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Unique #YEG Gear, Healthy Hampers, and Shop Local for Christmas!

December 15, 2017 By Kari Leave a Comment

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Healthy Holiday Hampers: The JCI Holiday Hamper Program has been in Edmonton for 13 years. This year, dietician Emily Mardell is spearheading something pretty amazing to make these hampers even better. She has coordinated an initiative to ensure nutritious, safe foods are included in all hampers! Today, volunteers will package more than 10,000 lbs of food into individual family packs, to be delivered along with every holiday hamper. It’s truly a community effort: vendors from City Market Downtown donate all the produce, including potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, pears, and apples etc. Nice work, Emily!

Wyatt’s Wishlist: Make sure you get in on this contest, or pass it along to someone you know would love it! I have a $500 Giveaway featuring some of our son Wyatt’s favourite things. Entry deadline is this Sunday. Click here!

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Unique YEG Gear: My old radio pal Adam McGale just launched a new t-shirt company called YEG&CO, “Clothing for the YEGcentric.” They’re easing into things with one print to start, with more coming soon. Give this new business a follow on Instagram and consider purchasing their first “Save the WEM Whale” t-shirt for someone on your list.

Wishbone: I popped into Wishbone (10542 Jasper Ave) for a little holiday party this week. To be honest, I had never heard of it, but was pleasantly surprised by their impressive wine list and really unique space (formerly Mrkt).

Holiday Shop Local: If you’re wanting to #ShopLocalYeg for Christmas be sure to check out RAAS Market in WEM (by the big ship) – over 25 local businesses in one location. You could also pop into Thoughtful Luxury Yeg Pop Up at Manulife Place (across from Holt Renfrew on the second floor). Pura Botanicals, So Pretty Cara Cotter, and Jacek Chocolates will be set up there until December 22. 

Surgery With Robots: I’m always interested in learning more abut women’s health initiatives in our city. So, when the opportunity arrived to go behind-the-scenes at the Lois Hole Hospital to check out a robot used in surgeries on women with gynecological cancers, I jumped at the chance. Read my piece and see all the photos here.

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Feel Good Giving: Lipstick Empire Laser Spa has a wonderful promo going on right now until December 19th. They’re donating 50% of proceeds from their Luxury Glo Facial Treatments and 10% from skincare and makeup purchased to the Stollery Women’s Network in support of Stollery Kids.

Personalized Gear: This is such a great gift for someone! You can design your own phone cases or laptop skins at Case App. The quality is really good! They also have pre-designs that are awesome too. Use my code ‘SKELTON20’ for 20% off sitewide until December 18.

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RGE RD Market: Don’t forget next Friday, December 22 RGE RD restaurant opens up its butchery to the public. From noon-6pm you can pick up fresh terrines, rillettes, sausages, cured meats, and bread featuring grains from local farmers.

Festive Outings:

Lights at the Legislature: Every night from now until December 23, the Legislature grounds light up along with musical performances, ice sculptures, etc. It’s one of our family traditions every year: bundle up, grab a candy cane latte, and head down to the Leg grounds!

Candy Cane Lane: This legendary Edmonton attraction opens today! Plan a walk or book a sleigh ride to take in some off-the-charts houses, all decked out in decorations and lights. From now until December 31 on 148 Street between 92 and 100th Ave. Make sure to bring a non-perishable donation for the Food Bank.

Castrol Raceways: The Magic of Lights is on until January 6th out near Devon. You stay in your vehicle for this one: a 2km drive around the race track, featuring numerous beautiful light displays.

Moses’ Must-Haves: Check out some fabulous gift ideas for your pet or the pet lover in your family!

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Follow Friday: A new feature to your Local Love List. Each week I’ll share a local IG account I love (and think you will too). Ths week it’s my blogger babe Justine who runs the lifestyle blog With Justine. Her feed is filled with vintage treasures, updates on her heritage home reno, beautiful local fashion, and her adorable dog Miss Waffles! Give her a follow here.

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Photo: Sharon Litchfield

 

Know of any hidden gems, cool local products or unique events happening in the Edmonton area? I would love to hear from you! Email kari@kariskelton.com.

 

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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. ❤️
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🤰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).

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➡️ 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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kariskelton

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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