We Walk 4Water
Last year, Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro ...
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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How a creative community attracts savvy shoppers and diners
A creative community bands together to offer uniqu...
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Vietnamese Iced Coffee
If you’re anything like me, no blissful, hot...
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Guest post: Chic and easy DIY nail art
Sarah Feldman is a recent graduate of McGill Unive...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
**UPDATE: This contest is now closed. What’s...
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Custom-made softies from children’s drawings
In my travels around the internet the other day, I came across one of the coolest craft ideas I’ve seen in a while. Wendy Tsao in Vancouver runs Child’s Own Studio, a custom shop that creates soft toys from children’s drawings. Parents send in a drawing like this (notice that “Mom” is the name emblazoned on [...]
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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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Field trip! A visit to Stitch
Hi friends, Earlier this week, Tina, Lisa and I had a chance to take a little field trip. Get three craft bloggers together outside of the city, and you can probably guess what happens next: we Google-map directions to the closest craft store. This time, we ended up at Stitch, a lovely little shop in [...]
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Giveaway #67: Prize Pack from Omiyage
Hi friends! I’m super excited about this week’s giveaway – a prize pack from Omiyage, Canada’s new online source for fabulous Japanese craft supplies. You’ve probably already read my interview with Marisa, so you’ll know that Omiyage is a labour of love – and you’ll have had a sneak preview of some of the lovely [...]
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Three Cheers for the Ball Winder and Swift
Hi friends, If you’re talking to Santa anytime soon, would you please let him know that this year, I’m hoping for a ball winder and swift for Christmas? Because really, I’m in love with these two old-school knitting tools. Last Saturday I looked at the Tea Leaves Cardigan that I’d left languishing on the couch [...]
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Well, There Goes My Allowance
Hi friends, OK, I don’t usually spend too much time telling you about places to shop, but have you seen that PurlSoho has redesigned their website? Read all about the changes at the The Purl Bee, and thank me later for providing an awesome way to spend your lunch hour (and, just maybe, your lunch [...]
