tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78478412807948653882024-03-13T14:37:52.802-04:00Lovely June Design Co.Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-78344046512360126772015-09-12T23:14:00.001-04:002018-04-14T19:29:04.865-04:00turning 5 and a butterfly party<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">My baby turned 5 this summer! 5 suddenly seems so big. I'm seeing how the year fly by, as everyone told me they would with kids. 5, 10, 15...it goes quick if you don't stop and take a breath. And there's not often much time to stop and take that breath. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">To celebrate this milestone, we held a pretty little butterfly party for Sage. This party was much different than the big ones we've had in the past which included a huge group of family and friends. This was a big girl celebration - an intimate party with a handful of girls in Sage's JK who were continuing on with her to SK, so they could bond and reconnect over the summer before they headed back to school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to transform these dollar store butterflies into pretty butterfly crowns, and how lovely they looked awaiting our guests' arrival. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> A '<a href="http://www.rebash.ca/" target="_blank"><i>ReBashed</i></a>' fabric strip backdrop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pretty and edible butterfly cake toppers from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/incrEDIBLEtoppers" target="_blank">IncrEDIBLE Toppers</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's take another look at the cuppies, shall we? When I spotted these 'coral, mint, and <i>sage</i>' edible paper toppers I knew they would be perfect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The tablescape. Sage helped make the muffin paper butterflies we placed all over the room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sage is obsessed with s'mores and sprinkles, so I knew she would devour this dessert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pretty Queen Anne's Lace picked from a nearby field. Matching loot bag tags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My baby is 5 years old! And growing into such an amazing young lady.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was such a fun and easy party. Everyone had a blast. High five, Sage!</span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-88420791763092611112015-05-30T21:43:00.002-04:002015-05-30T21:44:45.839-04:00A Lemonade Stand Third Birthday!Here are some pics from my daughter's Lemonade Stand Third Birthday Party! For the full post, please head over to the <a href="http://www.rebash.ca/blog/a-lovely-day-for-lemonade" target="_blank">ReBash blog</a>.<br />
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<br />Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-37255070019302256962015-03-24T21:30:00.002-04:002015-03-25T23:44:02.907-04:00for a limited time...group discount for ReBash!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And the girls handed out their Valentine's today at school. Sage gave her classmates slime (thanks to <a href="https://everydayshine.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jessica</a> and Mr. H. for the inspiration) and Finley gave her classmates bubbles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Oh! And I gained two new nephews this week! Both my sister and my sister-in-law had baby boys this past week. Welcome Ari and Carter! Photos to come. </span><br />
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Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-69733275519058128072014-10-04T21:53:00.004-04:002014-10-04T21:53:55.076-04:00ReBash: where event decor lives on<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-33684378079422153772014-10-04T21:40:00.002-04:002017-10-30T20:46:34.523-04:00sage's 4th birthday: a FROZEN party!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It seems a bit far away now that it is Fall, but I wanted to share my daughter's fourth birthday party, held way back in the middle of July. Yes, in the heat of the summer, my daughter requested that she have a <a href="http://frozen.disney.com/" target="_blank">Frozen</a> party. It has been Frozen mania this year for sure, and my girls have been no exception - they love the movie, the songs, the dolls, and pretty much Frozen everything. Luckily Pinterest was alive with thousands of amazing inspirational Frozen party ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I tried not to go too heavy on decorating with the Disney characters themselves - partly because there was so little available in the stores at the time. But also because it's more of a creative challenge when you aren't using ready-made store-bought party props. I tried to focus more on creating a wintery/icy feeling in July. I couldn't resist adding Olaf here to our welcome sign though...just to get the kids a bit excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm happy to say that pretty much all of the decor used for this party was quite inexpensive or re-used from another party! The big crepe paper fringe garland backdrop was inspired by <a href="http://ohhappyday.com/2012/10/big-fringe-garlands/" target="_blank">this</a> wonderful blog post on one of my favourite blogs <a href="http://ohhappyday.com/" target="_blank">Oh Happy Day</a>. The crepe paper rolls were under $2 each, and yet they made such a big impact. The blue polkadot tablecloth is from my <a href="http://www.coroflot.com/inbloomeventdesign/Sages-Baby-Party-Stouffville-ON" target="_blank">baby shower</a> when I was pregnant with Sage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My brother