The Urban Eatery at the Eaton Center

Today the operations and sales teams at work took a field trip to the Eaton's Center in Toronto. They just renovated their "food court" into an "urban eatery" and they did an excellent job of it!

There simply was too much to choose from, so I settled on a favorite- a sandwich! But check it out!


This was a "choose your own" concept restaurant. First you choose the bread and spread, then the cheese, then the meat and then the cooked veg and fresh veg (or switch the meat for 2 extra veg). I had mine on whole grain bread with low fat basil hummus. I added caramelized onions, grilled eggplant, arugula and banana peppers. With a HUGE fresh salad on the side and all for under $10 it was the perfect lunch.

We did a lot of walking so I chose an outfit that was walking boot appropriate:


If you want more Harry Potter Party pictures, check out sparrows and arrows. The costumes were amazing!

Emilie

halloween costume and baking

Happy Halloween blogland!

I had a great weekend getting ready for the Halloween party I attended on Saturday. It was Harry Potter Themed. I found myself most drawn to Harry's lovely pet owl Hedwig, so after lots of research I found the inspiration to sew this lovely Hedwig costume:

I used lace and an old shirt and cut pieces from a hand made shape (cut out of a cereal box). I sewed each piece onto a shift dress I sewed from some old sheet fabric. The wings are just scrap lace I had. The mask was cut out from a pattern I printed from the web. I used stiff felt for the base and some elastic to make a band. I used a hot glue gun to put feathers on it.

For the actual party I put my hair up in a side bun and put lots of white eyeshadow around my eyes. I bought the cute envelope (that actually opens so you can put secret letters in it- very small secret letters) from etsy and it came just a few days before the party!

I also made some tasty sugar cookies! Some owls (in honour of my costume!) and some "patronus charm" shapes- rabbits and deer.

I love using these cookie cutters. They're from my mom. I used to play with them as a kid with play-do.

Inspiration from here but I wanted them white so I used this recipe.

Hope you have a fun Halloween!

Emilie