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Your NEW Local Love List!

December 3, 2021 By Kari Leave a Comment

Hidden gems, cool local products, and unique events in the Edmonton area.
Here’s what’s on your Local Love List this week! You can now follow the Local Love List on Instagram here!

The Local Love List is published the first Friday of every month at KariSkelton.com.
Thank you for continuing to read my blog, and supporting my small business!

 

 

Whoville Gingerbread House

  • Bring your kids to Duchess Bake Shop on 124th to check out the Whoville gingerbread house! These guys always do a stellar job every year with their themed house. Make sure to bring brand new ‘Ginch for the Grinch’ (underwear) for your chance to win their Destroy Gingerbread Whoville contest. They’re also accepting new underwear, socks, mittens and toques to donate to the Bissell Centre. Each time you bring a donation, you’ll be entered to win a private party where you’ll get to destroy the gingerbread structure with your family and friends. Go here for more details.

New Restaurant

  • There’s a brand new place to eat at the Art Gallery of Alberta. May is owned by Jimmy Shewchuk of Prairie Catering which also handles events and food service for the AGA. Local producers make up most of the menu which will be refreshed every few months. They’re doing a Holiday Light Up Brunch on December 4 and 18. Make a reso here.

One-Stop: Shop Local

  • A brand new way to shop and support local this holiday season! Pop by Unite at Kingsway Mall – tons of your favourite local vendors are set up in ‘mini shops’ throughout 6700 square feet of store on the upper level. Plus Uproot Food Collective has a whole section with yummy eats and drinks! Check out the vendor list here. 

Hot Chocolate Sugar Shakers

  • Top off your hot chocolate or latte with these pretty holiday sugar shakers! A collab between Copper Spice Co. and Kira from Northern Style – these come as a set of four jars with two shakers and two grinders – Winter Spiced Vanilla Bean, Salted Toffee, Coffee Bean Cacao, Candy Cane Mocha. You could also use them as a cocktail rimmer! They are currently sold out BUT will be restocked today (Friday, December 3) at 7 pm MST. After that, I make no promises. 🙂  Don’t forget – you can use my discount code KARI15 for 15% off site-wide at copperspiceco.com! 

Beautiful Bear Ornaments

  • Hand-carved and signed by Indigenous Sculptor + Painter Jason Carter, these translucent Alabaster bear ornaments are the perfect gift this holiday season – or put them in your tree and watch the lights twinkle through! There’s a limited supply and each will be original and hand-signed. Get them before December 15 here.

Christmas Lights Map!

  • Grab your hot chocolate, hop in the car with the fam and go check out the best private light displays in the city! Local blogger Christine Bruckman is back with her Drive-By Christmas Lights Map. All the best outdoor house displays in Edmonton for you to check out. If you have a pretty awesome display you can even upload you own to her map. Check it out here!

Festive Bath Bombs

  • I found these Fresh Wife gems at Unite at Kingsway but you can also shop them online here! Made with essential oils and plant-based ingredients, these Santa or Rudolph bath bombs are a perfect gift from your elf or as a stocking stuffer.

Holiday Boxes

  • These holiday gift boxes from Freson Bros. are perfect for porch drop-offs, corporate clients, or your kids’ teacher! You can head to your nearest Freson Bros. and select your items, drop your items at the Gift Station and a Freson Bros. Stylist will arrange everything for you. OR – you can choose from one of Freson Bros. pre-designed boxes. Order in-store or call in to and arrange delivery. More details here!

Little Santas

  • Little Santas is a special day that allows children from single-parent homes to experience the true meaning of Christmas. On December 11th Santa’s Workshop will open and kids can pick out a gift for their mom or dad! You can Adopt a Little Santa for $50. That will fully cover the cost of one child – including a gift, dinner, and gingerbread house kit to take home and make with their family. More details here!

 

New At KariSkelton.com

25 Cute Christmas Jokes For Kids: Toss these in your advent calendar, have your Elf on the Shelf share a few, or just bust out randomly on the drive home from school. You could also print each of the images below and pop in a frame to display at your kiddos’ breakfast each day over the holidays!

All of these jokes are kid-friendly and pretty cute. Get them here! 

24 Days of Elf on the Shelf Ideas: Don’t forget to pop by my ’24 days of Elf on the Shelf Ideas’ to steal some ideas! Go here for that and I’ll be posting new ones this year to my Candi The Elf Highlight on IG here.

