Scatterd and Stylish: A new mom's creative musings

I am a huge thrift store lover. One of my favourite activities is walking downtown, getting myself a yummy coffee and haunting the local thrifts. Thrifting is a great way to get quality items on a tight budget and, if you don’t know what your style is, it’s a great way to experiment and be creative (personally, my style is constantly evolving). However, any form of shopping, if done mindlessly and without some restrictions, is a form of overconsumption, encouraging capitalism and is not going to make you feel good in the long run. Full disclosure, I still purchase things I don’t need! I tried a ‘no-buy challenge’, however that seemed to make my issue worse, because after it was finished, I went shopping to congratulate myself and I did much more damage on my pocketbook than I had previously. So, now I’ve given myself a monthly budget. It’s ok to give yourself a monthly fun-money allowance that correlates with your current financial situation. Or at least, that’s what works for me. I ...

    The obsession with my closet started a little over a year ago. I wasn’t yet pregnant, but we were deep in our IVF journey. When I was growing up, one of the many things my mother did exceptionally well, was keep our home ‘homey’. She kept it organized and clean; nothing OCD like, but always a comfortable amount of cleanliness. As in random sticky shit was usually cleaned up from the floor fairly quickly, and the rooms of our house were filled with things in their rightful place. My mother is very good at letting go of junk.   I knew I wanted to have a home like this, however, I do not hold this skill of my mother’s, naturally. I am more like my dad, aka on the hoarder side of things. I collect, collect, collect and then I get super overwhelmed and leave the house to avoid my collections. Well, at least I did that before. I started addressing this when Jack and I started our baby-making journey. It took us a long time to have a baby, which had its own trials, but...

    How many of us have felt incomplete? We feel there is something missing and that equates to the idea we are not enough. There have been many moments in my life where I have felt inadequate. Something would happen like realizing I didn’t want to pursue acting after finishing a four-year degree in theatre; or getting fired over email on my birthday, in which my employer told me all the reasons why I’m a horrible person and terrible at my job (Yes, that really happened, lol). We’ve all had those moments where something shifts. Sometimes the shift comes from someone else and its’ out of our control. Other times, we change, our passions change with us, and we are left feeling lost. I’ve been through this process many times and I’m in a new one right now. They all said, ‘Motherhood will change you.’ I’m sure you other parents out there remember when a friend with kids said, ‘Just you wait…’ bug-eyed with an eerie wisdom you’d yet to face. Well, it’s a cliché for a reason. He...

  I was doing a quick tidy of the house before my parent’s came over to celebrate my husband, Jack’s birthday with us. My back had been bothering me, I believe it to be an injury in conjunction with my C-section, my 20-pound 3-month-old, and my inability to relax even when it is necessary. Because of my sore back, I was doing the bare minimum; a quick wipe down of the bathroom, vacuuming the corners where the pigeon feathers collect, and re-doing the couch.   What I mean by ‘re-doing the couch’ is this: I was taking the mismatched blankets, and the old tapestry, which live on the seat cushions and tucking them in, refolding them so they lie flat and neat, and tactfully plumping and placing the throw pillows to tie the aesthetic together. I use the blankets and the old tapestry as protection as we bought a white couch. Now, you don’t know this, but the fact Jack and I decided to buy a white couch is a bit ridiculous. We are a couple of couch potatoes who love to eat, drink ...

  Hello there, Just another mommy blogger trying to find an achievable creative outlet in this new stage of life. My name is Sarah, I became a mom three months ago and have been off work for the past five months. What a transition it has been... Before motherhood I was a creative dabbler. When I wasn’t working, I always had some creative project on the go. Downstairs in our third bedroom/storage room, I have several large boxes filled with unfinished projects. My husband is encouraging me to stop starting new ones and focus on finishing what I have. I begrudgingly agree with him; we don’t have the space or the funds for me to dive into anymore crafty creations. I won’t go into what is in the boxes right now. That will be for another post. Like so many new mothers, my body is in recovery and even going through those boxes and setting up one of my many projects feels like too much, so I decided to come here. What I hope to share with you are my many interests and maybe some o...