and sister-in-law got married the week before Sage's party and they used Baby's Breath for their centerpieces. There were many flowers left over, and they graciously donated them to Sage's party for a</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> perfect snowy effect. The mason jars have been used for many events. The table runner was created with dollar store doilies, taped together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How awesome are these snowballs?! They were Christmas presents for the girls last year, purchased at <a href="http://www.mastermind.ca/" target="_blank">Mastermind</a>. They worked so well with this theme and were especially fun when my uncle instigated a massive snowball fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Snacks included a giant Snowball Tower of marshmallows (thanks to <a href="http://www.difydesign.com/" target="_blank">Auntie Melanie</a> for constructing it), Snowman Arms (pretzel sticks), Ice Crystals (rock candy), and gorgeous cupcakes by Mary Tsatskas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Large '4' made from favourite photos of Sage from the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More photos from the year taped to our chalkboard pantry door, and pretty paper fans in perfect colours found at <a href="http://www.dollartreecanada.com/" target="_blank">Dollar Tree</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Love these cupcakes by Mary Tsatskas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But I did have help from a friend with this photo, thankfully! Thanks Geoff Owen.</span><br />
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Finley is obsessed with ladybugs. She talks about them all the time. She has a beloved Skiphop ladybug backpack. And a few months ago a small wooden craft ladybug fell on the floor in my bedroom beside my desk. I didn't have the heart to pick it up, because it became Finley's muse. She would visit it every day before her nap, just to say hi. So a ladybug party for her was inevitable.<br />
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The party was pretty low-budget, which meant I had to get creative. I decided to not go crazy with ladybug motifs, but to decorate mainly with polka dots in red, black and white, and kraft paper for that gardeny feel.<br />
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I designed the invitations and had them printed at Staples (note they are available as a DIY printable in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/oliveandiris" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>). I love the look of the clean, stark polkadots with the rough brown kraft envelope.<br />
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Our porch decor just happened to match! <br />
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I crafted antennae for each little guest out of cheap headbands from Walmart, black pipe cleaners and electrical tape. <br />
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Grass cupcake liners held chocolate cuppies, topped with 'dirt' (cookie crumbs) and cute edible ladybug toppers from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetSarahsBoutique" target="_blank">Sweet Sarah's Boutique</a>.</div>
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This large 'Finley at 2' poster was printed in black and white at <a href="http://www.staples.ca/" target="_blank">Staples</a> for $8! You just have to ask for an 'engineer print'. <br />
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Instead of flowers, I opted for cat grass in dollar store pots. Vinyl (wipeable!) polkadot tablecloth fabric is from <a href="http://www.ikea.ca/" target="_blank">IKEA</a>.<br />
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Polkadots on the wall.<br />
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<a href="http://www.katespade.com/" target="_blank">Kate Spade</a> polkadot puffs found at <a href="http://www.chapters.ca/" target="_blank">Chapters</a>! They went perfectly with the red puffs I ordered for the <a href="http://inbloomstudioblog.blogspot.ca/2011/11/picnic-party.html" target="_blank">Picnic Party</a> (that arrived a week <i>after</i> the Picnic Party due to a mail strike at the time). <br />
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Remember the little wooden craft ladybugs that Finley fell in love with? I had a bunch of them, and some mini terracotta pots hanging around too. I wasn't sure what to do with them so I made some of these weird wee things. <br />
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Favourite photos from the year posted on our chalkboard door.<br />
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Lootbags, the best part! I love putting these together. This is the girl's version - the boy's version swapped out the hair clips for a creepy crawly bug toy.<br />
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I had plans for the kids to make a ladybug craft, and to play pin the dot on the ladybug. But they were all having such a blast just playing with toys in our basement. We just went with the flow, and didn't push any of the activities. Still we all had tons of fun!<br />
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Thanks for checking out Finley's Ladybug Garden Party! Up next - Sage's 4th freezing cold Frozen Party next month, in what is usually the hottest week of the year. Stay tuned.<br />
<br />Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-15411432981895581522014-06-14T15:07:00.003-04:002014-06-14T15:10:07.767-04:00free printable: father's day card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Father's Day is a bit early this year! Usually it's closer to my sister's birthday on the 21st, and it really snuck up on me. I just created this card for my hubby, an amazing father to my two girls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Enjoy and Happy Father's Day to the wonderful Pops out there!</span><br />
