Missed these? New books for cooks, creatives and more to gift + A giveaway!

December 17, 2018 by try small things

I received the books in this post for review purposes. All opinions are my own. I love giving books any time of the year, but Christmas can be especially fun because the crop of new books that come out in the fall is always so, so good. Today I’ve got some ones you might not have seen that would make great gifts for the fashionista, the interior design and decor lover, the entrepreneur (especially those in creative fields) and the […]

Categories: Books, Giveaways • Tags: Abrams Books, Aimee Song, Aimee Song: World of Style, Be Bold: Interiors for the Brave of Heart, contest, Emily Henson, entrepreneurship, François-Régis Gaudry, french cooking, giveaway, Good Company Magazine, interior design, Kinfolk, Let's Eat France, Manda Group, Nathan Williams, The Eye, Thomas Allen & Son

Handmade Living: 40 Step-by-Step Projects for Crafting a Beautiful Home + Win a copy!

November 14, 2018 by try small things

Thomas Allen & Son sent me a copy of Handmade Living in exchange for an honest review. Here’s what I think.  You don’t have to be God’s gift to crafters to make most of the projects in today’s book, nor do you need a lot of time. Which is ideal any time of the year, but especially coming into the holidays when our to-do lists are long and our patience is short. Handmade Living: 40 Step-by-Step Projects for Crafting a […]

Categories: Books, Crafts, Giveaways • Tags: CICO Books, crafts, DIY, DIY decor, DIY gifts, DIY gifts for the holidays, Handmade Living, homemade gifts, maker, Thomas Allen & Son, Willow Crossley

A Sloth’s Guide To Taking It Easy: Be More Sloth With These Fail-Safe Tips For Serious Chilling + Slothilda: Living The Sloth Life + A giveaway!

October 25, 2018 by try small things

Thomas Allen & Son sent me Slothilda and A Sloth’s Guide to Taking it Easy in exchange for an honest review. So here’s what I think. They say you should write what you know. Well let me tell you, I know a thing or two about being a sloth. That’s not to say I sit in a tree all day eating leaves REALLY, REALLY SLOWLY, but finishing a box of chocolates on the couch can take me an afternoon and […]

Categories: Books, Giveaways • Tags: A Sloth's Gide to Taking it Easy, contest, Dante Fabiero, gifts for sloths, giveaway, Ryland Peters & Small, Sarah Jackson, Skyhorse Publishing, sloth books, sloth life, Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life, Thomas Allen & Son

Five things

September 9, 2018 by try small things

Happy Sunday, everybody! I hope you’ve had a great week. I felt a bit listless with the kids back in school (WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?) and found myself cleaning out drawers and wiping down baseboards (again, HIGHLY UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR) but it’ll pass. Here are a few things I’ve been loving lately. 

Categories: Five Things • Tags: Gourmet Trading, Grace Atwood, Pipsticks X Workman, Sweet Reads Box, Take a Compliment: 50 Posters to Pin Share and Treasure, Thomas Allen & Son, What if it's Us?, Whiskey in a Teacup

“I don’t want to get organized” said no one ever + A giveaway!

August 31, 2018 by try small things

Thomas Allen & Son sent me my favourites from the Pipsticks X Workman Publishing collab in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine and from the heart.  “SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER WHICH MEANS SOON U GET TO HIDE INSIDE NOT TALKING TO ANYONE WITHOUT FEELING WEIRD ABOUT IT.” — Orlando Soria I love September for all of the usual reasons, but even more so this year because I’m starting it with a super fun planner that’s going to […]

Categories: Giveaways, SWOON • Tags: back to school, contest, giveaway, Pipsticks, planner, stationery, Thomas Allen & Son, Workman Publishing

Five things

July 23, 2018 by try small things

Hey everybody! How’s July treating you? I’m writing from the train home to Ottawa after a few days visiting family in Barrie and Toronto. I hadn’t seen my brother-in-law and his hubby in ages and my own brother and nephew in even longer so a trip down was well overdue. I’d planned to write a few book reviews while I was away but felt soooooo lazy (maybe from the constant eating? you know how one meal blends into another when […]

Categories: Five Things • Tags: A Sloth's Guide to Taking it Easy, Blue Jays, Jr. Jays Sundays, Slothtilda, Thomas Allen & Son

Five things

June 25, 2018 by try small things

I received some of the products mentioned in this post free of charge and name the sponsors below. All opinions are my own and from the heart.  For a couple of years in my teens I worked at the only Tim Hortons in town. The steady stream of customers kept us counter girls hopping, but the instant we caught a break and stopped to chat our manager would waltz through the swingy saloon doors dividing the back from the front […]

Categories: Five Things • Tags: Abrams Books, Alt Hotel Ottawa, Bernardin, Cathy Thinking Out Loud, Indigo Pinecrest, Le Germain Hotel Ottawa, Manda Group, Nathan Turner's I Love California, Superfood Boost, Sweet Reads Box, Thomas Allen & Son, What's Gaby Cooking, Yummy Mummy Club

50 Ways To Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons In Pencil And Paper + Win a copy!

June 11, 2018 by try small things

Thomas Allen & Son sent me a copy of 50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons in Pencil and Paper in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and from the heart.  “I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” — Vincent Van Gogh When I was in high school I did a three-month student exchange in Quebec and took an art class heavy on illustration. One of our assignments was to draw […]

Categories: Books, Giveaways • Tags: 50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful Ordinary Life, Astrid van der Hulst, contest, drawing, drawing lessons, Flow Magazine, giveaway, how to draw, Irene Smit, Thomas Allen & Son, Workman Publishing

The Pesto Cookbook: 116 Recipes for Creative Herb Combinations and Dishes Bursting with Flavor by Olwen Woodier

May 11, 2018 by try small things

Thomas Allen & Son sent me The Pesto Cookbook in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and from the heart. Although I’m rather pitiful with houseplants, we’ve had a few times when our herb garden has done so well that we didn’t know what to do with it all. But now I’ve got all kinds of ideas, thanks to The Pesto Cookbook: 116 Recipes for Creative Herb Combinations and Dishes Bursting with Flavor by Olwen Woodier. Her […]

Categories: Books, Food & Drink • Tags: cooking, olive thyme and parsley pesto, Olwen Woodier, pesto, recipe, Storey Publishing, The Pesto Cookbook, Thomas Allen & Son