Hello everyone,                             

To most everyone who knows me, I am the girl who is either practicing piano or busy designing at my sewing machine.   I designed, pattern drafted and sewed my pageant wardrobe for the Miss Teen British Columbia pageant including my evening gown, black cocktail dress and interview dress.  I am excited to create new designs to take to Toronto for the Miss Teen Canada-World pageant.  Please continue to follow my blog, Facebook and Twitter pages to stay up to date with my garment designs.

For the past 13 years I have been studying and playing piano and I am currently looking forward to completing my ARCT from the Royal Conservatory of Music this June.  I enjoy being involved in many projects and activities as it has enabled me to express myself, develop my talents and skills and has opened doors for new paths I would have never pursued on my own.

Volunteering is very important to me as it is a vital part of my platform-to increase Social Awareness through education.  I am an active volunteer within my community and proud to support events such as Free the Children’s Me-to-We Day: Vancouver, the 2010 Winter Olympics Surrey Celebration Site and the annual Fusion Festival celebrating Surrey’s multiculturalism.  My crown and sash  now give me the opportunity and responsibility to volunteer in my community on a new level.

I am a first year entrance scholarship recipient enrolling in the Bachelor of Fashion Technology and Design program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University with plans of achieving a Masters in Business.

Keeping in touch,

Ashley

 

 

 

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17 year old Aubrey, who lives in L.A. and who is captain of the cheerleading team, the girl every boy wants to date, and the most popular girl in her grade. But, all of that changes when her mom sends her and her little brother Bentley to live with there father in Kingsport, Tennessee. Aubrey is determined to get out of their as fast as she can, to her it seems easy enough, but in reality it isnt. Aubrey is not that excited to see her father since he divorced her mother when she was only 12 years.

On her very first day of high school in this small run down town she thought that when she walked into that new school she would make a great impression on everybody, and that everybody would envy her style and flair like back at home. Although, that didn’t exactly happen. Aubrey walked into the school with all the confidence she had until she got down the hallway a little further and saw all the students starring at her, whispering, and a few chuckles here at there. Her confidence dropped immediately. She then realized that no one her envied her, they just laughed cause she was dressed in diamonds, and sparkles while every normal person in this school is dressed in jeans, plaid shirts, and cowboy boots. Aubrey tries to grin and bear through the rest of the day. When she leaves the school and gets into the pickup truck her dad gave to her to use she feels even more out of place and unwanted.

As Aubrey gets home she see’s a girl at her front step about her age. The girl see’s Aubrey and introduces herself “Hi im Jessi.” she says. It turns out that Jessie is the daughter of Aubrey’s dad’s best friend. Aubrey looks up and down at Jessi, she see’s that she’s wearing the same outfits as everybody else at school.

Aubrey and Jessi end up becoming good friends. Jessi seems interested in Aubrey’s choice of clothing and style. She thinks to her self it’s different and bright. Jessi then asks Aubrey if she could help her with her look. So Aubrey takes out her Goody hair accessories and fixes up her hair to make it look flawless. Also with some help of Rimmel London Cosmetics she makes Jessi’s look beautiful beyond belief. Jessi take a look in the mirror and is in shock of amazement. Jessi then helps Aubrey with some styling tips of her own.

The next morning Aubrey picks up Jessi before school and they drive together with both of them looking great with an L.A. and country kind of twist. They both take a deep breath on their way into the school. They start walking down the hallway together and both girls look at each other and smile in amazement as everybody just stares at them with there jaws dropped and speechless. At this point everyone by lunch time is talking to her and liking her country look with the modern L.A. flare. Jessi thanks Aubrey also for giving her look a fresh new feel.

Aubrey meets more friends as she lives in her dad’s town. She also meets a guy who likes her for her and doesn’t try to change her. Her brother meets a lot of new kids. And for Jessi, her and Aubrey are best friends.

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Whats Free The Children About?

16 years ago Free The Children was created by Craig Kielburger. He started this foundation in 1995 when he was just 12 years old. One morning Craig was flipping through the newspaper, searching for the funny comics when he stopped by a headline that said “Battled Child Labor, Boy, 12, Murdered.” This moved Craig so much that he felt he had to help and do something about this. Craig then went to school with the paper in his hands and showed his classmates, he asked everyone in his class if they would like to help. Right then, 11 hands went straight up into the air. Since then they’ve fought against poverty, abuse, and children that believe they don’t have the power to live their lives the way they should. Craig and his friends still to this very day travel the world to help children and teach others about their operation to help. Every single day, this cause gets heard of and it moves people immensely, people want to help and make a change.

