xtratufs are magic!

So I'm covering a little event tomorrow night at the local elementary school with Alaska author Mindy Dwyer. While doing a little research on her and her books I found out that in her Last Frontier Cinderella story, The Salmon Princess, the princess wears xtratuffs instead of a glass slipper!

Seriously how adorable! I knew my tuffs are magical with the special treads to create a suction cup on boats for amazing traction ... now if they'd only find me a fairy godmother and fisherman prince charming!

(photos from flikr- look at those glass slipper tufs!)

For your reading pleasure here's a fun archive from the Capitol City Weekly out of Juneau about Alaskan coastal communities' obsession with tufs!

alaska bride

My bff kraybelly is tying one on ... or is it tying the knot? I always get that confused! hahaha.

but anyway, she's a beautiful, blushing Alaska bride, no? Note the dog butt in the picture... oh Copper!

She's getting married in Settlers Bay outside Wasilla in the fall so it's going to be pretty autumn colors. Like rich red and deep browns and light mocha. I'm not really into the brown bridesmaids dress but it's not really about me now is it?

Have you guys ever read or seen Alaska Bride magazine? It's hilarious. I love the pictures of the brides on the four wheelers in hip waders,etc. And some of the locations are breathtaking, like at lighthouses and different lodges around the state. (Practically every wedding showcased in the zine has a rehearsal dinner at Mooses Tooth)

The one I saw had a "celebrity" wedding with Kikkan Randall (Olympic athlete) and her hubby--they had a bright pink wedding and were married under ski poles!!

The magazine also had a feature on a new post-wedding trend called "Trash your dress" where the brides get photos wading in water, fishing and mud-wrestling. It's wild! Krysta said she'd be down for something like that--I wonder if she'll trash it in Settlers Bay. I'd be down trashing the brown bridesmaid dresses too! Maybe Copper the dog can help...

the wonderful thing about tiggers...

is tiggers are wonderful things!

(that apparently drink Alaskan Amber)

I spotted this tigger at the Alaska Rendezvous Lodge on the Richardson Highway. This tigger, also a heli pilot, said that a wild pack of geologists attacked him and put all the accents on his jumpsuit. So apparently Winnie-the-pooh's tigger is not the only one out there....
Nevertheless what a sweet snowsuit that's an outfit and random costume!