Artist Spotlight: Janis Nicolay

Janis Nicolay is a photographer I found on Poppytalk - which is a great website if you haven't heard of it.
Most of her work is simply and light. I haven't seen any portraits or even people in her work. I like it a lot - very natural and simply. Check out her work below and definatly check out her blog where she has all her work.

All photographs via Janis Nicolays blog

Peace.
Rowan.

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Weekly Round Up: Grapfruit and Raspberry Dessert Recipes

This weeks dessert them is raspberry and grapefruit! Two of my favourite flavours. All of these look so pretty I'd be afraid to eat them. I love eating exciting desserts, but i'm so damn lazy about cooking them

                  

                                                                 Grapefruit donuts

Grapefruit bars

Grapefruit Macarons

Raspberry Shortbread

Raspberry bar

Raspberry Swirl Roll

I want to try all of them. They all look so tasty. Don't tell anyone but I have never had a macaron before! Let alone make one, I'm thinking that's something on this weeks agenda.

Peace.
Rowan.

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Mother's Day is here: Gifts to make her smile without breaking the bank

Well, Mother's Day is less then a month away! I know for a lot of people - myself included - often forget about Mother's Day until about a week before and run around trying to find something. It's not a birthday or Christmas where you're always prepared....right? Anyways, here are some great etsy finds that are great for mothers day.


This is the second most greatest thing ever made besides cheesecake.


I'm tempted to buy this necklace for myself!


So true! My mom is my best friend - although I don't live with her.



This actually seems like a really nice spa kit! It would be great for any lady in your life, even yourself.



This custom initial cutting board is adorable! It would be great for a newly wed couple as well.


These heart stud earrings are actually really precious.

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I personally love etsy for anything I need. I believe in buying handmade and from small businesses - even local if you can! These items are great, I think I'm going to buy the spa kit for my mom, but I'm still looking!.

Peace.
Rowan

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Pinterest Inspiration: Earth Vibe Freedom

Earth vibe freedom is how I would describe these photos. I find them all very inspiring. Hopefully you do too! Check out my pinterest, I'm a bit addicted, but how you can you not like a one stop place for DIYs, recipes, photographs, art....aahhhh! I love it. Well, here are todays inspiring photographs.

             

               


            

                          

                       

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Peace.
Rowan.

ps. okay, I'm not going to lie, every single time I end a post I want to write "xoxo, gossip girl" Not even kidding.

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Let's all just take a moment to appreciate boiled egg timers

If you're like me, you've pondered over how long to boil an egg for hard, medium and soft middles. Do I put the egg in after it's boiled? Or put it in and then boil it? After it's boiled do I turn off the heat or lowers it? Or do I remove it from the hot element all together? 
For me, getting the perfect egg is: A + B (X-Y) x C = hard boiled egg if you stand on your head and count to 2000. But with egg timers, add you boiled the eggs the red part slowly turns yellow, and you removed the eggs once the yellow has gone to the line of how soft or hard you want it.
Meaning I can have a hard boiled egg everyday without worrying about getting a soft centre.

And that's not even the best part! The best part is it cost an entire $1. Not kidding! One dollar! You can pick it up at the local dollarstore, Walmart or Target. Go, I'll wait here while you run out and buy one. No seriously, go.

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20 Things to do in life

This isn't a bucket list, if it were it probably be 200 things as opposed to 20. This is 20 major goals/things I want to do by the time I'm thirty, so that gives me about ten years to do them all. Some are goals, others are things that I want to continually do and work on.

1. Get a Bachelor's Degree.
2. Live an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
3. Grow Traveler's Tree
4. Create more.
5. Spend less, give more, save more.
6. Eat only vegan and mostly organic
7. Publish a poetry book.
8. Travel the world often.
9. Grow a garden.
10. Sell my jewelry in brick and mortar shops
11. Learn to crochet.

12. Publish an e-book.
13. Sew my own clothes.
14. Live a minimalist life.
15. Write often.
16. Buy a house.
17. Live stress free
18. Use more handmade.
19.  Start a family.
20. Be happy.

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Inspiring world: Photographs

Here are some photographs I have found really inspiring this past week. Two and three are my favourite.

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