Little Bit of Pretty {You Smiled Because You Knew}

Top left via 'Style Me Pretty'

Top right via 'Ruche'

Bottom left via 'Gems'

Bottom right via 'Pinecone Camp'

Well Designed {Small Talk Studio}

via 'Small Talk Studio'

A Little Bit of Pretty {Watercolour}

Top left via 'The Wheatfield'

Top right via '100 Layer Cake'

Bottom via 'Once Wed'

Well Designed {Amy Borrell}

via 'Cake With Giants'

Inspired by {Good Food}

Designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith for Penguin Books

Colour Amore {Turquoise, Coral & Goldenrod}

 Top left via 'Ruffled'

Top right via 'Erin Jane Shop'

Bottom left via 'Simply Hue'

Bottom right via 'ModCloth'

Inspired by a {Yellow Button Studio} Giveaway

About two weeks ago, I happened upon 'Yellow Button Studio' while browsing around Etsy... I've been looking for a print to hang in the girl's bathroom since we moved last May... And I was thrilled when I found THIS print in Jessie's shop... You see, not only will it look great with the pale blue & white of the bathroom, it's something we often say to the girls... And it's true... I do love them all, to the moon and back! I was excited to order it and in my communications with Jessie, she wondered about sponsoring a giveaway! How could I say no? I love the sentiments and the hand crafted look of Jessie's prints... And thus, a giveaway was born!

To enter the giveaway: Visit 'Yellow Button Studio' and come back here... Leave the name of your favourite print along with your email address for chance to win an 8x10 or 8.5x11 print of your choice from 'Yellow Button Studio'... Spread the word on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter, and post the link in the comments... One winner will be randomly chosen on Friday evening... I'll be contacting the winner by email, so please be sure to leave a valid email address! Thanks to Jessie and have fun browsing her beautiful shop!

 Beautiful Art Prints from 'Yellow Button Studio'

* ENTER BELOW TO WIN A PRINT OF YOUR CHOICE *

Weekend Project {Making a Photo Canvas}

Yesterday I posted some of my favourite photos to date... And I'm hoping to transfer one of those photos onto a canvas in the near future... Not this weekend, but hopefully, very soon!

1. via 'Better Homes and Gardens'

2. View the tutorial at 'A Beautiful Mess'

3. View the tutorial at 'Girl. Inspired'

Inspired by {An Invincible Summer}

via 'Society 6'

Inspired by {Luci Everett}

The beautiful work of Australia based graphic designer and illustrator, Luci Everett via 'happiness, etc'

Alphabet Prints...

Weekend Project for the Kids {Paper Cities}

Hop on over to 'Made by Joel' for a peek at all his wonderful, printable paper cities!

Prints for Little Men...

"Little Lion Studios"

 Custom Name Prints from "Little Lion Studios"

For the kids... iPhone Apps

Over the last few weeks, we've been doing a lot of waiting around... Waiting for classes to start, waiting while running errands and waiting for appointments... I decided to put my phone to good use and began a search for some special things to for the girls to enjoy while playing the waiting game! These fantastic apps are now on my phone... And we have not been disappointed!

Left - 'Toddler's Seek and Find: My Animals' (Free)

Middle - 'Stella and Sam Story Pack' ($7.99)

Right - 'Toddler's Seek and Find: My Little Town' ($1.99)

Left - Nosy Crow 'Cinderella Lite' (Free)

Middle - 'Wimmel Zoo' ($0.99)

Right - Nosy Crow 'The Three Little Pigs Lite' (Free)

"Society 6"

Just a few of my favourites from the thousands of iPhone cases available at 'Society6'... Like what you see? Download the free 'Society6' Daily Wallpaper App here...

Bee's Knees & Cat's Pajamas...

 Postcard Set from 'The Black Apple'

iPhone Wallpaper...

Last weekend, Jay and I finally took the plunge into the 21st century and purchased smartphones... He's an Android man... But being Mac all the way, I knew it had to be an iPhone for me... It's been quite fun adding all sorts of useful (most of them anyhow) apps to my phone... We're planning on switching over fully to our new phones and getting rid of our land-line... A big move... But these phones seem to do just about anything... I've been on the hunt for some great wallpapers... Here's a round-up of some lovely iPhone wallpapers for fall! Enjoy! And P.S. They're all FREE!

Left via 'Enlighten Education'

Middle via 'Info Power'

Right via 'Poolga.'

Left via 'Poolga.'

Middle via 'iPhone World'

Right via 'Ashli Nixon'

A Desktop Spruce-up...

Is your desktop in need of a pretty spruce-up? Check out these lovely + free desktop wallpapers... Enjoy!

 Lovely Desktop Wallpapers from 'Ruche'

Free Desktop Wallpaper from 'Creature Comforts'

Monthly Desktop Wallpapers from 'Love Mae'

Free Desktop Wallpapers from 'Cath Kidston'

 'Oh Hello Friend'

Dreams...

It struck me the other day, as I sadly closed up my Etsy shop for the time being, that the quote from this print rings pretty true in my life... When I began selling on Etsy three years ago, I never dreamed that anyone would ever buy my jewellery! Over the last few years, I've had over 2800 sales in my Etsy store and filled countless orders for shops around Canada and the US... It's been a dream come true... A dream that I didn't even know I had... I never imagined myself owning my own business... Or being able to contribute significantly to the family income... The Lord was truly gracious...

Sometime around the New Year, things changed... Business slowed right down... And it was difficult to determine why... I felt defeated and deflated... After so many hours working hard to build my business, it just seemed as though what I was doing was no longer relevant... Couple that with the growing number of difficult customers, I began questioning more and more whether the time I was investing was worth it... I've been surprised and saddened by how hostile and mean people can be... And I'm just not the type of girl that's cut out for that... I'm the kind of girl that lays in bed at night wondering what I could have done differently...

After some discussion with my loving husband, a big move that really drained us and a pregnancy that has left me tired and worn out, I reached the sad conclusion that it's time to put my Etsy shop on an indefinite vacation... I'm hopeful that I'll miss it... That I'll have some time to re-evaluate and perhaps feel inspired to re-open the shop at summer's end... We'll see...

For now, this just seems like the right thing... And despite the melancholy that I feel about this decision, it really was a dream coming true... A dream I didn't even know I had...

 via 'Pretty Zoo'