enter to win!

Want to win?

Tell us in 100 words or less what you are doing to make your wedding different or indie.

The winner will win a free pass for two to Indie I Do - Vancouver's first alternative wedding show taking place on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 at the Heritage Hall.

All entries may be emailed to info(at)lotusevents(dot)ca with the subject - Indie I Do contest.

Good luck!

Happy Holidays

This seems to be the only Christmasy picture that I could find this morning. I can't remember where this was taken or how old I was.. 198?'s ??

Happy Holidays!!

Blim Winter Market

Tomorrow!! Last chance to shop!!

Saturday, December 20, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Cambrian Hall
215 E. 17th Avenue

For more information, please visit Blim.

bride.ca

Remember Suzanna and Pierre from last June?

They were just featured on bride.ca's "Real Canadian Weddings". Read the article here.

photo credit: d'Soleil Photo

weather

Oh the weather outside is frightening....



so I am staying inside and crafting!




(the mushrooms have a new fancy webbing addition)

Aislewalk

Last Sunday was the Aislewalk magazine launch and what a party! We drove straight from Portland to be at this event and we had so much fun. The lemon drops and food was delish. The decor was fabulous and of course, my favourite thing at the party, the photobooth!


Remember Nicole and Jason from September 07? Nicole launched her very own wedding coordination company called Down the Aisle specializing in day of coordination. That's them in our aislewalk ad!

Aislewalk is one of the best wedding magazines out there. Not only is it packed full of information and helpful worksheets, but you can just tuck it into your purse and carry it to all of your vendor meetings. Want your very own copy? Contact us to pick one up or swing by the Indie I Do Wedding show on January 17th, 2009.


(photo credit to Angela Hubbard Photography)

we are back!

Read all about the adventures of Gnorman the Gnome (get it?? so bad, but so good!) on the got craft blog.

Indie I Do is heading South

Indie I Do is heading south the next few days with stops in Seattle and Portland. We are off to schmooze and learn new things at Crafty Wonderland while spreading the word!

See you next week.

My lovely new gnome is by the wonderful Jason and Jocelan from Cutesypoo Toys and the kawaii mushroom charms will be available by me at the Blim Holiday Market on December 20th!

Got Craft!

Got Craft was sheer insanity! Shoppers were lined up at 9:00am for a 11:00am start time. Good thing they were early though, by 11:00am there was a good line up from the second floor to the street and around the corner. By 11:15am, 100 people had already come through the doors. That wasn't even the end of it. There was a line up to the street for the first two hours of the show. It was crazy. We had to close the doors, because there was so many people inside!

Our final attendee count came in at a whopping 1175 at 5:30pm (6pm closing). We had a very very busy few weeks distributing cards / posters, attending 12 different craft shows and just spreading the word and it looks like it paid off.

Here is a fabulous blog post from Michelle at Scout including some wonderful shots that she took of the event.



line up to get in!



busy shoppers!



The picture of my wool felt hearts was taken by the lovely Kimli. You can check out her blog here.

what are you doing tomorrow!?

Going to GOT CRAFT of course!

Sunday, December 7th (tomorrow)
11:00am to 6:00pm
Royal Canadian Legion
2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Avenue - across from JJ Bean)

$2.00 admission (kids 10 and under are free)

First 30 people through the doors receive a FREE handmade swag bag.

Featuring over 50 local artists, Got Craft is a modern twist on the conventional craft fair.

weddings and such

I am so late in posting this, but better late than never!

Indie I Do is up and running. If you haven't already, go check it out for a full list of confirmed vendors and a little extra something something including how to buy tickets.

Thanks to Elizabeth from ENV Photography for reminding me to post about this!

last weekend

Last weekend was another whirlwind that included the Britannia Community Center Craft Fair, West End Community Center Craft Fair, the Roundhouse Community Center Craft Fair, Portobello West, I Heart Crafts Bazaar and a baby banquet. Plus I had some major allergies Sunday which didn't help the craziness that was all around.

I Heart was great. Nicole from Its Your Life and I shared a table. Pictures will be posted soon on the Got Craft blog.

In the meantime, here are some photos from the banquet last Saturday. (By the way, those are hard boiled eggs and not orange)