Sensational Wedding Vendors is an outstanding resource for Canadian Brides looking to add a unique touch to their wedding…they provide vendors resources, tips and inspiration, with a special focus on Canadian & handmade goodness.  They work hard to help brides showcase their personalities!

If you’re planning a wedding in Canada, or know someone who is, I strongly encourage you to check out their blog, full of helpful advice for soon to be brides…bookmark it…they update often!

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I really, really love Canada Cool…published by Travel Journalist Lucy Izon, it’s a Canadian travel site that  offers “hundreds of reasons why Canada is cool”.  Whether you live here and you’re planning a staycation, or you’re a visitor from another country, you’ll learn where to find the most connection canoe routes in the world, where to find the world’s first indoor bungee jump, or where to find the world’s largest mammal, along with tons of other links and websites to help you plan your adventure.

I should also mention, that if you’re on twitter, @CanadaCool is an awesome friend to follow, offering up lots of neat facts about Canada and the people who live here.  You can follow them at  http://twitter.com/CanadaCool

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Shameless Magazine is just a seriously awesome mag for young women, and their Shameless Blog is every bit as fabulous!

Shameless is Canada’s independent voice for smart, strong, sassy young women. It’s a fresh alternative to typical teen magazines, for girls who know there’s more to life than makeup and diet tips. Packed with articles about arts, culture and current events, Shameless reaches out to readers who are often ignored by mainstream media: freethinkers, queer youth, young women of colour, punk rockers, feminists, intellectuals, artists, activists…

Even though I’m just a tiny bit older than the average Shameless reader, I find the blog is always interesting, intelectual and often funny.  Go check ‘em out!

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This week’s edition of link love is a special gift for all you crafty folks out there!  I first fell in love with the Quilting Gallery while they were running their “What was I Thinking”  Ugly Quilt contest…what a laugh!  And how comforting to see that I’m not the only person who has put a ton of work into something only to stare in horror at the finished results.  (Although in fairness, I didn’t think any of the contestents’ quilts were particularly ugly)

The Quilting Gallery is a great international resource for quilters and fabric crafters alike, and is run by Michele Foster (AKA Mishka) from her home in Ottawa.  Says Michele:

I started this site back in December 2007 as a way to combine my passion for quilting and my work life as a freelance web developer. Building client sites for 10 years, I wanted a site of my own to “practice what I preached” to my clients.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would become what it has today, 1.5 years later. And best of all, the ideas keep coming. Look for even more exciting features to be added at the end of Summer 2009.

Go check out The Quilting Gallery…a fantastic resource and a great place to be inspired!

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All righty folks, this week I’m introducing you to an absolutely spectacular blog that always manages to make me laugh…usually loud enough to make people drift over to see what’s so funny.  Craftastrophe is just awesome; it showcases the less than pretty side of the handmade world, and the odd, the creepy and the just downright scary offerings handmade has to offer.  And in case you think this sounds a little mean spirited, I’m going to lift this little explanation directly from the Craftastrophe website:

Craftastrophe was created by nothing more than a few innocent messenger chats where we shared some creative pounces we came across on Etsy. From then on it was a mirage of craftastrophes which couldn’t very well be kept to ourselves, but had to be shared.

These craftastrophes aren’t necessarily bad crafts, many are well made and have taken the crafter a lot of time and energy to create; this site’s goal is to showcase those crafts that are funny, weird, strange and make us laugh. We mean no harm and can honestly say that there have been sales for some sellers on various sites due to their craft being featured on this site! We merely want to share the laughs and enjoy the talents of many. Talents which neither of us have.

So you see?  You can feel free to indulge in the fun that is Craftastrophe with a clear conscience…it’s all in the spirit of sharing a rather uncelebrated side of the handmade world!

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