Home & Decor

Too early to be in the holiday spirit? Never! I’ve started to plan out my holiday decor ideas already and had the pleasure to work with Sarah from Delight Floral + Design over the past weekend. We had talked about collaborating months ago, came up with several ideas and finally decided to work on a DIY whimsical (holiday or not) wreath together. I’m also incredibly thrilled to select Delight Floral + Design as our dedicated wedding florist!

For this DIY Wreath sesh, Sarah provided an assortment of gorgeous, next to real, silk flowers, stems, and decorative items. She always has access to beautiful, hard-to-find, real/silk florals.

This DIY whimsical wreath tutorial is perfect for the upcoming holiday season but can equally be used to create a fabulous floral crown!

There is so much to love about Fall. I love the cozy sweaters and everything leather. I love the smell of pumpkin spiced pie while snuggling up on the couch watching movies. Most of all, I love the fiery autumnal landscapes. Fall is such a romantic season.

A must on my Fall to-do list is to update our home décor. As much as I miss the colorful florals Summer has to offer, I’m excited to refresh our furnishings with this season’s warm and earthy blooms, and, of course, cute-as-a-button mini pumpkins for the dining table. I had a fabulous time arranging this small tabletop arrangement from fresh stems I picked up from the local florist.

Hello! I’m constantly looking for ways to update the home. To me, it really is a never ending process. There are always accessories to add or temporarily replace depending on the season and mood, that’s what makes home decorating a ton of fun! Now, if you’re making updates often like yours truly, cost is certainly a concern. That’s why never break the bank on accessories and focus on splurging on the more practical items (i.e. dining set, couch, etc.).

I had the pleasure to dig into some of Target Canada‘s Fall home accessories and added some golden touches to our neutral living room. I am totally digging these gold accented items by Threshold all available in Target stores across Canada starting in mid-September.

Hello! A super quick post today, but a good one! I came across these creative, adorable, and in MY mind, practical life and love calendars by Brigada Creativa. Funny how we keep track of all the important parties, meetings, and numerous to-dos but rarely pay attention to our emotional meters.

I love these life and love calendars. The “Love Life, Day by Day” calendar has 365 hearts for each day, each divided into 4 quadrants, representing: time together, conversation, caress-kisses and sex. Keep track of your heart wellness by filling in the portion daily – hopefully you’ll end up with more full hearts than none! The “How was your day?” calendar, equally as important, tracks your daily emotions by allowing you to fill in the blank happy faces: very good, good, ordinary, bad, or very bad.

For those of you who celebrated Canada Day yesterday, I hope you had a nice a relaxing day! I took Monday off as well and made it an extra long weekend and managed to catch a lot of vitamin D out in cottage town. I had such a great time! To my America friends, I hope you will be able to enjoy your upcoming Fourth of July weekend as well!

Apologies for not posting this DIY {Built-In} Chalkboard tutorial earlier, I know that I had mentioned it in this post a couple of weeks back, but here it is! I have very high ceilings at home and have been wanting to welcome my guests by my front entrance with a big piece of art for quite some time. However, finding a frame or a canvas about 6 ft tall can be quite challenging. Therefore, I decided to create a DIY built-in chalkboard for some doodling by painting directly on the wall and adding some simple trim border as the frame.

I love candles. I love them even more now that I have a home. I never use to invest in them. I thought they were only necessary for romantic baths, curing a hard day at work, or airing out the smell from cooking all day in a small condo. I have a total different view of candles now. They are THE most necessary accessory to any home! They are so darn pretty, and smell incredible. I’ve honestly got candles in every room in my house (literally, I just counted them).

I want to thank Samantha (see her food blog) for introducing me to Charmed Aroma. Not only do their candles smell incredibly yummy and decadent, but each candle contains a surprise piece of jewelry worth anywhere from $10 to $5,000!!!

Hello! How was your past weekend? I had a fantastic one, mainly spending time outdoors and spent most of my Sunday being a beach bum. The weather was perfect for a beach day, glad to say we stocked up on some beach must haves at Target on Saturday. We walked in for two beach towels and ended up spending over $200 on a number of other beach ‘necessities”, including a horse shoe set, a new cheeky palm tree print bikini, a burger pattie press (genius!), and enough sunblock for the next few visits.

Speaking of Target and warm weather, I’m thrilled to be sharing this crazy good Target collaboration with you – Poppytalk for Target. Canada’s top Pinterest Pinner, Jan Halvarson of Poppytalk launched her collection this past Sunday across Target stores in Canada. Here I share with you some of my favourite, and EXTREMELY affordable picks from Poppytalk’s collection. Can you see how I manage to spend $200+ every time I set foot in Target?

IKEA released the most gorgeous “Celebrate” press kit this week and I absolutely have to share this. Summer is all about have a great time outdoors and IKEA has put together a gorgeous outdoor setting to inspire you. Whether you’re throwing a graduation party, a bridal shower, baby shower, or just a reason to get together with family and friends, this beautiful garden inspiration will give you a few ideas to DIY.

Happy weekend! The weekend has officially arrived and boy am I glad. This week was a whirlwind with the start of my week LIVE on the Marilyn Denis Show (you can see my full segment on how to create a gorgeous outdoor garden oasis for less than $300), then followed by a week’s of business conferences. I can’t wait to kick back and relax this weekend, I think I deserve it … and so do you!

To kick off the weekend, I’m sharing a simple DIY project that you can work on – a DIY Outdoor Planter. Recently, I had the pleasure to learn all about planters and gardening with Peter Cantley, the garden guru and Vice-President, Floral & Garden and Loblaw Companies Ltd. I’m not sure about you, but I kill about any plant that lives, so I was so glad to get some expert advice on planting my own mini garden with some products from President’s Choice (be it floral or edibles). Peter taught us how to create a simple, yet attractive planter using three simple ingredients – Thrillers, Fillers and Spillers.

So happy to be sharing this post with you all today! Earlier this week, I was invited to appear on The Marilyn Denis Show for a SUPER fun segment – DIY Thrift Store Showdown. Where myself and Amy from LoveOnSunday were asked to shop at our favourite Thrift Shop, Value Village to create a whole space for under $500 (including DIY supplies). I decided to create an Outdoor Garden Oasis with my thrifted item and the results were fantastic! Every single item in my vignette was 100% thrifted and I came in totally below budget!

I’m so pleased to say that I WON the first ever DIY Thrift Store Challenge on the show and came in at less than $250!