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SAME BUT DIFFERENT / 03
Thanks for tuning in for another series of Same but Different – a little game of connect the dots in Melissa’s brain. Does your brain file things into little folders where you can find them later when something looks familiar or do all the images end up in one gigantic box that you would have…
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ENTERTAINING: 10 flower arrangements for your spring table
Besides being a reason to get together and celebrate with family, don’t you love that Easter is the perfect time to decorate a table full of spring colours? Whether you decide to go all out and invest in spring/easter table setting pieces with napkins, name settings, crafts, candy, centrepieces etc. or keep it simple you…
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PHOTOGRAPHY: vintage camera love
If you stop by here or my Instagram regularly you know that I’m a vintage lover/hunter/obsessed/hoarder. Today I’m so happy to share with you a photo series I did with my talented photographer friend Maya Visnyei that showcases a small selection of one of my favourite vintage collections, my cameras. When it comes to collecting…
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{SPACES: Therapy for your Apartment}
I feel like my passion for home decor has been a little under represented on here lately. I think it may have something to do with me starting my weekly gig as a contributor for Apartment Therapy and that’s where most of my home decor love has been going recently. I just love admiring pretty…
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GOOD EATS: Grill cheese with bourbon onions
Isn’t it interesting how we’re nostalgic? You hear people say that a song or a smell can take them back to a specific time in their past. I also believe food has this power as well. There are a bunch of foods that take me back to my childhood and a grill cheese sandwich is…
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GOOD EATS: colourful ice-cream sandwich treats
Who doesn’t love ice-cream, seriously? (lactose free people, you don’t count). Ice cream sandwiches always remind me of my grandma. She was a very simple woman and her freezer was almost always empty except for a box of ice-cream sandwiches for when we came to visit. I thought I would try a special Spring colour…
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STYLE: a perfect outfit for Easter brunch
If you know me this may surprise you a bit but I was incredibly inspired by this beautiful natural palette. I know, I know. The colourholic is inspired by neutrals. There’s a first for everything. But I just fell in love with the subtle colours from this photograph of eggs. I especially love the pop…
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MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: work hard & Society6 sale
It’s Monday y’all. Time to werk. I’ve had such positive feedback from my Hustle Harder desktop wallpaper and Society6 product that I thought I would start a little series. So now that you’ve been hustling, it’s time to work hard. PS: That’s just another way to say hustle. Here’s your Monday motivation to kick start…
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GOOD EATS: 6 delicious chicken recipes
Don’t hold me to this, but I think I read somewhere that food and recipes are the number one thing that people pin on Pinterest. I’m not surprised. Food porn is real people. Sure, I love sharing my own experiments with you in the kitchen but let’s be honest, I’ll never actually try most of…
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DIY: spring rosette candy jars for Easter
I’ll be honest, Easter isn’t my favourite DIY holiday. It’s probably because I don’t have little monsters…errr I mean the sweet pitter patter of feet running around doing egg hunts. But when our friend’s at May Arts Ribbon generously offered for us to raid their ribbon selection for our monthly blogger DIY group, I thought I would…
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{STYLE: it’s going to be a kimono kind of season}
So even though the weather hasn’t totally caught up, the fashion world is definitely in spring/summer mode. It’s kinda nice to walk through the mall and see all the seasonal fashion, even if we’re not quite ready just yet here in Toronto. What’s up with that Mother Nature? Cruel punishment I say. But on a…
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{BIRTHDAY WEEK: thank you!!}
Annnnnd our first year has come and gone. A big gigantic THANK YOU!! to everyone for all your kind words, support & participation in our birthday week celebrations. One year old’s are really missing out because it’s so much better when you actually can remember your first birthday and all the nice things people say…
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PRETTY TECH: free desktop wallpaper download for spring to dye over
Happy Monday all! Ok, let’s just pretend we’re happy it’s Monday. I’ll give you two things you can look forward to; first, tomorrow is April. Thank god. Second, here is a shiny new free desktop wallpaper download for your tech. I loved the effect of the marker tie-dye DIY project I did a few weeks back…