I’m adding one more way to cope with stress – Treasure Moments. What about you?
ps – refer to the synnoyyms of your 20%, Yearning Word.
Carrie, Refined Treasure
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Archive for April, 2011
Friday Focus | Worry is a Waste
Thursday, April 28th, 2011Style Statement Practice | Be Ruthlessly Discerning
Monday, April 25th, 2011Bring into your life only what you love! Do not compromise. Think of your Style Statement as your personal bodyguard. Make sure you take it shopping with you to ward off impulse purchases and on-sale seductions. Use it on a first date, when considering a business venture or your next holiday.
STYLE STATEMENT PRACTICE
Make a list [...]
Style Statement | Live Your Life
Sunday, April 24th, 2011The Film Out of Africa begins with the words of Denys Finch Hatton, played by Robert Redford.
What a fierce and irresistible practise, took my breath away!
Contribute to Eastern Eggs
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Holidays are lovely, for me it’s time to rest, cook, create, and be with my family. And an opportunity to make a difference, what better way then to combine your passion with a cause. I was drawn to the beauty of these eggs (a gift for my son, not a throw away but one he [...]
My Home + Tricks of the Trade in Canadian House & Home
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Have you picked up your May edition of Canadian House and Home yet? Take a peek inside and you will find my abode! Tour through my home - see where I work, play and rest my head. I’m so excited to share how I created a unique space as well as my tips and tricks [...]
Borrow Eames Design Principles for Life
Sunday, April 17th, 2011I find company principles, intentions, mission statements fascinating – distilling intention into beautifully woven words gets me every-time.
EAMES DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Keep good company.
Notice the ordinary.
Get to the heart of the matter.
Zoom out.
Switch.
Prototype it.
Preserve the ephemeral.
Explain it to a child.
Get lost in the content.
Never tolerate “O.K. anything”.
Remember your responsibility as a storyteller.
Pun.
Make design your life. (And life, [...]
Cluttered Space = Cluttered Style
Sunday, April 10th, 2011When your environment is cluttered, the chaos restricts your ability to focus. The clutter also limits your brain’s ability to process information. Clutter makes you distracted and unable to process information as well as you do in an uncluttered, organized, and serene environment. Clutter leaves no room for your unique style and beauty.
Scientists find physical [...]
Style Statement | Decorate by Holly Becker
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Congratulations to Interior Designer and popular blogger (35,000 daily readers) Holly Becker, on the launch of her new book Decorate – and what a gorgeous book it is, bravo Holly! Decorate, “teeming with clever, creative and quirky advice from the world’s top designers,” is a visual delight, the perfect combination of inspiration and information. And how [...]
Style Statement | Make some Spring
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011It’s easy to take the most loved and most used things in our life for granted. The people and things that are there for us day after day become regular or normal, and seemingly less-than-special.
But spring shakes things up. Every year, the force of life unfailingly says to the trees, “Hey! I’m here! We’re in [...]
Style Statement | Are you who you think you are?
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011Gay, straight, divorced, single parent. Vegetarian, tattooed, pierced, promiscuous. Conservative. Liberal. Passive-Aggressive. Elegant. Bohemian. Eco Warrior.
To further complicate the “privilege of being who you are”, we live in an era when it’s cool to be special. Being an individual is the norm. That’s right. It’s now [...]
