Winner of the Apothica Gift Certificate



The winner of the Apothica Gift Certificate courtesy of SkinCareRx.com is...

Cheap 'n Chic Living

Congrats! Shoot me an email when you can.
Thanks to everyone who entered and SkinCareRx.com
for sponsoring the giveaway.

Winner of the Shabby Apple Giveaway!

The giveaway for a Shabby Apple Cortez dress was to celebrate reaching 600 followers. I'd like to thank you all again for reading, following and commenting. The winner of the beautiful dress is...

Anna at IHOD

Congrats! Please email me your size and shipping info. Thanks to all who entered and to Shabby Apple for sponsoring the giveaway.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

What are you doing to celebrate? I'm thinking of trying one of the cocktail recipes in the new Goop newsletter like the Jam Cocktail from Madam Geneva's:


• 2 oz 42 Below Vodka or Beefeater Gin


• 1 oz lemon juice


• 1 oz simple syrup


• Crushed ice


• Spoonful of jam


In a shaker, add jam, vodka or gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and several ice cubes. Shake briskly, and strain into a rocks glass half-filled with crushed ice. Float a spoonful of jam on top of the ice, and gradually stir it in to taste. (Makes 1)

Have a great day!

Winner of the Sarah Tucker Photography Giveaway!

Spice Route

How is everyone? I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Today we're headed BBQ shopping (we have yet to pick table, chairs, or couch, but my husband obviously has his priorities in order) and then later on we're meeting friends at Spice Route for some yummy Sunday goodness. What does everyone else have planned for the day? One lucky reader's Sunday will include choosing the Sarah Tucker Photography print she'd like to take home. The winner is...

Stephanie at The-Loudmouth

Congrats Stephanie! Please email me your

shipping info and the print you've chosen.

Galleria, Milano by Sarah Tucker Photography

Thanks so much to everyone who entered and to Sarah,

who so generously offered up one of her pieces to give away!

Happy Sunday, Thank Yous & A Giveaway Winner!

{Working on This}

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend. I've spent a lot of it working, but that seems to be my lot in life these days. Not bad, though, as I hope I'm building towards something.

I was lucky enough to receive blog awards from the lovely Lemon and Lavender, Cortizo Decor and Belle on Heels, and just wanted to say a big thank you. Really means a lot.

Also, I wanted to announce the winner of the $65 CSN Gift Certificate:

Nikki of Perpetually Engaged

Congrats! Thanks to everyone who entered and to CSN.

I'm probably one of the few who won't be watching the Superbowl tonight. I just can't get into it. Instead I'm looking forward to a soccer game that's on this afternoon. My husband is off to a Superbowl party so I have an evening free to do anything I want. Love it. What do you have planned for today?

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A Winner!

Morning all! I had a good but rather exhausting weekend and have now been up for over 24 hours straight (not so rare in my world, but anyway...) How was your weekend?  I thought I'd start things off this week by announcing the winner of the Runway Rundown giveaway for a Daily Accessory cuff. The winner is...

Karena of Art by Karena

Congrats! Please email me your shipping info so we can get this lovely bracelet to you. Thanks to everyone who entered and to Runway Rundown and Daily Accessory!

2010 Canadian Weblog Awards & the GKhair Serum Winner!

I was beyond stoked to wake up on New Year's Day to news that I had been chosen as the first place winner in the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards in the Fashion and Style Category. With all the great blogs out there, and so many fabulous fellow nominees, I feel really honored to have won this. Congrats to all the other winners and nominees! There really is so much to be grateful for as I start this new year. Thanks so much!

{via Vol25}

Speaking of winners, the lucky recipient of a bottle of GKhair Serum and some frizz-free locks is...

PunkstrPrincess

Congrats! Just email me with your shipping info. Thanks to Celeste and everyone from the GKhair team for their generosity. Don't forget to enter the Gossip Girl-inspired Daily Accessory Cuff Giveaway from Runway Rundown.

I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and a great first week of the new year. Can't wait to share 2011 with all of you!

Orient Automatic Watch & Pixelimpress Giveaway Winners!

