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Josephine’s Creative Career Moms: Sara Kardan of Her Majesty’s Pleasure

Oct 22, 2015

Her Majesty’s Pleasure co-owner Sara Kardan is this month’s Creative Career mom and I couldn’t be happier to share her story. Sara Kardan and her husband Jeff Armstrong opened Her Majesty’s Pleasure (a unique beauty bar located in Toronto’s lively King West neighbourhood) a year ago this month and their vision is something to be … More Josephine’s Creative Career Moms: Sara Kardan of Her Majesty’s Pleasure

Baptism Baking: Simple Shortbread

Oct 2, 2015

As promised, I’m sharing the very simple shortbread recipe from our son’s baptism. I used a cross-shaped cookie cutter for these, but like many shortbread recipes, the dough can be cut into any shape. The crosses would also work really well for Easter, and with Christmas coming up, these shortbread sweets would make the perfect … More Baptism Baking: Simple Shortbread

Our Baby’s Baptism: Celebrating Traditions

Oct 1, 2015

After a beautiful celebration this past weekend, I wanted to share some of the details from our little one’s baptism. I also want to take this opportunity to seriously celebrate tradition. I am happy to say that making traditional choices for this event made for quick and simplistic planning, leaving room for creative details. Traditions … More Our Baby’s Baptism: Celebrating Traditions

There’s Something about Autumn

Sep 24, 2015

There’s something about the fall that always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Even though the first day of fall does mark the beginning of the end (seasonally speaking) there’s something about the cool crisp air that makes everyone want to throw on some cozy knits and cuddle. Spring makes us hopeful; we hope … More There’s Something about Autumn

Josephine’s Baked Tomato Soup

Sep 17, 2015

It’s that time of year again; tomato season is here! Tomato season usually means sauce-making season in our family, but this year I decided to try something a little different with our garden goodies. Our garden happens to be about 90% tomatoes this year and with a new baby, a lot of tomatoes and cool … More Josephine’s Baked Tomato Soup

Josephine’s Creative Career Moms: a Throwback to my First Feature on Loops for Days

Sep 10, 2015

Josephine’s Creative Career Moms is a big part of my blogging inspiration and I want to take a bit of time this month to share the a small part of the story behind these features. When I started my blog back in February, I was so inspired by the stories of mompreneurs like Courtney Ryall … More Josephine’s Creative Career Moms: a Throwback to my First Feature on Loops for Days

Motherhood and the Art of Letting Go (Part 2 – Perfection)

Sep 3, 2015

A little while ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sara Kardan, co-owner of Her Majesty’s Pleasure, a new boutique salon in Toronto. Sara is also a new mother and after agreeing to do a feature for Josephine (coming out in October) we had a chance to chat about the trials and tribulations … More Motherhood and the Art of Letting Go (Part 2 – Perfection)

Josephine’s Simple Summer Salad

Aug 27, 2015

With only a few more weeks of summer left, it’s time to savour every minute and morsel. The beginning of summer is always exciting, holidays to look forward to, long days and warm summer nights, but when summer is ending the crops are ripe for picking. This summer we decided to give our garden a … More Josephine’s Simple Summer Salad

Motherhood and the Art of Letting Go (Part 1)

Aug 19, 2015

I wrote this piece for Parent Life Network a few weeks ago knowing that this was just the beginning of a series; letting go is a bit of a work in progress, and motherhood truly is a series of letting goes. The posts in this series will appear right here on Josephine and on Parent … More Motherhood and the Art of Letting Go (Part 1)