When it comes to greeting cards, hands down, Valentines are a fave! The only problem, which to choose? This round-up features cards we've spotted on our radar and that's new to us this year. Perhaps some of these might spark joy? Let's take a look!

1. Hot Lips
by Banquet Workshop

Richard Riboni via @thepallou

Another mini trend we're stumbling upon this season is mushroom lighting. A throwback to the seventies, with the 2.0 versions showing up in buttery brass and nickel. Even spotted an adorable wicker one on Etsy. A fun way to bring your room into the '19s! Let's take a look!

Last year IKEA and Tom Dixon launched DELAKTIG, an open-sourced and customizable sofa platform offering a new seating solution for the home. This February, IKEA and Tom Dixon continue their award-winning* collaboration with the release of the DELAKTIG bed frame which can be customized by users to create the sleeping environment they want.

New years always seem to go hand in hand with new starts, and I always love the idea of giving our living space a bit of a refresh.  It doesn't always happen, but daydreaming does! So to kick things off, let's start with a little mini trend we've spotted, black and white. Or rather, black and white with stripes all over! Lots of graphic stripes in all different sizes and widths and fabrics covering things from cushions, rugs to prints. Have you noticed too? Let's take a look!


1. No. 03 - Malene Birger | Old Faithful Shop
2. Sien + Co. Suna Cushion | Provide Home
3. Sien + Co. Loma Cushion | Provide Home
4. Patterned Cushion Cover | H&M
5. Mirena Kim Ceramics - Tuka Bowl | Provide Home
6. Mirena Kim Ceramics - Henry 8 Ecru/Matte | Provide Home
7. Brushstroke Rug - Collett-Zarzycki | Christopher Farr
8. One Soul Print - Lou Lou Avenue | Old Faithful Shop
9. Sien + Co. Raya Cushion - Black Stripe | Provide Home

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If you've been following our blog since the beginning, you may have noticed we love our gift wrap! This year I thought it would be fun to do something with all of the washi tape I had on hand, and started playing around with ideas.  I always love to go out and forage our backyard this time of year to top our gifts, and then the idea came to me to try to create these gold leaves from a hedge in the front of our yard and some metallic gold washi tape from Scotch ® Expressions collection. I even ended up wrapping some of the berries too from the same hedge for some of the gift toppers. The result is a simple DIY project, that ended up being a lot of fun to make and so easy too!  Check out the how-to below!

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Every year around this time, I look forward to creating something special for the holidays to share here on the blog with our readers. I love the idea of a faux tree that one can print out to add a little holiday decor to an unsuspecting place, using regular printer paper you would already have handy hanging around at home or at the office.

With the holidays right around the corner, we've rounded up a few of our best holiday-style DIYs and Printables to help you get prepared. Don't know about you, but we're way behind this year, so if you're running out of gift wrap, or need a tree PDQ, (like us), we've got the goods!  From a printable holiday village to a few holiday wreath ideas, here's some of our favourites we've created these past couple of years. Happy making!

1.  Buffalo Check + Tree Holiday Gift Wrap Printables
Click here to print out some holiday Canadian-style gift wrap.

Perhaps the upcoming New Year is where your heart is at these holidays.  Or maybe you'll be missing someone especially when the ball drops and you want to make sure to wish them the happiest of new year beginnings.  Whatever the case, we have found a few special cards to ring in the new year with.  Check them out below!

I love adding a bit of holiday decoration to the kitchen, and one of my go-to spots for inspiration is IKEA's home blog, Livet Hemma.  The stylists there have a dream job thinking up what to create and they really do the most amazing work.  So I headed over there this past weekend searching "jul" and "kok" and found heaps of inspiration.  Here's a few that caught my eye.

1. Blue Hues + Evergreen
(Above) Blue hues with evergreen make for a dramatic backdrop —love the string of decorations along the wall above the counter. Also of note, the blue colour blocking backsplash —a great idea if you can't afford to tile yet.