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Sewing: Week Seven DIY Leggings
Week seven is DIY leggings for the 52 weeks of sewing. This tutorial is perfect for quick and easy leggings, yet it greatly depends on your fabric choice, so choose wisely. I used the same fabric from the tunic tutorial – I just won’t wear them together, that would be a fashion mess! To make the template pick your favourite leggings – I picked this lululemon pair of underwonders. They are soft and fitted, so perfect to make a my standard legging pattern. What You…
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Recipe: Valentine’s Day Smarties Cookies
Valentine’s day cookies – with pink and red smarties! What more could you ask for? I know…they could be gluten free. I’ve yet to find a flour that works as well as cake flour – the only problem, I can’t eat them. My staff love them, though and I do heart them. Okay – time to get baking. This is my basic and standard cookie mix with smarties. I’ve made them as chewy rainbow cookies and my favourite, white chocolate chip and candy corn cookies.…
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Projects: Guest Room
Guest Room We did it again, we re-did the guest room. When we first moved in on November 25, 2011 we re-did the guest room quickly because we had a visitor not even 6 weeks later – my mom. Since then it’s basically stayed the same. In March of 2015 we got the windows in both main floor rooms turned into doors since one day we’ll have a deck all around the house. Then, this past fall we renovated the closet in that room and…
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Recipe: Banana Bites
Banana bites are a simple and easy snack – you just need some time (because they need to set up in the freezer). They keep for a few days and are full of goodness. Time to make some healthy snacks. Let’s get started! Ingredients 2 bananas 1/3 cup of natural peanut butter (cold) 100g of dark chocolate First, like usual, gather all of your ingredients. Be sure your peanut butter is cold, other wise it’ll run all over the bananas and make quite a mess.…
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Recipe: Super Bowl Eats 2016
Super Bowl Eats 2016 These are a few recipes that I recently made that will be perfect for the big game! Click each picture and check out the recipe. And, have a blast yelling at the tv, hanging out with friends and staying up late on a Sunday!! Also, check out my Pinterest board – it’s full of flavour, eats and recipes to help your team win (okay, maybe not, but it could happen, right?)!! Follow Ali Nicole: 3ten.ca’s board Super Bowl Eats on Pinterest.…
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Sewing: Week Six Valentine’s Day Placemats
Week six Valentine’s day placemats – just in time for the holiday of pink and red! These placemats are made for February 14, but the wonderful thing is, they don’t scream Valentine’s Day, so you can use them in the spring or whenever you’re in the mood for pink! So versatile, fun and pink. Okay, let’s get started. These finished Valentine’s day placemats will measure 15×15 and are the perfect size for a dinner plate and flatware. What You Need 6 pieces of fabric that…
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Recipe: Warm Salsa and Baked Goat Cheese
Warm salsa and baked goat cheese is the perfect snack for this Sunday’s game. It’s gluten free (just as long as you use GF crackers or chips) and it’s hearty. Oh, and full of flavour, too. Shall we get started? Ingredients a red onion 1 tablespoon of garlic 2 tablespoons of olive oil 3 off the vine tomatoes 1-2 tablespoons of basil 1/2 teaspoons of salt 4-5 oz of goat cheese crackers/chips for dipping Okay – first, gather all of your ingredients and set the…
