Apr 07 2018
If you’re looking for road trip ideas, then consider taking an architectural tour of some classic Desert Modern landmarks in Palm Springs. The Desert Modern movement was a natural evolution from Mid Century Modern for Californians adapting their housing designs to their desert environment. Clean lines, low eaves, bright open window spaces, neutral colors, and …
Apr 06 2018
Soma, creators of filtered water pitchers and carafes, teamed up with Parley for the Oceans to design a beautiful water bottle made with upcycled ocean debris. It is currently only available at Starbucks. Hopefully more upcycled items will be appearing on shelves everywhere, especially after last month’s disturbing report weighing in the Great Pacific Garbage …
Mar 31 2018
This marks the 25th year of Epcot’s Flower & Garden Fest, where visitors can enjoy fantastical gardens with Disney character topiaries, a variety of flavorful food and drink offerings including an enticing violet lemonade, and of course lots of adorable goodies to shop for in Walt Disney World. If you haven’t had a chance to visit …
Mar 30 2018
Warmer weather often brings with it a desire to complete a host of projects, both indoors and outdoors. These adorable spring crafts may be the perfect place to start, and some of them are great family projects for the upcoming Easter weekend! I’ve spent the day putting together new yarn shelves, and this free crochet …
Mar 26 2018
Director and producer Ai Weiwei gives us a powerful view of the 65 million migrants escaping climate change, war, and famine in the documentary Human Flow. The Chinese artist and activist traveled for a year through 23 different countries on his own journey as a migrant to offer a realistic perspective of the refugee crisis, …
Sep 17 2017
Kunstglaser: A Breakwater Original “When you don’t love, don’t do it. And when somebody says, ‘Nobody can do this,’ then I say, ‘hey, my name is Nobody.’” -Norbert Sattler Norbert Sattler is a master stained glass craftsman living Pleasantville, Nova Scotia who creates amazing modern glass pieces in conjunction with artists. In this film Sattler shares …
Sep 12 2017
I know, Thanksgiving isn’t for another few months, well actually it isn’t for a month for those celebrating it in Canada, which is part of the reason why I am starting to post a few craft ideas. This always seems to be the busy time of year when everyone is scrambling around for the first …
Sep 11 2017
A couple weeks ago I was able to snag the Too Faced Peanut Butter and Honey Palette. I had been eyeing it for a while and when I noticed it was on sale for 50% off, I had to snatch it up right away. I’ve been using the palette off and on for a few …
Aug 27 2017
I’m starting to have quite an addiction to monthly beauty subscriptions. I started with Ipsy. Then I added Sephora Play. Now I have BoxyCharm too. Now let me preface by saying, yes, BoxyCharm is twice the price of Ipsy and Sephora Play weighing in at $21 per month while the others are $10; however, it blows …
Jun 15 2017
Hello June 2017! I can’t believe the year is halfway over and another Ipsy bag in hand already. This month it appears I only received ONE full sized item in my monthly glam bag. I was a tab bit disappointed as I love full size items but overall still impressed with what I did receive! For those of …
