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A Festive Man Cave with @TheBrick #AD || Holiday Movie Picks

One of our favourite spots to relax and unwind is the Man Cave viewing room. This time of year is perfect to create a space to hang as a family to watch holiday movies and share festive snacks. I love our River Leather Power Reclining sofa and chair from the Brick. The wipeable leather is perfect for kid’s snack accidents. Plus the power recline is convenient and smooth, it gets you into that perfect relaxed recline in seconds. We opted for a TV stand that incorporated a fire place as well to add to the comfort level in the space. We love the Odesos Stand with the glass ember firebox, it’s family friendly since the outside doesn’t get hot. Along with this ultra plush Ashbury area rug to complete the coziest of rooms. Now who wants to snuggle and watch Holiday movies in a place like this?

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Lanterns, Trays, Mirror Wall Art: All instore finds from The Brick

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Our Holiday Netflix Picks for our Smart TV from The Brick:

The Holiday

Love Actually

Elf

How The Ginch Stole Christmas

It’s A Wonderful Life

Nightmare Before Christmas

A Christmas Story

Little Women

Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by The Brick by my thoughts and options remain my own. 

Recipe || As easy Spanish Olive Tapenade ||#CanadasTopPick #OlivesfromSpainCA #Sponsor

Looking for an easy appetizer this holiday season? I wanted to share my famous Spanish Olive Tapenade that my family always looks forward to. It’s fast, easy and sure to wow your guests with some festive Spanish cooking flair this Christmas. Happy Holidays!

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SPANISH OLIVE TAPENADE

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup pitted Gordal Spanish Olives 
  • 1 cup pitted Hojiblanca Spanish Olives
  • 2 tablespoons crushed feta cheese
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves
  • 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

PREPARATION

In a food processor, combine all the ingredients except the olive oil and lemon juice. Using the pulse button, process until coarsely chopped and well blended. Continue to process, slowly adding the olive oil and lemon juice. Serve immediately or refrigerate in a covered container for later use. A Spanish Olive Tapenade can be kept up to 1 week, refrigerated and covered. 

Serving Suggestions:

Serve it on bread. Love it on top of baked salmon fillets. Serve on top of soft goat cheese. Perfect addition to any charcuterie boards. 

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Event Recap|| Cooking With Style || Featuring @duchessbakeshop at @Manulifeplace #AD #exclusivelyedmonton #yeg #duchessbakeshop

I had the honour of hosting this year’s Cooking with Style at Manulife Place. Along side Edmonton-based cookbook author, Giselle Courteau of The Duchess Bakeshop we demoed one of her popular recipes from her cookbook; the oh so delicious macaron. I learned quite a few tips along the way but a few stood out to me. The first, weight your flour, DO NOT measure! And you gotta bang that pan once you’ll pipped to get them flat and even. Simple tips that can help get you that perfect dessert.

After the demo of course the audience got to sample Giselle’s creations and she signed her cook book. It’s an amazing guide to bringing the french menu we love at Duchess into your own home. What a perfect holiday gift!

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Gift Guide || Gender Neutral Toys || #playmore #sponsor

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Welcome to our gender neutral toy gift guide. I had the pleasure of working with Fisher-Price is this last year, naturally the kids got to play with tons of toys. So we wanted to share with you our favourite products of the year to help you shop this holiday season. Play is such an important activity for baby and toddler development. Give the gift of creativity and toys that help with developmental mile stones is amazing! Here are Harper and Alastair’s Fisher-Price product picks:

Fisher-Price® Think & Learn Smart Cycle® for ages 3 – 6 years: Pedal into learning fun where kids are in control of all the action! The more kids pedal, the more they can learn!

This cool little robot is ready to roll, and get kids moving and learning along with him! With 360 degrees of mobility, Think & Learn Teach ‘n Tag Movi™ encourages preschoolers to get their minds and bodies moving while teaching them how to follow directions and think critically about the world around them.

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The Fisher-Price® Rock-a-Stack® toy is classic, colourful fun for your little one! Since 1960, over 65 million babies have loved grasping, holding, shaking and exploring the five colourful rings.

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Her Holiday Gift Guide || 14 stocking stuffers she will love…

My holiday gift guides continue with my favourite picks this holiday for women. I’ve covered all my coveted bases: from coffee, to cozy and finally beauty. There is something for everyone on this round up. Happy gifting and happy holidays darling!

Let’s start with this faux fur vest, it looks and feels real. And it is actually part of a wear 3 Ways Coat that I’m loving this season. It’s like getting 3 gifts in one place… best part? It’s currently 50% off! Meet the 3-IN-1 FAUX SHEARLING LINED PARKA.

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Next, Iove a great mug in my stocking. Naturally I couldn’t resist these copper mugs and fish scale travel cup from Starbucks. You can find them in store. And did I mention is Chocolate kit comes with stencils for coffee art? So cute!

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I can’t say enough about Nest Fragrances, they are amazing! And their holiday collection this year, did not disappoint as usual. It smells exactly like Christmas. These Holiday scented candles  are the perfect hostess gift this holiday season.

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I love a good advent calendar, especially a beauty one. Prepare for an amazing December this year… as you recharge your skin everyday this month with the Decleor Paris Feel-Good Advent Calendar. It contains 24 surprise treats, it’s the perfect way to sample this amazing skincare brands products.
It’s exclusive, it’s a limited edition.

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Let’s talk Sephora!!!!! Any beauty junkie’s favourite store to be. See the Sephora holiday collection for cute sticking stuffers, and value savings packs. How amazing is this beauty piñata?

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I love love love Benefit Cosmetics and the holiday packs are a perfect way to sample full product lines and save! Be the highlight of the holidays with this limited-edition strobing kit that contains four of Benefit’s cult-favorite highlighters. Create a brightening radiance with shy beam matte liquid highlighter or a soft, luminous glow with dandelion twinkle. Turn up the wattage with high beam and watt’s up! Wear it alone or layer it together for a custom glow. All their favourite highlighting products in one place $55 value for $35.

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We couldn’t talk Sephora without including my favourite makeup brands NARS. The NARS x Man Ray: Love triangle product packs are here. Value $47 for $34. I love these perfectly paired sets of makeup.

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