The magic answer to every gift giving dilemma

Have you ever been stumped on what gift to get your significant other, friend, child, parent or even a colleague for their birthday..or Mother's Day...or Father's Day...or Christmas...or a promotion? What do they want to do for their birthday? What do they want to get for Christmas?

Most of the time, I have no idea, especially for guys; husband, dad, guy friend. I don't know why but I just can't think of anything. So I figured out a way for things to be easier for myself, and for the receiving person to be satisfied.

I made a free questionnaire that you can download here. Print it out, give to the person to fill out and ask them to return it to you. Once you get it back, you'll know exactly what they want, no more second guessing!

You could always make your own questionnaire with your own questions! I took the liberty to fill one in for myself Mother's Day. ;)

My day would be perfect if:
I could sleep in, cuddle in bed with my family, not do any chores, get a massage before bed.

I would like to receive:
Flowers (preferably pink carnations!), a grande soy London fog from Starbucks.

Things I want to do:
Plant the garden with my son and take lots of pictures. Go to the park as a family and have a picnic. Take a quiet bubble bath.

I love color: Floral dream

PALETTE NAME: Floral dream. If you use it, please link back! You can also find it @ colourlovers. I made some free patterns for you. If you use them please credit me with a link back. Click the images below for the link.



Do you enjoy gardening?

Summer is finally here. The sun came out of hiding and gorgeous flowers have been popping out all over the place. The above flowers are from my garden. Beautiful aren't they? Our yard needs a lot of work... a lot. I don't know what the previous owner was thinking but all the flowers and plants are randomly placed. One of my ongoing projects is moving things around until it looks half decent. I've also been pulling out an insane amount of weeds. My ultimate goal is to have a golf course lawn. Near impossible, I know, but I'm giving it a shot anyway. (:

Free social media icons

Click here to download the icon pack. They are .png files.

I wanted some simple social media icons for my blog, so I designed my own. Aaaaaand I decided to let you guys use them as well, should you desire. Yes, for free. If you use them, don't forget to link back & credit me, thanks! Oh, and drop a link in my comments, I'd love to see how you used them! (:

I've been playing around with Photoshop for a while now, figuring things out on my own. I was thinking of doing some tutorials for you guys. What would you like to learn?

Edit: These icons are protected by Creative Commons 3.0. No commercial use allowed.

I love color: Cherry blossom

Credit: Photo by Slonecker.

PALETTE NAME: Cherry blossom. If you use it, please link back! You can also find it @ colourlovers. I made some free patterns for you. If you use them please credit me with a link back. Click the images below for the link.



I'm having a lot of fun playing with colors lately. I finally have some time to think about how I want to decorate my new house. Yay! I'm really loving the sky blue above. I was thinking painting my bedroom that color with a dark Brazilian wood accent wall. As for the accompanying colors I'm still deciding between light gray, pale turquoise or baby yellow.

FUN FACT: The cherry blossom is one of my favorite trees (aside from the weeping willow). I especially love watching the petals sway from side to side as they fall, leaving behind an inviting carpet of pink fluff. Where I went to university, there were some of these trees by the side door & walking under them always made me feel so peaceful.

What is your favorite tree?

I love color: Winterized

PALETTE NAME: Winterized. If you use it, please link back! You can also find it @ colourlovers. I made some free patterns for you. If you use them please credit me with a link back. Click the images below for the link.



Yup, winter has officially arrived.

What is your favorite season?

The grass is green and the weather is mild. I go to sleep.
I wake up and look out the window. Bam! Two inches of snow.
Wow. World. Really?

I have to admit I'm not much of a fall person. The weather is grim and wet and you can't really enjoy the outdoors. No sun for baking, no snow for sports.

Dear winter,
You have surprised me.
But I am glad you have arrived.
Love, x