We Walk 4Water
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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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10 ways to set a fun-packed party picnic table for kids
The perfect party picnic table for kids Summer is ...
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, go beyo...
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
I’ll admit it, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s T...
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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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Crafty organization: Cute washi tape ideas
Early January is one of my favourite times of year. No, seriously. I compulsively organize throughout the year (then change my mind and go back to chaos for a while), but New Year’s Day is a special treat. It’s when the whole year stretches out ahead of me, full of promise, with nothing marring all [...]
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Stash buster: 5 tiny hat ornaments for your Christmas tree
You know when you have a really good idea for a craft? I mean, a really, really good idea? Something you think is so brilliant you don’t tell anyone because you know that, someday, someone will want you to reveal it to the world? I have those all the time. Then I Google them and realize that approximately [...]
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5 last-minute Halloween crafts: costumes, decor and pumpkins, oh my!
I love Halloween, but it always sneaks up on me. I find myself buying candy at the drugstore the morning of, rushing home through insane traffic and scarfing down frozen lasagna just as the first wave of trick-or-treaters starts ringing the doorbell. If you’re like me, you may think it’s too late to have a [...]
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Easy stay-cool craft: Paper hand fan
It’s been hotter than Hades around here. When I’m not drinking tall iced teas or hiding in air conditioned rooms with all the shades drawn, I’m wishing I had a fan on hand to cool me off. This kind of weather reminds me of two things: my primary school years and the time I spent [...]
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Easy-peasy lavender eye pillow
The lavender in my garden is almost ready to burst into fragrant bloom. I know it’s not everyone’s favourite scent, but it’s one of those old-fashioned perfumes – like lily-of-the-valley – that I adore. Every year, I dry as much lavender as I can. Buying dried lavender in craft or home stores is quite expensive, [...]
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Quick pet craft: Catnip ravioli
All the unrest on the home reno front has made my house decidedly craft-UNfriendly of late. I haven’t had time to work on anything substantial in ages. But I did have time to make a couple of new toys for Olive and Nestor. Here’s my recipe for one of the simplest, most effective homemade cat [...]
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5 crafts for flooring and tile scraps
My intrepid husband and I are half-finished laying down new Pergo in our living room. Yay, right? Ugh. We hate it. And so does Artie – it’s so slippery under his old paws. Plus, he hates all kinds of renovations. Or change of any kind. Don’t get me wrong – Pergo is lovely stuff. And [...]
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February Quick Knit: Mad Hatter’s Tea Cosy
February is just the right time for a huge pot of tea and, oh, about a million episodes of your favourite TV show, isn’t it? (Nerd alert: I’m working through the seventh of nine seasons of “The X-Files.”) I drink a lot of tea, often when I’m knitting. So for Christmas, I asked for and [...]
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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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Link: Last-minute DIY hand warmers for Christmas
Whew! This week is flying by, and I am not feeling any more ready for the holidays than I did a month ago. But guess who is not worried? Yep – me. Well, not so’s you’d notice, anyway. Last evening, instead of shopping on the internet (useful) or hitting the malls (life-threatening), I sat down [...]
