I have been the lucky recipient of several vintage film cameras in my life (my favourites are my mother's Ricoh KR-5 Super and my grandmother's Olympus OM-1). Although I did have my own film camera as a girl, my love for more elaborate vintage cameras has grown. I have been shooting strictly in manual mode [...]
When I’m not accessorizing my secondhand outfits with vintage jewelry, I accessorize with local or sustainable jewelry instead. Luckily, Alauna Whelan creates both local & sustainable jewelry options and they are beyond beautiful. She gifted me with this stunning necklace and I haven’t taken it off since. Alauna finds her inspiration in nature and has [...]
Halloween is my favourite time of the year so I collaborated with Naked Kitty Co. again to make four lip balms! These lip balms are packaged in cardboard, not plastic, and are made from natural ingredients. These lip balms are named after some of my favourite badass women that are our Halloween Heroines 365 days a [...]
I have been a long-time admirer of SheNative and founder, Devon Fiddler. I became aware of this local company several years ago when I got the opportunity to model for them and to interview Devon for a Saskatoon fashion article. Since then, I have proudly watched this company grow and blossom as their goals have [...]
As a person with several autoimmune diseases and mental illnesses, I am very used to doctors pushing medications that are only bandaid solutions for my problems. These medications usually mask or numb the problem, without actually helping to treat it. They also come with an incredibly long list of side effects. I am aware of [...]
One of my favourite things to do is to chat with my grandparents over the phone. They often wish they could see what I am talking about, as my grandparents do not have cell phones and live far away. This makes sharing pictures with them a little more difficult than we are used to. Therefore, [...]
Over the past five years I have been working towards my degree which focused on researching and studying the environment in a holistic and comprehensive manner. I have focused on soil genesis, plant ecology, plant and soil identification, assessing environmental impact, Indigenous studies, anthropology, environmental soil science, sustainable plant and soil management, forest ecology, terrestrial [...]
