Category Archives: Life

2 years old!

Wow, the cliché that time flies, really applies here. This blog turns two this week and I’ve been blogging for almost 5 years. Five years ago I knew nothing about blogging,  I only followed a handful of bloggers and wrote a corporate blog at work. I jumped in and tried a bunch of stuff, attended some …

Dining room sideboard

It’s been a year since I posted something about our home. We weren’t doing much on our house for a while and the pace of renovations slowed down for a bit. But my existing sideboard in my living/dining room was something that was bothering me for many years now. While I liked the cabinet itself and it …

It’s a wrap – 2014 in review

Year two on this food blog has been busy and lots of fun. I decided early last year to reduce my posting schedule and truly focused on expanding my skills and experimenting a little with food and photography. This blog also gave me the opportunity to journal our great summer vacation. As you’ve read on …

Food Trends

I started this blog a little over a year ago to work more on my food styling and food photography. In the past 6 months I’ve had the chance to work for Ottawa Magazine. Usually the job is to photograph food in a restaurant setting with specific requirements given by the art director. This time …

Some great Valentine links

Next week is Valentine’s day. Do you go all out with pink hearts, sprinkles, chocolates and bouquets of roses? We don’t, but we do add a touch of fun and whimsy to the day – be it the Valentine cards we made for classmates (above), a fun breakfast, the chocolate spoons we made last year, …