Productively Procrastinating

Hi! My name is Julie! I'm a twenty-something traveler, blogger, occupational therapist, amateur photographer and baking junkie! Join me on my adventure into adult life, where I attempt to grow up while staying young! Thanks for visiting!

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Pinterest Fail Success! Sloppy Cupcakes...

Pinterest Fail Success! Sloppy Cupcakes…

Hello, dear readers! Firstly, I’d like to apologize for having been M.I.A. for so long… has it been two months? Holy smokes! Well, I suppose anything goes, given the title of my blog! Ha! The truth is, I started a new full-time job a couple of months ago, so I’ve unfortunately been neglecting certain aspects of my life, including blogging!  As an occupational therapist, I’m a strong advocate of…

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Italian Almond Pear Cake for Mother's Day!

Italian Almond Pear Cake for Mother’s Day!

Hi friends! I think I’ve found my new favourite “fancy” dessert recipe! While searching Pinterest for some Mother’s Day dessert inspiration, I found this recipe for Italian Pear Almond Cake on the blog Seasons & Suppers… and it completely blew me (and my mom) away! With the delicate sweetness of pears and the distinctive flavour of almonds, this cake looks and tastes absolutely delightful! It’s…

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Weaving and Baking

Greetings, dear readers! Happy month of May! Today’s post is the ultimate confirmation that I am indeed a productive procrastinator! I haven’t written in weeks… but that doesn’t mean that nothing has happened! My April weaving project was a blast! I experimented with colours, textures, shapes, pompoms, vintage materials, air plants, buttons, cotton rope, driftwood… I’m loving this art form! There…

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Weaving Update - Week Two

Weaving Update – Week Two

Hi friends! Week two was another busy week of weaving! My Smile and Weave challenge is going swimmingly and I’m still on track to finish one woven wall hanging every day this month! Hooray! Here are some photos of my newest pieces: (more…)

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Weaving Project Update - Week One!

Weaving Project Update – Week One!

Hi friends! I’ve been neglecting my poor blog for a while now, and I’m so sorry! But it’s been for a good reason! With my project to finish at least one weaving every day in the month of April, things have been extremely busy! I promised regular updates on my progress, so here are some photos from the first week of my Smile and Weave challenge! (more…)

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Just Smile and Weave!

Just Smile and Weave!

Weaving is making a comeback in a big way! Several creative DIY and style bloggers have been talking about it, there are various online tutorials, and of course, Pinterest is a hotspot for weaving inspiration. I made my first woven wall hanging a month ago and since then, I’ve been weaving almost every day, experimenting and developing my personal style as I go! The words “woven wall hanging” may…

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Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Hi friends! Welcome to procrasti-baking Sunday! Springtime is finally here! In the spirit of the new season, I made strawberry lemonade cupcakes! (more…)

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Grandma's Ukrainian Borscht

Grandma’s Ukrainian Borscht

Borscht,  pronounced more like bor-sh-tch, is a popular Eastern European soup, most often prepared with beets and served with sour cream. There are many different versions of borscht, and this one is my all-time favourite. It’s one of my Ukrainian grandma’s recipes for Ukrainian borscht. It doesn’t get much more authentic than this! (more…)

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies with M&M's

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies with M&M’s

Hello friends! On this beautiful and sunny Sunday morning, I baked my favourite chewy chocolate chip cookies! I haven’t made these in a while, but they’ve been one of my go-to cookie recipes for years! Today, I used my favourite Hershey’s Chipits Milk Chocolate Chips and threw in some M&M’s Minis for a pop of colour! This recipe is super quick and easy to make! It’s also easy to find – it’s…

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Weaving and Raspberry Sauce

Weaving and Raspberry Sauce

Greetings, dear readers! In my first Friday Favourites post, I wrote about how much I loved all the neat woven wall hangings I was seeing all over Pinterest and various design blogs! Well, last week, I finally ended up building my own loom! (With some help from my Dad and his carpentry skills!) I learned the basics of weaving from YouTube video tutorials, like the fabulous one below… and now I’m…

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Favourite Things Friday

Hi there! I hope you’ve had a fantastic week! Here’s what made my Favourite Things Friday list this week! 1- Color: Copper: Copper has been huge in DIY and home décor for a while now! I’m hoping it’s here to stay, because I like it a lot! Well, technically it’s a metal, but most copper-colored DIY projects use copper spray paint! TheForest&Co – ShowHome – Poppytalk – MelissaJenkinsDesigns – Wren…

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Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread

Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I found a bag of these beauties in my freezer the other day and I just had to bake with them! My procrasti-baking Pinterest search for a raspberry dessert was very fruitful! (Ha! Get it?) I found recipes for delicious-looking fudgy dark chocolate raspberry brownies, dark chocolate raspberry pie and even raspberry cream cheese coffee cake! After much deliberation, I…

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Favourite Things Friday

Greetings! Welcome to part one of a new weekly series: Favourite Things Friday! I don’t understand the difference between #ThrowbackThursday and #FlashbackFriday, so I’m going to start a #FavouritesFriday instead! Every Friday, I’m going to write about a few of my favourite things that I discovered or was inspired by during the week! Without further ado, here are this week’s winners!  1- App:…

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Gorgeous Home Offices and Ergonomic Laptop Stands

Gorgeous Home Offices and Ergonomic Laptop Stands

Since I started my ergonomic consulting job a couple months ago, I’ve developed a mild obsession with offices! I’ve been spending quite a bit of time searching the Internet for inspiring workspaces, and boy, are there ever a lot of them! I’ve also been on the hunt for great ergonomic equipment, such as laptop stands, standing desks, comfortable keyboards, etc. This is part one of my blog post…

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Loaded Potato Soup

Hi friends! Today won’t be a usual procrasti-baking Sunday, because I’d like to share a fabulous soup recipe with you instead! I was cleaning out the pantry when I found a big forgotten bag of Yukon Gold potatoes… It looked like something out of a horror movie! The poor potatoes looked like this: I’m so glad that I managed to save them! At least, the ones that hadn’t completely turned to mush…

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Homemade Poo Spray: A Productively Procrastinating DIY!

Homemade Poo Spray: A Productively Procrastinating DIY!

On Tuesday, Ottawa was hit by its biggest snowfall since it started keeping records in the 1930s! As you can see in the photos below, taken from my driveway, I got a snow day! It gave me the chance to get some work done, and of course, to productively procrastinate a little! Top left: There’s a car under there! Being snowed in at home has its advantages. I finally got the chance to try out a DIY…

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The Perfect Waffles: Procrasti-baking Adventures

Waffles. They’re my new favourite food to make! And they seem to be all the rage on Pinterest and Instagram these days! I made waffles for the first time a little over a month ago (say WHAT?). They were buttermilk waffles with cherry syrup and they were fantastic! Since then, I’ve tried quite a few different waffle recipes in my old and clunky, yet ever-reliable waffle iron! After some…

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