Officially a Twit

The peer pressure got to me.

The weekend started off with my dad telling me that I ought to get twitter. You know that you're behind on the cyber trends when your rents are telling you what's what. Now my dad is cool and fairly tech savvy but there's no way I can have him out tweet me.

The weekend ended with the lowly ML and Isobel asking about my non-twit account. So I caved! It's done, I've gone to the dark side and see an oncoming addiction.

Now y'all got to follow me: loveashelle

And any twitter tips would be greatly appreciated! I feel lost and confused. Like what does "RT" mean?

Mama Would be Proud

The lovely and beautiful Marilou invited me to go with her to ROUGE: Ottawa's Ultimate Bacherlorette Party, on Saturday night.  This was a fun "non-wedding" event for a good cause.  The proceeds went to support the AIDS Committee of Ottawa. 

The only thing that was missing from this event was my good friend, Krista.  Her wedding is fast approaching and even though most of the details have been sorted out, there was tons of fun and ideas for her bachelorette.  Unfortunately my camera is a very basic "point & shoot"... and the lighting in clubs is never ideal... so please excuse the fuzziness of the pictures.  The bridal fashion show was very pretty.  Even though the dresses were all very beautiful, I kept my eyes on the hair pieces... they were all so funky.

Two hotties: ML from 20YS & Isobel of frAsh femme. & bel.

Isobel is the creative and talented designer of frAsh femme. & bel. 

Above is just one of many beautiful pieces created by Isobel.  The generous Marilou gave this necklace to me and I can't wait to show it off.  I first discovered Isobel's work when I attended The Posh Wedding Show, in February.   Her jewellery really stood out from all the other booths.  I enjoy the unique looks to the pieces.   Her spring/summer 2011 line is amazing and it's so cool that each piece is one of a kind.  

Yummy cupcakes were generously provided by Auntie Loo's Treats.  The most shocking discovery of the night was that the delicious treats were vegan.  Vegan! It really blows my mind that cupcakes can be diary and egg free.... and still taste amazing good.  It's dangerous for my waist line that she sells these amazing cupcakes at a cafe close to my work called Raw Sugar.   These cakes are also Auntie Loo's creations and look amazing.  My favourite is the orange one because it reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.

Now on to my awkward moment of the night... 

It involved a pole, a scandalously dressed hottie as an instructor and ML recording the moment.  

I was so confused on how to turn around and slide down the pole.  With the first attempt, I lost my shoe.  And didn't do much better with round two.  Pole dancing is not a hidden talent of mine... no upper body strength and lack of grace are not pros for this activity

 ML was awesome, with confidence and humour she nailed the turn and slide.

Isobel is too cute.  I wasn't able to capture the moment too well with the crap-tastic camera of mine (it had a seizure during her turn and slide).  But she did great and the bow at the end was adorable.    

The pole dancing demonstrations and lessons were provided by 3Sixty.  The girls who were doing the demonstrations were amazing.  If I try to explain what they were able to do it doesn't seem to do it justice, so you're interested just check out the site's photo gallery.   What's really fun is that they will do Pole Parties... something that could be tons of fun for a bachelorette?! Non?! 

The Posh Wedding Show

Thank you ML from Twenty York Street for giving me the chance to attend this years Posh Wedding Show. 

There are no wedding bells ringing for me anytime soon.  Chris and I love each other more than anything in this world.  We are starting our life together,  have already been through many "growing pains" and have come out stronger.  Marriage to us is what we are doing now... the wedding part is something that will come when we can afford the one we want.  We've already made the commitment to each other and we don't need a piece of paper to prove it.  

I am however a brides maid to one of my best friends, Krista.   Her wedding is fast approaching so I was happy to go to Posh Wedding Show.  

Center pieces and jewelery was my mission for the night as brides maid.  Krista likes babies breath, white roses and candles, so when I saw this display it was perfect!  I sent her a picture message right away, proud as I could be that I found something that could easily be done as a DIY project. 

Posh was located at the Marriott Hotel in the Summit, which the rotating restaurant overlooking the downtown.  I've never been to that location before and the night view was beautiful. At the show, there were so many beautiful cakes, cupcakes and fashion.  The best part was the great company of ML & J. Poor J had to deal with my 100 questions about his photography.

Marcia B. did a great review of the event, you can get out her post here.

My favorite booth by far was the bel. with all the beautiful handmade jewelery. I kept drooling over the hairpieces.  Here's some pieces that I went back for to get a second look. All the pictures below were taken from bel.'s website so if you want to check out more just click here.

bel. tiara hairpiece

bel. fireworks hairpiece

bel. floating necklace