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Projects: Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s that time of year when love is in the air. Let’s check out some projects, recipes and some fun stuff to help celebrate this special day. Valentine’s Day Here are some special projects from 3ten.ca over the years – also, check out the Valentine Pinterest board below. Follow Ali Nicole: 3ten.ca’s board Valentine’s Day on Pinterest. Enjoy the love filled holiday. Sew up some pants, make a project or bake up for your love. Heck, love yourself and bake for you!…
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Recipe: Pink Valentine’s Day Cookies
Pink Cookies! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and these cookies are the perfect little treat. Time to bake up! Ingredients 1/2 cup of salted butter 1/4 cup of brown and white sugar an egg teaspoon of vanilla 3/4 cup of flour 1/4 cup of cake flour 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda teaspoon of corn starch about teaspoon of fuchsia food gel First – gather all of your ingredients and get your mixer ready. Cream the butter and sugars. Then add in the egg…
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Sewing: Valentine Pajama Pants
Valentine Pajama Pants – who doesn’t love to get cozy with their loved one? Here I share a pattern I use and also a way to quickly make it yourself if you don’t want to run out in the cold to buy it. The first step, however, is to find a cute flannel fabric. What You Need 2-3 yards of flannel machine matching thread pins elastic waist band (your waist size minus 1-2 inches) scissors This is the cute fabric I found at Fabricland –…
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Project: Valentine’s Post-it Gift Jar
Create a homemade Valentine’s Gift with this Post-it Gift Jar. It will jog your memory and make both you and your loved one smile. Okay, let’s get making this Valentine’s post-it gift jar. What You Need 150-365 post-it notes pens mason jar tape First – be sure you know what categories you’re going to use. I decided on 4: memories, words, future, and reasons. So, as a result, I needed 4 different coloured post-it notes. You could do song or movie lines, or even add…
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Project: DIY Towel Dress
DIY Towel Dress This dress is great – and this one isn’t clunky or bulky like most. Where did this come from? Again, my awesome mom! At the farmer’s market in July she saw one. It was just a towel with an elastic at the top. She said how comfy that would be…she lives in Fiji, so a thick towel wasn’t really what I envisioned for her. So, like the white necklace, it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do.…
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Project: DIY Ring Necklace
DIY Ring Necklace Ring necklace – DIY. If you have nylon string and rings, you’re good to go. About 10 months ago I made a similar necklace – silver ring necklace. So…why this one? Well, my mom visited in July of 2014 and we visited the local farmer’s market. She was looking for a white necklace. Do you think we could find one? No. Ever since then I was looking for a modern white necklace. I searched in Mexico, in Los Angeles, in San Francisco…
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Recipe: Butterless Cookies
Butterless cookies – how and why?! I wanted to make cookies and I had no butter…augh. What to do – I had a lot of canola oil. Sure – let us try it. Turned out super well. In fact, I got a lot of “wow…these are good” at work when I brought in the extras. Try them! Ingredients 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup of cake flour 1/4 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder for colour 1/2 cup…