Happy Tuesday all, I hope you all had great weekends! What did you do? Anything special? Today I'm excited to announce not one but two winners.

First we have the winner of the Orient Automatic Watch Giveaway who is...

Ann from AnnOnandOn

Congrats! Just email me about which of the five watches you'd like and your shipping info. Check out Orient for some gorgeous watches that would also make great gifts!

The winner of the Pixelimpress Giveaway is...

Life Begins at Thirty

Congrats! Please email me your shipping info. If you want some great paper products your should definitely visit Pam's Etsy shop. Great stuff--notecards, gift tags and fab calling/business cards, which any blogger wanting to network should have.

Thanks so much for Orient and Pixelimpress for generously sponsoring these giveaways and to all of you who entered. Hope everyone has a great week!

Kate & Andy Spade via The Selby, A Blogger Meetup, GKHair Treatment & a Winner

Happy Sunday everyone! I've been having quite a great weekend so far, how about you? Yesterday I got to attend the Canadian Design Bloggers meetup, which was organized by the amazing Daniella and Vitania. I really can't say enough about these two ladies and all they did to bring last night together, with the help of some great sponsors like GKHair, Delta and other bloggers like Rambling Renovators. It was really a pleasure meeting them and all the other bloggers I had a chance to chat with. I only wish there was more time to properly chat with everyone, although I suspect some of it may have been my fault as I can get sort of shy in that type of mingling situation. Hopefully there will be many more such great events to come so I can get to know everyone! This was my first real blogger event and it was totally cool getting to meet people you feel like you really know and that you admire, but that you've never actually seen before in person! There was good food and drinks, great giveaways and amazing conversation, as well as a kickass goodie bag at the end of the night. Thanks so much to everyone who participated!

Also, I was lucky enough to be offered a keratin hair treatment courtesy of the blogger event's sponsor GKHair. I'm planning on posting about this in depth later on in the week, but considering my hair is both curly and dry, I was definitely looking forward to this bit of pampering. Definitely so far so good!

This event also reminded me to finally put together a post on a great giveaway I won from House 09, something I've been meaning to do for quite some time. I was lucky enough to be chosen to win some blogger business cards that got many oohs and aahs last night. More on that soon as well...

Now for some Sunday eye candy, a glimpse into the home of Kate

and Andy Spade by Todd Selby. More photos at The Selby.

And the winner of the Dr. Perricone giveaway is...

Kelly at JAX Designs

Congrats! Email me with your shipping info and what product you've chosen (you can have your pick up to $150 in value!) Thanks to everyone for entering and to the folks at Dr. Perricone for sponsoring this great giveaway.

Also, if you haven't had a chance yet make sure
you enter the Orient Watch giveaway.

Enjoy your Sunday! I'm off to coo over a co-worker's
newly arrived bundle of joy.

Winner of Our 500 Follower Celebration Giveaway!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! I'm excited to say that I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday. Yes, you heard correctly. I finished my Christmas shopping. In November. I am the world's worst procrastinator so this is a big thing for me. Could it be a sign I'm turning over a new leaf?
Stay tuned!

Now for the important business, the winner of the BlueOrder giveaway is...

Sandy a la Mode

Congrats Sandy! Please email me with your address and product choice.

Thanks to BlueOrder for generously sponsoring
this giveaway and to all those who entered.
If you're looking for some cool gifts for the
holidays you should definitely check this shop out!

As a Toronto blogger I'm really excited about the Canadian Design Blogger meetup being held this weekend. Can't wait to meet all the other lovely bloggers! Don't forget to enter the Dr. Perricone giveaway.

Winner of the Big Tinsel Necklace!

The winner of the Big Tinsel necklace giveaway is...

Lauren from Aspiring Kennedy

Congrats! Lauren gets to choose between two Big Tinsel necklaces

The Viola

OR

The Comet

Lauren, please email me your shipping info and necklace of choice!

Thanks to Maria of Big Tinsel for sponsoring this giveaway and to all of your who entered and help spread the word.

If you're looking for some beautiful jewellery for yourself or a great Christmas gift then head over to Big Tinsel to scope out Maria's gorgeous designs, many made from repurposed items from her father's shoe repair shop, like...

