Do you hurry for a curry? Adore the tandoor? O M Ghee — Indian food! So comforting and so delicious. So why don’t we make it more often? Well partly because I’ve got a fussy eight-year-old who’d sooner go hungry than try something new. So imagine my surprise last night about an hour after supper and halfway into Nanny McPhee when she piped up out of the blue, “That Indian food was so good!” Continue reading “Slow Cooker Butter Chicken and Cauliflower + A giveaway!”
Author: try small things
Lovable Livable Home by Sherry and John Petersik
In the follow-up to their bestseller Young House Love, superstar bloggers/designers Sherry and John Petersik return with a gorgeous, relatable guide to help readers bridge the gap between how we want our homes to look, feel, and function, and how they actually do. Lovable Livable Home is one of my favourite new books for its design solutions — doable projects and quick fixes that can bring order and personality to our spaces in an hour or a few afternoons. Continue reading “Lovable Livable Home by Sherry and John Petersik”
Just-right greeting cards delivered to your door — it’s CardBox!
Fans of greeting cards know how wonderful (nay, thrilling!) it is to find just the right one. So imagine how wonderful (nay, thrilling!) it would be to have someone else find a whole bunch of just-right ones for you. And send them to your house! Today I’m talking about a subscription service that does just that and (AND!) sharing some insights from the two young entrepreneurs who created it. Continue reading “Just-right greeting cards delivered to your door — it’s CardBox!”
Hand-Lettering for Everyone by Cristina Vanko + Win a copy!
When your inner critic is a real loud-mouth like mine, trying something new — even something small — can be an uphill battle. Starting seems pointless when you think you’re doomed to fail and continuing, well that’s just a waste of everyone’s time. Time that could be spent sleeping, worrying and generally not allowing yourself to participate in life. Which is a pretty depressing way to begin a book review, I know, but stick with me mes amis, it’s not all bad. In fact, it’s mostly good. See I was really looking forward to reading and trying the exercises in Cristina Vanko’s Hand-Lettering for Everyone, but I was also damned intimidated. My inner critic sneered, “what business is it of yours? you haven’t put pen to paper since elementary school when you did those ridiculous 3D block letters on every title page, and that was 100 years ago!” But another (quieter) voice said, “but you really liked doing those block letters, why not try it for fun?” It was the second voice that got me started on the book, and Cristina’s voice that kept me going. There is inspiration and encouragement and honesty on every page, and wouldn’t you know? Cristina struggles with perfectionism too! Continue reading “Hand-Lettering for Everyone by Cristina Vanko + Win a copy!”