the DIY files: a chevron canvas
I’m always on the hunt for some new DIY artwork ideas, so when I got my hands on a big canvas recently I perused pinterest for some inspiration. I came across one of my favourite ombre dresser (I have...
View Articlea new year, a new venture
With this new year, I’m tackling a new fun adventure: a little etsy shop called audrey & gem. Back when I was around 8 years old, my grandmother (Audrey) bought me my first set of watercolour...
View Articlelove day
Happy love day, folks! Hope your day is full of sweetness! I threw together this fun little poster. Feel free to download it here.
View Articlemy take/her take: thrifted tray gone cute
My pal Tanya, blogger extroadinaire from Dans Le Townhouse, and I have done a little bit of thrifting lately. We decided it would be kinda fun to do a “my take/her take” on something we could find two...
View Articlean audrey & gem print
Happy Monday, guys! Hope you all had a great weekend. We had an out-of-town wedding to go to and got back SOOOO late last night (it was a Sunday wedding). It was lovely and fun, but man am I ever tired...
View Articlethe hallway: upgraded
Back in October, I painted our hallway a light gray and hung some of our favourite travel photos in cheap-o clip frames that we already owned (see that post here). I had said at the time that I’d like...
View Articlegeography is cool
Remember back in April when I brought home these two antique maps from a local antiques show (one was gifted by my pal Courtney)? Well, I finally framed those beauties and got them up on the wall. Just...
View Articleside entrance makeover: the artwork
Okay, so back to our side entrance way makeover we have going on. Just to jog your memory, here is the official “before” and getting it ready for the makeover, and here is where we painted the accent...
View Articlethe frame game
Last August, I posted about the new gallery wall in our hallway (not so new anymore!). I did the one main wall at the time, always with plans of adding additional frames on the opposite wall. Well, I...
View Articleetsy shop: new additions
Some new pieces are up in the etsy shop! Thought I’d share a few of them here. The pink version of the ‘i love canada’ print has been pretty popular, so I thought I’d add another colour variation – red...
View Articlea roundup: freebie printables for your walls
I don’t know about you guys, but I always get re-invigorated in the spring and am ready to get going on projects I have been putting off on the to-do list, switch up the accessories in our pad for...
View Articlethe inspiration files: DIY nursery artwork roundup
Now that we’re checking a few of the bigger things off our nursery to-do list, my brain is wandering over to the small details. These are always the thing that really make a room, don’t you think? With...
View Articleproject nursery: a gallery wall
Progress on the nursery has been pretty steady going. We just have a few small details to get to that finish line! I had hinted before that I wanted to do a gallery wall above the pink + gold dresser...
View Articlea DIY deer silhouette canvas with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape
I was recently in touch with the folks over at 3M who make ScotchBlue painter’s tape. They wanted to send me a few rolls and see what kind of projects I could get up to. Well, I thought it would be fun...
View ArticleDIY artwork: a triangle canvas with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape
So we’re back with art project number 2 in our ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape original artwork week! One of the more obvious ways of using tape to create some original artwork is to do a geometric pattern...
View ArticleDIY artwork: a tree canvas with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape
Happy Friday, guys! So here is the last art project for our ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape week. I racked my brain and perused pinterest for a while to think about this third canvas. I didn’t want to do any...
View Articlean artwork find
Are you guys on the lookout for artwork? I was recently introduced to Saatchi Online, which is a huge online gallery run by the renowned Saatchi Gallery in London. They curate collections of artists...
View Articleetsy shop: new prints launched
Just in time for the holidays, I have launched a few new prints in the etsy shop! Most continue to be watercolour-based, but I have been having fun with some graphic stuff too. I designed this “be...
View Articleside entrance makeover: the artwork
Okay, so back to our side entrance way makeover we have going on. Just to jog your memory, here is the official “before” and getting it ready for the makeover, and here is where we painted the accent...
View Articleaudrey + gem: art prints summer sale
It’s Wednesday and it feels like we are only just starting the week. Gotta love that. Dan took Monday off work and had Tuesday off for Canada Day, so we had an extra extra long one. Did some cottaging...
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