Dan and I had an overnight date to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary this week. We stayed at the Andaz hotel in Ottawa and it was incredible. I was oohing and ahhing over the design details in the hotel, and they have an incredible rooftop patio looking out over the city. It was spectacular! More on that in a future post. Make sure to stay in touch with me over on instagram to see all the ... View the Post

We are officially on holiday for the whole month of August, which is hopefully going to become an annual tradition. We love the idea of getting a big chunk of time like that all together, with no work or commitments. We spent the first week in the Adirondacks - upstate New York. We are members of a club there (where my in-laws have a cottage) and it is so private, off-the-grid, and just perfect ... View the Post

Happy Sunday! We are officially off on summer vacation now in our household - we are taking the month of August off of work, preschool, etc. and have some fun plans! Maya is off to Kindergarten in September (*sob*), and James will be starting at preschool, so we really wanted to take the time to have some family adventures before then. I'll still be posting this month on the blog, but perhaps a ... View the Post

Our week was a bit of a doozy. My daughter picked up a gastro bug that swept through our house pretty swiftly. It's no fun being sick, but isn't it the worst when you're sick but need to also care for a sick kid? Ugh. We are so lucky to have my parents nearby, so my Mum came over to the rescue. We drank lots of water, took it easy, and I pulled out some essential oils that are meant to ... View the Post

I felt like I knocked so many things off the to-do list this week. Don't you love that feeling? You probably don't follow me over on my second site for bloggers (gemmabonhamcarter.com), but I just launched a new pilot program this past week, Launch Your Shop, all about how to launch an online shop selling physical products. It takes you through everything you need to know from graphic ... View the Post

The week after a long weekend always feels rushed. Friday is here before I know it, and half the things on my to-do list didn't quite get done. I've been in crunch mode lately because I'm launching a brand new online course to my readers over at GemmaBonhamCarter.com that is all about how to create and launch an online shop selling physical products (like what I do over in my Etsy shop). I have ... View the Post