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The time has come to bid adieu to the Idle Wife blog. I know, I know. I said it a million times that the inspiration would come again. "Soon," I said, "I'll have the energy to come up with another brilliant DIY project! Soon! Soon!" I can't even say I'll have the desire to share fixations or desktop backgrounds with you again. I'm still very much active on the internet. It's not like

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So I'm doing pineapples because that's what everyone else is doing. Not really but sorry nonetheless. I just keep seeing these darn things everywhere and, for once, I actually kinda like them. This was more of an experiment to see how well I'd be at sorta kinda "drawing" a pineapple in photoshop and making my own repeating pattern with it. I think it turned out ok -- graphic-like, better

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I'm having a moment with neutrals and neon brights. This month's calendar was inspired by this pin. I really love that look. I need to find myself a trench coat. 1920 x 1080 ipad iphone1 iphone2

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So far, one of my favourite stores in Finland has got to be Tiger. I don't know quite how to describe it other than to say it's sort of like an upscale, cooler version of the dollar store. There're so many neat things, I usually have to wander around twice just to get a look at everything. Probably one of the best things I've spotted was a basic spirograph. Since getting this mini one, I

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{fantastic franks} Oh man, these house listings are killing me! Not only is the styling and photography fantastic, but they've also added gifs. For a real estate company, this is pretty killer (found here). {what city should you live in?} This is a fun little quiz. I had to guesstimate on a couple of them -- I don't have a favourite Beyonce. But I got London, what did you get? {

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Clockwise from left: Idle Husband loves bread, so it would totally make sense to print up some of these baguette bread bags; this scandinavian inspired wooden heart would fit right into any room; sweetheart charms add a little cuteness to your keys; I would keep these copper arrows on the wall year round; With a he-man flower holder, you CAN get

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 Obviously, it's February which means only one thing (Valentine's day), so I thought I'd do something a little more romantic this month. (Although, I would use this one any time I'm in a pink mood.) 1920 x 1080 ipad iphone lock screen iphone homepage Choose this wallpaper if chocolate's more your thing than flowers. 1920 x 1080 ipad iphone 1 iphone 2

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We had to leave our little budgie in Canada, and we miss him terribly. So it's no wonder that lately I'm drawn to all things budgie or budgie-inspired. Clockwise from top left: teal polka dotted linen pouch, diy sugar scrub cubes, budgie iphone case, free printable modern valentine cards, SKEE wicker stool, budgie printed pillow, Finalyson duvet cover,&

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This year, we had our anniversary in a new country. And, after getting rid of all our possessions, I didn't really want to start collecting things again unless they were things of need or importance. So naturally, I decided that an experience or memory gift would be in order. While doing my research on Finland, I came across this concept of love locks. I'm sure you've heard of them before,

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{the pretty one} This movie looks so interesting (plus it has my favourite New Girl guy). I really have to remember to see it! (Yes. I forget to see movies. It's a problem.) {procatinator} You need another silly cat website. This one pairs gifs with music and some of the outcomes are really entertaining. {tina} I love everything about this gif of one of my favourite cartoon

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Before we even firmly decided to move to Finland, I had decided that I was only going to shop at thrift stores and I was going to patiently bide my time and make-do with nothing until I found the right something for my new home. But now that we're here, I've changed my mind. I don't know if any of you have ever gone from having a lot of stuff (some would say too much) to absolutely nothing,

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I want to see more: chic deco {white walls} I used to feel like white walls meant a naked boring undone space (or even worse, I felt like whoever lived there was too lazy to bother), but now the idea of clean white walls has really grown on me. They offer the perfect backdrop for any colour of furniture, textile, or artwork imaginable and allow you to change the look of your space

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Still haven't found a calendar you like? Why not print your own?  From top left, clockwise: wrap around calendar, mood calendar, january calendar (including desktop, phone and tablet options. Also I would be surprised if she didn't post a full series of these over the year), year of colour calendar, patterned calendar, full year calendar Not

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Hi! Happy new year! Sorry for the delay on getting this out to you. We were moving (again) from our temporary apartment to a permanent place. We've done so much moving in the span of one month! This comes from a picture I took on Instagram of the dining room in the temporary apartment. I love how that picture turned out. I kept staring at it lovingly, so when it came time to figure

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Here're the top five posts of 2013: {diy: bath bombs} I had been wanting to make myself some bath bombs for quite some time but I just couldn't find a recipe that was easy enough or had ingredients that I could easily source. Apparently, everyone felt the same way, because this was the most popular post on Idle Wife this year (and of all time). That easy and cheap recipe combined with the

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Clockwise from top left: huge colour-blocked calendar, shapes calendar, risograph calendar, perennial calendar, birth gemstone calendar, colourful hexcode calendar tea towel, colour composition calendar

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I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a great Christmas and a bright New Year! And as always, thank you for reading and following and commenting and generally just paying attention to Idle Wife this year!

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{bird bnb} Oh god this is too cute! Look at him! He's eating popcorn on a couch! (This is my favourite picture from the bunch, obviously.) {insane christmas wishlist} This made me laugh out loud. Not the list, the fatherly explanation of said list. {cat flakes} This is silly, but good for a moment. {different sized christmas lights} Maybe you do this already, but since

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If you're wondering why it's a little dead for DIYs around here lately, it's for this one plain fact: I had to leave all of my crafting supplies in Canada. They simply didn't get on the plane with us (four suitcases was more than enough for us to handle and check). I'm looking into finding craft stores here, but I also don't have a mode of transportation plus, you know, jet lag, scary unknown,

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Just a few days late, not too bad considering we have finally moved and are now residents of Finland! Granted, it's only been two and a half days since we arrived (after a rather nightmare plane experience), but so far so good. The apartment we have is light and bright and cozy (and quiet!), and we had our first official grocery shopping experience yesterday. Two things that I liked there:

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{shredded wheat} You're probably not going to be a fan of this unless you like mushy oatmeal, but this particular breakfast has some really deep-rooted memories for me. My gram used to serve this to me with hot water and brown sugar. A couple weeks back, I saw a commercial for shredded wheat, and I just couldn't stop thinking about having some again (ah the power of advertising). My

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{multi-coloured iceberg} This is just too damn pretty. {scroll down to riker} Super cute. {ramon todo} I'm so fascinated with the work of this artist. Especially the bones and rocks. {world's largest ball pit} This seriously makes me so happy, I feel like crying. {airbnb} I really love the idea of this rental website. Choose your destination, then find a home

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After much scurrying around, it became pretty obvious that we couldn't do anything remotely helpful to the process of moving to Finland in Edmonton, so we had to take an impromptu trip to Ottawa. We were there for a night and a day, and dummy here forgot the memory card for her camera, so I don't have many pictures of the trip. You're not missing much, though, as most of it was spent at the

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I wanted something simple and graphic this month, so I came up with this. I can't believe it's November already. Time really flies when you've got a huge to-do list to burn through! 1920 x 1080 1680 x 1050 ipad iphone/ipod lock screen home screen

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{31 days of halloween} I've been so fascinated by these strange and spooky tales. Comprised of true stories, it's kind of like a macabre learning session. {mica angela hendricks} This illustrator drew pictures of people's heads then let her 4-year-old daughter draw the bodies. What results is creepy but in a cute way. {the richard balzer collection} Some crazy zoetrope gifs

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