Month: November 2014

We Have A Winner: Thankful for local farmers. Sweet Giveaway

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The wait is finally over.  The winner of Eco Chic Cayman’s first ever “Thankful For Local Farmers: Sweet Giveaway” is Jeri Bovell.  Congrats Jeri!  You are the lucky recipient of our goodie basket with items donated by Saucha Conscious Living: a 330 ml kombucha, OMG energy bites.  As well as 1 dozen eggs donated by Got Eggs.  You will be contacted to arrange collection of your prize. Thank you to everyone who entered the contest! A huge thank you to Saucha: Conscious Living and Got Eggs for your kind donation of lovely prizes, without your contribution this sweet giveaway would not be possible. Incase any of you were wondering… The entires were all amazing!  As a result, to be fair in choosing a winner, the names of participants were tossed into a bowl and one name was drawn to decide the winner. Thank you again to everyone who took part in this giveaway. Thank you to all the amazing local farmers in Cayman and around the world. Have a lovely evening everyone. With love, xo …

Glisten. Glitter. Glow.

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  The countdown to Thanksgiving Day has begun! Did I mention it is my favorite holiday of all time?  I love the idea of dedicating a day to gratitude and thanks.  It’s been a rainy day, so I put on some Christmas tunes and started making some eco friendly Thanksgiving decorations. Glisten. A plate of thanksgiving.  I spray painted a plastic plate, which I picked up from the dollar aisle at Foster’s Food Fair.  I printed out my thanksgiving message which came from a Pinterest inspired project, my bestie Michelle sent me. Follow the directions for some transfer paper, with a sticky adhesive.  Voila! Glitter.   An easy way to repurpose and reuse pine cones for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, is to sprinkle some glitter on to add a little sparkle. The pine cones were placed in a glass jar, for display and then glitter was added.  After the holidays, the glitter will be easy to pour out and store for future use. Glow. I have fallen in love with LED lights, battery operated style! The …

Sweet Giveaway: Thankful For Local Farmers

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  For the first time ever, Eco Chic Cayman is having a giveaway! Yay! In honor of this months theme “give thanks & give with love” I thought it would be great to honor local farmers.  I am excited to announce that Saucha Conscious Living and Got Eggs will be taking part in this giveaway.  I am very thankful for their participation and donation of goodies for the gift basket giveaway. What’s in the goodie basket? Donated by Saucha Conscious Living: a 330 ml kombucha, OMG energy bites. So yummy! Donated by Got Eggs: 1 dozen Cayman Farmed Eggs.  Great for baking yummy treats. How do you enter?  Leave a comment on this blog post saying why you are thankful for local farmers.  The contest begins now and ends Nov 29th at midnight.  I will read over the submissions and announce the winner Nov 30th on the Eco Chic Cayman website and Eco Chic Cayman Facebook Page.  Best of luck! xo Disclaimer: This giveaway is only open to residents of the Cayman Islands.  This contest is in no …

The Real Pirates Of The Caribbean

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  Yo ho! It’s that time of year Pirates Week! This is the real Pirates of the Caribbean.  Today is a short but sweet post.  In the spirit of Cayman’s biggest festival Pirates Week,  Michelle and I teamed up to make our very own 1 of a kind t-shirts. I would like to take this opportunity to honor her dad, as it was Mr. Mike Lockwood who started this amazing festival.  I will always remember how much pride, passion and dedication he put into  creating such a spectacular event every year.  His legacy lives on through his daughter Michelle, and son Michael Lockwood.  My favorite memory of Pirates Week is watching the fireworks on the iron shore with my best friend and her family. Here is a vintage pirates week photo.   The “Mrs. Captain Jack Sparrow” T-shirts Who doesn’t love Captain Jack Sparrow?  We absolutely love him! So, my bestie and I repurposed some old white t-shirts and made these.  We used special fabric transfer paper to iron the design on.   Happy Pirates Week …

A Pumpkin Full Of Posies

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  Trying to come up with new holiday decorations is always a fun challenge. After buying a pumpkin to decorate for the month of October, I thought about how I could repurpose that old pumpkin… What was once my Cinderella Themed Pumpkin has now become my Thanksgiving inspired pumpkin. I chose to write this month’s blog theme onto the pumpkin, “give thanks & give with love.” It seemed seasonally appropriate. The Pumpkin Makeover Step 1: Carve out the pumpkin. Originally, I didn’t carve out the pumpkin. Step2 : Decorate. I spray painted the pumpkin with a gold metallic spray. Hiding the original inscription, and modernizing the gemstones previously there. Step 3: Stuff the pumpkin with some brightly colored flowers. Carnations are great, they tend to last quite a long time. Step 4: Write an inscription. Snapshots with love, xo

Give Thanks + Give With Love

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    Hello Sweet November! November is home to my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving Day!  First off, I am very thankful for this “fall” salty sea breeze!  This is as close as it gets for us in Cayman to fall/winter weather.  Lets be real, it gets as cold as 70’s-80’s, nevertheless it is a wonderful cool breeze. I am hoping this cool wind sticks around right into the new year.  For some of us we need to break out the sweaters.  I have been missing Toronto and my winter wardrobe, so now I finally have an excuse to start wearing my sweaters and blazers.  This is my favorite time of year.  The air has changed.  It feels like something different is in the air, something magical.  I guess it is just the wonder and enchantment of this time of year, as soon as the sea breeze rolls in the countdown to the holidays and all the magic they hold begins.  I have already been pinning recipes to try out for this year’s thanksgiving dinner, and so far …