MY CURRENT OFFICE SPACE

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When the big moving day comes (things are looking good on the house front...inspection is this week!!) I'll actually be pretty sad to say goodbye to our first home together. I won't be sad to say peace out to single pane windows and green walls but let's focus on the good right now....

Our location is so prime, it takes me one minute to walk to Cook Street Village Starbucks. My regular running route is along Dallas Road. Our apartment has huge windows and is south facing so great light at all times. It has a unique layout that makes it feel way bigger than it is. It's character style, which is beautiful. We have a great private deck off our bedroom....I could go on and on!!!

This place has treated us well but I realized I hadn't given a proper house tour EVER! My bad! I guess I never have because I feel it's never been fully done...but I have taken some pictures along the way and today I have my "office" for you. My current "office" consists of my desk in the corner of the living room. It's good for now, but in the future I'd love a bigger desk top and some drawers under and a beautiful lamp... :)

Cute Office Space
Cute Office Space
Cute Office Space
Cute Office Space

Gold Polka Dot Notebook // Rifle Paper Notepad // Gold Letter

So there you have it...my current office space. Can't wait to dream for our new space!! Follow me on Pinterest to see what's inspiring me :)

Happy Monday!

xo,

s.s.♥.

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE // BEAUTY

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Beauty Holiday Gift Guide
  1.  Glam Glow (loved using this mask!!!)
  2. Two Faced Liner (this liner is makes getting the perfect cat eye easy as pie!)
  3. Buxom Gloss (I bought this gloss in the Sephora sale and absolutely love it...it's the perfect pink!)
  4. Smashbox Eye Palette (I don't own this palette but I would like to. Would you look at those amazing colours!!)
  5. Honest Company Lip Balm (I got this at Alt and I use it every night before I go to bed...the smell is also incredible!)
  6. Essie Nail Polish (I'm digging Essie's new winter line...especially this cream polish!!)
  7. Flowerbomb (only my most favourite scent EVER!!!)

Today's holiday gift guide is all about the beauty lover! I gathered my favourite products to help you find a beautiful gift for the beauty lover. Each one of these products would make a girl VERY HAPPY!

Hope you have a great weekend!

xo,

s.s.♥.

WORDS OF LIFE

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Words give life

So as you know, I had a super fun time being at Spark last weekend. On Saturday I had the privilege of doing the girls hub. Speaking to young girls is probably one of my favourite things to do!! A couple weeks back I was all set on speaking about dreams, how when you live your dreams, you find yourself living fully alive. But early last week I felt a tug in my heart to go in a different direction...I felt led to speak on body image and the power of speaking words of life over ourselves and others.

I shared last August about my struggle with self loathing/body image and I'm sooooooo excited to tell you that Jesus has set me COMPLETELY free of it all....for reals...completely free. I walked with that stuff since I was 11 years old...ELEVEN YEARS OLD....aka 17 years!!! I thought that it would be something I would struggle with my whole life and I was okay with that. But praise God, for he desires us to walk and live in FREEDOM. 

A huge part of seeing victory in this area was me continually speaking words of life over myself instead of shaming myself with negativity.

Words kill, words give life;
    they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.

-Proverbs 18:21 MSG

There is power in our words, and I really tried to drill it in that speaking words of life (God's truth) over ourselves has massive benefits to our well being!! 

At the end of my talk to the girls, I had them visualize themselves in front of a mirror and be honest in what they see. I then had them visualize God push away the mirror, put his hands on their shoulders, look into their eyes and start speaking his truth over them. I then showed the video below (thank you Shawna for directing me to this incredible video!!!)

AMEN AMEN AMEN!

Let's be people who speak words of life over ourselves and others!

xo,

s.s.♥.

NOVEMBER CALENDAR + SUPER EXCITING HOUSE UPDATE

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Well hello there! Sorry things around S.S.Heart have been a little quiet...life has been CRAY! Awesome...but very full! I spoke at Spark last weekend...so much fun. It was so awesome to see pre-teens excited about Jesus. On Saturday I spoke to the girls about body image (read more about my journey here), which was so much fun and I'll share more tomorrow about that!

And in other news...we put in an offer on a house and IT WAS ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!! James is currently watching youtube videos on refinishing floors and I'm pinning like crazy. Now we just pray and wait for the subjects to be removed...this real estate game is a crazy one! I'll be back soon with more news!

I made a November calendar to get this space organized and thought I would share it with you...xo

Download your November calendar here! 

Snowflake graphics from - We Lived Happily Ever After

 

Stay gold,

s.s.♥.

 

P.S. Here's the first post about us starting to house hunt