April 25th, 2014

The Great Internet Illusion

The Great Internet Illusion

The internet is a funny thing. Blogging and social media allows us to publicly share details of our lives that were previously known only by those very close to us. However, this illusion of honesty and intimacy actually allows for deception on a grand scale (intentional or not).  Continue Reading →

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April 23rd, 2014

Lust List: 20 Cute Spring Dresses

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Reading blogs is a great way to live and shop vicariously through other people. But on occasion, we bloggers like to live and shop vicariously through our readers!

Case in point: when I’m trying save a bit, my shopping habits tend to be more of the window-shopping variety. Which may be a stroke of luck for you!

Here are a selection of 20 gorgeous spring dresses from every corner of the internet that have me drooling from afar. An array of pastels, prints, stripes, and solids at all kinds of price points, from the inexpensive to the exorbitant. Continue Reading →

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April 20th, 2014

Housewarming Dinner Party

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I’ve been dreaming of hosting my own dinner party for quite some time, so when it came time to throw a housewarming for my apartment, I knew just what I wanted to do. Instead of a standing room only-type shindig, I planned a more formal sit-down dinner for a few of my closest friends one Saturday evening. Continue Reading →

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April 16th, 2014

Cardtorial for Mother’s Day

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A little while ago the lovely Elizabeth from Cardtorial reached out to me and asked if I’d like to review their real wood cards. I’d never heard of their products before, but after checking out their site and falling in love with some of them, I was in! Continue Reading →

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April 14th, 2014

Song of the Day: Moonlight Serenade

Moonlight Serenade – The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Doesn’t this just make you want to hold someone close and sway a little?

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April 12th, 2014

Artist Spotlight: Inslee

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Seeing double? A great many of you have asked questions about the illustrated “me” on the right sidebar of my blog. Mainly, “Did you draw that?” and “Where did you find that?”

No, I didn’t draw it, and for a long time, I didn’t know who did. But I got Sherlock on the case, and the mystery has finally been solved! Continue Reading →

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April 10th, 2014

Forever 21 Spring Haul

“Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” – The Devil Wears Prada

Spring is finally in the air here in Toronto! Today was the first time I could shed my winter coat and don my sunny yellow trench and Ray-Bans. (Making me look quite a lot like the illustrated icon on the right – the coat is exact!)

I did a spot of online shopping recently, and the other day my package arrived at my doorstep. Oh happy day! I thought I’d share what I picked up, since so many of you requested links to things when I shared photos on instagram. Continue Reading →

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March 28th, 2014

Apartment Tour: Bedroom

Sara du Jour: Bedroom Apartment Tour

Now that you’ve seen my apartment’s living room, let me show you my bedroom! Continue Reading →

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March 19th, 2014

Apartment Tour: Living Room

Sara du Jour: Living Room Apartment Tour

“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.” — Virginia Woolf

This post has been a long time coming, and I greatly appreciate the patience you’ve all had with me. I’ve wanted to show you my new place for ages, but wanted to a) mostly finish decorating, and b) show my closest friends in person first. Keeping it off the blog until now has been a major exercise in restraint, believe me. Continue Reading →

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March 1st, 2014

Recipe du Jour: Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Crostinis

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a recipe! This is what I served the other night when I had my relatives over for dinner at my apartment. Continue Reading →

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February 27th, 2014

Winter Skin Sephora Haul

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In the wintertime, skin needs some extra lovin’. Some of you may already be enjoying spring-like weather since we’re on the cusp of March, but as I look out the window, it’s a world of white. And it’s way below freezing today. Oh, Canada.

Whether or not you’re still battling the elements where you are, here are a few things I recently picked up from Sephora to get my face glowing despite the season. Continue Reading →

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February 24th, 2014

Sparkling Champagne NYE Nails

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So we could look at this one of two ways. We could view this as me being two months late posting about my New Year’s Eve manicure…

OR, we could look at this as me being ten months early for this year’s New Year’s Eve. I lean towards the latter. You know, just in case you’re already looking for some NYE 2015 mani inspiration. Good for you, non-procrastinator. Continue Reading →

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February 19th, 2014

New Year, New… Kate Spade Wallet

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Let’s rewind back to January first. Back to before we’d broken all of our hopeful resolutions. Back to when we were bright eyed, optimistic, and smelling new beginnings in the air. Continue Reading →

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February 16th, 2014

Song of the Day: Song On The Beach

Song On The Beach – Arcade Fire (Her film soundtrack)

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February 12th, 2014

Winter Luxe Aldo Accessories Haul

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Ummmmmm hi. Please don’t throw things at me, I know I’ve been a terrible blogger. The good news is, not dead! I’ve come back to briefly (and somewhat shamefully) poke my head back into the online world to share a post with you guys that should have gone up back in November of last year.

November, I KNOW. Bad blogger. Anyway. I bought some pretty things at Aldo Accessories a few months ago, and here they are. Continue Reading →

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