Weekend Project {No Sew Fabric Flowers}

I just love it when I come across a sewing project that doesn't require sewing... Like these beautiful No Sew Fabric Flowers from 'Ruffles and Stuff'... Aren't they lovely?

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My Portion Forever...

Take it Outside: Picnics

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Weekend Project {A Simple Floral Centrepiece Idea}

A simple floral centrepiece idea, perfect for any weekend party via 'Dog 'N Bird Artful Wedding'! Have a lovely weekend friends! Any exciting plans?

Fun at the Photo Booth...

Maegan & Tyler had a fantastic photo booth set up at their wedding... We had a great time, right before leaving, posing with the girls in the photo booth!

'Poison and Wine'

'Poison and Wine' by The Civil Wars

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'

Take it Outside: Lighting

1. via 'Style Me Pretty'

2. via 'Everything Fabulous'

3. via 'Style Me Pretty'

4. via 'Parfait Weddings & Events'

Weekend Project {Soy Candles}

A lovely weekend project idea for Soy Candles from 'Ruffled'... Anyone gonna give this one a try?

The Wedding...

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Tyler and Maegan's wedding... A few photos of their lovely day!

Annie Williams...

Coral Fields...

1. via 'The Bride's Cafe'

2. via 'Pinterest'

3. via 'Martha Stewart Weddings'

4. via 'Karin Soukup'

5. via 'Unruly Things'

Monday Design Inspiration: Displaying Photographs

1. via 'See and Sigh'

2. via 'The Stir'

3. via 'Laura Winslow Photography'

4. via 'The House of Smith's'

Weekend Project {Photo Booth}

I've long been in love with the idea of a photo booth... Maegan and Tyler plan on having something like this over the course of their wedding weekend... And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this great idea could be used for anything... Even a party!

1. via 'Amy Jo on the Go'

2. via  'Martha Stewart Weddings'

3. via 'Elizabeth Anne Designs'

4. via 'Vicky Trainor'

5. via via 'Elizabeth Anne Designs'

A Weekend Wedding...

We're off to a wedding this weekend... Jay's youngest sister Maegan is marrying her love, Tyler... The festivities begin tomorrow evening with the feature event, the wedding, taking place on Sunday morning! It will be a busy weekend, visiting with family and celebrating Maegan and Tyler's love!

The happy couple at the Cottage on Thanksgiving Weekend, October 2010

'Wind and Willow'...

I can get enough of the Wind and Willow EP... I've been listening to it over and over again! And you can download it for FREE! Enjoy!

Hoot Vase...

Hoot Vase from 'Nood'

Home Sweet Home...

The big move went smoothly... And we spent the weekend beginning to settle in to our new 'Home Sweet Home'... A new adventure begins!

 via 'My Zoetrope'

via 'Apple Blossom Print'

via 'Jenna Sue Design'

via 'Little Owl Design'

via 'The Wheat Field'

We've Moved...

Today is the day... After months of thinking, planning, and dreaming, the day is here... We've moved... We've said good-bye to our curved ceilings, the nursery that welcomed our babies, the crab apple tree in the backyard, the bathroom that we renovated from the studs (over the course of one very trying week), the Japanese Maple that I bought for Jay and we planted on our fifth anniversary... Our first house... Our first home... The place where we became a family...

 Good-bye 42 Eldomar!

Keep Moving...

Thinking a lot about moving on this week... It really is bittersweet... I love this little house of ours... But I know we're moving on to bigger and better things... That life is going to be just as sweet where we're going... But it's still a bit hard to say good-bye... And that's okay, right?

'Life is Like Riding a Bicycle' from 'Volume Twenty-Five'

Moving Announcements...

via 'Jack and Jane Paper'

via 'A Sea of Ink'

via 'Whisker Graphics'

via 'Courtney M Designs'

via 'Melanie Linder'

Packing...

We're packing our hearts out around here this week, preparing for the move on Friday (If only we were looking as glamorous as the lady above)... And I was thrilled to come across these Printable Packing Labels and this helpful Moving Checklist...

Monday Design Inspiration: Child Friendly Bookshelves

The girls are going to have their very own play space in the new house... I'm hoping to add some shelves at little girl level for some of their many, many books!

1. Custom White Bookshelves via 'Modern 24/7'

2. Rain Gutter Bookshelves via 'Honey and Fizz'

3. Spice Rack Bookshelves via 'OhDeeDoh'
Note: I picked up three of these spice racks from Ikea on the weekend for $6.99 each

Weekend Project {Hot Chocolate}

It's actually been hot chocolate drinking weather around here these days... On the agenda for this weekend (hopefully)... A little time with Brennah and some 'Hot For Chocolate'! Enjoy!

Rain...

It has been rainy for days here... Five days to be exact... And I'm feeling somewhat indifferent to it... Despite the fact that we haven't had much fresh air... Our move is getting close... So I've tried to look at the rain as a gift... It's much easier to pack when there is no temptation to go outside... I doubt my girls feel the same way...

1. via 'Green Wedding Shoes'

2. via 'Travels in Heels'

3. via 'We Are Infinite'

Wedding Video Love...

I've been a follower of 'Style Me Pretty' for some time now... And I was thrilled when just last week they unveiled a gallery of wedding videos... I spent the better part of that night, not feeling well (still feeling a steady wave of nausea pretty much all the time), trying to distract myself watching other people's wedding videos... And honestly, feeling a little bit envious... I know envy is oh so wrong... But I wish more than anything that I had such a video to show my girls...

Melissa + Peter | The Highlight Film from Vantage Point Films on Vimeo.

Eight Years...

Eight years ago today, on a perfect blue skied May day, Jay and I were married... Before our family and friends, we promised to love and care for one another, forever... It was the day of my dreams... With the man of my dreams... Followed by the honeymoon of my dreams... And the life following our wonderful wedding has not disappointed... I continue to be amazed, day after day, year after year... I am so thankful that the Lord brought us together... That He has strengthened and sustained our love... And that He has grown our love by sharing two (soon to be three) beautiful children with us...

"Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you." Ruth 1:16-17

A photograph of my favourite wedding photo

May 17, 2003

Monday Design Inspiration: A Little Bit Random

1. via 'Beach Bungalow'

2. via 'Anthropologie'

3. via 'decor8'

4. via 'This is Glamorous'