It Was a Rainy Night
As part of my job as a senior editor at Canadian L...
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Crafter Q+A: Melissa Lowry of Milon&Ben
Name: Melissa Lowry Location: Milton, ON Title: Cr...
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Touring Toronto's most inspirational gardens
The Toronto Botanical Garden‘s “Throug...
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Two easy ways to prepare rhubarb
I just love the tart flavour and subtle pink colou...
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Editor's pick: The best hair ties
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5 steps to your best bikini body
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Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking
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Giveaway winner: Paper Made!
We are a paper-craft-loving group, it seems. While I was busy eating my way through the long weekend, many of you were busily entering the giveaway for Paper Made! by Kayte Terry. I plugged the data into the Random Integer Generator, and it tells me that this lucky entry is the winner: This [...]
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Book review and giveaway: Paper Made!
Wait – don’t throw that newspaper in the recycling bin just yet! Everyone has extra paper lying around, waiting to be transformed into something beautiful. That’s the message in Kayte Terry’s new book, Paper Made! 101 Exceptional Projects to Make Out of Everyday Paper (Workman, 2012, $16.95 CDN). Everything from yesterday’s newspaper to a deck [...]
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Fabric covered notebook – as easy as 1-2-3!
I’m trying to get back into the habit of carrying a notebook with me when I’m on the go – a place to jot my grocery lists, the title of the great book someone recommended or, yes, something hilarious I overheard someone say. So I bought a plain black notebook – all well and good, [...]
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Don’t forget Father’s Day!
I’ll admit it – we’re up to our eyeballs in Christmas cakes, cookies and other treats around here right now, and every other holiday under the sun is sort of falling by the wayside. Imagine my surprise when I realized that Father’s Day is right around the corner! If you’ve got kids at home (and [...]
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Brighten someone’s day with an origami note
This morning’s commute was a total bear. Two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic is just not how I like to start the day. Photo, Helen K, Flickr The dark cloud over my head only blackened when I found my desk in the same state of disarray in which I left it last night. Remember the fairy [...]
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Great read: The Paper Garden
Friends, I’m enjoying my new book so much that I had to share it with you here. The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72, by Molly Peacock, is delightful. Mrs. Delany was born in 1700 and lived through a tumultuous age of English history. Her life is fascinating (trained for a [...]
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Personalized photo book for baby
I was super excited when I came across Pinhole Press’s latest customizable product: a Big Book of Names and Faces (via A Cup of Joe). I have been meaning to make something similar for my son, Archie. He loves books, and one full of pictures of family and friends would be a fantastic way to [...]
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How to make a pop-up Groundhog Day card
I’m so excited for tomorrow: I love Groundhog Day. (I’ve even met Shubenacadie Sam!) This holiday has everything – a bit of family history, a bit of folklore, cute animals… Actually, make that almost everything. Because unlike that other February holiday, Groundhog Day is drastically under-served in the greeting card department. So today I set [...]
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Last-minute present: DIY Pretty Pencils
Ask anyone who knows my love of office supplies, and they’ll tell you about the best gift my husband ever gave me: the red Swingline stapler that Milton pines for in the movie Office Space. Talk about love. So you can probably figure out that I love nothing more than getting Post-Its, pens and doodads from Staples [...]
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Pretty (and cheap!) recycled gift bags
I’ve resisted the urge to buy any Christmas-themed wrapping stuff, and am instead reusing all the paper bags I’ve collected over the past year. All they need is a bit of fancy dress. I first made sure the bags were actually reusable (I threw out all the torn and wrinkled ones – and then looked [...]
