Wednesday night we attended a birthday party for a friend and earlier in the week I had volunteered to make the cake for the party. In my last post I gave a link to Bakerella where I had found a great whatever-colour-velvet cake recipe and since I…

We had some friends over last Thursday evening and since it was St. Patty’s Day and since green is my favourite colour- I decided to make some green cupcakes and green punch. The cupcakes were awesome- very moist and good taste- I would definitely…

Last week I had a bit of a mini shopping spree to Homesense. I originally went in intending to pick up a set of sheets for our bed. I ended up finding a whole bedding set in the clearance section with a duvet cover, sheets, and shams for less than…

A couple of weeks ago, Myles, Sharlet and I set out on a Wednesday morning at 7:30 am to Ikea Burlington. The were offering slipcovers for our sofas for only $5 for that day only! They were only available in red at that price but this would mean t…

Well- It’s been almost a month since I last posted and I’ve been lacking motivation to finish the one little project in Myles’ room that would make it complete so I figured I may as well post it today while the room is at least clean! I still want…

This is the second owl project I’ve done- last weekend I made one for my sister-in-law as an attempt to recreate a $70 one she had seen. It definitely didn’t cost $70! The one I made for her had a single owl sitting on a branch, but for Myles room…

As soon as we crossed the border on Boxing Day we stopped at a Meijer and I saw these awesome Katie Brown Christmas ornaments that were half price! I got really excited and probably bought too many but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity since I…

I got some exciting news when my sister called this afternoon to let me know that she had got tickets for the Unique Lives & Experiences Women’s Lecture Series in Toronto this spring. The date we will be attending is June 6 and the speaker is….M…