Winner Winner! Ham Sandwich Dinner!

Greetings everyone!  It's time for another installment of Social Prize Extravaganza!  If you want a chance to win one of these fabulous prizes, make sure you message Eric or I for tickets ASAP!  It's shaping up to be a super fun night, we are very excited.  :)


Fit For A Disney Princess

First up, a 7 day, 7 night stay in a beautiful 2 bedroom suite in a Central Florida resort!  This beautiful, family-oriented resort is just 5 km from Walt Disney World and minutes away from other popular Florida attractions.  The suite sleeps 6 and has a fully equipped kitchen, whirlpool in the master bedroom, and patio!  Resort amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, playground and on-site washer and dryer.  Take the kiddies to the happiest place on earth!

 

That's why you have kids.  So you can go to Disneyworld and not look like a creep.

 

 

Caffeine Dream

 

 

This awesome automatic coffee maker (a Nescafe Dolce Gusto) will please even the jitteriest of caffeine addicts!  Comes complete with coffee mugs and three boxes of capsules to get you going on those sleepy Monday mornings!

 



 

Sadly this is a sight I've seen at the office many a time...

 

 

 

Go Bombers!  (Alternatively titled: Come On Guys, They're Trying.)

 

 

 

 

This package features a signed and framed Milt Stegall jersey, along with a football signed by the 2013 team.  Haters, go hate somewhere else - this is only for our True Blue fans!  Also comes with some Bomber swag and a 2013 Cheer Team Calendar signed by the whole cheer team!  You may even see a few of our beautiful cheer team members at the social... ;)

 

 

Gimme Gimme Cake Gimme Cake Gimme Gimme Cake

 

For those of you who don't know the omnipotent MOB, in addition to being an awesome mom and Grandma, she makes the best cakes ever.  Hardly to be called a "hobby", considering how unbelievably amazing she is at it, my mom whips out these gorgeous, creative confections that make people swoon with delight.  Not only do they look incredible, they taste divine!  (I speak from experience.  Lots of it.  Probably too much.)  She doesn't do it for any profit at all, it's just for fun, and she has agreed to donate a cake of the winner's choice worth $250!  Just look at some of these photos:

 

 

 

Retirement cake...

 

 

 

Birthday cake...

 

 

 

Beer cake....

 

 

 

My Little Pony cake...

 

 

 

Race car cake...

 

 

 

White chocolate raspberry Kit Kat cake (DROOL)...

 

 

 

Toopy and Binoo cake...

 

 

 

Canadian cake...

 

 

 

Popcorn cupcakes...

 

 

 

Winnie The Pooh cake...

 

 

 

Look at these freakin' barnyard animals.  They are so cute I can't even stand it!

 

 

Suck it, Buddy Valastro.  I could go on, there are a million more photos of amazing work that she has done.  Just go check it out here!

 

 

We Have Too Much Wine, Said No One Ever

 

 

This 24 bottle dual zone wine fridge is awesome, and I want it for myself, like most of these prizes.  But it will find a new home with another lucky winner at the social!  Eric and I have two wine fridges, and they are the best ever.  Become an oenophile in no time with this fridge and a gift card to buy some wine to start off your collection!


Two Words:  ROAD TRIP

Who wants to go to Chicaggggggoooooooooooo?  This package comes with a Garmin GPS to get you there, a $50 Petro Canada gift card, a couple travel mugs for your road rockets, and one night's stay at the luxurious Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza!  Da Bears!



So if all these prizes (plus the ones listed here), and a cupcake bar with over 20 flavors, and cheap drinks, and cheese cubes, and cheerleaders, and dancing to sweet tunes late into the night isn't your cup of tea, I don't know what is.  Get your tickets now, before they are all gone!



Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!



~M

WARNING: Cuteness Overload

Hello all!

So as much as I loved trying on bridal gowns, and swishing and swaying in all the gorgeous organza and lace before finally settling on the perfect one, let me assure you that it is nothing compared to going through the same process with the cutest and tiniest of humans! 

 

"Their small features and oversized eyes trigger a hormonal response in humans.  It's autonomic.  It's what keeps us from eating them."

We took Aislin flower girl dress shopping on the weekend, and it was so fun!  I loved seeing her in all the adorable little dresses.  There is nothing cuter than a little girl in a fancy dress.

The first was a floaty white dress with an organza overlay and white flowered belt:

 

Oh she's cute....and she knows it.

 

 

Floof!

I liked this dress, but I really wanted Aislin to be a mini-me and there weren't really any flowers incorporated into my dress, so we passed on this one.


The next was a pink strap dress with rosette detailing on it (that did come in white) and pretty trim:

 

OMG.  She's just wee.

