// COFFEE OF CHOICE

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Tim Hortons is the coffee of choice when at home. So is using my mom's kitchen as my studio to hang wallpaper samples. Sorry mom. I can't believe it's almost time for me to go back to the big bad city. These past two weeks have been Heaven. Opening my eyes in the morning whenever my eyes feel like opening is the definition of Heaven. I'm spending most the day working on tomorrow's New Years post - my favourite post of the year. After tomorrow I'll be shutting it down until January 4th. I'll be on Snap [ckayedesign] and insta @_candicekaye_ if you feel for following along.

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!! It's been a pretty incredible one. Thank you for your constant support, don't think I don't see my views per day. I still sit a disbelief when I see them. I'm just a normal girl trying to make something of herself. And in the process talk on this Squarespace website that I made myself in order to keep my thoughts in order. Here's to another incredible year together. Very thankful I'm not on this crazy journey alone. Now go check your Wednesday horoscope x -C

// 2015

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I cleaned out my room the other day, like cleaned.it.out. Went through my closet, every single tiny box, gave away three bags of clothes, went through some old sketch books and chubby cheek photos, threw out two bags of garbage, and threw out loads of really ugly jewelry. I rearranged all the furniture [an activity I did about once a month as a kid], and took apart my old vision board. It was time for a fresh fresh start. It's also time for a new "hello 2106, bye bye 2015" post. A post where I would normally upload all my favourite and not so favourite photos [like the ones attached] and write an in-depth story about my lessons, surprises, and goals for the new year. I'll probably still do something very similar to that, but as the year comes to an end all the dots that I didn't know where even dots to connect are connecting in ways I never realized before. This is going to be a very very interesting year :) I hope you're enjoying the day! Happy Tuesday and HELLO SNOW. You're a couple days late. 

// TORONTO OFFICE

I don't normally have this much time of my hands. I can like wake up and actually give myself time to think up creative things and stuff. It's a new feeling. A feeling I will need to get used to in the new year. Not complaining, this is a aamassing. I'll be redecorating my office here in Toronto, which means putting up wallpaper [yay!]. I feel like I should choose a print from Collection N Twelve. The collection I feel most proud of. Collection N Twelve and Floyd. Love me some Floyd. What do you think about this one, just maybe blow up the flowers to a larger scale? 

// KASA MOTO

// Toronto Nights

It's been a while since I've been out in Toronto. Every visit home is normally for an occasion of some sort which means home in Richmond Hill is exactly where I would rather spend my time. I have another week here which makes this holiday probably the longest I've been home since last Christmas. The ladies and I drove down to a new restaurant in Yorkville I've been wanting to try - Kasa Moto. The food was delicious, and so were the dirty martinis. I was in need of some much needed girl talk time. The next restaurant on my list in Frings. Not because I secretly wish Drake will be there... 

It's not a holiday in America today so I'm working away, slowly. I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! x -C

// CHRISTMAS DAY

// Merry Christmas!

My brother was up before all of us Christmas morning. Laying on the couch with a coffee in his hand with Santa's gift on his lap. Actually that's a lie, my mom was up before all of us... she made the coffee. For the last 15 years we host breakfast at our house Christmas morning. My mom is running around, Yavey's on the grill, Tina is making the pancakes, cookies, waffles #Bless, Meagan is in charge of making sure everything stays warm, I'm cleaning and decorating [aka making myself as busy as possible so I don't need to help in the kitchen. I eventually get there just in time for toast duty, which I still get yelled at for how untoasted they end up] and Daniel - I don't think he did much. We have a large family that have remained super close [therefore making my cousins my best friends, my uncles my second dads, and my aunts my second moms]. I grew up next door to my mom's one brother Peter, and down the street to my mom's other brother Paul. All three families have four kids each... you can do the math. We are loud and crazy but we wouldn't have it any other way. The morning starts with mimosas, and ends with games and coffee. Christmas morning is my mostest favouritest day. It's so nice to be home. Family is everything. Everything. I hope you had a wonderful holiday. x -C

// TIM HORTONS + HOME ALONE + GIFT WRAP + 1989

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The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was take the Jeep [I've been reunited with my Wrangler and it feels glorious, except for the fact that it now smells like boy. My brother has taken it over, Maple Leafs mats and all] to TIm Hortons to order myself an extra large coffee. Extra large so I can heat it up and continue drinking throughout the day. I then put on Taylor Swift's 1989 tour and thought perhaps I should wrap my gifts. My mom ordered like fives rolls [bless her heart] so I stole some :) Taylor just gets me. She thinks big, and remains herself while thinking big. The difference between her and I is - she actually is a big star, and I can't sing or play the guitar for my life depended on it. If you haven't watched the tour yet, it's something to see. It feels so nice to be home, I actually haven't moved from the living room all day. My body is exhausted from the last month that I'm giving myself and my brain some much needed R&R which explains the late afternoon post. There are new horoscopes up if you haven't read yours yet. x-C

p.s. if you didn't order gift wrap in time for the holidays, the shop is going to remain open for special occasions. Mothers day is coming up! 

// MORNING WORKOUTS

// Collection N Twelve

The only thing I've done since I've been home is stare at the wallpaper samples from Collection N Twelve and think about what I should be doing. I've napped, ate a lot, drank a lot, and napped some more. Perhaps I need to give myself a week of nothing before anything creative can flow to my brain. I am excited to have a full day just to sit and draw something. I also wouldn't mind a vacation somewhere, like to St. Barts or the South Of France, something european. I also really need to workout. Alright, back to the couch and TV I go. x -C

// HOME BOUND

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Ya I know, that photo doesn't even look like real life. Christmas in New York really is that beautiful. Dan and I went on a Friday night stroll to the tree and the light show before ending our night at a gentleman's bar we found around the corner from our house. A perfect way to spend my last night in NYC before 2016. I'm back home now and loving every minute of my situation right now. Couch bound, computer open, Justin Bieber singing in the background, and on Tim Hortons coffee #2. I hope you guys had a good weekend and happy Monday. p.s. Christmas is this Friday. Like woah?