At Home with Kim Vallee

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | October 2, 2009

ABCD Designs 2-Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway

ABCD Designs will celebrate next week its 2-year blog anniversary. For the occasion, they are offering you a present in a form of a giveaway. You have a chance to win a $500 worth of stationery on Pretty Lovely. You have until midnight on October 6th, 2009 to participate. The winner will receive a Bespoke personal stationery design [...]

ENTERTAINING, SPECIAL occasions | February 19, 2009

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My Praise for an Intimate Wedding

My friend Jaime of It’s a Jaime Thing is hosting her first giveaway. She has 4 signed copies of Intimate Weddings by author Christina Friedrichsen to give away. My wedding was an intimate wedding. We had 70 guests. The main appeal of a small wedding is that you really pass time with all my [...]

OFF topics | October 30, 2008

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Announcing the Winner of The Katie Brown Celebrates Book Giveaway

I wish to thank you all for participating. Thank you to the publisher, Little, Brown and Company for giving these copies away. The random draw determines the 5 winners: CHRISTINA – username: cwright04 ANNE MORELLO – username: annemorello REEVA – username: reeva JAIME – username itsajaimething SUMAYA – username: everestwater I hope the book gives [...]

OFF topics | October 21, 2008

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One-Day Left to Enter the Katie Brown Celebrates Giveaway

Go at the end of this post to see how you can participate. Since I received my copy last Friday, I can tell more about the content of Katie Brown Celebrates. Katie created a party for every month of year. This means that you get to experience an array of occasions. Her recipes are [...]

ENTERTAINING, EVENT planning | October 15, 2008

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Giveaway: 5 copies of Katie Brown Celebrates to win

I am happy to host a giveaway. Thanks to the book publisher, 5 lucky winners will receive a copy of Katie Brown Celebrates. This giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). Katie Brown Celebrates: Simple and Spectacular Parties All Year Round, Katie will inspire you to host a party [...]

ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | December 5, 2007

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Holidays Tabletop Giveaway

If you like magazines, you could win the December 2007 issue of Style at Home. This issue of a Canadian Home décor magazine is packed with Holiday Decorating and Entertaining tips. My advice The two tabletops are from an article called Dress up the dining table. Overall the tabletops look great but they are [...]

GIFT IDEAS, Gift WRAP | November 15, 2007

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My First Giveaway + Tips on wrapping your Holidays Cookies

Making Christmas cookies is a tradition that I followed with my husband. He is not a cook but he enjoys baking. We do not go for varieties; we bake one or two recipes that we will bring as hostess gifts to every host during the Holidays. The container is a huge part of our plan. We [...]