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Friday 10 July 2015

Contest Time!



RBC Bluesfest Fashion Glitter Tattoo


Hi everyone, as you know we are at the RBC Bluesfest every day with the rest of the official RBC Bluesfest Fashion Squad members, and as a partner we are giving everyone, a choice of 1 of 2 free RBC Bluesfest Fashion Glitter Tattoos. Thats a lot of glittery fun!

RBC Bluesfest Fashion Large Glitter Tattoo Design



RBC Bluesfest Fashion Glitter Tattoo Small Design

We've decided to run a sparklingexpressions contest and give away even more glittery fun. To enter it is quite easy.

1) When you are at the RBC Bluesfest enjoying your favourite concert and artists, just stop by the House of Fashion Tent and get your free RBC Bluesfest Fashion Glitter Tattoo.

2)Like our facebook fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/glittertattoosbysparklingexpressions) and then post your glitter tattoo photo with #RBCBluesfestFashion and #sparklingexpressions (FB or Twitter) and share it for your chance to win.


Every day we will look for photos of  RBC Bluesfest Fashion glitter tattoos  posted the day before and one person will be a lucky winner of a daily prize from sparklingexpressions and at the end of RBC Bluesfest there will be a grand prize winner from sparklingexpressions.

Daily winners will be announced on our FB page  (http://www.facebook.com/glittertattoosbysparklingexpressions) and the Grand Prize winner will be announced July 21st, 2015.

Yay more free glitter tattoos in the form of take home DIY kits.

Hope to see you at the RBC Bluesfest!


Nicky and Mark~

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Make A Wish Rope For Hope

sparklingexpressions was on hand this year for the Annual Rope For Hope event held at the Marriott Hotel here in Ottawa on June 6th, next to the Ottawa Champions Baseball stadium. We were thrilled to be able to take part in such an amazing event with our glitter tattoos and face painting. The day was rather long as a lot of people made the rapel from the rooftop to the bottom.

Make A Wish Rope For Hope
Make A Wish Rope For Hope

On hand were many local celebrities, radio hosts, as well as the mascots for the Ottawa RedBlacks, and Ottawa Champions. The Cheer squad was on hand as well and we had a great time being able to apply the RedBlacks logo to a few of the cheerleaders with our glitter tattoos.

There was plenty to see and do and plenty of games and activities for all the children who made it for the day.

Here are a few pictures we managed to snap:

Rope For Hope
Rope For Hope

Rope For Hope

Rope For Hope

Fun and Games at Rope For Hope
Fun and Games at Rope For Hope
RedBlacks Glitter Tattoo
RedBlacks Glitter Tattoo


Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Wednesday 3 June 2015

Proud To Be Me Day

sparklingexpressions was on hand with our face paint and glitter tattoos for this years Proud To Be Me Day held at Funhaven here in Ottawa. Over 150 children were in attendance as were many guest speakers.

Proud To Be Me Day 2015
Proud To Be Me Day 2015


We were thrilled to be able to take part and lend a hand for such a wonderful and great event. For more information on this event please take a look at the following link at Funhaven.

Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Sunday 31 May 2015

Riverkeepers Gala

sparklingexpressions had the honor of helping decorate for this years Riverkeepers Gala here in the Nations Capital. We designed and cut vinyl to be applied to the glow bars for the event that was held on Albert Island on May 27th.

The following are a few pictures we managed to snap during the install.

Mark installing vinyl onto the glow bar
Mark installing vinyl onto the glow bar

River Keeper Gala Glow bars
River Keeper Gala Glow bars





If you would like to learn more about this great organization or read about all the fabulous night and its attendee's please follow one of the two following links. As well there is many pictures showing the gala in the following links.




Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Saturday 30 May 2015

Katie Bears Fun Day

Katie Bears Fun Day
sparklingexpressions was on hand for this years edition of the Katie Bears Fun Day held at th RCAF in Arnprior Ontario on May 30th.

A singing contest was held with guest judges invited including local singer Danielle Allard.

Capital City Garrison was on hand with their Star Wars themed Costumes, there was cotton candy, load of different games for everyone to play. many local artisans and vendors were also on hand displaying their wares and goodies.

We were on hand with our glitter tattoos and face painting. What a fun and great community event to raise money.

sparklingexpressions glitter tattoo and face painting table
sparklingexpressions glitter tattoo and face painting table
Glitter Tattoo Selection Book
Glitter Tattoo Selection Book


Glitter Selection
Glitter Selection

Chameleon Glitter Tattoo
Chameleon Glitter Tattoo

Face and Body Paint
Face and Body Paint

Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Saturday 16 May 2015

Majestic Family Fun Day

The Majestic Family Fun Day will be held this weekend on the 17th of May, and sparklingexpressions will be bringing our glitter tattoos and face paint to attend this great community event.

