Wordless Wednesday

Family trip to BlueMountain Resort in Collingwood.

Happy Canada Day!

Watched this movie last night. What a great tribute to Canada.



Check out why Canada is Cool. Lots of fun interactive facts. Enjoy!

http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/MapofCanada.html

Some Garden Love

Ok.. first off.. I have to admit, I am sooo not a gardener. I love the look of a garden, I like to go to the nurseries and pick the flowers, I like to pretend that I garden. But really.. Ian and the kids are the ones that do all the work. I pick and I place and that's all I do. But I really do love to take photos of the garden. And I do love to eat the fresh veggies that come from the garden.

I'm really proud of our flower garden.. neither of us know what we are doing and have no idea what should go where or what flowers would be best. We just go with what we like and go from there! I only like to do perennials really and so we get only a few each year. I'm looking forward to our garden maturing throughout the years.

On the side of house is our little vegetable garden. It's really (other then the front of the house) the only place that gets sun. Here we have some tomoto plants, a couple hops plants ( Ian's idea) a couple cucumber plants, a jalopeno plant and some beans. Unfortunately the slugs have attacked the beans but we're hoping they'll recover. The girls love fresh beans!

This year we are also trying something new. We have a hanging tomotoe plant and a hanging cucumber plant. It's dual purpose this way as well as we have flowers on top and the veggies on the bottom. The mums on the one plant have died and I keep forgetting to replace them.
Here's a how to video that Ian made



I don't know what these flowers are called but they are a lovely shade of orange with a purple inside. These flowers are in a pot at the front of the house.



Moving on to our flower bed in our front yard.


This flower is absolutely beautiful...;)



I love the colours of these



And hosta ville






Our front flower bed

TRANS CANADA ROAD TRIP

The road trip has now entered Ontario. First stop is me .. Piggy-Tails!

Read about it on our Trans Canada Etsy Blog

Canada Day Road Trip and Giveaway!!

Canada Day Road Trip and Giveaway!

The Trans Canada Etsy Team is having a virtual road trip and we are giving away two amazing prizes! The promotion runs from June 20th to July 1st.

During this time, when you make a purchase from a participating shop, you automatically earn one ticket into a prize draw for every $10 you spend (before shipping is added to the total). So if you spend up to $10, you will get one ticket. If you spend $50, you get 5 tickets.

If you mention the promotional code "Road Trip" in the notes to seller when you check out, you can earn one additional ticket into the prize draw.

There are two incredible prizes!

A $350 Prize Pack consisting of all these handmade items:

And a $175 Handwoven Rag Rug:



The rag rug was woven by Pegg, FiveForty, using tshirts that were sent to her from all the participating team members across Canada. It's gorgeous and big, measuring 34"x55"! It is a wonderful collaboration bringing together our members from coast to coast, and beautifully executed by Fiveforty through her artistry and skill.

So here is how you win! From June 20th to July 1st, any purchase you make from the participating shops will get your name into the draw. You get one ballot for every $10 that you spend. On July 2nd, we will draw for the winners. Remember, if you mention the promo code "Road Trip" when you make your purchase, you will get one extra ballot!


Here is a list of participating shops and prizes that each shop has donated to the prize pack. Remember, you earn 1 ticket for each $10 you spend (prior to shipping costs) in these shops:


Enthral
(prize pack contribution: three pairs of earrings and a set of hair elastics, retail value $22)

Five Forty
(prize pack contribution: a suncatcher, retail value $42)

MyHandboundBooks
(prize pack contribution: leather journal, retail value $39)

i Heart That Dance
(prize pack contribution: handmade bag, retail value $35)

Laura Bucci
(prize pack contribution: cup cozy, retail value $12)

RJ Charms & Designed by RJ
(prize pack contribution: earrings and a bookmark, retail value $17)

Rikrak
(prize pack contribution: bib, retail value $21)

Off the Hooks
(prize pack contribution: crocheted hat, retail value $20)

Too Aquarius
(prize pack contribution: two necklaces, retail value $20)

Pixel8ed
(prize pack contribution: recipe book, retail value $10)

Tangente
(prize pack contribution: a catnip mouse, retail value $8)

Inkyspider
(prize pack contribution: brooch, retail value $9)

Kootsac
(prize pack contribution: set of reusable produce bags, retail value $10.50)

Prairie Peasant
(prize pack contribution: journal, retail value $20)

Carvel Country soaps
(prize pack contribution: $20 gift certificate)

Bovine Bubbles
(prize pack contribution: $20 gift certificate)

Sea Glass Designs
(prize pack contribution: necklace)

Piggy Tails
(prize pack contribution: stationary)

String Me Along
(prize pack contribution: set of hair pins, retail value $27)

Paisley Baby
(prize pack contribution: wet bag, retail value $13)

WillowCatVintage
(prize pack contribution: gift certificate)

We hope you have fun participating in our virtual road trip, Happy Canada Day!

WestFest 2009

What a gorgeous day! It's about time summer arrive.... Ian, Meghan, Emma and I headed to Westboro for the yearly WestFest. Lots of activities were going on and a good crowd too. Music, dancing and of course face/body painting! Meghan got a turtle and Emma a dolphin, both on their arms. (Such a better place then on your face..)




Before we went home we sat on the grass and the girls had a peanut butter cookie baked from Harvest Loaf. Yummy!

Easter Egg Hunt

Thank you for participating in the Transcanada Etsy Team Easter Egg Hunt!! Our winner of the $15.00 GC to participating stores will be announced April 13th at noon central time at out team store transcanadateam.etsy.com