Here I am with Pearl Veenema, the President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences. What a wonderful day this was! I was invited to come and sell Hummingbird julz to a large group of powerful women. All on a mission to raise money for the CIBC Breast Assessment Centre. This event was called “Tea… Read more »
Posts By: Monica Graves
Parties with a Purpose!
You fans are all so wonderful! Really, you buy our julz in stores, on-line, our studio parties, you come and see us at the One Of A Kind shows and now you’ve been asking for jewlery parties! Do you have any idea how GOOD that makes me feel????? Never in a million years did I… Read more »
I LOVE Daryl Hall!
A 30 year crush???? Ahhh yes! The first time I ever set my eyes on Daryl Hall was in 1982. My good friend Katherine (my morning exercise buddy) and I had just come back to my place after our Friday night skate at Kinoak Arena in Oakville. We plunked ourselves on the couch in my… Read more »
What’s inside my jewelry box?
Hmmmmmm……a jewellery box you say? Well I do have one but I can never find anything in it! It gets messy fast! Since is all about colour, I need to make sure that every morning when I get dressed I am perfectly accessorized in matching julz! That means they need to be in clear view…. Read more »
Cottage Weekends
It’s June and back to cottage for beautiful weekends and fun times with family and friends. I seem to go through the same pattern every year. I feel so protective of my weekends north and I am determined to let nothing get in the way of them. It’s my 3 months of the year where… Read more »
Joelle and Jeff’s Fashion Show!
WOW!!!!!! What an amazing night Dawn and I had on Monday. We were invited to participate in Joelle and Jeff’s Fashion show to raise money for the Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation to help build the CIBC Breast Assessment Centre. If any of you readers attended you know that this power couple really know how to… Read more »
Golf and Glamour Day!
Talk about a fantastic Monday! I woke up, went for my morning bike ride….made some delicious oatmeal blueberry pancakes and then put on my favourite Brenda Beddome dress with my perfectly matched julz and headed to the Flamborough Hills Golf Club for the 4th Annual Golf and Glamour Day. The event was put on by… Read more »
Best Friends
Here I am with my friend Jen! We have known each other since 1977! Wow! We were little then! Jen has an older sister, my best friend, Sally……Sally and I were inseparable, we back packed through Europe together after high school and we were always known as a pair, “Monica and Sally”……. In the mid… Read more »
The Hummingbird Ball
Every year in May Hamilton Health Sciences has their annual Hummingbird Ball! I have had the pleasure of participating for 2 years in a row now. I am there to launch the latest and greatest Hummingbird piece of jewelry to help raise money for the CIBC Breast Assessment Centre. Many of you have purchased the… Read more »
Cinderella Event
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in the Cinderella Prince Charming Project right here in Burlington! What an amazing day! I was so honoured to participate in this charitable event. The organizers invited in-need students in both grades 8 and 12 to experience a day of “shopping” through new… Read more »
