Fab Find Friday: Coming Up Roses

In the spirit of Valentine's Day. I have this sweet vintage tin as this week's fab find! I picked this up a couple of weeks ago for $5. I love vintage tins and use them as storage boxes throughout my house. You can usually get a good deal at yard sales and flea markets if you're willing to dig through their box of miscellaneous tins! I loved the colours on this one, and loved that the sides of the tin were also decorated in a sweet floral pattern!

Happy Friday! The big news I had to share this week, is finally confirmed- Chris and I are homeowners! We purchased a sweet cottage style home that was built in 1865. It has everything I wanted in  a house. We move in mid March, so you can expect this blog will have tons of house news and DIY projects!

Wedding Wednesday: Hair Pins

So I have been trying to beat the wedding system for some time now. I am convinced the mark up on most wedding related things is at least 100%. Case in point- hair pins. Normal hair pins will are tens of dollars (if that). "Wedding" hair pins are hundreds of dollars! This is just plain bonkers in my mind, hence my burning desire to beat the system. I decided that instead of buying fancy wedding hairpins, I would find vintage brooches that I could convert to a hairpin. This is the one I found a couple weekends ago for the low low price of $5.60! It had to come home with me.

Eye Candy

On the weekend I conveniently had to meet an Etsy vendor at the same plaza that houses an Anthropologie. To say I love this store is a complete understatement. If I had to furnish my house and my body with only one store, it would be this one. Here are some of my favourite things:

Monogrammed Pottery Mugs

Loved this cake stand, the pendants and all the colourful dishes

This was garland made with little circles of cotton and burlap...thought it would be a cute wedding DIY. Also loving the green couch in the background!

Fab Find Friday: Vintage Tin Wreath

Last weekend, we went to the Cookstown Antique Market. They're having a february sale, and every booth in the store is discounted. I lucked out with this sweet wreath below. It was in the Christmas section of one booth and was 80% off its original $19 price tag. I love the colours, and can't wait to find a place for it!

In other news, we had a snow day today. Being from the East Coast, I'm pretty used to a lot of snow, but this is definitely the most I've ever experienced in Ontario. Here is a view to our backyard, we've already shovelled 3 times and its still snowing!

Things I Love: Wine Barrel Cutting Board

When my girlfriend and I were in wine country just before the holidays, we stopped in at Thirty Bench. They had a lovely boutique in their store that carried these great cutting boards. They are the ends of wine barrels. and I just fell in love. They come with handles for serving trays or without for a true cutting board. I love how big and rustic looking they are!

Reality of the Situation

I made these muffins on Sunday morning for breakfast. They were healthy, yummy, and they turned out great, so of course I had to take a photo for my blog.

In the spirit of full disclosure, the reality of the situation is that most of my food photography sessions, actually look like this:

Boy-Cat is fully engaged in the process...he doesn't even like muffins (unless they're cat-nip infused)!

Happy Wednesday. I will have some very exciting news to share soon!

Wish I Was Here

We have had crazy weather this week, from -20 to +14 and everything in between. My week has been beyond hectic, so when I took a look at some of my summer moments, I remembered our family beach day on Parlee Beach, closed my eyes and wished I was there

Happy Weekend everyone!