but this pic always cracks me up. The hub and I, inspired by our Sarnia 'neighbours', did a holiday photo shoot on our balcony last winter. One of the resulting pictures made its way onto the front of our Christmas card; the hub is wearing his $35 Made-in-Winterpeg down parka and his vintage Adidas running shorts (he actually ran a race in those in Melbourne, Aus.), and I bought the lovely green sweater and sparkly pin from a hand-me-down shop. Giggles.
Labels:
christmas,
craft,
homemade christmas card,
polaroids,
Sarnia
1.11.09
Goodbye to fall
25.10.09
20.10.09
19.10.09
A long overdue stretch
Tomorrow evening can't come quick enough. I'm ending a long yoga hiatus and taking Stef's Water class tomorrow. While I relished our three week nuptial adventure in Slovenia and Croatia, unfamiliar beds and airplane seats cramp my muscles.
Labels:
Mandorla Yoga,
Sarnia,
Stefani Hoyt-Walterhouse,
yoga
Wish list
Sigh. These are just fall lovely for the kitchen. I would love to add these Studiopatro dish towels, napkins and placements to our kitchen.
Labels:
kitchen,
kitchen essentials,
Sarnia,
studiopatro,
Wish list
17.10.09
kraft paper packages
15.10.09
Small indulgence
One of my on-going small indulgences is fragant hand wash and soap. This month it is Daub&Bauble's Mission Fig and Thyme. Best place to indulge? The cosmetics and products section @ Winner's.
Labels:
Daub and Bauble,
Sarnia,
small indulgence,
soap,
winners
12.10.09
Gratitude list
Gobble gobble. Turkeys were stuffed and cranberries cooked. And a gratitude list written to give thanks to all which is wonderful in my life:
1. Miss Rio has been with us for one year
2. I ran my second half-marathon
3. I got a job in Sarnia and have been saving $$$
4. Farmers' markets
5. All of my loving friends
6. Volunteering with Big Bunch
7. Easter weekend in Quebec City
8. Life
9. Monthly Gourmet magazines (before its cancellation)
10. Marrying D in Slovenia
9.10.09
Bounce (in your wedding clothes)
It is always a good time to bounce...even in your wedding clothes!
(Photos via Justin and Mary Photography)
Labels:
Bounce,
Justin and Mary Photography,
Sarnia,
trampoline
23.8.09
pop of colour
Saturday finds
Detours can be fruitful. The sign advertised a furniture sale. My Sarnia lifeguard Christina and I walked down the gravel drive to a large, three-door barn like garage. We expected some farm house antiques but were awed by the chairs, the cupboards, the hutches, the buffets, the sideboards, the tall boy dressers, the chalkboards, the lamps, the rocking chairs not in shabby shape but rather shabby chic - lovingly stripped, repainted and upholstered where necessary. And the prices. I bought six pine chairs and country-style table for $300. Christina a $250 white French side board and ideas bouncing around in her head how she could too turn her love of refinishing old furniture into a job (just like the two ladies hosting the sale). Oh, and the future husband didn't even balk when I told him I bought it.
Labels:
Furniture Revisted,
Jennifer McAvity,
Mary Dawn Jones,
Sarnia
19.8.09
the future husband
17.8.09
I'd go to the Silver Screen
Roald Dahl - England's Intrepid and one of my favourite childrens' story book authors - is having his Fantastic Mr. Fox interpreted by another 'intrepid' of sorts - Wes Anderson - for the Silver Screen this fall.
Watch the trailer here.
13.8.09
Thursday night in the Darn Sarn
Sipping a Red Cap, swooning over the replacement 'wedding' dress I just bought @ Banana Republic in London ON. I'm the last woman in the world whom I'd imagine would have to buy two dresses and one custom-made bolero before finally arriving at THE outfit to say 'I do' in. Accompanied by my unexpected Sarnia friend.
8.8.09
pop of colour
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