DIY Candy Cane Simple Syrup: No need to shell out a bunch of cash for the fancy store-bought stuff! This DIY Candy Cane Simple Syrup is low-cost and SO easy to make. You’re literally just melting candy canes in hot water. Bottle up a whole bunch and gifts to friends and family this holiday season! Use it:

  • in your lattes and hot chocolate
  • on your pancakes
  • drizzled over ice cream
  • as a cocktail mixer

Get the recipe here! 

Coconut Christmas Orange Smoothie: This Coconut Christmas Orange Smoothie is the perfect combination of healthy and a treat! Your kids will love it!

Get the recipe here! 

If you know of any hidden gems, cool local products, or unique online events that may be a fit for the Local Love List, message me here.

Read more Local Love Lists here!

xx

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👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

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✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

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Lifestylist + Blogger: KariSkelton.com
Mom to Wyatt, Moses🐾 + Monroe🐾
Babe on the way! (06/22)
❤ @ryanjespersen
motherhood | style | recipes 👇

Kari Skelton | Motherhood
when you feel like you've hit your max bump but th when you feel like you've hit your max bump but there's still nine weeks to go. 😳

It's truly amazing what our bodies can do. 💛

#31weeks #sunsoutbumpsout #beachball
Life update. ❤ I’ll be keeping this piece of Life update. ❤

I’ll be keeping this piece of art forever. Wyatt painted this for me back in January, when I was isolated with Covid. I taped it up on the wall beside the bed during my stay in our guest room. If you zoom in, you’ll see me in the front with the big baby belly. (Wyatt calls me ‘big belly’ these days!)

Rainbows represent promise, hope, and new beginnings. 

It's been a rough past few weeks for our family, hence my absence online. Thank you so much for your messages of love, concern, and support. They mean so much to us. I know I share a lot with you on here, but I’m not going to get into details this time. Just know we're doing alright. Junebug is great (and kicking and rolling around non-stop!), Wyatt is awesome per usual, and Ryan and I are rock solid.

I had to take a break from work. My main focus has always been (and will
always be) protecting the peace, health, and well-being of our family unit. 

Social media can be a beautiful place where connection and inspiration happens. Unfortunately, it can also foster hurtful and harmful attacks. I’ve learned so much over these past few weeks, and have deeply reflected on my presence and future plans online. I’ll share more soon, but for now, I just wanted to check in, say a sincere thanks, and let you know we’re all good. ❤️
The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll be honest - the first trimester wasn’t great. There were moments of joy (like this one) but it was filled with anxiety, scary moments, and a few hurdles. 

🤰I’m playing catchup on some pregnancy blog posts but I wanted to make sure this was up, especially for those who have been following our journey. 

👉 Head on over to KariSkelton.com for ‘Pregnancy Q&A: The First Trimester’ where I get into all of it. Link is in my bio.

❔️Please ask any questions. That’s the whole reason why I share about this. I believe sharing our experiences and personal stories helps all of us feel less alone and often validates what we’re going through. 

(If you can believe it, I took a video of the exact moment I found out but it disappeared from my files. Poof! Gone.💨 Of all the videos to lose…. 🙈 But very happy to have this photo).

#pregnancystories #motherhoodrising #motherhoodunites #Canadianblogger #Canadianmom
Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_q Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_quay! Thanks to all of you for entering! ❤

➡️ Giveaway! To celebrate @fresonbros first birthday tomorrow (Saturday, March 5), we’re giving away a $250 Freson Bros. GC! 🥳

You’re invited to pop down to the party between 11-5 to celebrate with us! 🎉There’s birthday torte, a whole bunch of perks, specialty tastings, and additional in-store giveaways, including a beautiful Camp Chef XT Wood Pellet Grill! 🙆‍♀️

To enter our $250 GC Giveaway:

👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

👉 Like this post.

👉 tag some friends who would love this!

✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

*This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only and is in no way endorsed or supported by Instagram. The winner must be able to pick up the $250 gift card prize at Freson Bros. Edmonton 5139 Mullen Rd. Contest closes Friday, March 4 at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on this post before 9 a.m MST Saturday, March 5. 

🚨*PLEASE watch out for impersonation accounts that unfortunately sometimes pop up during giveaways. I will only reach out to you via DM from my account (@kariskelton) to confirm your win and then we’ll coordinate details via email only.
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