31.7.09

{...is change good? again???}




"The founding editor of Style at Home magazine, Gail Johnston Habs, is retiring at the end of May after 12 years with the magazine and 23 with Transcontinental Media."
so... I just finished reading the September issue of Style at Home ( if you know me, i subscribe to both Canadian H&H & Style @ Home every year) and I've just discovered that the Editor is also leaving...(i say ALSO because of my other entry about Canadian House & Home Editor Cobi Ladner leaving her position) EXCEPT i'm not sad or worried for the state of Style of Home. Why? Why? am i not having those same feelings? is it perhaps that GJH never made personal connections? is it because i never saw her making canadian appearances at Home Shows? Is it because i never saw her on Cityline or at the Jasper Park Lodge??? LOL or is it because every single time i wanted her to make a connection with me when i read her editors note she never "had me at hello"...maybe she doesn't speak Paula to me? maybe i shouldn't worry about it...but you know at least i had Cobi Ladner...she spoke to me...i guess to each his own, i just hope that the quality of magazine continues because both magazines are excellent resources.... but if you pick up this month's issue of Style at Home, which you totally should--it's AWESOME--read her final words...is it personal & touching to you??? your thots???

{cowabunga}




...so i went to my local scrapbooking store, Treasured Memories, which i think has the coolest paper selection. seeing as I'm in love with My Mind's Eye Paper lately, i picked up this line called Breaking Free/Cowabunga. it's difficult sometimes making cards that aren't too cutesy & frilly, especially since I have 3 boys & they tend to go to boys parties and I'm not a pink fan! i will post some photos of the cards i made this week. i've been on holidays, and it was my personal goal to sit down & make some cards!!!

15.7.09

{...take my breath away}


...wow...is all i can say, doesn't this kitchen just speak volumes to you? well, it does to me! over at jubella they had this as their feature today...oh my... look at that island for one...amazing & rustic to the nth degree...i can't say enuf about it! The pantry is gorgeous also...i can just imagine how much i coud store in there...then there's the flooring...take my breath away!!! okay, i'm off to stare at this photo again...do you think that might be Brad Pitt in that photo? yes, i think so...