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I’ve always been a shy person. So for me, putting myself out there and out of my comfort zone is a huge deal. And I try to be as open as possible but generally I still have a part of me that will shy away or put it in the too hard basket.

Recently I have noticed more and more small businesses being real on their social medias...

Chocolate… For those that know me, would know that chocolate should be my middle name. I’m a self confessed chocoholic. It’s even in my about me blurb. So why am I writing a blog about my love for chocolate? Well for the past month I have given chocolate the boot! I know right… what the hell is wrong with me? We had just returned from a weekend getaway down south plus it had been a week long stint of a clingy, teething Little Miss and usually I would have blocks of chocolate on hand to snack on each night, which...

From October 2019 through to February 2020, I had seen my family in Victoria on five occasions (mostly week long trips). Even living over in Perth, we had always made the effort to get back as much as we could and even more now that Miss Azalea had arrived.  We had just returned from our latest trip for the Mibus wedding when a little thing called COVID-19 hit. I didn’t think much of it at first. Brad and I joked about him not drinking Coronas anymore, as I’m sure heaps of other people joked at the time too… Then shit...

If you’re reading this, then WELCOME! You’ve decided to take time out of your busy life and read about all the highs and lows of being Sammy Reddie… Oh shit I mean Sammy Canal. Eight months married and I still say my maiden name, online shopping, at the doctors… Ssssh don’t tell Brad. So who is this person talking gibberish, writing terrible English and using shit in the first paragraph of her new blog? Sammy CANAL is the name and I’m the proud creator and owner of Redd Canal Design and Gifts. What’s that you ask? Well it’s my freelance graphic design...