This will be the first year for the annual event with the Majestic Family Fun Day being a celebration of family diversity in recognition of International  Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, and of course what a fun way to celebrate Victoria Day. Admissions for this majestic event is FREE.

Majestic Family Fun Day Schedule of Events
Majestic Family Fun Day

There is plenty to be offered for everyone of every age, with plenty of free food, snacks, drinks, and activities. The list of sponsors and partners that will be on hand is quite impressive and will make for quite the family fun and success. The community has really gotten behind this event to make sure the first annual Majestic Family Fun Day is a hit with everyone. 

We are excited to have the opportunity to enjoy this long weekend, sharing smiles, laughter, fun and of course, our sparklingexpressions glitter tattoos and face paint. 

For information on bus routes to get you to the majestic family fun day, please head on over to the website linked above. We hope to see you at the Jack Purcell Community Centre for this day of family and fun.

Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Ottawa Glow Fair Press Release

Today was the big day for the Ottawa Glow Fair. At 11am, Arc The Hotel,  just blocks away from where the second annual Glow Fair will be held, the updates and music lineup for this years edition of Glow Fair was released.

June 19th and 20th will see Bank Street transform into 9 themed street blocks of color, music, lights, food, artisans, festivties and fun. And most of all, black lights, bright colors and all things glow. The glow fair festivities will start on Friday evening with live music and DJ's playing on two stages till the early hours of Saturday and then start up again in the morning and go all day and night. Bank street from Slater all the way down to James street will be split with 9 different themes. And for those who were there last year, yes the Silent Rave will be happening again. How cool is that!

Glow Fair Themed Street Blocks Map
Glow Fair Themed Street Blocks Map

The Bank Street BIA and the GlowFair board of directors worked extremely hard to improve upon last years success which saw 27,000 people take in the Glow Fair. This years edition should easily top those numbers with much more on the schedule, more offerings, and a lot more added for children and families. Did we mention this festival is free to attend?

The line up of DJ's and musical talent for this years Glow Fair is amazing! The following picture gives you a hint as to the lineup and headliners, but for more details on who is performing, head on over to the Glow Fair's website to learn more about the 16 performers who will be attending. And yes you are not seeing things, that is Juno Award winning Keisza pictured below. She will be performing on Saturday! 


Glow Fair Headliners
Glow Fair Headliners
Glow Fair DJ's and Performers
Glow Fair DJ's and Performers
Each of the themed street blocks will have their own distinctive flavor and will sport bright colored painted benches, tree's of lights, black lights and an amazing amount of fun things to do and see. Too many things to list here on this post. Yoga classes, DJ's, silent disco's, Little Ray's Reptile Zoo, an enchanted forest, giant street chess, buskers, children's artistic workshops, food vendors, artisans, dance studio's and performers, face painting, live bands, story tellers, skateboarding and competition, and so much more. This years schedule and themed blocks will have something for everyone of every age, and did we mention black lights and all things glowing??

Here at sparklingexpressions we are thrilled to have had the opportunity to play a part in today's press release and this years edition of the Glow Fair. Part of the on screen video at the press release was three models dancing under a black light. And thats right! Covered from head to toe in glowing uv reactive body paint that sparklingexpressions had the honor of applying and using three of the Glow Fair themes for the designs. (Circus, Pinball Wizard and Enchanted Forest)

As well we will be joining everyone in all the amazing fun to be had at this years festival, and will be found in two sections. We will be offering face painting in the kids zone as a Glow Fair partner and will also have the sparklingexpressions tent set up in the Glow Zone. We will have a huge selection of Glitter Tattoos on hand for both the young and old, and will also be offering detailed face painting. And to fit in with the whole Glow Fair theme and make great use of all the black lights that will be everywhere, we will have our UV reactive professional body and face paints and glitter with us. We can not wait for this fun!

The following are a few pictures snapped from today's press release:


sparklingexpressions at the glow fair press release
sparklingexpressions at the glow fair press release with one of
glow fair models we painted behind us on the screen


Circus Themed Glow Paint
Circus Themed Glow Paint

Circus Themed Glow Paint
Circus Themed Glow Paint

Galaxy or Pinball Wizard Themed Glow Paint
Galaxy or Pinball Wizard Themed Glow Paint
The following video we recorded as it was played on the screen at today's press release, showing the three models we had the pleasure of working with. There is another video of them as well on the official Glow Fair Twitter channel.



