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#AD || A Mother’s Day Gift Guide with @BestBuyCanada || #BestMomBestAdvice #BestBuyCanada_Partner

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With Mother’s Day just around the corner I’m so excited to partner with Best Buy to bring you the ultimate Healthy Happy Gift Guide. If there’s anything that Motherhood has taught me, it’s that it isn’t easy! It takes a village and a very strong women to handle everything thrown on you on a daily basis. Since becoming a Mom myself over 4 years ago it has made me appreciate my Mom more than ever! My Mom’s Best Advice: taking care of yourself should be a priority. A heathly happy mom is the best mom: Heart, body and mind. So I’ve compiled a list of gifts that are sure to please that special Mother in your life, celebrate her and help elevate a potential life area the way she’s helped and guided you in along the years. From technology that keeps her connected to exquisite watches that make her sparkle, to healthy living elements that will streamline her daily life. Best Buy offers the best deals and selection of meaningful gifts that will show Mom just how much she means to you.

Tile Style Tracker

Does your Mom always rush out the door only

to realize she can’t find her keys? With this small

Tile Sport, this problem is no more for the busy

mom. This Bluetooth item tracker easily attaches

to her belongings uses a loud ringer with a 200ft.

range, so she can find her stuff by simply using her

smartphone and free Tile app.

The Google Home Mini

I suggested this over the holidays and I will do it again.

I love my set of Google Home Minis. Small, simple, and powerful. The minimalist Mom

can say hello to Google Home Mini. This helpful

voice-activated smart home speaker is powered

by Google Assistant, giving you hands-free control

of your smart home, including Nest, Philips Hue,

Belkin, and WeMo devices. Ask the Mini questions,

tell it to do things, and get answered.

Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Smart Sonic Electric Toothbrush

I’ve owned this toothbrush for almost a year and love it! My teeth have never felt cleaner. It

removes up to 10x more plaque and 100% more stains than a manual toothbrush. Designed to

help improve your gum health with up to 7x healthier gums in 2 weeks.

Click and Grow Smart Indoor Garden

With set-it-and-forget-it convenience, this Click and

Grow Smart Garden expertly monitors the health,

growth, and life cycle of Mom’s plants. Built-in sensors

and innovative Smart Soil let the garden know when

to automatically deliver an optimal amount of water,

oxygen, or nutrients. All she needs to do is plug it in,

add water, and watch her plants thrive.

Also available in beige and dark grey.

Micheal Kors Smart Watch

Mom can stay smart, stylish, and well connected with

this Michael Kors Access Bradshaw smartwatch.

Featuring Android Wear OS that syncs with her

smartphone, this designer smartwatch has a built-in

fitness tracker to help her dominate her fitness goals.

As a bonus, voice commands make it easier than ever to

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Small Space Design Solutions || Baby Nursery Edition

I love the styling challenge of a small space, it makes you consider the function of every piece of furniture. Harper’s room is easily the smallest room in our house. Technically, without a closet it’s considered a small home office. With the layout of our house I prefer to have her in this small space then further away from our master bedroom. With that being said, we really wanted to find three key pieces for her nursery. The first being the obvious… a crib. I wanted something traditional in a metallic but still fit the sleep safety standards of today. Over the years I’ve seen many beautiful cribs in antique stores that look a lot like this one but none of them fit the standards of sleep safety that we have today. Introducing the Monarch crib from The Brick, get a beautiful brand new crib with that vintage look. This scratch-proof, scuff-proof gold frame also accommodates three mattress heights. Which, as you know was a big selling point for us. Harper is off the charts for height and needs to already be on the lowest setting. Plus, with each purchase of this gorgeous crib proceeds go to Little Seeds Animal Habitat initiative. Next we needed a change table that still had some storage. This was a challenge because the majority we liked in this style were far too wide or long for our space. The Monarch change table is the perfect touch of gold metallic to any nursery and it’s a space saver with several shelves for storage. The steel tubes finished in non-toxic gold paint and dotted with crafted ball castings are reminiscent of the wrought iron furnishings of the Victorian era. Finally The Soft Modern Sideboard is the perfect example of how you can find a piece of furniture you love and convert it into what you need for your space. Traditionally this side board would be used in the dining room but It has so much storage it easily fits all of her small clothing. I love the modern feel and look. Plus it’ll be a piece of furniture we can use down the road in another room. When designing a nursery of any size you’ll need to cover these three bases: Sleep, diaper changes and storage. I hope you love our small space nursery design for our little Harper and it inspires you to tackle even the smallest design challenges. Continue reading →

