My lovelies, I finally caved. I started listening to Christmas music. I woke up on Saturday to see snowflakes swirling through the air and a light dusting covering my deck. It was nothing compared to the white-out conditions on the other side of the city, but I took it as a sign that it was time to introduce Miss Ruby to my favourite music in the world. Once I opened the door, I haven’t been able to shut it off and I’ve had carols playing at every possible minute. For a while now I’ve tried to get all my Christmas projects done–photos, letters, gifts and the like–but I just couldn’t…

Christmas is the season for giving. That’s why I’m happy to announce that I have another wonderful prize to give to you! Have you started putting your Christmas cards in the mail yet? Before you even think about it, I have one word for you: Shutterfly. Shutterfly is a fabulous company that, in their own words, makes it easy to be thoughtful and creative with your  photos and memories. They have a wonderful collection of Christmas Cards this year that are available in both traditional colors and embellishments as well as bold, bright colors with a modern feel. As well as cards, they offer everything from regular prints to photo books, to greeting cards to…

Oh my goodness. I know I promised to announce the winner of the Colin’s Closet giveaway this morning, but this whole day (and week) has just completely slipped away from me! I’ve been sick with a sneaky cold whose symptoms only get disastrous in the evening… so once I get going about my day I feel almost normal until it sneaks up on me and BAM! I feel awful all night. And then today I had the Hubster home so we started doing errands and then the wee-bean needed me and and and… …you know how it goes. ANYWAY. Like you care about any of that. ha The giveaway ended…