Those Heavenly Finds: Week 6

This weeks Heavenly Finds are all about making travel more enjoyable, relaxing and even if you will, like a mini vacation from the madness on the ground! There are clever little drink kits to spruce up those mini airline provided liquor bottles. An incredible and absorbing story that will suck you in and make the hours in the air fly by. The coziest, comfiest of loungewear that I like to throw into my carry on and put on post take off for longer flights. A gorgeously scented facial mist to help with the dry, dehydrating air that makes my nose tingle and my skin tighten like a shriveled prune. It’s just a handful of simple things that can turn a harried, long, boring and often uncomfortable journey into a heavenly moment or two. Enjoy! XOXO, KT

The Gin & Tonic Carry On Cocktail Kit
The Gin & Tonic Carry On Cocktail Kit and Joshua Jr.
Katherine Heigl reading and enjoying a cocktail while Joshua Jr. plays with his toys
  • The Gin & Tonic – Have you ever been stuck on a flight and had the most limited drink options available when all you really want is your favorite cocktail to take the edge off? Well these genius little drink kits that I found at Indigo bookstore in Toronto are a long or even short flight game changer. I bought a margarita kit, old fashioned kit, champagne cocktail kit and gin and tonic kit for some of my favorite travelers. They’re small enough to fit in your carry on and include everything you need aside from the airplane sized booze of choice, to make your favorite drink. I’m a bit of a nervous flyer but the champagne cocktail kit has got me almost looking forward to my next flight!
Katherine Heigl enjoying her flight with a cocktail and a good book
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • A Gentleman In Moscow – “By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration-and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.” This is just one of many of my favorite quotes from this extraordinary book. Amor Towles’ novel is overflowing with heart, intelligence, redemption, love, beauty, history, humor and a reverence for the elegant in nature, the genteel of spirit. I can not recommend this book highly enough!
CozyChic Ultra Lite Range loungewear pullover and pant from Barefoot Dreams
  • CozyChic Ultra Lite Range This loungewear outfit (pullover and pant) from Barefoot Dreams, the same company that makes my son’s indispensable lovey, has become my new and lifelong obsession. I’m not sure there are any words to do it justice but I’ll try. After a long day on Suits in costumes that are in equal measure radically beautiful and radically uncomfortable, the silky soft bliss of this loungewear is like… a crisp fall day, a perfect martini, a fireplace lit and warm, a month’s worth of This Is Us to catch up on, your dog curled at your side, your kids making merry around you, your partner tickling your bare arm, your cool sheets when you slip into bed at night, your first cup of morning coffee…I could go on and on but hopefully you get the picture. They are HEAVENLY!!!!! Not only do they feel incredible after a long day in pinched clothing but they’re also amazing to travel in, or to bring with you on the plane to change into if like me you don’t love showing up to the airport in loungewear. They are worth every penny. And they are going to be your new obsession too. Trust me!
Pure + Simple Organic Rose Hydrosol Facial Mist
  • Pure + Simple Organic Rose Hydrosol This facial mist smells like an English Garden full of roses with the added benefit of being all natural. It hydrates, soothes, moisturizes and calms pores and mind all at the same time. I like to mist my skin with it and use a damp wash cloth I’ve brought along to lay across my face for added skin hydration and to help with that super dry, just might start bleeding nose tingling feeling that happens 10,000 ft in the air.

Those Heavenly Finds: Week 3

This weeks Heavenly Finds are just a few of my favorite clothing pieces for summer. A lightweight robe that doesn’t cling in the heat, cozy reading socks for over air-conditioned rooms, fray bottomed jeans that pair perfectly with your favorite sandals, and the most flattering boatneck striped sweater for cooler nights. When I say these are just a few of my favorites, I truly mean just a few! I have tons more that I can’t wait to share with you next week! Enjoy! XOXO, KT

High Waisted Looker Ankle Fray Jeans
  • High Waisted Looker Ankle Fray Jeans – I am a giant Mother Denim fan. The fit, the stretch, the high waist all lend themselves to the most comfortable and flattering jeans in my closet. I’m really digging these fray bottomed ones right now due to the perfect casual ankle crop that suits my favorite summer sandals perfectly. They even look fantastic dressed up with a pair of nude heels for date night.
Lana Sailor Sweater
  • Lana Sailor Sweater – Just bought this cute light sweater. It’s a combo of two of my favorite things, stripes and boat necks! Unfortunately the product link changes depending on your location. So if the link does not work for you, search for “Lana Sailor Sweater” on the Club Monaco site to find it.
Soft Pink Reading Robe
  • Soft Pink Reading Robe – On one of my many Indigo bookstore visits I found this lightweight pale pink reading robe and snatched it right up. I don’t use mine to read in, but it’s perfect for early mornings when the baby starts shouting for me with an insistence that I better take seriously. I keep it laying on the end of the bed for just such moments. I’m a total robe junkie and have far too many of them if I’m being honest but my heavy cozy winter robes are cloying and uncomfortable during those sweltering summer months and this lovely little number won’t be nearly warm enough come dead of winter. So you see my dilemma right? Anyway, this one has been perfect for the particularly sweaty Toronto summer we’ve been enjoying!
Multi-Marl Reading Socks
  • Multi-Marl Reading Socks – These were another Indigo find and what a find they were! Knee high and lined with the coziest, softest material they’ve got me dreaming by Tuesday of Sunday on the couch with a good book. I know they may not seem summer appropriate but I’m sure most of you have experienced the chill of an over air conditioned house and wished for just such a pair of socks to take the edge off. Trust me on these, they will have you longing for them, a good book and Sunday by Tuesday too!

Sacred Spaces

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Pregnancy Favorites…Thus Far

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