It’s an emotional tug of war In The Storyhouse this week, as Jen and I begin to dig into the constant battle between heart and money. I won’t beat around the bush – when you are a solopreneur (like I am), the struggle is real and present, every single day. I am constantly weighing my… Read More

If you haven’t heard of Shea McGee or Studio McGee, you’ve more than likely seen spaces she has designed. To be perfectly honest, I was in that camp until about a month before BlogPodium when I started to do research into the keynote speaker and try to pin point what it was I thought I’d… Read More

I am still riding high off the vibes of last weekend when I was in Toronto. I met with blogging friends, old and new, ate some seriously delicious meals, interviewed an interior design phenom (for an upcoming episode!) and, oh ya, attended my favourite blogging conference of the year – BlogPodium. I haven’t fully processed… Read More

As I am uploading this week’s episode, I am likely also scrambling around getting ready to head to Toronto for four days so I can attend BlogPodium. I’m excited and terrified at the same time. On the one hand, I cannot wait to meet with some of my good blog friends, catch up and socialize;… Read More

We are In The Storyhouse for another podcast episode and today we are talking about ‘getting on the list’. It’s a hot topic for bloggers and agencies and, in my opinion, these kinds of dynamics trickle down to the reader because – well, if a blogger is on a given list, they are more likely… Read More

Happy Fri-yay everyone! And it’s time for our second episode of In The Storyhouse. First of all, I want to say a heart felt THANK YOU to everyone for the comments and considered conversations that came from our inaugural episode last week. It really was the best. And I found it has motivated both Jen… Read More

You know what they say? Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession. Somehow, this is miraculously true for me. It took me a long time to reach this point. Five years ago when I started DIY Passion, I had zero expectations of myself, of my blog or of… Read More