Celebration

The Friday Five: Picnic Gear

A warm summer day is the perfect time for a picnic in the park with family and friends. In addition to food and a frisbee, here are five things that I think are essential for a fun, organized, and environmentally friendly picnic adventure.

fork, knife, spoon, $5 (pack of 50), Branch

starting at $5.50, Branch

27oz bottle, $19.95, Klean Kanteen

white picnic blanket, $19.95, Kitchenware Direct

canvas coal bag, $78, A Continuous Lean

Canadian Design Bloggers Celebrate

Canadian design bloggers have really got it going on!

photo by Leah

Last weekend I had the pleasure to meet and mingle with an amazing group of design bloggers at the Canadian design bloggers meetup held at Brassaii in Toronto. Vitania of Verdigris Vie & Daniella of Dress Design Decor organized a most beautiful event with the help of generous sponsors (IKEA, Delta, CIL, as well as House & Home, Crate & Barrel, Style at Home, Kravet, and Rowenta). The party was full of style.

at Brassaii, photo by Jordana

The very stylish Tommy Smythe shared some photos and stories from his recent trip to Scandinavia and kept the crowd laughing (photos here).

IKEA + prosecco = two of my favourite things

The event was beautifully organized, very well-attended, and it was an inspiring evening to say the least. I’m already looking forward to the next meetup – as I know many of the bloggers I met are too!

Oh Happy Day!

Exactly one year ago today I welcomed Johanne as White Cabana’s first contributor. She has brought interesting products and witty commentary to the pages of this blog ever since. She’s been my blogging coach since day one (here and at Fashion in Motion) and I am absolutely grateful and thankful to call her a friend too.

I wish I could have written a song in her honor today but she’s the musician out of this bunch so it’s best to leave the singing (and ukulele playing) up to her.

ukulele, Amazon

Happy one year Johanne!

The Friday Five: Cakes

I’m going to my friends’ wedding tomorrow and I’m so happy to celebrate! In honour of their special day, today’s Friday Five is all about cakes. Yum!

via sweet Paul

via The Social Secretary

The Chrysanthemum via Martha Stewart

via Real Simple

via InStyle

Congrats Michelle & Bill!

Images courtesy of InStyle, Martha Stewart Weddings, Real Simple, Sweet Paul Magazine, The Social Secretary.

The Friday Five: Birthday Edition

Happy Friday! I hope you’re all looking forward to a most fabulous weekend. I’ll be celebrating my birthday (yay!) in Paris (extra yay!) so you can imagine how excited I am feeling right now. Before I head out, here’s a very white birthday edition of the Friday Five.

A champagne toast via Real Simple

A big oui for brie and baguettes via This is Glamorous

Cake to share with friends and family via Real Simple

Make a wish upon a star, Moravian Stars, $13.50, Upon A Fold

Gift tags, set of 3, $3, Venerate

 

Oh – and please don’t forget to enter the CSN giveaway! Today is the final day to enter. More details can be found here.

 Images courtesy of Real Simple, This is Glamorous, Upon a Fold,Venerate.