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Organization

Fresh Starts & Daily Inspiration

January 6, 2012

The beginning of a new year is about fresh starts and inspirations.  What better way to start than with a beautiful new calendar.  I love the calendars designed by Monkey Mind Designs (above).  Optimistic colours, enthusiastic prints and bold words are exactly how I want to start 2012.
For everyday inspiration, hang one of these letterpress [...]

A Space to Dream, Create, Imagine

November 2, 2011

My desk is a mess!  Piles of paper, unopened bills (better deal with those!) and pens with dried up ink are all cluttering up my creative space.  A clear and organized desk is not just about space to work, but about space to think, dream, create  and imagine.  Your desk should inspire you and support [...]

Five Items You Can’t Fly Without

August 31, 2010

Although I'm not a big fan of flying, I do love the airport people-watching, hours of free time to peruse my favourite magazines, and an excuse to indulge in some chocolatey goodness along with a big bottle of water.   As long as I'm prepared with my in-flight must have's, I am able to enjoy the [...]

Five Domestic Goddess Goodies

August 17, 2010

As the wife of a creative cook and all-round whiz in the kitchen, I'm often relegated to dish duty.  Recently, as I stood elbows deep in dishwater and lamented my inevitable dish-pan hands, I thought to myself, there has got to be a better way!  And there is!  As I began to research the antidote [...]

Using Books to Personalize Your Home

August 11, 2010

We recently moved from a furnished apartment to an unfurnished, more spacious space in the sky (21st floor!).  Moving is usually  a pain but the joy of decorating and arranging our new place has overshadowed any of the normal headaches!  One of my favourite decorating pass-times is to organize bookshelves.  The contents of bookshelves are [...]

How to Keep Your Jewellery in Order

August 4, 2010

When I was a little girl, I loved to sift through my mom's jewellery box.  I would stand on my tiptoes, reach out my chubby fingers and delight in all the sparkly, colourful, shiny treasures I found there.  I didn't know the difference between plastic and 24 karat gold, but I knew that I loved [...]

A New Way to Clean Out Your Closet

January 11, 2010

After the excess of the holidays I tend to adopt a more minimalist outlook.  This year the manifestation of this mindset took the form of: de-cluttering every single surface in our apartment (cleansing on so many levels!), tracking purchases and avoiding any unnecessary ones and tackling the monster that is my closet.  The traditional rule [...]

Handbag Heaven: The Maintenance Program

September 20, 2009

Last year, I wrote a post about how to keep your handbag in a clean and tidy state.  Today as I dug through my purse and felt loose coins, old receipts and lip gloss rolling around at the bottom, I felt my irritation rise.  How hypocritical of me to write about keeping an organized, clean [...]

Making the Most of Business Travel

August 7, 2009

I recently returned from a week long buying trip to San Francisco and LA.  I have a love-hate relationship with business travel.  I love hotel rooms, time to myself, and trying new restaurants, but hate waiting for flights, delayed flights, heavy bags and standing in any sort of line.  Having traveled quite a bit in [...]

A Hole in the Toe of My Tights: How to Avoid Life’s Minor Irritations

January 20, 2009

I had a hole in the toe of my tights today.  I realized it just when I was leaving the house, and considered changing them, but was running late so did not.  On my commute to work, all I could feel was my toe sticking through my tights into my winter boots.  Funny, I know, [...]

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