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Hi there! I'm Leah Noble, and from 2012 to 2014 this was my blog, "Dream Big Cape Breton." I used this space to share my thoughts, my photographs, and my take on life in Cape Breton.
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Category Archives: Design
five things i learned from: a hackathon
I’m interrupting the “Photo A Day” series to bring you some radness!! So remember a week and a half ago when I told you all about the Marcato Hackathon and how I was going to enter it? Well, I did … Continue reading
Posted in Business ideas, Community, Design, Technology, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, Five Things I've Learned From, Hackathon, Marcato, technology
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Brenna MacNeil: Graphic Design and I Love Cape Breton
What do you do if you find out that someone else is doing a similar-but-different product as you, on the other side of the island, and not only that, but that they’ve actually been doing it longer? Well, you support … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business ideas, Community, Design, Love
Tagged Brenna MacNeil, Cape Breton, graphic design
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hack it!
I’m going to Build Something Awesome! At least, I’m going to try. I’m absolutely not a developer, but I am a designer, and I’ve been dipping my toes in the development “pool” lately, at work, learning some PHP for a database project. … Continue reading
Posted in Business ideas, Community, Design, Education, Social Media, Technology, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, Hackathon, Marcato, technology
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love what you love
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this phrase: “Love what you love.” I’ve been thinking about how it’s something I’ve really learned as a result of putting myself out there, both in writing this blog, and in following my … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Design, Leah's thoughts, Love, Motivation
Tagged Cape Breton, creativity, love, motivation
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Q+A with Emily Chafe and Steve Rankin
1. Name, age, where you live? Emily Chafe, 27, Glencoe. Steve Rankin, 30, Glencoe. 2. CB born and raised? Or recent transplants? (And however much biographical info you feel like giving.) I (Emily) was raised in Port Hawkesbury and Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Business ideas, Community, Design, Outdoors, Q+A, Sustainability, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, Emily Chafe, graphic design, Inverness County, photography, Port Hawkesbury, Port Hood, Q+A, Small business, Steve Rankin
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links loved special edition: Lumiere!
This is the glamourous life of a blogger: taking multiple selfies on a street while people drive by and think you’re a weirdo, in search of the perfect “casually reading the Lumiere guide” shot for posting to Instagram. I say, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Design, For Fun, Towns + communities
Tagged art, Cape Breton, Downtown Sydney, Lumiere Cape Breton
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links loved / sept 20
This is the sunflower that I grew in my garden this summer. It’s in a little bed at the back of the house, which is in between the back staircase, and the wall of the house. I also have lavender, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Day to Day Life, Design, Food + agriculture, For Fun
Tagged Links Loved
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