The Me To We partnership

Me to We is a very well known partner of the Free The Children Campaign. Their are many other partners such as CTV, Club Penguin, Oprah’s Angel Network, and much more. Although for now i will be talking about the Me to We program. Me to We converts average customers into world changers. Me to We offers environmental friendly products and services such as clothes, books, and music. Me to We does not count on how much money they have, they count on what they do for children and the environment. A quote that is listed on the Me to We website is “Living Me to We means walking softly, traveling lightly and making a difference in your actions – small or large. Living Me to We means making choices that make a difference in the world.”

Me to We in my School

When i had found out that Free the Children was our official charity partner i was ecstatic! I was very happy because at my school we fund raise for Free the Children with the Me to We program. At the high school I attend Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, we do a lot of fundraising for Me to We. We fund raise by raising pledges for the Vow of Silence. This is the time that students get friends, family, or neighbors can get pledges for the day that they are not aloud to speak. This is something to stand up for children’s rights by not saying anything for an entire day. They money that our school raises goes to the Free the Children campaign. Another fundraiser we have is selling water bottles that are environmental friendly. All the proceeds go to the Free the Children campaign, this is a great way to raise money because when you buy them you can re-use them over and over again! On the bottle it has the We to Me logo and the Lord Tweedsmuir logo on it as well.

When i head off to Toronto for the Miss Teen Canada Pageant, i will be donating $400.00 to the Free the Children Campaign. Check out the Free the Children website, they have a lot of amazing things their and you will learn so much.

As always, much love

Melissa Boden

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Hi Everyone!

Okay, so everybody knows that i obviously live in Surrey, so im writing in this post about my town and whats it about and what their is to do here. Surrey is a very largely populated place. If you ever travel to Surrey, their are many place to visit. If your looking to do something artsy then you should defiantly go to the Surrey Arts Center. the Surrey Arts Centre is the focal point for the arts in the city. Visitors experience visual and performing arts in stunning surroundings, featuring an atrium-style main entrance, a bright, spacious lobby, and an outdoor courtyard with reflecting pool. Also their is the Surrey Museum located right in my town, the Surrey Museum is a wonderful place to learn about the History of Surrey, with many new exhibits to observe. If your wanting to go on a nice peaceful walk then i would defiantly recommend Tynehead Regional Park, Tynehead is comprised of 260 hectares of rolling meadow and forest on the banks of the Serpentine River headwaters. This park is full of wildlife and is ideal habitat for owls, hawks and other gorgeous animals. Serpentine River is among the best spawning and rearing habitats for trout and salmon. The park features picnic tables, the Tynehad Fish Hatchery and Butterfly Garden. If your travelling with the “Little Ones,” then you are for sure going to want to stop by The Bear Creek Park Trains, The train features Eddy the Engine and Chough the steam locomotive. Your kids will love the train ride around the park and going through the Tropical Butterfly Garden Railway. Defiantly an idea to keep on the itinerary! If you love honey then stop by the Honey Bee Center. At the Honey Bee Center, you get to see a wall of bee’s and even shop around and buy fresh Honey, yum sounds delicous doesn’t it? If your travelling to Surrey in the summer then you will defiantly want to go to the beach, and the most popular beach in Crescent Beach, It’s a great place for playing on the beach, swimming, kite flying, and looking for clams and crabs.  It’s also a great place for fish and chips.  There’s a pleasant gravel path that runs parallel to the beach. Do your children love ponies? Well then, you are for sure going to want to stop by Pony Express Pony Rides, Pony Express is a family run business which which offer pony rides for children. They have there year round, huge indoor barn at our farm in South Surrey with five ponies, big play area with lots of toys, and a petting zoo with small animals to not only look at but to play with and feed as well. In all, if you are ever visiting the wonderful city of Surrey, British Columbia, you must visit these wonderful attractions. Surrey to me is the best place on earth because i have grown up here and its what i know most about. Thanks for reading my blog, have a wonderful day!

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A facial that is super easy and smells delicious.

This combines strawberries with a secret ingredient – honey!

  1. use about 8 or 9 strawberries. Mash them together.

  2. Use 3 tbsp of honey.

  3. Mix them both together

  4. Apply to clean/fresh skin and leave on for about 10-15 mins (To apply you can use a facial brush or even just your fingers)

  5. Wash off

After this your skin is going to look beautiful, glowing, fresh, and toned.

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