My Favourite Articles and Links This Week

Wearing colourful clothes can recharge the spirit.

How to compliment someone without mentioning their looks.

Did you know that grass is happy to see you? This was adorable.

You garden, right? Even if it’s just some indoor plants in pots? Here’s a great guide to making your own fertilizer for your plants, indoors out out.

NPR’s guide to gender identity terms. I learned a thing or two!

Craftic is sharing my animal cup cozies and pot covers– they are suitable for small pots, but also are the perfect size for coffee sleeves! Check it out.

My Favourite Pins This Week

This enchilada skillet is a great dinner for when you don’t want to eat healthy but still need to get some veggies into you. I especially love how in this form, you could either put some of it in a wrap, or in a lettuce wrap, or just eat it like a seven layer dip with tortilla ships, I’m not here to judge. But I am here to recommend this dish. Pinterest link is here, and the full recipe is over here.

These black bean brownies are so fudgy, gooey and deliciously decadent, you’ll be thrilled that they have beans in the because then they are high in fibre, so basically they are healthy, beans are a vegetable, right? Yeah, totally healthy. Or at least, way healthier than a typical brownie. AND – they don’t have a lot of ingredients, which helps these come together easy-peasy. Pinterest link is here, and the full recipe is here.

A far more refreshing choice than lemonade, limeade is one of my faves! This is a great recipe for a refreshing pitcher of limeade, made with only three ingredients. I really recommend, ice cold limeade on a hot day….. Mmmmmm. Pinterest link is here, and the recipe is  here.

I love this cute and cheery bright crocheted basket, and the fact that it is taller than the usual patterns you see, making it a little more multifunctional for different items. The trick is to crochet with a smaller hook than the yarn calls for, to ensure that the fabric is stiff enough to stand up, especially as you get taller with the shape! Love how this looks, and would be great for stashbusting. Pinterest link is here, and the full pattern can be found here.

Ever feel like you are in a bit of a photo taking rut, and that you aren’t really moving forward with your photo quality no matter how much you practice? This a great round up of fantastic tips for improving your photos, in all types of situations. If you are feeling like you could use  little nudge with your Instagram photos, this is a great place to start. Pinterest link is here, and the full post is right over here.

Have a gorgeous weekend, everyone. Here in Toronto, things are just starting to open up across the province, after a very loooong shutdown. It feels very surreal! I’m not in a big rush to be around a lot of people, but it’s so reassuring to see the infection numbers going down, and the vaccine numbers going up. Feels like a really promising summer.

xo Julie