I liked this one too, and I loved the poufyness factor, but again wasn't a fan of the big rose on the belly.  So although she looked really cute and princessy in pink, we passed on this one too.


The next was a layered and striped dress, and in Aislin's words, "this one's a bit big":

 

Gasp.  I have no words.  What a little doll.

This dress is cute, but for someone older.  I don't believe that spaghetti straps belong on three year olds, so even though I loved the coutureyness of it and the fact that it looked different, it wasn't the right one.

It was around this time that I learned that trying to photograph a child is just like trying to photograph wild animals.  You have to be incredibly patient, you need to stalk them as they go about their business in their natural habitat, and if they get even the slightest sniff of an inkling that you are trying to take a picture of them, they will run away in the other direction.

One of many blurry action shots that ended up on my camera phone...lol

 



It was also at this point that she couldn't understand why we were parading her around in dresses like a circus monkey oohing and ahhing at her when all she wanted to do was run around naked and play.  So we shoved another dress on her, but she was pretty much not having it.  And I can't blame her either, I also have zero shopping stamina.  Five outfits is like my max, and then I just wanna get the hell outta dodge and have a cocktail.

But luckily for us, and her, we found the perfect adorable little dress for her to wear on our big day, this floaty organza dress with a crinoline underlay and ribbon detailing on the back:

 

CUTENESS.

 

 

Love the interesting back...

 

 

 

 

Another photo of her on the run...

 

  

Now I can't let my cutie little mini-me go out in front of all those people without being appropriately blinged.  So in addition to strassing her a little pair of ballet flats, I'm going to make her a strassed ribbon belt, to go with the dress since the front of it is pretty but plain.  And we changed the organza ribbon on the back to white as well.  And of course, when the sales associate asked me if I wanted an extra layer of crinoline underneath for extra pouf?  UM, YEAH.

 

 

 

I know.  Shopping tires me out too.  Let's blow this pop stand

and get some Kinder Surprise.



I would tell you about bridesmaids dress shopping as well, but there's not really much to tell.  I have the most efficient set of bridesmaids a girl could possibly assemble.  We were in and out of David's in about 15 minutes, and zero photos were taken.  It pretty much went like this:

Me:  "Okay, you guys pick some dresses you like, and I'm gonna go sit over here."

Jess:  "How about this one?"

Melissa:  "I like that one."

Tara:  "Me too"

(they all try it on)

Me:  "Okay so we're all good with this one?"

Bridesmaids Superforce:  "Yep."

Me:  "Want to try anything else on?"

Bridesmaids Superforce:  "Nope."

Me:  "Awesome, let's go to Joey's for bellinis."


Done and done.  They ended up choosing this famous Vera Wang in black:

 

Unique, chic and super fashion forward.  It looked awesome on all of them, and I love it!  I also love that it was on Gossip Girl.  Except we will do without the weirdo fascinators.

So that's two more things crossed off the list!  Yay!  I feel like a wedding planning beast these days.


Just a reminder that our wedding social is coming up on November 16th!  I will be doing another post soon about our awesome prizes!  Based on the crowd that has already bought entry to this shindig, you will not want to miss out.  It's gonna be an awesome party!  Message me for tickets!
 
 
Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!



~M

"You could WIN one of these FABULOUS PRIZES...."

Hello all!  It's October 16th, which means we're exactly one month away from our wedding social!  We're very excited to have a huge party with all of our family and friends, and today I wanted to share with you some of the awesome prizes that we will won by lucky people in attendance at our social!

Everybody loooooves prizes!

 

 

 

Blame it on the Alcohol

 

 

 

 

This glorious rye-scented "perfume" has sweet, crisp notes in the nostrils.  It is one of the best and longest lasting perfumes on the market, as it also comes out your pores the next day.  May also be accompanied by bad-decision making, feeling the unstoppable urge to fight people, and a skull rattling hangover. 

 

 

 

Nothing makes for a better pillow for sleeping off the hooch than someone else's crotch.

 

 

 

 

 

Hockey Night In Winnipeg

 

 

 

 

This grand prize includes some cool Jets swag and two tickets to see the Jets play at MTS Centre!  Great seats - Section 222, Row 1, Seats 1&2.  Completely unobstructed view of the entire ice!  Go Jets Go!

 

 

 

Think Geek

 

 

 

 

This white 16GB iPad 3 was donated by M Group Chartered Accountants LLP and SignalPoints (formerly Envision Technology).  Candy Crush looks even more dazzling on the beautiful retina display!

 

 

 

 

Up and At Them!