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...my newborn baby turned 2! Hard to believe <a href="http://inbloomstudioblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/blissful-mothers-day.html" target="_blank">this post</a> was written two years ago, and that the little bundle is now a little girl, full of thoughts and quirks and sweetness. Happy birthday to my second born, Finley. An awesome girl, a complete joy.Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-91939306246287054442014-04-27T15:04:00.002-04:002014-04-30T23:11:58.802-04:00ode to my grandma<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">On Wednesday, April 16th, 2014, my grandma passed away. I want to say a few words here for her, because as far as grandmothers go, this one was pretty special. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Always beautiful and elegant, and so well-dressed, she was wearing heels until her final weeks at 90 years old. My grandma created a magical world for us when we were kids, and 'fairies' were always leaving us little presents or notes. She had a strange gift for finding four-leafed clovers and could always pick us a few from any clover patch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I can thank her for any artistic genes I may have received. She was the original Martha Stewart, and could sew, knit, decorate, paint, or sculpt anything really. My grandma was a fabulous cook too, and her presentation of any dish was stunning and usually included a cherry tomato, or some sort of vegetable, carved into a little flower. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was a story-teller, and a master at word puzzles, often beating her computer program at Scrabble.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was a successful, independent woman. At a time when it wasn't the norm, she went through a divorce and worked to support herself and her two daughters. She did well for herself too, even putting her kids through university. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was a fireball, clever and so witty - even during her final weeks she had us very amused with her funny little quips. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was caring and took care of everyone else. Up until January of this year, she was dropping by with a ready-made meal to help out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Such a talented, interesting woman. And such a good friend. One day I hope to be a grandmother just like she was. She will be, and already is, very missed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I just noticed my Etsy store, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/oliveandiris" target="_blank">Olive + Iris</a>, has reached 100 sales. Hooray! And along with a new Etsy banner, I've just added another invitation to the store as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This polkadotty invitation was created for my daughter Finley's upcoming second birthday party. She is obsessed with ladybugs, so we are having a Ladybug Garden birthday party. I'm in the process of planning {how I love planning and designing kid's birthday parties!} but I was eager to add this design to the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/oliveandiris" target="_blank">shop</a>, with it being Spring and all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ahhh Spring, by the way. The smell of mud and cow poo is making me very happy. So nice to have made it through that marathon winter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">If you can believe, on my husband's side of the family, there are six girl cousins, 5 years old and under. My husband and his two siblings each have two girls. That's a strong family X chromosome! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">One morning in March we armed ourselves with colourful tutus, treats and bribes in order to take a photo for my in-laws, Grams and Grumps. The morning ended up being quite fun actually, and the girls were amazing. The photos turned out great, and we enlarged one and had it printed on a giant canvas board. Just a little something we will cherish as the girls grow up. Especially during the scary teenage years.</span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-35613858457788563192014-02-25T23:30:00.002-05:002014-02-25T23:34:17.046-05:00pretty little settee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello there, pretty little settee. I don't usually find good steals like this one ($20!). But one day last summer, I was driving and spotted it at a garage sale, couldn't stop thinking of it, and turned around to get it. Oh the potential it had! It didn't fit in the car I was driving, so I called my <a href="http://www.difydesign.com/" target="_blank">sister</a> who also loves a good makeover, and luckily she was nearby and it squeaked into her hatchback. And the best part? My sister offered to give it to me as my birthday gift. So it actually wasn't even $20. It was free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Should I stick with velvet, perhaps a grey, like this beautiful settee from <a href="http://www.nickeykehoe.com/" target="_blank">Nickey Kehoe</a>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Or this lovely geometric <a href="http://www.dwellstudio.com/" target="_blank">Dwell Studio</a> fabric, <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/Casablanca-Geo-Citrine-P2539.aspx" target="_blank">Casablanca Geo, Citrine.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All would look great in my living room! And as a prop for photos. Now to decide the fate of this pretty little settee.