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Sense and Simplicity
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A blog celebrating family, food, decorating, books, clothes, photos, and travel, all done with sense and simplicity.
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Favourite Souvenir - My Jolly-Minded Truck

Im joining Kate for the ‘Favorite Souvenir’ link party she is having over at Centsational Girl.  Im looking forward to seeing all the weird and wonderful things people have brough...

1 day ago

Up-dates from the Bedroom

Sorry Ive neglected you, my friends.  Ive been working on our bedroom re-do every spare minute of this past week - pushing myself to get a little bit done every day.  I really do have ...

1 day ago

WISH Wednesday #32

In honour of Jonathan being in Edinburgh to do research for his next book, I decided to post a room with a Scottish feel for WISH Wednesday.  Im not actually sure if the room is in Scotland, but...

6 days ago

Warm and Wonderful Victoria Day Weekend

Thank you Queen Victoria for having a birthday at such a lovely time of year.  It always seems like a long time from the Easter weekend to the May long weekend so when it finally rolls round we ...

22 may 12

WISH Wednesday #31

This is may all-time favourite laundry room so I had to choose it for WISH Wednesday given that Im busy doing laundry and all other manner of chores this week.  Its been a busy week, but soon we...

17 may 12

Let There Be Light - in the Bedroom

Im in the process of decorating our bedroom - and by in the process I mean that I have been at it for five years. Yep, Im nothing if Im not thoughtful and methodical ... okay maybe Im just slow! &nbs...

15 may 12

WISH Wednesday #30

I am a big fan of Michael Penneys style and have followed his blog since it started.  I wanted to show a calm beachy bedroom for WISH Wednesday and thought Michaels is one of the best.  It ...

09 may 12

Supermoon

This weekend we had a supermoon.  Did you have one too?  Im not sure exactly what a supermoon is - it was much bigger than normal, but there was no cape or anything.We all went to the hill ...

07 may 12

Sweet Dreams Pillowcases

Last May our oldest son got married (you can see pictures of the wedding here and here) which means that their first wedding anniversary is coming up soon.  I thought it would be fun to dec...

03 may 12

WISH Wednesday #29

Isnt this the sweetest, most inspiring place to paint - I just had to show you for WISH Wednesday (Weekly Inspiration for a Seasonal Home). Going Home to RoostThe owner of the home - Bonnie from...

02 may 12

Project 6:30 - Tuna Potato Patties

We made our first Project 6:30 dinner - thats right a dinner that takes fewer than six ingredients and less than thirty minutes to cook (see here for details).  I thought I would share the recip...

01 may 12

Project 6:30

Kate is home from university for the summer, which is awesome.  Next year she will be living in a house with two friends, which is also awesome.  However, she will have to cook for herself,...

30 apr 12

Sharpie My World - And Yours (A Giveaway)

Im taking an art class right now and loving it.  It is not so much learning art techniques, although there is some of that, but it is rather inspiring us to be creative.  So often in the hu...

29 apr 12

WISH Wednesday #28

House Beautiful via decor*padMy mind is deep into all things green this week so this pretty green bedroom jumped out at me for WISH Wednesday (Week ly Inspiration for a Seasonal Home).  ...

25 apr 12

Decorating with Green

I always think green is such an interesting colour.  It seems to evoke different moods and feelings depending on the shade and tone used.  I dont get that reaction from other colours.  ...

24 apr 12

Cinnamon Roll Cake

As I mentioned earlier we had visitors for the weekend and one of them came with a recipe she wanted to make for us.  She had found this recipe for Cinnamon Roll Cake online, but couldnt remembe...

21 apr 12

WISH Wednesday #27

Since I have quilts on my mind, I thought I would show you one of my all-time favourite bedrooms with a beautiful quilt on the bed for WISH Wednesday.  I love the gorgeous red and white quilt wi...

18 apr 12

10 Reasons Im a Cast-Iron Girl

Im pretty low key in the kitchen - no high tech gadgets, no fancy schmancy anything - just old school pots and pans and bowls and spoons.   So when Kate at Centsational Girl suggested having a k...

18 apr 12

The Royal Botanical Gardens

About an hours drive west of Toronto along the shore of Lake Ontario is the Royal Botanical Gardens - a perfect place to visit at this time of the year.  I went recently with my sister and a fri...

16 apr 12

10 Modern Versions of a Traditional Art Form: Quilting

I love quilts! I love all the intricate patterns. I love all the pretty colours. I love the homey feel they give a room.  And I love the story behind each quilt.  I am always amazed by how ...

13 apr 12

WISH Wednesday #26

When I saw this pretty bedroom with aqua walls and red accents I thought it would perfect for a spring WISH Wednesday.   I love pretty much everything about this room - in fact I love it so much...

11 apr 12

Spring Trends - Coloured Glass

While I like to think Im not influenced by trends in decorating and the decor in our house is timeless, in fact I know that isnt true.  I try to spend our hard-earned money on things that will s...

10 apr 12

Easter Update

I hope you all had a lovely Easter with lots of good food and truckloads of chocolate.  I know I did!I showed you the pink tablecloth from Bangladesh that I was going to use for our Easter dinne...

09 apr 12

An Easter Lunch

I hope you are all having as lovely sunny weather this weekend as we are.  The sunshine is so welcome.  We have flowers all over the house and Easter eggs on display and branches of pussy w...

08 apr 12

Carrot Garden Carrot Cake

I was looking for something fun to make for an Easter dessert when I came across this idea on the Betty Crocker website.  I loved how cute the carrots looked, but decided to make some ...

07 apr 12

Organizing the Front Hall Closet

Our front hall closet was a bit of a dark hole.  It still had the original builders paint from when the house was built fifteen years ago and it was not well organized (as opposed to t...

05 apr 12

WISH Wednesday #25

I saw this photo recently in the Martha Stewart newsletter and was transfixed.  Is that not the most original thing you have ever seen.  I love it along with the twig chandelier in the next...

04 apr 12

Freezer Fairy Soup Revisited

My post about making freezer fairy soup has been posted over on Simply Frugal - you can find it here.  I wrote that post way back in my early days of blogging so if you recognize it then you hav...

04 apr 12

My New Easter Tablecloth

When my friend Kim and I were in Bangladesh last summer a friend gave us something that is called a three-piece.  It is three pieces of material that coordinate either in colour or pattern or bo...

02 apr 12

5 Different Blogging Voices

Im an analyzer by nature - lets just get that one out there - and one of the things I often think about is my writing style, aka blogging voice.  I have often read that you need to find your blo...

31 mar 12

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