New Age Road Trips || How times have changed…

I love a good old fashioned family road trip. Snacks, great music and incredible scenery. Growing up the majority of our vacations were on the road as opposed to in the air. Let’s face it, it’s a far more affordable option for tons of families. The one thing that isn’t the same from my childhood mini vacations are the luxury features available in some motor vehicles nowadays. We had the pleasure of partnering with Lincoln on a weekend trip to the mountains. Here are some of my favourite aspects of The 2018 Lincoln Continental that make long road trips as a family that much easier:

Sync 3 is a voice activated feature that can easily control your phone. For us, we loved pressing a button, asking for great restaurants in the area and getting a response in seconds. It was like having a little tour guide in the car with us, perfect for a road trip when you’re not familiar with the town or city you are taking a pitstop in.

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Home Decor || My love for round mirrors continues…

We all know I’m always on the hunt for a great mirror. Easily my favorite decorating trick to open up a room and make it appear even bigger. For the living room I’ve been looking for a large round mirror for quite some time. We found this gorgeous Oryx mirror from The Brick just in time for our Spring refresh of our home. I love the gold detail, modern feel and minimal profile. The size was also a big selling point for me, I struggled to find large round mirrors with a minimalist frame. The majority were half the size or had too decorarive a border for my design needs. With Spring in the air we find ourselves adding a few more accents to each room as we tidy and move the winter items to storage. Continue reading →

#Sponsor Hello Fresh Review & Promo CODE || Meals delivered to your door

You’ve probably guessed from my weekly IG stories, the delivered meals from Hello Fresh have been going well. I’ve gotten so many questions about the service, so I thought I’d come on here and tell you the good, the bad and the delicious.

Here’s my Hello Fresh Meal Delivery Q&A:

Are you paid to talk about Hello Fresh? NO! Hello Fresh does not pay me to promote their service. They have in the past, let me try meals for free BUT I have spent my own money on the service because we loved the meals.

Why a meal delivery service? And do you like the meals? Especially in the winter months, I need help getting healthy ingredients to our house. Sometimes the weather is so bad, I can’t get out with the little guys to do a proper grocery shop. We love Hello Fresh. We, as a family have only disliked 2 meals and we have been getting 3 meals a week since November. The recipes are amazing 95% of the time and you get every single ingredient you need to make it. We order the Family Box, it gives us enough food for dinner and left overs for lunch the next day. It’s really taken the pressure off meal time prep for me.

What don’t you like about Hello Fresh? I did have one box arrive days late, although it was an isolated incident, it was a big inconvenience for us. We had paid for meals for that week but they didn’t arrive to make use of them for our working Tuesday-Friday. And by the time the box arrived the produce wasn’t looking great. It was due to a winter storm, so I had to cut them a little slack on that one. And customer service refunded me a portion to cover the ruined produce.

Would you suggest Hello Fresh to a friend? What do you think of the competitors? I’ve paid for Chef’s Plate twice, both times my box was miss-delivered. When they finally got it to me, the box’s contents were rancid and I did not receive a refund. I was disappointed with the customer service and never actually got to try a successfully delivered meal box. However, my parents get that service and like it… so that was just my experience.

Yes, I would suggest Hello Fresh to a friend or family member! Use my promo code NORTHERNS for 40% off your first box! It’s definitely tasty and it saves you a trip to the grocery store. The recipes are creative, I keep the recipes we love for later use.

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