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How to Make String Lamp Shades and Pom Pom Decorations

by Tazim Damji

String lamp shades and beautiful pompom decorations are unique additions to every home. You can make any room at home cozy by hanging these decorations in strategic areas, like your dining room. Furthermore, they can make a room’s ambiance instantly appealing and alive. For this reason,string lamps and pompom decorations are must-have decors at birthday parties and familyreunions. Adding string lamps and pompom decors is one of the unique venue design ideas for a birthday party. For ...

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Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: displays, inspired, parties

Preserve your Year’s Best Memories in a Photo Book

by Tazim Damji

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Maybe you had an amazing vacation this year - wouldn't the pictures from your once-in-a-lifetime trip look awesome in a layflat photo book on your coffee table? Okay, so most of us don't have boxes filled with little envelopes of printed photos or dozens of old and yellowed photo albums documenting our lives in photos, like our parents do. But, having your precious memories ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Organization Tagged With: books, gift guide, inspiration, photo book

Halloween DIY & Handmade Ideas Roundup

by Tazim Damji

I've been creating Halloween DIY projects and costumes most of my life. I remember having a plastic masked Cabbage Patch Kids costume one year, when I was pretty young, and a hand-me-down $50 Canadian bill costume, but other than that, they've all been DIY costumes.  Fall crafts are a lot of fun and can be done on the cheap. There are leaves, pine cones, pumpkins, and other things readily available to use. A Few Halloween DIY Ideas: Wicked Witch Cookies – Easy Halloween Treats Witch ...

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Filed Under: DIY, Handmade Tagged With: crafts, fall, halloween, holidays

5 Places to Find Items to Upcycle

by Tazim Damji

upcycle

Upcycling is taking something or group of things that previously served one function and turning it/them in to something else. Remember that episode of Friends where Rachel kept bringing items home to the apartment she shared with Phoebe and lied to her about where they came from? They were all from Pottery Barn, but Rachel lied and said they were from a second hand store. Remember it? Anyone? Anyone? Anyway, what I'm getting at is—unless you want your place to look like page 25 of the ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Interior Design Tagged With: books, crafts, DIY

Customize your Self-Care with a Custom Blending Kit (With Giveaway)

by Tazim Damji

Custom blending kit

Self-care is something I've talked about a few times on this blog. It's something I practice everyday, no matter how busy I am. I use diffusers to scent the air with my favourite essential oils or blends, I have baths at least twice a week (except during the summer months), and I give myself hand and foot massages whenever I remember to. Instead of using someone else's idea of what I should have in my bath water or use for massages, I prefer to DIY my blend using Escents' Custom Blending Kit. ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Lifestyle Tagged With: gifts for mom, holiday gift ideas, personal accessories, self-care

Britta Ambauen Jewelry – Small Business Style

by Tazim Damji

alexandrite necklace

A beautiful piece of jewelry that brings more love and luck in to my life. One of my favourite things to do during the holiday season is to support local businesses, artists and independent brands. Getting my friends and family unique, beautiful gifts from independent brands is such a joy. The fact that I can do so from the comfort of my home, with a cup of coffee and sweet treats to keep me going, is just icing on the cake. PinkLion is an online boutique where artists and designers can ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Lifestyle Tagged With: gift guide, gifts for mom, handmade, holiday gift ideas, jewelry

How to Add & Sell a Pattern on Craftsy

by Tazim Damji

Sell a pattern

(This post contains affiliate links which means I will be compensated if you purchase after clicking these links.) In addition to wonderful online courses and craft supplies, Craftsy also has an independent online pattern store that lets anyone upload and sell downloadable e-patterns with no fee! How do you add a pattern to Craftsy and start your pattern store? It’s easy!  ...

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Filed Under: DIY, Handmade

Cruelty Free Holiday Gifts from LUSH Cosmetics

by Tazim Damji

Lush Cosmetics Cruelty Free Holiday Gifts

It smells like Christmas in my apartment thanks to Lush Cosmetics! What does Christmas look and smell like? Well, bath-time products to help you whisk away the stress that is so common around the holiday season is one place to start. Special limited edition Christmas products from LUSH Cosmetics are available for your hair, face, and body - for that all-over Christmas-y feeling (and smell). I got a chance to check out some of the Christmas line recently, and scored a Christmas-y smelling ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Lifestyle Tagged With: beauty, holiday gift ideas, vegan

Learning New Crafting Techniques with Free Craftsy Mini Courses

by Tazim Damji

I love to flip through books and looking at online sites for ideas on craft projects that I can work on. More than I love that, I love taking classes and learning by doing. I really enjoy learning new techniques and trying out crafts to see if I'd enjoy pursuing them further. Craftsy is an online craft course site that offers videos and tutorials, so you don't need to leave the home or hire a babysitter or anything in order to learn something new. The next 2 free Craftsy mini-courses I'm ...

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Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: crafts

Shiny Holiday Event-Ready Earrings from Jolica

by Tazim Damji

Jolica earrings silver

A simple outfit can take you from day (office) to night (party), add these sparkly silver earrings from Jolica, and you're set to go! I can't say that I'm exactly a party-person, in fact I try to avoid most crowded social scenes, but I do get quite a few invitations to store openings, media events and the like—and they are usually after work! Because I don't like to dress up too much to sit at work for 8 hours, I typically just dress up my usual business-casual outfit with some jewelry. ...

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Filed Under: Handmade, Lifestyle Tagged With: fair trade, gifts for mom, holiday gift ideas, jewelry, personal accessories, review, valentines day gift ideas, wedding gift ideas

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Being Tazim Blog Vancouver Canada Lifestyle BlogI'm Tazim, a 40-year-old Vancouverite who is passionate about adventure, learning new things, and making connections. Content on Being Tazim ranges from smart ideas for plant-based cooking and baking to ways to enjoy life's experiences, to inspiration and information on attractions and travel destinations near and far. Read the full story here.

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Hey there! I'm Tazim and I'm a lifestyle, food, and travel writer and photographer. I inspire, motivate, and encourage my audience to explore their immediate surroundings and those further afield. I do this by sharing plant-based food recipes, ways to enhance my readers' homes and lives, and local and other attractions/travel destinations I experience. You can find my stories and adventures on my other blog Celebrate Life's Adventures Read more about me. . .

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