When it comes from the heart…
If I got a dollar for every time that I’ve been asked, “what’s the most amazing ice sculpture you’ve ever carved” or “what’s the biggest ice sculpture you’ve ever carved” I’d have earned some serious cash. People are always intrigued by what’s extreme and what’s...
One phone call away from panic…
When it comes to event planning, it’s all about just that…planning. So it should surprise you as much as it does us how many people leave something as important as their décor centerpiece, namely the ice sculpture to the last minute. Now let me be fair. I owe a couple...
Close to home…
The plan was always to give each of our eight children an ice sculpture for their wedding. Ten years ago this month we watched the first of our three oldest sons get married. Two more followed in a mere six months. We’ve been to the Hotel Vancouver, local and foreign...
About that time we went to Italy for the Gelato World Cup…Part 2
Our Adventure in Italy continued... Suddenly we were under the gun. The trip was less than 2 months away and we had a ton of things to do. I was in for a really steep learning curve. And most of it had nothing to do with ice carving. First there was the menu. It had...
About that time we went to Italy for the Gelato World Cup…Part 1
“Hello, is this Ice Decor? I'm putting a team together to represent Canada at the Gelato World Cup competition in Rimini, Italy. And we think you'd be the perfect candidate to join us.” What would you say? What's gelato? Where's Rimini? How did you hear about me? A...
You’re not Bruce Lee!
You’re not Bruce Lee. More questions us carvers hear all too often, “Does the ice break? Can I smash it?” Yes it does, and (most of the time) my answer will be, “No. It's dangerous, and believe it or not, it can cut you.” I'm reminded of an incident that happened at a...
How the heck do you work in a freezer?!
Cold hands, warm heart… not! I sometimes say, “You can take the boy out of the prairie but you can’t take the prairie out of the boy.” But that’s really only trying to put a positive spin on working in the cold. The truth is, we get cold like everyone else. Our studio...
What are you thankful for?
I can’t believe it is already Thanksgiving weekend. This year has just flown by, and it feels like the first day of summer was yesterday! It’s a great time to reflect on the obvious, what we are thankful for. As a company we have so many people that bring us through...
The scariest delivery we’ve ever made!
Ever say yes to something and then wonder what you've gotten yourself into? That's us pretty much for the first three years after starting Ice Decor. But we were so thrilled every time someone called us requesting an ice sculpture we would say yes before knowing...
What do you do when it breaks?!
So what do you do when it breaks? Call it good luck or good planning, we've gone the better part of ten years with only one serious accident. That one was the result of poor planning. I was delivering a two piece clam shell to an up scale downtown hotel about 7 years...