 And here are a few teaser pictures of our UV Glitter. They even look amazing in the sunlight with no black light!

UV Glitter Tattoo in the sunlight
UV Glitter Tattoo in the sunlight

UV Glitter Tattoo under black light
UV Glitter Tattoo under black light

UV Glitter Tattoo under black light
UV Glitter Tattoo under black light

Don't forget to head to the official Glow Fair webpage to get all the latest information on the performers, themed zones and time schedules. As well they update their facebook page with information about the various artisans and performers as well as twitter updates.

Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Tuesday 5 May 2015

613 Night Market Fun

This past Saturday, from 4pm till midnight,  sparklingexpressions was on hand for this years sold out edition of the 613 Night Market, and what a fun night it was for all those who attended. (just a little over 6.5K people) The festivities were held at the Ottawa Convention Centre on Colonel By Drive. (Also known as the Shaw Centre)

Everyone who was in attendance was treated to a night of dance music, drinks, and an amazing variety of street food vendors, restaurants, and night time shopping. This was the first time for sparklingexpressions to attend the Bazaar as we showcased our vinyl crafts, wall decals and glitter tattoos. We also shared our booth with our sister company TEAroma~THÉaroma who was on hand with their delicious blends of  flavoured loose tea.

If you have never had the opportunity to attend the 613 night market then make sure you keep an eye out for the next edition as you will not be disappointed. For more information on all the fun from the Bazaar, please follow the 613 night market link and if you wish to see some photographs of the event itself, then please take a look at the photographs taken and shared by ThirdEye Photography.


The following are a few of the crafts we had on hand that were made with vinyl decals.

#1 Dad Vinyl Decal on a Mug
#1 Dad Vinyl Decal on Mug
Grant Me Patience Vinyl Decal on a Tile
Grant me patience vinyl decal




I'm a Mom, What's Your Superpower Tumbler
I'm a Mom, What's Your Superpower Tumbler





I'm A Teacher. What's Your Superpower? Tumbler
I'm A Teacher. What's Your Superpower Tumbler
I'm A Teacher. What's Your Superpower Tumbler
I'm A Teacher. What's Your Superpower Tumbler


Vinyl Decals on Picture Frames
Vinyl Decals on Picture Frames
Vinyl Decals on Tiles
Vinyl Decals on Tiles





Mother's Day Vinyl Decals
Mother's Day Vinyl Decals



Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark


Friday 24 April 2015

Etched Glass Decals

We often write about decals made out of vinyl for glass, walls, vehicles, weddings, dance floors and crafts but rarely do we have the opportunity to write about etched glass, a similar product to vinyl decals and a product that looks simply stunning when applied to glass.

Well this past week, we had the opportunity to install some etched glass for Gardening by Design here in Ottawa, and it truly does jump out and make quite the impression. Etched glass material can be used to cut patterns, or business logo's and can be applied as a simple rectangle for privacy purposes to glass to create an etched look to existing glass, windows, wine glasses, mirrors and other flat glass related surfaces for a fraction of the cost of true etched glass and no need for sandblasting or etching creams.

The following pictures are from our recent installation of etched glass vinyl, that we cut out our customers business logo and slogan for an overhead mezzanine glass railing. Once applied and installed the etched glass decal truly looked amazing, creating the look of etched glass.

Gardening by Design Etched Glass Decal
Gardening by Design Etched Glass Decal
Etched Glass Decal for Gardening by Design
Etched Glass Decal for Gardening by Design


Etched Glass Decal on Mezzanine Glass Railing at Gardening by Design
Etched Glass Decal on Mezzanine Glass Railing at Gardening by Design

As you can see etched glass simply looks stunning and is a great subtle way to showcase your business logo to customers and can be installed economically in comparison to true sand blasting. Etched glass can also be removed just as easily as it is installed and can be applied to mirrors or glass ware and if you need privacy can be used to cover a whole window with or without your logo or information cut  from the privacy rectangle.

If you are interested in using etched glass in your business or home, we would be happy to discuss with you the endless possibilities and designs you may have in mind.

Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Saturday 11 April 2015

Recent Custom Vinyl Decal and Glitter Tattoo Orders

Just a quick blog post to share with everyone some of our recent vinyl decal orders. These were fun orders to create, cut and install. One was mentioned briefly in an earlier blog post a couple weeks ago about our busy start to the year with our vinyl decals and events we had attended. And the other two orders were for custom glitter tattoo stencils that have been shipped off to the greater Toronto area and being worn this weekend en masse.

