cvegnad, Author at Working Mommy Journal

August 19, 2013

Posterjack.ca: For All Your Home and Back to School Dorm Needs!

Back to school time is upon us! Starting school away from home is hard and the easiest way to adjust is to bring little memories of home with you – I still remember crying when my Dad left my first apartment and I realized I was on my own for the first time!

Posterjack.ca has a great line of unique photo products that add that extra personal touch and help ease the changes that come with moving away from home.

Posterjack.ca has five unique and creative ways to help bring that personal touch to any dorm room or first apartment.

My personal favourite is their framed prints and photo boards. They have used these to create art shelves that would be perfect in any setting! Family portraits would be perfect for this set up. I would love this in our living room! The design is elegant and fun at the same time.

Not allowed to hang items up in the wall? Not allowed to paint? No worries – Posterjack.ca has you covered with peel and stick posters! They are safe to use on any surface and can be re-used up to 200 times!

I love creating collages – sometimes it is just way to hard to chose only one photo! Posterjack.ca provides canvas collages in different sizes to suit your needs. With their easy and quick program on their site you will have a lovely collage in no time!

One of the newest trends that I have noticed are the clotheslines photographs. Such a perfect idea for a pre-teen, teenager and dorm room! It is so fun and unique!

I think everyone has had or still has the famous clipboard photo art! I am staring at mine while I type this!! I love to be reminded constantly of my family while I am working or browsing the internet. I also keep my important to-do’s on my clipboard (although they take up far less space than my babies do!).

All of these products are simple and easy to order in three easy steps:

1. Upload your desired photo (or photos!)

2. Select your product and size.

3. Your products are delivered right to your door!

Do you purchase back to school room decor for your children? What is your favourite product?

Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Images are from Posterjack.ca

August 13, 2013

Watching Airplanes #WW

August 12, 2013

Re-Creating My Pinterest Dream #cbias

I have a secret to confess (although you probably wont be surprised!) – I love Pinterest! I can spend hours and hours online looking through home decor, crafts and recipes. I have spent countless of lunch hours online “researching” what I would love to do in our home, new recipes to try and crafts for our kids (it is amazing how quickly one hour can just fly by!). Pinterest is an incredible platform to easily share and save fantastic ideas with your favourite brands, blogs, community groups, friends and family. I have found so many exciting crafts and home DIY ideas this way! I love the wide variety of skill levels that you can find in the crafts/DIY sections and the cultural diversity in the recipes that are online.

I was very excited to be able to participate in re-creating one of my dream pins that I found on the CB Socially account on Pinterest. If you are not yet following the CB Socially boards you really should! There is a board for every possible event, theme, craft, recipe or product that you can think of.

For this project, I quickly focused on their Crafts/DIY board. I fell in love with their Mason Jar Succulent pin as soon as I laid my eyes on it! Here is a quick shot of the print:

We moved into our new home around three months ago and are still in the process of purchasing new furniture and re-decorating. We started off in the dining room and purchased a new dining set. I have been researching and looking into a centre piece for it but so far have not been able to find one that really spoke to me. I knew as soon as I found the Mason Jar Succulent pin that this would be perfect for our new home!

What I loved the most about this home decor project was it’s simplicity. For a person like me who is not quite the best at putting together floral arrangements and crafts this looked perfect! The only materials needed were: mason jar, stones, glass beads and succulent. Pretty simple right?

I am one of those individuals who has to prepare her shop before hand and research prices. I was able to find everything I needed for this project at Walmart online. I was able to head over to Walmart during my lunch hour at work and gather everything I needed in under twenty minutes! You can find my whole shopping experience in my album here.

I had decided that since these pieces were going to be the focal point for our new dining set that I wanted one taller jar and one of the three jars to contain a dried coloured flower instead of a succulent to add additional contrast. Looking through both the original project’s instructions and my online research I was able to find a jar/vase that would suit this need.

Here is a peak at my purchases:

I could not have been more impressed with how simple it was to put together. I always get a little bit hesitant to try out the projects I find on Pinterest as I am nervous as to whether it will be too difficult for me to create and the length of time to re-create the project. This project was easy to put together and came together in three easy steps:

The only hard part was that some of the dirt fell into the glass beads even when I tried the suggestion of watering the dirt first but it was such a minimal amount that made it through on to the beads that it did not affect the overall look.

I fell in love with the final look of this project. It suits the room perfectly and I am so proud that I am able to say that I created it myself!

What do you think of my final master piece? Would you have done something different? Don’t forget to check out my whole experience here.

What projects have you re-created from Pinterest?

August 7, 2013

Lake View #WW

August 5, 2013

Turkey Chili

Walmart had Maple Leaf Prime ground turkey and chicken on sale last week so I stocked up as much as my freezer could hold! Our family loves chili all year long so I decided to make a healthier version for us. Here is what we did:

Ingredients:

– 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

– 1 large onion

– 2 medium carrots sliced

– 1 cup of fresh spinach

– 3 garlic cloves diced

– 1 1/2 cups of freshly diced tomatoes

– 1 can diced tomatoes

– 1 pound of ground extra lean turkey or chicken

– 4 tbsp dry black lentils

– 4 tbsp cumin

– 1 tbsp chili powder

Directions:

1. On medium heat, saute the onion, garlic cloves, carrots in a large pot until slightly golden.

2. Add the turkey or chicken meat. Stir until the meat is cooked through.

3. Add the spinach and continue to cook until the spinach has been cooked through.

4. Add the cumin and chili powder and cook for another minute to absorb the spices.

5. Add the fresh tomatoes and cook for another minute to two minutes or until the tomatoes become slightly absorbed.

6. Add the diced tomatoes and allow to cook on medium heat for roughly 30 minutes or until the majority of the tomatoes have been absorbed.

Enjoy! I was able to make not only dinner with this recipe but also two freezer lunch meals with this – perfect for busy work weeks!