Happy Friday and welcome back! Like I mentioned last week, I'm very honored to be co-hosting this link party with my talented blogger friends, Amy from "Health Home and Heart" and Eileen from "Just Measuring Up". Going through all of the posts from last week's link-up was crazy inspirational! I hope you'll either link up or dive into this week's link party posts and enjoy it as much as I do! The party starts on Fridays 7am EST and runs until Tuesday. By joining us every week I hope you'll gather inspiration from so many others who link up to our party. Amy from "Health Home and Heart" Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest Eileen from "Just Measuring Up" Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter Lidia (that's me!) from "Design Inside the Box" Facebook | ... [ Read More ]
Sweet Inspiration Link Party #141
Did you do a double-take that I posted TWICE this week?! I was invited to join in on hosting the weekly "Sweet Inspiration Link Party" where bloggers post some sweet inspiration! (I'm so funny!!) But seriously I'm very honored to be co-hosting this link party with my talented blogger friends, Amy from "Health Home and Heart" and Eileen from "Just Measuring Up". Not only are they talented bloggers but they are absolutely lovely people as well - go visit their blogs now!!! (Then come back for the link party!) :) The party starts on Fridays 7am EST and runs until Tuesday. By joining us every week I hope you'll gather inspiration from so many others who link up to our party. Amy from "Health Home and Heart" Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest Eileen from "Just ... [ Read More ]
Happy New Year, 2019 Edition!
It's 2019!!! I'm still in awe that we're right at the beginning of a fresh new year! But before getting into that, how were your holidays?! We had a truly lovely time. Last year our Christmas was hijacked by us trying to sell our home and with that, no Christmas anything was allowed. So this year, we really kicked it into high gear and made sure to enjoy every single minute! We hosted a few parties and we decorated our home with all things Christmas! Want to see what our home looked like at the beginning of the season? Here's what it looked like at the end of it! LOL! We also had the the privilege of Santa visiting our little girl TWICE so that both sides of the family could enjoy the magic! Santa was good to us all and I hope he was to you as well ... [ Read More ]
Christmas Gifts under $10 that you won’t believe are under $10!
Yup! I said it! Christmas! I dared not publish this post before Halloween but now that it has passed (just barely!), I'm happily talking about Christmas folks! It is my all-time favorite holiday EVER! And today I'm going to show you a few gifts you won't believe you can buy for under $10! Christmas Gifts under $10! Here are my picks for gifts under $10 that I think are useful and chic! (Note: Affiliate links are provided) Photos courtesy of Amazon.ca Let's go through each item! 1) A Multi-Functional Seagrass Basket This basket comes in a variety of dipped bottom colors and it can be used for pretty much anything - small storage, planter, toy bin, etc. At $8.68, pop in a plant and call one (or several!) of your gifts done! 2) A Heart Shaped Rug This ... [ Read More ]
What my Home REALLY looks like on a Regular Basis!
In an era of social media with its perfect pictures along with a perfectly curated image, it's hard not to fall into the trap of feeling less than perfect. Even I fall into that rabbit hole of feeling like my home is not organized enough, styled enough, or pretty enough and I know what goes on behind blogger scenes! So today I'm here to tell you, no one's house is perfect! Heck, my house is NOT perfect! And here's the proof! Let's Dive in, shall we? Our Front Entrance: Let's first take a peek at our entryway: It's small but we recently prettied-up! Here's what it looks like on a regular day: Boxes. Boxes of stuff to give to others, boxes of packages (thank you Amazon!), boxes that need to be recycled, random things that need to be put away, etc. Our Living ... [ Read More ]
My luggage made it! (Haven Conference 2018 Recap!)
The title says it all!!! If you remember my experience from last year, you'll know how I lived for 80% of the conference without my luggage which had EVERYTHING. Business cards, clothes, shoes, everything. This year I was smart and packed pretty much all of my essential stuff (including 2 changes of clothes!) into my carry-on. Then I had a déja-vu moment. I arrived in Charleston and the carousel did NOT have my checked bag. So off I went to the airline baggage area and wouldn't you know it, my bag came EARLY!!! The weekend was already off to a great start :) Hello Haven Conference and Hello Charleston, South Carolina! Day 1 I had the pleasure of bunking with the lovely Ursula from "Home Made by Carmona" on the first night, a blogger I had been following for years. You know how ... [ Read More ]
Welcome 2018!!!
Ok kids, January 1st, 2018 is almost over (gah!) but I wanted to pop in with an update and a hello! Did you have a fun holiday?! Are you still full from all of the good eats? I will be on an austerity program pronto, lemme tell you ;) It's been almost 2 months since I've written (!) but it's been with good reason - we were trying to sell our current home! Are we insane for doing this before Christmas? Yes. Did it work out? No. So we'll be still living at our current address for now but we are forever grateful for the support (including that of our awesome realtors) while we were in the process. Here are a few shots of our home courtesy of Andy & Paddy: Now that we're staying put, I have plans people! A few bathroom re-dos, some organizing projects, a basement ... [ Read More ]
IKEA’s New Sagoskatt Collection!
Sago-whaaat, you ask?! For the third year in a row, IKEA sent out a challenge to children around the world with the opportunity to design the next soft toy in their Sagoskatt collection. Did I mention 100% of the proceeds go to children's charities around the world? What other company does that?! IKEA, I didn't think I could love you more than I do but here we are... Here are the winners chosen this year (Warning: They are all ADORABLE!) Images courtesy of IKEA (www.ikea.ca) The price point is $3.99 per toy and have I mentioned how adorable they all are?! The winning countries were: Russia South Korea Australia USA Bulgaria Japan Poland Austria United Arab Emirates Germany With Christmas coming, think about picking up a few of these insanely ... [ Read More ]
Thankful.
To my Canadian friends and family, Happy Thanksgiving!!! While today's post was going to be about a tutorial I had worked on, my little one became sick over the weekend so today I wanted to focus on being grateful - it is Thanksgiving after all! So while this weekend didn't go quite how we planned, we still gathered to celebrate the occasion which is something we need to do more often. (Do you feel that way too?) Life always seems to get too busy but I love getting together with friends and family and catching up. And in a world that, in my opinion, has gone bat-crap-crazy lately, I think an appreciation of the people you heart the most should be relished. It's all too easy to take for granted! Not too long ago my mother had quite a few surgeries where I thought, "that's it, we're ... [ Read More ]
BlogPodium 2017 Recap – I miss you already!
BlogPodium. It's a Canadian blogger conference that occurs in Toronto for one day only and if you're a blogger, veteran or new, you MUST attend. Jennifer Flores from "Rambling Renovators" is the lovely organizer who, with a host of other wonderful people, put this whole conference together which was no small feat. Between the venue, the sponsors, the food, the giveaways, the networking, I'm exhausted at thinking how I would tackle this all! Good thing is I don't have to thanks to that fabulous team! Why did I love it so much? Community. Nothing beats getting a big group of people together that talk your talk, are warm, generous, and just plain fun to be around. You won't have to apologize for talking blog all day long, they love jamming about it as much as you do! Networking. ... [ Read More ]