As mentioned a little while ago, we had cut some vinyl decals and decor for The Handmade Bride, a fabulous wedding boutique and shop in the centre of Ottawa that has hosted and organized quite a few popular and successful wedding industry events. The new look for the store front windows was cut in a metallic gold vinyl to replace the white and black decals that once were there as well as the old business hours and store number decals. A new store look using her new decor, colours, and branding. The following picture is a teaser and was taken by Meaghan herself. We will post more follow up pictures when we have them.

Store Front Vinyl Decals for The Handmade Bride
New Store Front Vinyl Decals in Metallic Gold.  Logo, store number and business hours decals
(Picture owned by Meaghan of The Hadnamde Bride)

The glitter tattoo orders were custom made to represent the two organizations they were made for, with the glitter tattoo kits consisting of the custom made glitter tattoo stencils representing their brands, the glitter, puffers, glue, and brushes. One, representing Cheer Strong of the Ontario Cheerleading Federation with members and teams across all age groups and the second stencil being that of the business logo for the popular brand Moxie Trades as seen on The Dragons Den. The following pictures are of the stencils themselves and what the glitter tattoo's look like.

Moxie Trades and Cheer Strong glitter tattoos
Moxie Trades and Cheer Strong glitter tattoos

Custom Glitter Tattoo Stencils
Custom Glitter Tattoo Stencils

Cheer Strong Glitter Tattoo Stencils
Cheer Strong Glitter Tattoo Stencils

Moxie Trades Glitter Tattoo Stencils
Moxie Trades Glitter Tattoo Stencils

We can not wait to see these glitter tattoo stencils being put to use with each brand shimmering and sparkling in all its glittery glory.


Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark

Sunday 29 March 2015

Sue's Sweets Birthday Party

Well known to the Ottawa area, and wedding industry is Sue's Sweets, an amazing service who creates just about some of the best sweets, treats and cakes known throughout the Ottawa valley and who has fairly recently, just celebrated 10 years in business. sparklingexpressions was thrilled to have had the opportunity to be on hand for the celebration with our glitter tattoo's.

Birthday Party in Ottawa



We had briefly mentioned this birthday celebration in a previous post. Sue's Sweets birthday party was set up at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Ottawa as she has done many other times throughout the years, but on this day the treats were free. Her loyal customers and new customers and shoppers in the mall were treated to free treats. As well sparklingexpressions was happy to share our glitter tattoos with everyone who stopped by to take in the festivities! Unfortunately everyone was so busy with the birthday party festivities that we all forgot to take photographs of the occasion. The following are similar items and fun that was enjoyed by everyone who showed up.


Cupcakes by Sue's Sweets
Cupcakes by Sue's Sweets
Custom Birthday Cakes by Sue's Sweets
Custom Birthday Cakes by Sue's Sweets





















Birthday Part Glitter Tattoo
Birthday Party Glitter Tattoo
Ottawa Glitter Tattoo
Ottawa Glitter Tattoo




















Donations to the Ottawa Food Bank were happily accepted, and by donating, visitors had the opportunity to enter one of the various draws for free goodies donated by Sue's  Sweets, TEAroma and sparklingexpressions as well as Derek the woodturner.   TEAroma  offered a gift basket of Loose Tea, and spa related products for the draw. Congratulation to all the winners! 

For those who missed the celebration, over 250 assorted cupcakes, 7 different types, a few turtles cakes, 8 different types of cookies and sugar and spice pecans were devoured and enjoyed! As well TEAroma was offering up samples of various gourmet flavoured loose tea's. Did we mention the glitter as well? Many young festive party goers also chose to try out some glitter tattoos at the party and we had a fun time making them sparkle. 

So if you happen to be looking for an amazing cake or some special occasion treats, Sue's Sweets is most definitely the place to order from. Her 10 years in business speaks volumes! If you happen to be in the Ottawa area and looking for Glitter Tattoo's for a birthday party, fundraiser, bridal shower or corporate event, then glitter tattoo's by sparklingexpressions will be more than thrilled to join you for your celebration. We even custom create tattoo's! What better way to show off your business logo or monogram!

Congratualtions to 10 years in business Sue's Sweets! And heres to another amazing 10 years! Thank you again for allowing us to help celebrate the milestone.

Sue's Sweets Display
Sue's Sweets


Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to look about our blog. We can also be found on facebook at, sparklingexpressions
~Nicky and Mark