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Kid's Clothing by Mini Mioche | Trendy and Comfortable Made in Canada Apparel // Photo by Julie Christine Photography

Shop Spotlight: Mini Mioche + Giveaway

November 23, 2017

Sharing about small businesses has been a passion of mine since starting this blog. Today I am so excited to share about a company I have recently had the pleasure of learning more about. Meet Toronto, Ontario based kid’s clothing brand, Mini Mioche. I knew right from clicking onto their website and the first things […]

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SMALL BUSINESS FEATURE

Mother and Daughter in matching toques #fall #knitted #fashion

Earlier in the year I was introduced to Jessica, founder of Wild Child Designs, as she reached out to me to connect and collaborate. We have chatted back and forth over the last few months allowing us the pleasure to get to know each other better. When I started my blog I wanted to focus […]

September 11, 2016

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Simple Studs Shop Spotlight on Creative Wife and Joyful Worker

I love discovering new businesses and it is such a major characteristic of Creative Wife & Joyful Worker. From the beginning I have been looking to discover new businesses just started out and even learning from those businesses that are totally achieving incredible sales and growth.  A few months ago I was introduced to Simple Studs […]

March 10, 2016

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Little Girls Style in Luv Mother Clothing - on Creative Wife & Joyful Worker

“The seed was planted in the Fall 2010 after having our twin girls Léla and Quinn. We were lucky to receive a bunch of merino wool hand-me-downs from family living in Norway but once the girls outgrew the clothes we couldn’t find suitable replacements in North America. As parents who have spent a lot of […]

February 16, 2016

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“Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees, and flowers work together, to spread pollen. Mindfulness gives us the opportunity to work with the cosmic collaboration.” – Amit Ray, Mindfulness: Living in the Moment

February 12, 2016

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Over the past few months I have come to know Haley of Beluga Baby and am so pleased today to share a bit of her story and the benefits that she has had from her baby wrap products. Haley is a hardworking momma and produces the best quality products for her consumers. She has opened […]

January 25, 2016

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luxury bathtime products made in vancouver, bc

  A few months back I was introduced to Bébé de Luxe through friends raving about it on Instagram. I started following their account and ended up winning a giveaway for some product shortly after following. My knowledge on their product was pretty slim at the time but I was so excited to see what […]

November 10, 2015

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After celebrating my one year blogging anniversary last month, I think that it is pretty cool that today I have the pleasure of introducing you to a small business who just celebrated their ten year anniversary in business. It is so great to hear from Nicole from Mally Designs, learn where she got started, some […]

July 17, 2015

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