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This Valentine�s Day, I�m celebrating my love for a few local Edmonton businesses. I can�t claim to shop exclusively at locally owned shops but I do as often as I can. Dollars spent locally, stay locally, so, get out in the community and browse around, you might be surprised at what you can find. In my previous post I mentioned that I enjoy baking and my favorite place to pick up ingredients is Provisions by Duchess . They carry excellent ingredients, high quality bake ware, international cookbooks and beautiful serve ware and if you aren�t in the mood to bake, their bakeshop is right...

Food is so much more than sustenance; it is the center of most social gatherings with flavors and smells that wrap themselves deeply into our memories. Although I am passionate about hair and weddings, did you know that I also enjoy cooking and baking? As a child growing up in small town Alberta, I spent a lot time in the kitchen with my mother and my grandmother. To this day, when I make my grandmother�s raisin pudding, in that moment she is brought to life. Most mothers and grandmothers in our community baked and shared and it may sound clich� but you could always taste the love that...

Here in Edmonton, January is the month where I see a lot of people looking for big changes in their hairstyle. Now, there is nothing wrong with wanting a fresh new look for the New Year but there are a few things you should keep in mind when you come into the salon with an idea. Trends We turn to the runways and celebrities for the latest trends in fashion, makeup and hair. As you spend hours on Pinterest and flip through pages and pages of magazines searching for a style to love; ask yourself is what I�m looking at up to date? If you aren�t familiar with current hair trends, ask your...

Welcome to my blog! This is the place where I plan to talk about hair, weddings, sparkly things, a bit about me and what I'm up to in Edmonton and in my travels. For my very first post of 2015, I look at what we will be seeing in the weddings of 2015, covering d�cor, engagement rings, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, tuxes and the wedding dress of course. In this post there's nothing about bridal hairstyles as that is a separate post in itself. Many of the wedding trends of 2014 we will see carried over into 2015 but with a few twists. Rustic Chic D�cor Last year we saw a lot of d�cor that...