December 31st was a magical night. Believe New Year’s Eve 2019, as our first inaugural event was absolutely beautiful, amazing and all the great adjectives!

The event planning started in September when I got back from our honeymoon and my friend Jenna Switzer approached me to ask if I’d like to co-host
Jenna explained that she wanted a warehouse space but because we were planning so late in the year it was hard to find. I simply googled warehouse space Ottawa and found this amazing listing on thisopenspace.com which was near Hunt Club and Merivale with ample parking and no downtown New Year’s Eve traffic. It was the second floor of a commercial building that hasn’t been rented out by a corporation/company yet (we’re hoping it stays empty for next year too!) It was free for NYE so we booked it literally a day after finding it.

Despite having no wall outlets and only 2 outlets in the beams in the middle of the room that was our only complaint about the space. I think we did a really good job of setting up the day before with all the ceiling lights, extension chords for the DJ and more. Mike had purchased solar-powered twinkle lights from the dollar store for our rehearsal dinner earlier in the year so those we easy to string along the windows and we didn’t need power for those!

To each and every ticket holder we couldn’t have been more grateful or amazed at the energy and community you created in the room that night.
The night started with people arriving to a food spread by Pure Kitchen, being greeted by some of our amazing volunteers, Jenna or myself and being able to peruse the 3 vendor tables (dōTERRA Wellness Advocate – Shannon Cadieux, Magik Mala, and Designs by Mumtaz). We also created a little cozy area from our own blankets, rugs and meditation pillows. Basically Jenna and I have a problem that we can furnish an entire section of an event with things from our house.


Mumtaz got busy by the light of the flashlight on her phone and created beautiful henna tattoos for anyone that wanted one.

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Throughout the evening we dolled out the amazing door prizes! 2 free floats from ISO Spa to the oldest and the youngest and a sit set from Half Moon Yoga to the person who had travelled the farthest and did a draw for 4 bottles of dōTERRA Essential Oil (2 Peace and 2 Cheer bottles) which I donated from my personal collection.




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We can’t thank everyone involved enough from my husband who helped us set up and tear down, to our amazing DJ, to Maddy, to our volunteers, to our attendees, to our vendors, our sponsors and the venue! See you next year!!!