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">..any input is welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's been a while since I've shown any of our house improvements. Between two little ones and work, it's taken a long, long while to come together. We aren't there yet! But certainly on our way. Over the holidays we worked really hard at getting our dining room in order. There are still a few more pieces of furniture to buy, art to put on the walls, but here we are so far. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This once was a blank, carpeted room that was a dumping ground for bags, boxes, and a lot of junk. Now it's a fabulous room for family dinners and parties. We are in love with our custom 'roughed up and rustic' harvest table that sits 10 comfortably (remember my quest for a rustic, large table <a href="http://inbloomstudioblog.blogspot.ca/2009/08/dream-table.html" target="_blank">way back when</a>?).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Curtains - <a href="http://www.westelm.com/" target="_blank">West Elm</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chandelier - <a href="http://www.westelm.com/" target="_blank">West Elm </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some Valentine tags created for my kids' daycare friends. I'm seriously loving <a href="http://www.target.ca/" target="_blank">Target</a> lately, and found these cute Valentine bubbles for Sage's pre-school class. Finley's toddler class will receive these more age-appropriate stickers, also from <a href="http://www.target.ca/" target="_blank">Target</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(By the way, I can't seem to leave <a href="http://www.target.com/" target="_blank">Target</a> without spending $150. That seems to be my number. Every time. Anyone else have that problem?!).</span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-81826908811996192352013-10-28T14:33:00.001-04:002013-10-28T14:40:59.314-04:00art supply organization {an easy chalkboard spray paint project}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had one of these old IKEA MOPPE mini chest of drawers. I'm not even sure they sell these anymore! This is <i>vintage</i> IKEA - for some reason I've hung onto this little chest of drawers for at least 15 years. It was holding a few travel supplies but wasn't really as functional as it could be. I wanted to use it to finally organize our 'upstairs' art and craft supplies.</span></div>
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a bit of a chalkboard paint kick, I pulled out my chalkboard spray
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project of spray-painting the front of the drawers. I taped the edges just so it would be a bit neater.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It only took two coats of the spray paint, but the results were really effective. With my chalkboard marker (obsessed with it too!) I wrote on each drawer and my 3-year-old helped me organize all the supplies into their compartments. </span></div>
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drawers are surprisingly roomy. And while this little chest doesn't hold
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wow, I love little projects like this. Super fast and accomplished during a toddler's afternoon nap. Quick and satisfying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just added a little something to my Etsy store, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/oliveandiris" target="_blank">Olive + Iris</a>. I made this little vintage postcard print last year for my daughter Finley's room, and I've been asked about it a lot, so I decided to make it available for sale.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's lovely and delicate and perfect for a baby girl's room! I will customize the name and date of birth of the baby, as well as the weight and height. The print is 8" x 10". Once I customize the file I will send along a high-res .jpg file for printing - so you can print it yourself on your choice of paper (which saves extra printing and shipping costs from my end!). If interested in the print, please <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/166727820/baby-girls-name-art-vintage-postcard?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">click here</a> to purchase. </span></span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-88759740888452043552013-09-21T14:54:00.002-04:002013-10-28T14:42:59.997-04:00my work: amanda forrest website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check out her new site and her amazing portfolio <a href="http://www.amandaforrest.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-85475611183314228192013-09-17T22:39:00.000-04:002014-09-26T13:43:36.943-04:00family photos<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back in August we had some family photos taken by my friend Quenby of <a href="http://www.gingersprouts.ca/" target="_blank">GingerSprouts </a><a href="http://www.gingersprouts.ca/" target="_blank">Photography</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love love loving this paper flower display made of old book pages that I saw in the window of <a href="http://www.clubmonaco.com/" target="_blank">Club Monaco</a> the other day. It's giving me ideas for a very blank wall in Finley's room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">On Saturday July 13th we held a birthday bash for Sage's 3rd birthday. She wanted an Art Party. What a fun theme. And actually a pretty easy one to pull off - the colour scheme was pretty much anything goes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I created this invitation, with a watercolour by Sage on the flip side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As mentioned, it was a sweltering hot day! And our house is pretty new so we don't have a tree or stitch of shade in the backyard. So we set up a sprinkler and a little kiddie pool filled with water and balls. The water may have been more of a hit than the jumping castle. It's the simple things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The day after the party, Sage was eating breakfast and was very quiet, very reflective. She wasn't saying much and then blurted out "that was a <i>really</i> great birthday party." Awwww....what a sweetie she is. Love that girl. And that's why we keep throwing these big birthday bashes again and again!