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It’s beginning to look a lot like cocktails!
Cranberries are one of my favourite things to experiment in the kitchen with this time of the year – they’ve always just felt so festive to me!
Last year, I created this Christmas cranberry sangria and shared it on my Instagram. I thought I would take the time to finally upload the recipe here so that it’s easier to find!
(Better late than never, am I right?)
Holy moly, how is it already just 10 days until Christmas?!
After making some fall themed pillows for my bedroom, I thought it would be fun to keep going and make pillows for every holiday/occasion! I originally made these DIY pillows with my Cricut in November and had every intention to blog about them in early December, but life got the better of me and I got busy and the next thing I knew it’s almost Christmas! Better late than never though, am I right?
If you’ve been around here for a while, I’m sure you all know how passionate I am about supporting local communities and how much I love shopping local. While I know this isn’t something that I can always do, I do try to shop local as much as possible and when I can’t I try to make a conscious effort to purchase from Canadian retailers and brands.
I think now more than ever it’s SO important that we shop local and support our local communities and business owners. You know what they say – buy local, or it’s bye local.
In Southern Ontario, Fall also tends to be our shortest season of the year. (Which sucks because it’s my favourite.)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, fall is my absolute favourite season for a lot of reasons but one of them is because of fall fashion.
Unfortunately, if you live in Canada like me (or somewhere that gets equally as cold), sometimes a lot of the trends aren’t the most practical choice of clothing for the entire Fall/Winter fashion season – especially when it comes to ensembles that don’t involve pants.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a cute skirt or dress – bare legs and 6ft deep snow just don’t mix.
I’m going to start this post by going a little off-topic from the main purpose of the post, I promise it’s connected so bare with me, but if you just want to head straight to the DIY, click here.
This past Thanksgiving, my family and I were chatting about the pandemic and how it has shifted things. I always try to see the positive sides of things, and while this year has been really tough I believe there is some good that has come out of this crazy year.
I think 2020 has really helped to put things in to perspective for a lot of people. This year has taught us how to be resilient, be vocal for what we believe in and to stand up for ourselves, as well as to be thankful for the things we have.
I feel like everything that is going on has also helped a lot of people to find the joy in the simple things in life again, as well as discover new hobbies – from reading more to camping or going for nature walks, writing, arts and crafts, cooking, etc.
I’m back with another fun and cozy DIY for fall!
I’m almost always cold, so it’s no surprise that I love reading socks and if you ask me you can never have too many. I’m sure many of you have seen those popular ‘If you can read this, bring me a glass of wine/beer’ socks. (I even have one for cake.)
I thought it would be really cute to make a pair of my own that were fall themed. So I hunted down some orange thermal socks and got to work!
Yes, I’m on team PSLs (pumpkin spice lattes). Pumpkin is one of my favourite fall flavours and PSLs are one of my absolute favourite fall treats, so naturally I had to make my socks reflect my love for them. If you’re not pro-PSL, you could easily swap it out to be anything!
As you all know, one of the many reasons why Fall is my favourite season is because of the fashion. Give me a cozy knit, ankle boots and a cute hat and I’m a happy girl.
One of the reasons why it is my favourite is because I love to layer clothes and accessories – but being a Ontarian, once the winter hits you can’t even see your outfit when you’re out and about because you need to cover up to protect yourself from the harsh Canadian winter. The weather in our Fall months are perfect for layering and cozy sweaters without needing a heavy coat.
