SEA OF LOVE

ENJOYING

making hot soup | this soup is curried potato & carrot with coconut milk 

 

rubi girl and her winter coat 

wearing this necklace everyday | a gift from a sweet friend

drinking coffee and writing down memories

playing jazz tunes on my ukulele | also a gift from a sweet friend

JEANNE LA BANANE

Little darling, little sun.

CHRISTMAS MORNING

Pyjamas, champagne and playing Santa Claus is what Christmas morning looks like in our family. I'm always the one distributing the gifts, Dan takes pictures & Mémé makes everyone laugh. It's a lovely day. Hope you all had a great Christmas.

IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS, DARLING.

It's always been a favorite of mine to decorate my mom's Christmas tree. We always listen to The Carpenter's Christmas album and dance around the christmas tree. It's plenty of fun and gets us excited for the holidays (even though I've been feeling the christmas spirit since september!!).

A WHOLE YEAR WITH RUBI

This little bébé has been with us for a whole year, today! Since we don't know exactly her age, we are celebrating her birthday the day we adopted her. She brings so much joy to us and to the other kitties. We love you dear Rubi.

Gab & Na | Byward Market, 2010

ONE BEAUTIFUL PIECE AT A TIME // MITLA MODA

Ever since I discovered Dus's blog, Cuddly Cacti, I have fallen in love with her little fair trade shop : Mitla Moda.
What she does is incredible - you can read about it here and here. She sent me this beautiful woven belt as a gift (isn't she incredible?!!!) and I had so much fun styling it. I wore it with my high waisted jeans and a cute vintage top and as a heandband with a big comfy wool sweater! You can totally wear it with a dress and boots or as a winter coat belt too!

Dus is offering a discount in her shop right this minute. Check out this post for more info.

She also has a new blog!!! She came to me a month or two ago and asked me to help her design a new blog template. We worked together to make this new blog simple and fresh looking. Take a look!

Empowering Mexican artisans through fair, sustainable trade - one beautiful piece at a time.

8 PICTURES

Stripe monday // Snoring kitty // 6 am breakfast // E-mailing my lovely friend at work // My sister and my face // Behind the scenes // Bébé Rubs // Best smile

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

 "I don't understand what is so beautiful about a landscape. How can someone find it fun to walk in the forest and look at trees?  How can they choose to do that over a day at the mall?" - 14 years old me.

This morning, while riding my bike to work, I saw a girl doing her morning run. The way her ponytail was bouncing at the beat of her feet running and the way the sun reflected on her dirty blond hair made me reach in my bag for my phone to take a picture. And just like that, my day was made. As silly as it sounds, the 3.5 mega pixel camera on my phone changed my life. A couple of years ago I would have never even noticed the perfect dirty blond ponytail. Thinking about all the things I see now that I never saw before is crazy. I think Instagram has had a big part in this. It has challenged me to see things in a different way (ex. I always take the same bike trail to work so I try to take a different picture everytime). It also helped me as a photographer (we could make a list of bad things as well, but let's keep this a positive post for now.). I see a visual potential in a lot more things now then I did before.
Or maybe I'm just growing up and this is what it's all about. 

If you would like to see more pictures of my daily life : @peacebypieces

ADVENTURES IN OUR OWN BACKYARD

This park is about 20 minutes from where we live and it has become our new backyard. We wonder off every week and it's been nothing but inspiring.

FURRY BABIES

I think it's been months since I put pictures of my cats on here. Food and outfits over my babies? Geez, what kind of mother am I?

1. Rubi's little body.
2. Patiently waiting for a sip.
3. Zoë's little hand... I died.
4. Sunday snooze... I died twice.