A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of attending a dinner party catered by a fabulous local company. Over the years we’ve attended hundreds of events and there are a handful of outstanding Fraser Valley catering companies that we are always thrilled to recommend. It was our pleasure to find another to add to our list – the food this company prepared was mmm mmm goooood! Since folks are starting to organize wedding and party catering for this summer, we couldn’t wait to share this new find with you.
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Great Service Businesses
Spotlight: March 8/10 – Design by Desire Catering
Monday, March 8th, 2010Spotlight: February 22/10 – Decorative Painting & Plastering Concepts
Monday, February 22nd, 2010We’re sure you’ve seen photos of grand chateaus and European buildings, with walls finished in beautiful venetian plaster. With an expert’s touch, this marvelous lime-based plaster can be made to look smooth and silky or like rough and rustic stone. It can be custom tinted, ensuring a unique finish every time. Darrell Morrison of South Surrey is one of the only folks in our Fraser Valley with the skills to create these stunning finishes for walls, ceilings and other surfaces. His company is called Decorative Painting & Plastering Concepts, and his work is gorgeous!
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Weekly Spotlight, January 18/10 – Cathy Empey
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010It’s the pure passion of entrepreneurs that drives us and keeps us excited about these Weekly Spotlight features. From start up companies to those who have been serving the Fraser Valley for several decades, one thing always captures our attention at each: the drive, spirit and special sparkle of entrepreneurs. It’s so inspiring and we love celebrating their accomplishments by sharing their stories.
Today’s featured entrepreneur is one of the most inspiring, positive people we’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. This woman knocks our socks off, and we’re super thrilled to share her story with you. Meet Cathy Empey – Boudoir Photographer and Mom to 6 kids under 10 years old!
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Weekly Spotlight, January 11/10 – girlygifties
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010When we asked Alli Mansfield what inspired her to start her own business, her reply made us giggle. She had received a ’spam’ email from a gift basket company in a far-away land, but for reasons unknown to her she decided to check out their website. ”Who would want to receive all this… junk, in a straw basket delivered to their door?!” was the reaction she described to us. Alli was kind of surprised by the offerings, noting that cheese wheels and boxed chocolate almonds weren’t to everyone’s liking. Perusing the internet she didn’t find much at all that would suit her taste, gift-box-wise. So for the next few months, Alli kept a journal by her bed and let her creativity flow. She took note of colours, themes, phrases… all kinds of ideas that came to mind.
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Pulse Spotlight, November 2/09 – James & Sarah Avender
Sunday, November 1st, 2009We met up with this fabulous husband and wife entrepreneur team a few weeks back. Now that Halloween is over, we feel it’s fair game to start talking about the holidays, hee hee 
Every year, we seem to be later and later getting our Christmas lights up. And when we do, it’s a few sad strings of plain blue lights with a token few missing ones. It takes us all day, and we end up with a fair number of war wounds along the way. Imagine a company whose mission and job it is to ensure your holiday light displays are bright, crisp, complete and fabulous. That’s exactly what James & Sarah Avender do for a living – how fun!
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Pulse Spotlight, October 26/09 – Soulful Indulgence
Monday, October 26th, 2009Life is busy and stressful. And yes, while it is absolutely lovely to escape to a spa, its nice to have other options. Imagine being able to send the kids to school or out with Grandma, lighting the fireplace, putting on some relaxing tunes, and having a professional esthetician visit your home to perform relaxing spa services. After your treatment, you could get straight into your PJs and relax – no driving home in the wet weather, which is always a relaxation buzz-killer. Or invite a few of your friends over for an evening of pampering… set out some treats, open a bottle of wine and relax.
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Pulse Spotlight, October 5/09 – Love Those Loot Bags
Monday, October 5th, 2009Plan a theme, order a cake, send out the invites, decorate the house or book a venue… there’s a lot of work that goes into a kid’s birthday party! On top of all this, we Canadians have the tradition of gifting attendees with a loot bag. Coming up with an affordable, fun and unique loot bag year after year is a challenge, and often sees Mom running around at the last minute, spending way too much time and money.
Enter Claire & Sharon, two Fraser Valley Mompreneurs who have been running Love Those Loot Bags since 2001! This great local company provides unique, themed, adorable loot bags for any party theme you can think of!
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Pulse Spotlight, August 17/09 – Stacey Wells
Saturday, August 15th, 2009In early 2008 Stacey Wells - The Artist Wells planned a vacation with some friends she’d not seen in quite some time. They decided California’s Napa Valley would be the destination for their “rock star reunion”, and off they went! While Stacey had been painting for years, this vacation was going to take her career in a whole new direction – a seriously fun and exciting direction for this creative artiste!
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Pulse Spotlight, July 20/09 – Ladybug Organics
Monday, July 20th, 2009Nyjal Brownson, owner of Ladybug Organics, is such a great guy! We love meeting Fraser Valley entrepreneurs each week, and hearing their stories. This week we learned how a European bike tour and one summer of organic farming triggered a whole new career path for Nyjal.
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Pulse Spotlight, May 25/09 – White Album Weddings
Sunday, May 24th, 2009In 2005, photographers Mark & Elizabeth Kowal were planning to move from Mission to downtown Vancouver. They dreamed of opening a studio in Gastown, and found a number of great locations. Of course, life sometimes has different plans for us all. A friend suggested Mark & Elizabeth check out an old chapel for sale in Chilliwack. They went, they saw, they fell in love. Soon after, White Album Weddings set up shop in 1886 Wedding Chapel.
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