My Favourite Articles This Week
Feeling a little awkward and uncomfortable in social situations lately? Here are some great tips on how to feel more confident.
This was a very fun read- how to steal a masterpiece.
We should be ambitious in our friendships.
When your vacation doesn’t go as planned – how to let go of guilt and disappointment.
You have until Sunday evening to enter the giveaway for a copy of Making Memories: Timeless Knits for Children! There aren’t a lot of entries yet, so your odds are good- enter now!
My Favourite Pins This Week
Not just one recipe suggestion, but 16! No one wants to labour over a stove for dinners in the summer, so this feels like a well-timed round up of summery dish ideas that you can make in your crockpot. Save time, save electricity, try some new dinner ideas. A full win! Find the recipes here.
These soft brown sugar cookies are a great sweet treat for when you’d like to satisfy a sweet craving without going for something big. They are great to bring to a gathering, too! You can check out the easy recipe here.
This is an amazing free knitting pattern for all you classics lovers! Here is a worsted weight sweater pattern designed to look like old fashioned Penguin Book covers, and the pattern comes with letter templates so you can customize for your favourite classic. How cool is that?! Find the free pattern on Ravelry, here.
I love this scrapbusting crochet basket idea- use up yarn scraps, make a cool storage basket, total win! Find the free pattern right over here.
This is an incredibly easy upcycle that is perfect for those old glass vases you might have kicking around you rhome, or see in bunches at local thrift stores. It’s basically chalk paint and dirt- can you believe it?! The final result looks so great, like aged pottery. Next time a glass vase like this turns up, I’m going to try it!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Hard to believe it is the last day of June, and the last day of school for my kids! We’re all SO ready for summer schedules and a bit of a vacation- even though ours is definitely more of a stay-cation summer. I hope that if you are staying close to home or travelling, you are taking time to go slo and appreciate all the good stuff this season brings your way.
xo Julie