My Favourite Articles This Week
How to remember someone’s name.
A brilliant idea for staying connected with friends- a gratitude group chat.
The 4 magic words to get helpful information from others.
My Favourite Links This Week
I’m not someone who eats low carb on purpose, but this dish is a wonderful dinner idea! Cheesy chicken streips on cauliflower rice (you could also just use normal rice, of you are not trying to eat low cab). THis dish easily comes together with some simple seasoning and a lot of simmering, and you could easily add more veggies to the rice part, as well. You know how I roll- adding veggies everywhere! Except dessert. that can get weird. Recipe for this dish can be found here.
These butterscotch confetti squares are an absolute classic in my mom’s house- I remember my grandmother making them when I was a child, now my mom makes them, and I am still doing what I have always done- expertly shovel them in! They are so retro and delicious, and super easy to make! If you also are feeling nostalgic about these squares, or just want to try something fun, find the recipe here.
We have all heard about mulled wine, but did you know you could also mull…. tea? This mulled tea recipe is so comforting, delicious, and fills your kitchen with the scent of christmas! This particular recipe calls for using oranges, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom, and it sounds SO DELICIOUS. I can’t wait to make this! Find the recipe here.
This crocheted pillow is so perfect for winter themed decor that has a casual, Scandinavian feel to it. I love how the simple colour palette looks on these, but you could also customize and make them with red trees, or blue trees, or anything you wanted, really! Find the wonderful free crochet pattern here to make your own.
This is such a cute idea to make an ornament celebrating your pet, or even to gift to someone who loooooves their pet! You basically print on some printable fabric (this is a good example), cut it out, and sew it together, adig some embellishments. What a fun idea, right? This could be a really sweet little holiday gift for a lot of animal lovers in your life! Find the whole DIY right here.
On Saturday I’ll be in Hamilton, Ontario all day at the Craftadian craft fair– if you are in the area and love craft shows, come on by! I’ll have not only kits, but mugs too! You can find tickets here, and if you prefer to watch from afar, I’ll be doing my best to take photos to share on instagram. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, no matter you get up to!
xo Julie
I always love your Friday posts with links to so many great finds. I don’t think there is a working link to the chicken recipe and it looks great. Went to the listed website and wasn’t able to easily find the recipe. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work and these great Friday tips
Omg, that ornament is soooo cute! I need to make one for my son’s gf.
You find the best stuff.
Isn’t mulled tea basically just… tea? Slightly fancier, perhaps, with the fresh ingredients rather than dried, but it kind of just sounds like a more complicated way to make this particular blend of tea.
Love the take on accidents, though. And I’m about to move and presumably meet new people, so I might have to keep those name-remembering tips in mind. I’ve usually been pretty good at that, but I am getting older, so…
Also, those marshmallow things take me back to uni days, when our dining hall would make chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares, and I would certainly never smuggle, like, six out after dinner. Nope, not me.
It’s so funny that I have never heard of confetti squares til now. It just shows that where you grow up makes such a difference in what is normal to you.
I ordered some print on fabric, and I can’t wait to make these ornaments and other fun things for my friends and family this year. Such a cool idea.
Also, I’ll be making mulled tea. It sounds delicious and looks beautiful with that rich, warm color. Plus it still is easier than making chai from scratch, which is another way I like to get my house to smell amazing in winter.