</span>Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-44346557701381577542013-07-19T21:44:00.002-04:002014-09-26T13:07:10.252-04:00happy birthday, sweet sage<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's been a busy week! We had a big birthday bash on the weekend for my Sage who turned three last Friday (party pics to come). My hubby was on a business trip this past week too. Much respect to single moms everywhere! I had just a taste of that for a few days and it's tough, exhausting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Even though I'm a week late, I didn't want to miss posting a birthday message here to my wonderful Sage - one of the sweetest, coolest girls I know.</span><br />
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Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-69402209207071148282013-07-03T21:45:00.002-04:002013-07-03T21:45:22.958-04:00daisy field<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I kept driving by a field of daisies near my house and thought it would be such a lovely spot to take some photos. So I dragged my hubby and girls out there to snap some pics. Here's how they turned out. Love.</span></span><br />
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<br />Joelle Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604378707767047691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847841280794865388.post-82971185531500597112013-05-26T22:15:00.000-04:002014-09-26T13:08:03.333-04:00finley's first birthday: a monkey party!<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remember <a href="http://inbloomstudioblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/blissful-mothers-day.html" target="_blank">this</a> post? Unbelievably that was over a year ago! My sweet little baby girl, Finley, turned one year old this month. Alarming the way a year can fly by. And astonishing how </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the span just one short year.</span></span> a little person can grow and develop and become an incredible being full of personality.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finley is a lovely little girl. She is sweet, spunky, easy-going and yet vocal and opinionated at times. She understands so much, and loves to make us laugh. She adores her older sister Sage. She smiles a lot at strangers and is quite a charmer. Physically, she is super coordinated and rolled over at 2 months, crawled at 7 months and walked at 11 months. I think she will get what she wants out of life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">UPDATE: These customized, printable monkey invitations are now available in my Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/oliveandiris" target="_blank">here</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">This was a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a>idea...to put washi tape on cups! The tape pretties up the plain/cheap plastic glasses but it also allows guests to write their names on there so that the cups didn't get lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here is my huge photo wall! I taped up photos of Finley from the year using washi tape. What I learned: some washi tape doesn't like to stick on walls. Half the photos had fallen on the floor the next morning (yes, the morning of the party). I had to re-tape all of the photos using painter's tape on the back! The washi tape still looked pretty though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">...the birthday girl started eating the plate to get every last morsel of chocolate!</span></div>
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a great party it was! Despite the snow and the fact we couldn't use the
jumping castle. Wishing the happiest of first birthdays to my sweet
little girl. Happy birthday Monkey!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you heard of <a href="http://www.shecooksmacro.com/" target="_blank">She Cooks Macro</a>? It's a Toronto<span style="font-size: small;">-based comp<span style="font-size: small;">any run by the lovely Shauna Trupp<span style="font-size: small;">. Shauna teaches classes on how to cook macrobiotic food, and she features recipes and bea<span style="font-size: small;">utiful <span style="font-size: small;">food photography on her blog. I was honoured to<span style="font-size: small;"> design a p<span style="font-size: small;">oster for one of her upcoming events, Ch<span style="font-size: small;">ristina <span style="font-size: small;">Cooks! where she is hosting<span style="font-size: small;"> Emmy <span style="font-size: small;">Award winning Chef<span style="font-size: small;"> Christina Pirello.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;">For more information, p<span style="font-size: small;">lease see the above poster <span style="font-size: small;">or <a href="http://shecooksmacro.bigcartel.com/category/guest-event" target="_blank">click here</a>. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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