With our big wedding day less than 3 weeks away, it's time for wedding favours. As I'm sure you could all guess, we wanted them to be handmade and friendly on the purse strings. When my Mum started mentioning all this lavender they had growing at their place, we suddenly had a lightbulb moment. Little lavender sachets (you know, to make your drawers smell nice?!)! A few minutes later though, we ... View the Post
DIY Wedding Ad Libs
I've been a busy bee getting wedding projects done since we arrived back in Ottawa (plus moving back into our digs and writing my Masters thesis, but obviously the crafty stuff gets more of my attention). Here's one quick little project I whipped off in an afternoon. Remember doing ad libs when you were a kid? Well I came across some wedding themed ones online and totally thought it would be ... View the Post
Back to Canada: Crossing the Ocean
Sorry I've been MIA lately. We landed back in Canada 10 days ago and it has all been a bit of a blur. My Mum and I went into full force wedding-planning mode. I have bought a dress (and my Mum's outfit), met with the officiant, ordered the flowers, viewed all the accommodation, met with the caterer, designed my ring and have gotten started on all of the little crafty projects I've got up my ... View the Post
Colorful Front Doors: Seeing the Rainbow
With one last exam and less than 72 hours left in London, I'm getting a little bummed about leaving this incredible city. While I am without a doubt really excited to get back to our sweet Canadian house, see family and friends, and get married (!!), there are lots of things I'm going to miss about London. Do you want to know one of them? The colorful front doors. I just love that people ... View the Post
We’re Engaged!
It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks here at casa D&G (Dan and Gemma, not Dolce and Gabbana.. in case you were wondering). We got engaged! Dan asked in a super sweet moment at our apartment and we just made a whole day of it -- a walk around St James Park, dinner and drinks out at our fave local pub, a ride on the London Eye at night, and sitting along the southbank listening to some ... View the Post
Attending the Decorate Book Launch
A few nights ago I went to the book launch for Holly Becker's new book, Decorate, at the iconic Liberty store in London. I'm sure you know Holly -- she is the writer of the beautiful and hugely successful blog Decor8. She has an amazing eye and anything she styles is goooorgeous. The launch was really fun -- Holly and a few other contributors gave a brief run-down of a table they had styled for ... View the Post