Valentine's Day in Pictures

Monday, February 14, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Hello Lovelies! I hope you are having a sweet start to your day! Since my hubby and I are miles apart while he continues to study at NYU and I'm in our Florida home we're celebrating together in spirit. I got a chance to surprise him by staggering a few handmade valentines cards and popping them  in the mail to brighten up his study time and I got a sweet phone call this morning followed by a ring of the doorbell with a delivery of  beautiful flowers just moments ago. My heart melted. :)

Although we are celebrating together from afar, I'll be hanging out solo today. What's a girl to do? Have a 'me' day of course! ;) I'll be leaving for tea and a light lunch shortly at one of my favorite vegetarian cafes. I'm not vegetarian, but their food is amazing! Then I'll be heading to the spa for a facial, using up the rest of a gift certificate that hubby gifted me with before Christmas. So, I guess you could say it's the gift that keeps on giving!

I also have a date with this yummy looking s'mores cupcake later tonight...



In celebration of all things lovely, sweet, delicious, pink+red and of the heart, here are some images to warm your heart.



How about a heart meringue?



Trusting the one who has the key to your heart.



I love red roses but I'm a pink peony kind of girl. You might remember this surprise I got last spring


The excitement of a delivery full of pink surprises.



New found joy in a new found attitude.



Love and longing can set your heart a flutter.



Sweetheart roses.



Happy Annivesary to my inlaws! Paul's parents got married on Valentine's Day.
My mom and dad also got engaged on Valentine's day. :)




Write a love letter to someone special.



Why not make some creative v-day cards out of paint chips!



Here's to going solo sometimes and being an island unto yourself.



February is a time to start thinking ahead to spring and what will bloom!


I {heart} chai with cinnamon sticks.


Living off of fabulous red pumps + sweet treats


Blow someone a red-lipped kiss.

Wishing you a full heart and a full calendar of fun with friends!



Start someone's morning off with a smile!



I have been meaning to make some framed heart art. Love this piece!


jam-filled hearts for a midday snack.


In honor of the snowy season & my home country, Canada ;) Warm hands = a warm heart



Get a little creative on a chilly + snowy Valentine's Day.



long distance kisses for those you miss...


Wishing you a joyful day whether you're surrounded by those you love or going solo like me!


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New Year, New Look!

Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 5:30 AM

Welcome to the new Classy & Fabulous blog! If you're reading this post from a feed reader, I hope you'll pop by so you can see my new blog design makeover that I first told you about {here}.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new design. :) Although I've been on twitter for a while, I recently started a facebook page too, so I hope you'll check it out. Lastly, if you have my old blog button on your site, I hope you'll update it with the shiny new version in my sidebar.

For the past year I've been looking at blog designs and various designers but I just wasn't ready to take the plunge as I still wanted a bit more time to think about how I wanted the site to look and feel. In January I celebrated my 2-Year Blogiversary and thought this would be a gift to myself to celebrate.

Last month as I took a look again at Marina's website- Penny Lane Designs -I happened upon a super cute prefab design that was very affordable and I could see from her portfolio that she has consistently turned out beautiful and unique designs. While I didn't go the completely custom route, with all of the extras she offers such as font changes, blog button, page dividers, a new signature, a new background design, title banner and a much needed wide bar and overall wider design to showcase larger images, I knew I could really achieve a customized look that would reflect my personal style and the essence of the classy woman.


Marina is a sweetheart and was so easy to work with. I often felt guilty because we'd try a lot of different options for each component but her focus was on producing a blog design that I would be happy with in the end, I really appreciated that. After exchanging numerous e-mails and sharing my vision of what I wanted for the overall design, we've now achieved that. I highly recommend her to anyone looking at getting a custom designed blog and I think you'll like her pre-designed options too, you can check those out here. They are very affordable-her designs begin at $25 (not including all the extras I mentioned) which is a great way to quickly and inexpensively give any basic blogger site a face lift.

I chose the 'Paris' theme which is actually where Paul and I got engaged. Funny enough the actual post date that is shown on the design sample on her prefab page is my birthday-Aug.27th and the colors are so me. I just knew it was meant to be! Even though I'm not a huge fan of yellow in my home decor, something about it in combination with the other neutral, airy colors that I love (soft blue, taupe and white) gave it a little more personality and pop of color that I really like.

When any new design is installed, a designer must log into your blogger account to add the new code, which means they need to be granted admin privileges it also means they have access to everything-this was a little scary for me, I'll be honest. My blog is kind of my baby and a lot of time and effort has gone into it but Marina put me at ease and had everything set up in about 45 minutes. All of my content, followers, comments etc., that I had previously remained completely in tact. Thank you Marina for making it all painless!

While I loved my old design, it was time to move forward with a new look. Let's take one final look back at my self-created blog shall we?





*Note: I am in no way compensated for sharing Penny Lane Designs with my readers as I paid for my new design. I just believe us ladies need to stick together and help each other out when we find something worth sharing. Plus, I thought if anyone is agonizing over which designer to use, this might be helpful!

I hope you'll pop over and visit Marina to say hello via her website or blog.

Here's to a beautiful weekend!


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Everyone is a Winner!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Since we only had 5 entries (from 3 readers) for the Breakthrough for a Broken Heart book giveaway, instead of selecting two ladies via Random.org  and leaving one out, Paul and I have decided to give each of you who entered by the deadline a copy. So everyone is a winner!

I'll be e-mailing each one of you with the details shortly to get your mailing addresses. I hope this book will bless you and/or someone dear to you! :)

For those of you that didn't see the 'giveaway for the heart' in time and are interested in picking up a copy of Paul's book (shown below), you can order either a paperback or e-book version on his website and the kindle version via Amazon.



Thank you to our sponsor-Author, Life Coach (and my hubby) Paul, for generously donating 3 copies of his book! xo

Warmly,

Karla

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