I have always loved the look of head scarves, but never had the confidence to try it out in public myself. Same goes for hats. As much as I love them, I feel "over-dressed" when I wear ...
Now that Montreal has wonderful summer weather, The husband and I have unpacked our little bucket grill (bought for our wedding rehearsal bbq), purchased charcoal, and grilled up some vegetables. &nb...
Sort of a mish-mash of desserts, but tonight we ate some arroz con leche and banana bread. We had made arroz con leche for a potluck several days ago, and today I noticed some very brown bananas that...
Have you been to Fab.com recently? Ive mentioned Fab on this site before, and I decided to do a small round-up of some of my favorite things they are selling on sale this week. I havent b...
I really love this promo done by seattle native, Christian Sorensen Hansen for XXX typography magazine. Just having made a cup of coffee this morning, this video really starts off the day nicel...
This past March I visited some friends whom you may recognize from their wedding photographs and video feature the husband and I did last summer. I decided I wanted to do some fun photographs o...
Out to the market. Its not quite warm enough to stroll around the city without a sweater, or even tights. But at least the sun is out! Now all we can hope for is some 60 degree sunn...
One of my favorite spots in Montreal is Olive et Gourmando. Nestled in the winding cobblestoned streets of Old Montreal, Olive et Gourmando is by far one of the best cafes in the city offering ...
Lately Ive been noticing a trend on Pinterest: lots of summer drinks. These are a few of my favorites:Source: peegaw.tumblr.com via Hollin on PinterestSource: squidoo.com via Hollin on Pinteres...
The weather has been lingering in that 40-50 degree rainy and windy season and Im just about sick of it. However, if I had an umbrella like this, perhaps I wouldnt complain as much. Super...
Hello Everyone! I was asked a while back to do a guest blog post on a friends blog, BonteRue. Its a great blog especially for amazing style and outfitting. I did a post on my Favori...
After screen-capturing the wonderful details of Joan Harris apartment from Mad Men, I decided to look more closely at some other tv show apartments. Another fantastic apartment comes from Foxs ...
Well, again its been a bit of a while since Ive last visited Vim & Verve. I apologize again if anyone out there is still reading this. But the good news is Ive finished my last final, which...
picnic time 2 by hollin on polyvore.com2 Holding Type Cupcake Box Set 5boxes$8.50 - etsy.com10 Kraft Brown Paper Tray with Wax Paper$5.99 - etsy.com
picnic times by hollin featuring a straw hatStraw hat$50 - shopterrain.comYellow Picnic Cooler£53 - crateandbarrel.comEco Displayware C1787NRL European Market Cart - ATG Stores$176 - atgstores.comTay...
Ive been wanting some printed tops and blouses lately, as Ive noticed everything I own tends to be solid colored. Springs floral prints this year really have been amazing, and I have been findi...
When youre in school you get lazy about what you wear, especially in the winter when your outfit is being covered up by a puffy down jacket. Even though Montreal had a brief week of spring weat...
So, Im sure Im not the only one blogging about Mad Mens premiere, but I am particularly loving Joan Harris apartment. I loved it before, but I think the shows hiatus made me love her apartment ...
This week, I tried making macarons, and despite my best efforts, failed on all 3 accounts. The macarons werent a total disaster, but at least one thing would always go wrong making them less th...
No snow boots! Although, its probably a little too early for me to wear these shoes, as Im sure weve got at least 2 months of off and on pouring rain.left to right: vintage (etsy), toms crochet...
I never really cared about sunglasses, but after figuring that I needed some, I bought 2 pairs last summer that I really loved. One from H&M, one from Free People and they were both different eno...
sunglasses 2012 by hollin featuring folding sunglassesRetroSuperFuture purple shades$161 - 80spurple.comVintage style sunglasses$32 - 80spurple.comFree People folding sunglasses$24 - freepeople.comFr...
With summer comes that travel. Have you seen these amazing Kelty vintage backpacks? They are amazing, and also very reasonably priced. Whether you need a small bicycle bag, or ...
Just experimenting with some post-processing in lightroom and photoshop. How did everyones week start out? Ive decided, that if I move to California, I am going to set up a pre-order doughnut s...
Once there is any hint of spring in Montreal, I tend to get a little too excited. Dont get me wrong, I actually LOVE snow, and I dont mind months of it. However, once it gets into the 30s in March, t...
I am pretty sure Ive complained about our lighting situation in our apartment in here Montreal. To sum up, we have no natural light. If you turned off all of our lights in our apartment, it wou...
Well, so much for blogging more. Luckily - I have an excuse this week. I wont go into the details but I definitely had a weird health problem spring up, plus I slipped and fell on the ice and h...
Im pretty sure I am a late-comer to Fab.com, but I am so excited that I heard about it at all! My sister, owner of Small Adventure, was invited to participate in a sale on Fab.com. Have y...
Thursday was the husbands birthday and we celebrated fairly quietly this year but it was still a lot of fun. There were homemade birthday morning doughnuts (blueberry old fashioned), presents, ...
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