January 08, 2016

HELLO WEEKEND

January 08, 2016/ Laura Liira

It's January 8th and my brain is going all like hsjdgkljshgjkhsdflkjhsdlfjkhsdkjlhfjkhsdf!!! Anyone else feeling the craziness of a new year? Thank goodness I have my energy back but wow, everyday I have mile long to-do lists. #GodIlooktoYou

We're in the midst of our 21 Day Challenge at church...it's taking the first 21 days to fast and pray and focus on God. We've had noon-time prayer times and they have definitely helped with my sanity!

I'm 18 weeks pregnant and in just over a week we find out the sex of #babyliira !!! Start placing your bets now...James and lots of others tell me I'm having a girl. I'm leaning towards boy but really I'm shooting in the dark here....sooo excited!!

And speaking of baby, Oh Joy! has released a nursery line at Target!!! Thank goodness Target ships to Canada. How cute are these swaddling cloths and this changing pad that folds up into a clutch!! She also has a home line coming out in February with super cute pillows and gold figurines...right up my alley.

Well hope you have a wonderful weekend! I have a jam packed one with Propel women, baby shower, bridal shower and two birthday parties...wowza! But I'm looking forward to spending time with great friends and family.

XO,
laura

January 04, 2016

YOUR FAVOURITE POSTS FROM 2015

January 04, 2016/ Laura Liira

Oh my gosh we are four days into 2016! 2016!!!!! It seems so crazy saying it out loud. I have a feeling this is going to be a good one but I'm pretty sure I always say that because of my optimistic nature ha.

But before all the 2016 planning, I want to share with you, your favourite posts from 2015. 2015 was an overall good year for the blog! I didn't do all the goals I wanted to but my readership increased...I also saw a lack of blogging in October-December which you can blame on the little 17.5 week old baby in my tummy! But don't get too mad because I'm sure that little baby is going to bring a lot of post inspiration this year ;)

So here you have it folks, your top 10 favourite posts from SSHEART in 2015! Thank you so much for continuing to journey with me :)

10. WARDROBE // 10

In this wardrobe post we shared how we won that huge prize from Mayfair (gift cards & stay at the Delta, which we used for our anni). I don't particularly love my outfit here but those leggings are beyond comfy! I'm now inspired to do another wardrobe post with my growing belly!

9. 20 GOALS FOR MY LAST YEAR AS A 20-SOMETHING

This year I turn the big 30 so I made a list of 20 goals that I would like to accomplish in my last year as a 20-something! Thankfully I've knocked a couple off the list but I got some work to do!

8. MY #1 RELATIONSHIP RULE

Last February I did a little relationship series which I received some great feedback from. I'm no relationship guru but through my own idiot mistakes and years of counselling others, I've accumulated some wisdom in this area ;) This post was about my #1 relationship rule.

7. RACHEL'S BACHELORETTE

Last May my bestie got married and we went to town on her bachelorette (aka bed by 10pm and ceramic painting).

6. #CLUNGTOTHEJUNG IN IPHONE PHOTOS

As I said right above, Rachel got married last May and IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER!!!! The wedding was done right and everyone had so much fun. It was such an incredible day seeing my bestie marry the love of her life :)

5. PREGNANCY POST // 4 MONTH BUMP UPDATE

The start of the bump!! Oh my gosh it's (and I lols) have grown so much since then and I can't wait till month 5 where I can show my next update.

3. WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!!

Our baby announcement was my favourite post from 2015 but thanks to pinterest, a couple others ended up on top lols. We took some holiday photos with Rachael Alexandra Photography and were so excited to post this one and share the news that WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!!

2. EYE CANDY // 2

I did a couple of these EYE CANDY posts for inspiration and after pinning one of these photos, this became my second popular post of 2015...the power of pinterest!!

1. 5 BACKYARD PARTY IDEAS

I was totally planning on doing a lovely party in my backyard for my birthday but it ended up pouring rain and we had to throw on in our house :( We still had loads of fun and seeing this post again makes me excited to throw one of these this summer (with a little baby in tow!!!!)

So there you have it, your (and pinterest's) favourite posts from 2015!

XO,
laura

January 02, 2016

PRINTABLE JANUARY CALENDAR // GO GET EM, TIGER!

January 02, 2016/ Laura Liira

Time to make your dreams into plans with this free printable January 2016 Calendar!

Ok it's January 2nd, the real day we all start those New Year resolutions, riiiiiggght? I was going to go to the gym today but I assumed it was going to be waaay too busy with all those starting their goals today (excuses, excuses I know lols!)

I'm excited to share with you my one word for 2016 (also recap on 2015's too!) but I'm also making some dreams/goals too! So I'm using this calendar to turn some dreams into plans and you can too...just download below :)

GO GET EM, TIGER!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE JANUARY 2016 CALENDAR

XO,
laura

December 31, 2015

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 31, 2015/ Laura Liira

The last day of 2015...WOWZA! We're off to Van to ring in the new year with some great friends and do a little shopping (hello Topshop maternity!!!!)

Hope you have a great New Years filled with contentment, thankfulness and peace. Today I was reminded of God's great peace... no matter what life brought me in 2015...some ups and some downs...God proved His faithfulness. In the New Year I'll spend a little bit of time reflecting on 2015 and then we'll be full on all 2016 things...so excited for what this next year will bring!

Love you lots. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

xo,
laura

December 18, 2015

PRINTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFT TAGS

December 18, 2015/ Laura Liira

I made you some gift tags again this year! Remember last years? You can view and download them here. Well I had so much fun making those ones (and because I have a serious love affair with nice Christmas wrap and thinks everyone should have access to cute gift tags for free) that I decided to do it again.