• Organizing what you love makes a house a home.

    The Confusion Surrounding Minimalism: Why I’m a #hyggeminimalist.

    08/03/2018 - By 

    When you think of minimalism, do you immediately think of empty show home-type rooms? Or clinical white walls? That is what I thought, too!! There is a misconception that you can’t own anything extra and call yourself a minimalist. That you can’t own collections, your room can’t be comfortable, and you can’t have anything on your shelves. Arrange mindfully. Let each piece have room to breathe and shine. Create a shelf where the mind is calm but the eye lingers on each part separately and lovingly. THAT’S NOT IT AT ALL. Hygge and minimalism don’t have to be mutually exclusive.…

  • My clean living room makes me happy. But cleaning it makes me cringe. www.babblingpanda.com

    The 5 Best Articles On Minimalism

    24/01/2018 - By 

    I’m really into this new minimalism trend. I hope it becomes a lifestyle for most people and doesn’t fade. I support buying less things of greater quality and creating less waste. The shift from rapid consumerism to buying fewer quality goods makes me very happy! Before we bought our house, we knew that we wanted to buy small and only buy what we need to furnish it. We carefully thought out each purchase here, buying gently used goods when we could (our couch from Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore is the perfect example of this) or saving up for slightly better…

  • Capsule Wardrobe: Attempt #3

    09/11/2017 - By 

    If you live in Calgary, AB, like I do, you know how crazy erratic the weather can be. I’ve lived in three provinces and Alberta is, by far, the craziest. There are no seasons, there are seasons within seasons. It is possible for it to snow in June or rain in January. It is also possible to have really warm days in December, thanks to the Chinook winds.  When I was looking up Chinook winds, I came across this fun fact: “An extreme example of a Chinook wind was recorded in South Dakota in January 1943, according to Black Hills Weather.…

  • 5 Fave (Canadian) Netflix Documentaries

    10/03/2017 - By 

    I have been doing a lot of crafting for my Etsy shop…..and so while I write up patterns and plan or crochet, I watch Netflix in the background. Not a documentary, but I was watching “Demetri Martin: Live* (*at the time)” and in his comedy special he goes, (I’m trying to remember the exact wording), something like, “Crafts, cuz you can’t just call it “sh*tty art”.” That made me laugh so hard. So, while I work on my “sh*tty art” I watch documentaries. Haha. Here are some of my favourites so far: The Mask You Live In: This documentary explores…

  • Five of the Easiest Ways To Get a Handle On Your Finances.

    25/01/2017 - By 

    The other day, Josh and I sat down and made the beginnings of some very big decisions. Actually, a long time ago we did that. We made some very vague goals for our future a few years ago, did a couple of quick meetings with advisors (who gave us some vague advice) and patted ourselves on the back. We are great at being adults, we thought. We, of course, followed through on nothing and a few months later felt stuck-again. Like hamsters in a wheel, I tells ya. So we made some more decisions and some promises to each other.…