 

 

 

 

Take a romantic and relaxing hot air balloon ride for 2 with Sundance Balloons!  Eric and I were lucky enough to go on a hot air balloon ride and it was really amazing.  Such a neat experience and really awesome views, with a glass of champagne after the flight.  Would definitely recommend this to anyone!  Except people with a fear of heights, I guess.

 

 



 

You don't realize how huge they are until you're standing next to it as they blow it up!

 

 

Great view and super relaxing.

 

 

 

 

Kitchen Party

 

And for the aspiring chefs and kitchen junkies....

 



 

 

Cuisinart toaster, blender, and salt/pepper shakers!

 

 

KitchenAid Food Processor!

 

 

KitchenAid Slow Cooker!

 

We also have some sweet add-ons to these prizes, including a huge set of white serving dishes so you can display your delicious concoctions in style, as well as cookbooks and more!

 

 

 

 

Let's Have A Fire

 

 

 

 

This awesome backyard steel firepit was graciously donated by Bestway Fence Systems (thanks Donna and Denny!).  We're going to make a sweet "snuggle" package out of this including Bestway swag, fleece blankets, insulated mugs, and a free introduction to whoever wins the gigantic bottle of rye, to begin the start of a beautiful friendship.

 

 

 

A Girl's Best Friend

 

 

My personal favorite is this gorgeous diamond necklace, with a retail value of $1,300.  Ladies, the photo (even with hipstery instagram filter) does not do this stunner justice.  The sparkle factor is huge!  Sigh.....love.

 

 

 

Attraction to sparkly things.  It's one of the 24 similarities between women and fish.

 

 

 

Show Me The Money

 

And just in case you're someone who none of these prizes appeal to, you don't want to spend time ripping up all those little tickets, and you're going to be too drunk to carry out a big basket of goodies at the end of the night, we also have a prize of $1,000 in cold hard cash.

 

 

Rock on.

 

 

 

There are still LOTS more prizes to be announced, so stay tuned!

 

So if you don't have tickets yet to this super social happening at Greendell Community Centre on November 16th, send me a message to set some aside for you now!  They are really starting to move fast so get yours ASAP.  Also I have to send out a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us thus far, either by donating a prize or buying tickets.  Also a huge thank you to our wonderful wedding party for helping us with the social, my awesome MOB for designing a cupcake menu of over 20 (yes, twenty) flavors, and my amazing amazing amazing FOB for working so hard at gathering social prizes for us.  We love you all so much!

 

 

Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!

 

 

 

~M

 

 









Progress!

It feels like I have been in a flurry of wedding planning activity lately!  So I just wanted to give a quick update on some of the progress we've made so far!


For starters, we have booked our reception décor, lighting, invitations and stationery with Ashley from Sweetness Stationery and The Little Linen.  When I went to Ashley's home studio I was amazed at all the beautiful displays she had and her flair for creativity.  And when she told me she can do all those things for my wedding in a one-stop shop, I was sold.  She had so many wonderful ideas, and I just loved her sample invitations.  I know she's going to do an amazing job on our wedding!

 

 

 

I love the way the design flows through every aspect of the wedding...

 

 

Then we went ahead and booked our flowers with Academy Florist.  Lauren was such a lovely person, she too is very creative and you can tell she loves her job a lot.  She taught me a lot about flowers just in the short time I was there!  For example, this is a lisianthus bloom:

 

 

 

It smells divine, it is very floaty and soft looking, and comes in purple!  Aside from roses, carnations and callas, I had no ideas, so it was awesome to look at everything she brought to the table.  They are also going to do all the centerpieces for the reception, and all the ceremony décor, including the flower petals design I love so much!  Squee!

 

 

So pretty and interesting...

 

 

 

Love love love this...it looks so amazing against the plush red carpet of the Convocation Hall!

 

 

 

So now it's onto bridesmaid dress shopping!  The girls and I are going out in a few weeks to check out the Vera Wang line at David's Bridal.  We're going for something in black, fashion forward but not too weird looking, and beyond the shiny satin strapless dress that seems to be all the rage these days.  Definitely excited for this aspect of the planning, because I want my girls to feel as beautiful in their dresses as I do in mine!  Yay!

 

 

 

Short?

 

 

 

Long?

 

 

 

Unique?

 

 

 

Chic?  Love them all.

 



 

 

And finally, I am taking this little doll to D'Ella for flower girl dress shopping soon!  She needs a princess dress to go with her princess shoes! 

 

 

 

Oh, she is going to look so pretty....

 

 

 

...and she is doing so good in dance class!  (Proud Auntie Moment)

 

 

So we have made a lot of progress lately!  Stay tuned because I will be blogging about our fabulous social prizes very soon as well!  And if you don't have your tickets yet, send me a message on Facebook!

 

 

 

Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!

 

 

~M