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Fast fashion is destroying our environment. Learn how to shop sustainably and lower your personal textile waste.Read now
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A Focus on a Closed-Loop Model at Thistle & Wren By Tasha Medve
Read nowArticle Written by Tasha Medve The Purposeful You As we we’re getting ready for the arrival of our first born we had no idea what we needed, what was necessary and how many clothes we should have on hand....
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Time Leverage during the Holidays
Read nowThe holidays are here. I love this time of year. The tinsel, glitter, gingerbread latte, indulgence and family time. It’s a happy and joyful holiday with a strong general sense of community and harmony. I love watching the season unfold...
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Another Brick in the Wall
Read nowI’m a sucker for brick. This building and the historical Fernwood Square appealed to both my romantic and sentimental side. I grew up on the East Coast of Canada immersed in Canadian architecture. Some of the oldest and most beautiful...
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Inspiration
Read nowThis clock was the first purchase I made for Thistle & Wren. I found it in a shop on Salt Spring Island the very same week I had signed the lease. Although being home full time was fulfilling my dream...
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Slow Fashion
Read nowLet’s talk about Slow Fashion. The New York Times discusses how famous fashion designers are choosing to slow down production time and retail seasonal schedules to focus on Ethical Fashion and the movement towards conscientious living and shopping. For example,...
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Motherhood - A Journey through IVF
Read nowMedicine, tests, and needles…so many needles. Appointments, ultrasounds, procedures, waiting rooms, tears, losses, complications, sleepless nights, hospitalization, waiting, fear and finally Motherhood. It wasn’t a simple or easy road for my husband and I to conceive. After trying to conceive...
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mom.pre.neur
Read nowmom.pre.neur noun a woman who sets up and runs her own business in addition to caring for her young child or children.: “it’s no coincidence that the rise of the mompreneurs comes as more highly educated women are choosing to...
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Intentional Goal Setting
Read nowI think it can be said with certainty that Mompreneurs have all experienced, at different times in our lives, the feeling of being overstretched, out of balance and moving on autopilot from one responsibility to the next. It can be...