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  • Pumpkin Spice Cookies

    Pumpkin Spice Cookies

    It’s been a hot minute since I posted a recipe on here, so I am very excited to be back with a delicious, easy, comforting and seasonal cookie recipe for you. These cookies are perfect for Fall, Thanksgiving, Halloween, or for curling under a blanket with Netflix. This recipe has a such a cozy spice…

    Nahya

    October 5, 2020
    Baking, Recipes
    Autumn Baking, Fall Baking, Halloween, Halloween Baking, Halloween Ideas, October, PSL, Pumpkin Baking, Pumpkin Spice, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Cookies, Thanksgiving Recipe
  • September Snapshots

    September Snapshots

    Does anyone else feel a shift during the month of September? To me, the shift feels deeply internal, almost like a cosmic pull. September is my birth month, so maybe that’s when Virgo energy is in full frequency as the sun and moon live in its constellation. Or maybe thatโ€™s just the magic of September.…

    Nahya

    September 30, 2020
    Fall, Reflections
    Autumn, Fall, Fall Colours, Fall Decor, Fall Foliage, Hello Fall, Hello October, October, September, September Recap, Sweater Weather
  • Taking The Summer Off

    Taking The Summer Off

    I have to say, this summer is one for the books. Truly one of the best. Certainly, the highlight of this summer was getting married and the enjoyment of planning our mini wedding. A “fun project”, as my Mom put it. And it’s true. I’ll always look back at planning our wedding as being a…

    Nahya

    September 20, 2020
    Reflections, Summer
    2020, 2020 Life, 2020 Unemployment, End of Summer, Seasonal Recap, Seasons, Self Reflect, Soul Search, Summer, Summer Recap, Toronto, Unemployed Life, Unplug
  • Preserving My Wedding Flowers

    Preserving My Wedding Flowers

    One hard truth about wedding expenses is that flowers add up more than you think they would. I learned that years ago when I worked in the wedding industry, and I was certainly reminded of that when planning our own mini wedding. I consider myself a Budget Bride (have you seen my DIY flower veil?)…

    Nahya

    September 10, 2020
    Creativity, Floral
    2020, 2020 Bride, 2020 Weddings, COVID Wedding, DIY Bride, Dried Flowers, How To, Pressed Flowers, Shadow Box, Wedding Flowers
  • Wearing My Mom’s Wedding Dress

    Wearing My Mom’s Wedding Dress

    Like many brides planning their wedding in early 2020, I didn’t get too far with wedding dress shopping by the time lockdown happened. Like many around the world, we postponed our wedding, and dress shopping was put on hold indefinitely. That is until we eventually changed our minds, and decided to still get married this…

    Nahya

    September 5, 2020
    Creativity, Our Backyard Wedding
    2020, 2020 Bride, 2020 Weddings, Backyard Wedding, COVID Wedding, First Look, Something Borrowed, Unique Wedding Dress, Vintage, Vintage Bride, Vintage Wedding Dress, Wedding Dress Reveal, Yes To The Dress
  • My Flower Veil

    My Flower Veil

    Wearing flowers in my hair on my wedding day was pretty much an absolute guarantee. As I’m sure you’ve picked up by now, I am a petal-happy flower child. Once I Said Yes to the Dress, accessorizing my bridal look with a floral headpiece was the next step. But when I started browsing for floral…

    Nahya

    September 4, 2020
    Creativity, Floral, Our Backyard Wedding
    2020, 2020 Bride, 2020 Weddings, Bridal Flower Crown, Bridal Veil, Corona Bride, COVID Bride, DIY Bride, Flower Crown
  • My Bridal Suite

    My Bridal Suite

    Part of the whole Bridal experience is the “getting ready” part. The pampering, the beautifying, the excitement and the butterflies. Since I wasn’t having the typical wedding with bridesmaids, make-up artists or the coming and going of people, my getting-ready experience was thankfully quiet and relaxed. It was just me and my Mom getting beautified,…

    Nahya

    September 1, 2020
    Creativity, Home Decor, Our Backyard Wedding
    2020, 2020 Bride, 2020 Weddings, Bridal Decor, Bridal Get Ready With Me, Decor Ideas, Get Ready With Me, Shabby Chic Decor, Vintage, Vintage Bride, Vintage Decor, Vintage Wedding
  • Our Unofficial Engagement Shoot

    Our Unofficial Engagement Shoot

    When we were finally able to see, hug and squeeze our families after not seeing them for months, we did all of the things. We caught up on life, we BBQ’ed every day, we sat under the moon in the backyard, we shared thoughts, ideas and plans, and during all this, an unplanned “engagement shoot”…

    Nahya

    August 16, 2020
    Creativity, Our Backyard Wedding
    2020, 2020 Wedding, Budget Friendly Engagement Shoot, Hiking, Hiking Engagement Shoot, Nature, Nature Engagement Photos, Scarborough, Summer 2020, Toronto
  • Secret Garden

    Secret Garden

    Some snapshots of the green places where I find peace. XO ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฟ

    Nahya

    August 15, 2020
    Flowers & Garden, Outdoors
    August 2020, Backyard Garden, Garden Lover, Gardening, Green Thumb, Secret Garden, Summer Love
  • Beirut ๐Ÿ–ค

    Beirut ๐Ÿ–ค

    It’s been a heavy week. No matter how much I tried to distract myself, my heart kept being pulled back to my wounded, aching Lebanon. The morning after the explosion in Beirut, I went for a run to clear my mind, and when I reached the lake, I looked at the blue waves and I…

    Nahya

    August 13, 2020
    Life, Reflections
    Beirut, Beirut 2020, Beirut Explosion, Canadian Lebanese, Child of Immigrant Parents, Family, Immigrant Parents, Lebanese, Lebanon, Lebanon Thoughts, Li Beirut, Paris of the Middle East, Peace, World News
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