Atom Necklace

Night and Day Necklace

Tribe Necklace

 

Don't forget to enter the

500 Followers Celebration Giveaway

going on now!

Two Winners: Shopbop and Beazuness Jewellery Giveaways!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Yesterday was my nephew's 9th birthday. How do they get so old so fast? Really, time just flies right by. So, getting down to business. The winner of the $100 Shopbop Gift Card giveaway is...

DobbyGirl of SpryOnTheWall

There is so much great stuff to buy at Shopbop where do you even start?

The winner of the Beazuness Jewellery Giveaway is...

Samantha of Sincerely Samantha

If you're looking for some beautiful jewellery whether for yourself or as a gift this holiday season you should really check out Naomi's great Etsy jewellery shop. 

Congrats! Please send me your email addresses.

Thanks for entering everyone and to the fabulous, generous hosts of these giveaways. Enjoy your weekend and stay tuned--more great giveaways to come!

Eating Well, the Home Show and Two Winners!

Hope everyone's weekend has been going well. Mine has been pretty much non-stop. Today M and I hit the Toronto Home Show (thanks to Shannon for passing on the tickets!) where I checked out stone options for the fireplace in the new house and saw a front door that I just fell in love with. Afterwards we did a bit of shopping and then, famished, headed into La Bettola di Terroni for an early dinner. From what I can tell Terroni restaurants seem to be a divisive issue for Torontonians, despite always being full. Most seem to agree that the Toronto Terroni locations serve delicious, rustic-style Italian food (they're famous for their pizzas), but a lot of people can't stand that the restaurants have a no-substitution rule. Me? I could care less. I know if I want balsamic vinegar to go with my olive oil bread dip not to head to Terroni. And while I've heard that some have been refused even pepperoncini oil we never have been (it's one of M's must-haves) and tonight were even offered it by a charming Brit waiter. The only thing I can't stand is that this is yet another no-reservation restaurant. 



While I had been to the other Terronis I had never tried La Bettola on Victoria, located right beside Terroni's Osteria Ciceri e Tria, and overall was happy with it. The concept is supposed to be a "hole in the wall" neighbourhood type place with good wine and better food. One of the first things I noticed when walking in was the cured meats hanging by the doorway, the communal table stretching the length of the room (later occupied by a smiling bride complete with veil) and the big block letters on the far right wall that read, "Il vino scioglie la lingua ed apre il cuore" which means "wine loosens the tongue and opens the heart."

My pizza (La Bufalina, as always) was great and M loved his pasta special (spaghetti with truffles, sausage and pecorino) and Caprese salad. I think my fave part were the fritti (fried) dishes on the menu. For a minute there I was considering ordering all of them and being done with it. They had two of my faves Arancini (rice balls) and Crochette, and I went with the former because the Crochette had mortadella in them. I much prefer them without meat and I can't really stomach mortadella these days after OD'ing on the stuff when I was a kid. We hardly ever get dessert, but I let M eat half my pizza so I could eat the Frittelle di Nutella (I mean, really, did you really expect me to pass it up?) Unfortunately, while good, they didn't live up to my expectations. I'll take a bombe any day of the week. I also got to check out the new location of Grazie--no weekend reservations here either, I think someone is trying to push me over the edge--where the best part of a good meal was the Baked Goat Cheese Salad (pizza was also good as were the gnocchi, which they did for us in a vodka sauce). So, enough about food and on to the winners!

The Winner of the Lemel Designs Necklace is

 Sarah of Haute Design

Visit Lemel Designs on Facebook and check

out more of their great jewelery here.

The Winner of the Erica Eriksdotter Stationary is

Shari of Little Blue Deer

Learn more about Erica here. Like what you see?

Check out her Etsy shop, too.

Congrats to the winners (please email me your shipping info) and thanks so much to the very generous and talented Melanie of Lemel Designs and Erica Eriksdotter for sponsoring these fab giveaways. Don't forget to enter for your chance to win a $100 Shopbop Gift Card! Hope you enjoy what's left of the weekend, darlings.

Images: Toronto Star, Compendium Daily, BlogTO