Stephanie Vainer

UPDATED CONTENT SCHEDULE: ✨ • SUNDAY: New YouTube video* • MONDAY: Motherhood Monday’s on stories. • TUESDAY: Home Content on stories. • WEDNESDAY: New Blog Post* E-mail Newsletter goes out! (Including a new sale/deals/shopping section and advice column) • THURSDAY: Lifestyle content on stories • FRIDAY: Wellness content I’m really trying to take more Mental Health weekends! Which means turning off social media and my phone until Sunday nights when my videos go live! I think it’s super important to take time away. ✨✨✨ What are you doing to protect your mental health lately? Let me know in the comments! (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKNYZwOMgLa/?igshid=7g5ajnx8r1bj

🌸 FOUR OF MY FAVOURITE FLOWERS: + Orchid Branches + Queen Anne’s Lace + Scabiosa + Snap Dragons + Sweet Peas Don’t forget to add some greenery, which you can find my favourites on the blog by searching “flowers”. 🌸 Don’t forget to support local! I always get these beautiful bouquets from @freshbyleanne (at Midland, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_Sy5PsIDT/?igshid=d17x8wwb1u7i

HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE SOUL YET? 🎆 If you haven’t you should! Here are three things I learned from the movie: + Don’t lose yourself in your obsessions + To practice more mindfulness + The simple, everyday moments are life’s gift. What’s your favourite movie? 🍿 🎥 (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9y1LbspRm/?igshid=tt09z7ximuz6

RESOURCES FOR STARTING A BLOG AND GROWING ON INSTAGRAM --- Lately I've been getting a lot of questions about blogging and growing Instagram accounts, so I thought I would share some of my favourite resources that helped me when I first started.  Linking some helpful blog post in my stories! --- BOOKS Blog Inc.: Blogging for Passion, Profit, and to Create Community by @ohjoy Capture Your Style: Transform Your Instagram Photos by @aimeesong PODCASTS Blogging Unscripted by @daniellegervino Thrive Blogging @thrivetogetherblog COURSES The Blogging Blueprint by @notanotherblonde is one I always come back to. Full of great information that I've used time and time again. @elainerau has a lot of free content but her paid courses are full of put together I highly recommend them.  Drop your favourite book/course/podcast below! (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpHB1pM8wW/?igshid=le6keackkhtv

We spent a lot of time at home in 2020, so our focus turned to ways we could inspire you to love the home your in now. Even if your not living in your dream home, or even your forever home. We believe finding great furniture is the key to making any home feel like yours. Which is why we loved partnering with @article to share beautifully made furniture at an affordable price. I love our new Tessu Bed and it was the perfect addition to our bedroom makeover. Check out stories and the blog for more information! #tessubed #ourarticle (at Tiny Township) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcet1XssNx/?igshid=oecgc84aiisa

The best Christmas present 🎁 this year. 👶🏻 🍼 (at Tiny Township) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJO6Bn2MZE3/?igshid=16an1js9eu6wi

Patiently waiting on Santa 🎅 and his reindeer 🦌 Who’s little one is counting down the minutes? Because Penelope can hardly wait. 🎁 🎄 (at Penetanguishene, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJHfFZwMgNP/?igshid=jd1d99xxw0d0

Today on SPV Living we’re finally sharing our interview with the creators of @flaxsleep. I got to chat with Anna Heyd on building an all women, all Canadian business. She shares some of the best advice she’s ever received and it’s seriously good! (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjlvhdl6nK/?igshid=muxif3litern

✨🎄What our perfect Sunday looks like. A winter hike, hot cocoa, marshmallows and reindeer cookies. 🎄✨ But I need some help! I really need some holiday movie ideas to watch! 📺 (at Sawlog Point) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeEAw-M2mE/?igshid=vtak80jtp2zr

Chatting washable rugs over on the blog today. Plus I’m sharing a curated list of my favourite rugs from @ruggable ✨ (at Penetanguishene, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIZWdxPFTzg/?igshid=q6pzwsjnr5v7

🎄Spreading some Holiday cheer around here, one giveaway at a time! 🎄 ✨Not only are we giving away a $500 Amazon Gift Card on the blog, but we are also giving away a 55” Samsung TV in stories too! ✨ Did you enter yet? ✨✨✨ (at Penetanguishene, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWlVAaMQ0X/?igshid=ff0da12gnnm4

Penelope’s obsessed with Dinosaurs 🦖 ever since we watched Dino Dana. Since then she’s asked for Dino books, Dino shirts and Dino backpacks. So when @thedinodana reached out to see if Penelope would want a copy of Dino Dana: Dino Field Guide, Volume 2 - Pterosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, we immediately said yes! Every night I read her this book, and every morning. 🦕 🦖 @sinkingshipent #dinofieldguide2 #dinodana (at Penetanguishene, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRNlo9s0hd/?igshid=g04660onp77a

When we were kids my dad would take us out a few weeks before Christmas to go cut down the perfect tree. 🎄 One year it was my dads turn to pick the tree, and of course he choose the only tree with four branches. I’ll never forget that was the year of our Charlie Brown Christmas tree 😂. I mean last year he also found a branch from a palm tree, wrapped some Christmas lights around it and called it the Florida Christmas tree... 😒😒😂 What’s your favourite memories of Christmas? I have so many it’s hard to think of just one. (at Tiny Township) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_Fd-ssV3l/?igshid=1dxpqcuesesen

✨LETS CATCH UP✨ While its been a little quiet on IG lately, there’s a lot that’s been happening on the blog. (Link in profile 👆🏼) Starting with Wishing Week, where we launch a new gift guide every day. Last week we shared 3 ways to make cheap curtains look expensive, a budget-friendly way to decorate a Christmas Table and so much more! But what I really want to know is, how your doing? 💕 (at Tiny Township) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8_B-eF7Hc/?igshid=pumukaz476px

Who’s ready for a little before and *progress update on the #cottagebedroom project? 🔨 So far we have: taken down the panelling Put up drywall Patched the ceiling Mudded and sanded Primed and painted. Check out the blog for the details and how to’s of this project. Plus what we still have to finish and the issues with an island reno. What colour should we paint the closets panel doors? 🎨 I was thinking something green or blue. (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHi8hnUl6nx/?igshid=2emt0tvt4glo

A few weeks ago I asked what you all what you wanted to see more of on the blog. The answers were all amazing, but the majority of you said “Affordable Christmas Decor”, and that’s exactly what I’m giving you today! 🌲🦌🎁 Today I’m sharing my picks for Christmas Home Decor and everything is under $50. I choose items that will not only last years (quality) but items from my favourite shops including @mcgeeandco @anthropologie @indigo and more! (www.spvliving.com)✨ Oh anddd I always make sure I curate items that us Canadians can shop too! I can’t tell you the amount of times I wanted something only to find out they didn’t ship outside the US. 😒 So anyway happy shopping! Don’t forget to tag me in your stories when you do decorate, I can wait to see what you get. 🎄✨ (at Barrie, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHbDyS0sljE/?igshid=1uy1s4dzt6m9r