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Happy Holidays!
I totally didn’t mean to be so MIA before today but I guess that’s what happens when you’re wrapping up work, presents and having a little too much spiked eggnog. I hope you’ve already had a great few weeks full of holiday ‘spirit’ (aka – drinkable spirits) with friends & coworkers. I’ve been going full throttle…
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DIY: yarn mini christmas trees
Happy Friday friends! Are you in the mood to make an adorable holiday project? You are? Good! Because today I’m going to share my spin on the trendy and adorable bottle brush christmas tree. I’ll be honest, I tried to make the bottle brush trees before and didn’t have much luck but I thought I…
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DESIGN: high five for being wild
Just a quick post to show you a couple new designs I just added to The Sweet Escape Society6 shop this week. I went against my normal colour obsession and decided to go classic black & white using my new favourite script font. And BONUS! Everything in my shop is $5 off and FREE worldwide shipping…
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TUNES: holiday play list
I feel like I was just apologizing for posting Christmas stuff too early and now it’s about 2 weeks away. Wow. Well if you’re like me you have a long list of Christmas chores. Ok, chores may be a bit too negative but as much as we love the holidays that’s how things start to feel as…
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DESIGN: personalized packaged handmade gifts
Spoiler alert if you’re on my gift giving list this year. I actually don’t have a really long list being a single 30-something. Obviously some of the really special ones will get a little something like calcetines personalizados as they say in Spanish which means face socks – but only to have a little laugh!…
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PRETTY TECH: free holiday desktop wallpaper download
Annnd…it’s December already. No idea how that happened!?! Well friends it’s been ages since I’ve done a free wallpaper download so let this be an early Christmas present. I just love this deer I have up this year so much that I want you all to enjoy him too. You may recognize him from his…
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EVENTS: Be the Maker Series Dye Napkin workshop
I’m so excited to share these photos with you today. If you remember about a month ago I announced that we would be hosting our very first Be The Maker Series with West Elm Toronto? Well I’m happy to say that the sold out event was a big success thanks to West Elm Toronto & its great staff,…
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DIY: gifts that make you smile
Did you get a chance to check out our gift wrapping ideas in Merry Magazine? Gift wrapping is one of my all-time favourite things to do. Seriously. Even when I was in high school, my friends would have me over so I could wrap their gifts for them and I loved every minute. There’s like…
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GOOD EATS: how to make a great cheese platter for your guests
One of my favourite spreads (no pun intended!) in Merry magazine is the holiday wine & cheese story. When it comes to entertaining there’s so many ideas but you’ll almost always find some sort of a cheese platter, and some wine of course! A cheese platter is so great because it’s a no cook way to serve your…
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DIY: gold vinyl christmas wall decal + Cricut machine giveaway
Well it’s been a few months and the love for my Cricut Explore machine has not faded at all. In fact it’s even bigger with the holiday craft season upon us. So many ideas!! I can’t believe that this is already the last round of the Cricut Design Space Star challenge. If you remember so…
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Introducing Merry Magazine! A Handmade Holiday Guide
So I’ve never been pregnant but this is the closest thing to giving birth that I can relate to. Today I’m so excited to welcome into the world Merry magazine . She’s my baby. Merry is a 100 page online magazine packed with original and awesome handmade holiday inspiration from myself and some of my talented creative…
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GOOD EATS: bocconcini cheese snowmen appetizer
How can you look at these adorable little guys and not smile?! I don’t care how old you are, these should be on any holiday party hostess’ appetizer table. Like seriously – look at them! They are almost too cute to eat. Almost. I bet you were just thinking “mmm, a snowman caprese bite or…
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MAKE IT: DIY holiday gift tags
If you’re like me and keep all your crafty scraps then you probably have a bunch of short pieces of ribbon tucked away that aren’t really long enough to be super useful, until now. This really easy DIY is a great way to use up scrap ribbon or gives you a reason to go buy…
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photo holiday cards with Shutterfly
Ok, so this post is either going to make you laugh at me, make you think I’m a total narcissist or make you go out and order some cards with you or your family’s face plastered all over them. Hopefully it will be the latter. Here’s the thing – I absolutely love Shutterfly and their beautiful…
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DIY: holiday cheers mimosa bar
And…..the holiday flood gates are open. I’m not sure if you’ve been following along on Instagram or Facebook but you may have seen me post a few sneak peeks of an upcoming project (#MerryMag). Well I’m happy to announce that Merry magazine dropped today! It’s an online mag jam packed with holiday handmade inspiration that put…