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Thanks

October 09, 2012  /  Erin Kys

Yesterday was Canadian thanksgiving and I have so much to be thankful for this year.

Incredible family. The most amazing friends. Gorgeous food to eat. My perfect bicycle. The Internet. The ability to talk to beautiful people all over the world. The School of Life Design. My perfect yoga mat. A great place to live. The arts community. A healthy body. Dancing. Singing. Tea. My local comic shop. Sunflowers. Feeling the vibration. Meditation. BBC Radio One. BBC Radio Wales. Stationery shopping. Companies that truly value and listen to their customers. Zombie movies. Vacation planning. Dreaming big. Becoming a regular at favourite places. Art galleries. Stepping out of my comfort zone. Crayons. Apple cider. Naps. Cute boys. Cats. New sketchbooks. Thrift stores. Collaboration. Massages. Glitter. Broken in shoes. New haircut day. High fives. Playing with children. Exceeding expectations. Mix tapes. Group hugs. Rereading favourite childhood books. Fatshion. Creating. Manifesting. Discovering the magic.

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Entering the 27th.

July 28, 2012  /  Erin Kys

Today is my 26th birthday. Twenty Six. 2-6. It feels so much bigger than 25 somehow.

Today I start off on my 27th trip around the sun.

I have an amazing magical feeling about it already.

Taking inspiration from one of my favourite blogs, Yes and Yes, I've compiled a list of 27 things I want to complete before I turn 27!

1. Get a matching tattoo with my sisters (ok, kind of a cheat - I'm doing this later today!)
2. Go seed bombing
3. Get in an ocean
 4. See a van Gogh painting or drawing in person
 5. Play paintball
6. Attend a murder mystery
7. Write a business plan
8. Make a terrarium
9. Join the YMCA
10. Make cheese
11. Eat in the dark
12. Cook through an entire cookbook
13. Play Munchkin
 14. Write a fan letter
 15. Go to a ballet
 16. Watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy
 17. Go to a drive in movie
 18. See a Shakespearian play on stage
19. Complete couch to 5k
20. Listen to every song by Queen
21. Go geocaching
22. Make a stop-motion film
23. Be able to recite a Poe poem by heart
 24. Audition for a play (not musical!)
25. Get a bra fitting
26. Play Dungeons and Dragons
27. Have a piece of art in a gallery

Completed: 20/27
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categories / Goals, Inspired
tags / 27 before 27

Corny as it sounds: believe it = be it

June 21, 2012  /  Erin Kys

The magic of asking for what you want now has a sequel.

It may sound cliche but it is definitely true that if you can believe in yourself, you can surpass even your own expectations.

If you know me at all you know I AM NOT A DANCER. I enjoy going to clubs, but end up swaying awkwardly around while the rest of the group seems to get possessed by the music. I love being in musicals, but dance auditions were the bane of my existence...

Until....

June 3rd I had a dance audition for White Christmas. Two in fact. One tap and one jazz. I'd usually be a bundle of nerves for a few days leading up to it, but this year felt different.

As I hit the stage the one thought in my mind was "I got this!" and I totally did.

While I didn't turn out a So You Think You Can Dance performance, it was honestly the best dance audition I'd ever had. Simply by telling myself "not to worry, you will do it".

Confident thought translated to confident action.

Confident action scored me a spot in the chorus. Chorus = BIG DANCE NUMBERS.

 

I'm telling you people! The magic works!

 

That was seriously the best dance audition I've ever had! It's so much easier to dance once you tell yourself you can do it. I actually had no nerves and thought "I got this" as I hit the stage and I totally did! Believe it = be it!
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tags / Magic!

Thursday tHaulsday! DAVIDsTEA

June 14, 2012  /  Erin Kys

LOOK AT THIS GLORIOUS BOX!

And this was the amazingness that was contained within!

front: Perfect Measuring Spoon

middle: Agave Sticks (natural & coconut), some free samples (Mamma Mia, Exotica, Jessie's Tea), David's Tea Filters

back: Long Life Oolong, Forever Nuts (MY FAVE!!), Tropicalia, Swampwater

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tags / DAVIDsTEA, haul, tea

Flashback: Bacon? In my cupcakes?

May 29, 2012  /  Erin Kys

I originally posted this entry on September 20, 2010 back at my old blog. The pictures in that entry have since died, so I've decided to give it new life over here.

Besides... EVERYONE needs to make bacon cupcakes.

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I've been talking about it for a while but tonight I finally did it.
I made bacon cupcakes.

  

I got the recipe in question from Vanilla Garlic which claims that this was the "original" bacon cupcake recipe on the internet, so I knew I was in good hands.

I followed the recipe pretty much exactly except for one component. As I was frying up my bacon for the batter I had a revelation. A BACON ROSE. The perfect classy addition, and super easy to do. I started by lining a baking sheet with foil and putting a wire baking rack on top. Then I just rolled up strips of bacon and put a toothpick through about 1/3 from the bottom. I took each roll and sort of wedged them in between the wires of the rack so the rose was standing upright with the toothpick perpendicular to the wire. Then I baked those babies for 15 minutes on 350. After I let them cool, I trimmed off the bottoms because the strips were quite wide to begin with, but if your bacon is thinner then you can probably skip that step.

After frosting the cakes I popped a toothpick through the roses and stabbed them to the tops. I skipped topping them with sea salt since the bacon was salty but I did add the turbinado sugar.

Find the recipe HERE and try them out for yourself!

 

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tags / bacon, cooking, cupcake, food

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