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Sewing: Dish Towels and Dish Cloths
Purple! Yes…purple dish towels and purple dish cloths. This project was inspired by someone’s love of purple – and their new home. With a birthday arriving next week, I though, well, what better way to send them something not so matchy-matchy, yet practical?? Okay…a little match-matchy. A month or two ago I made dish cloths for our home, in a very neutral colour. This time I decided to make matching dish towels. Dish Towels and Dish Cloths The cloths measure 11×11 and the towel measures…
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Project: Cuff Links
So – it’s about 5pm on a Saturday and my Christmas party starts at 5:30…and it’s a 15 minute drive. I’m ready…my husband is getting dressed. Cuff links? Where are they, I ask. The dry cleaner’s lost them. What!!?? He says it’s fine – he’ll just hide his cuffs in his jacket. I know Bryce well…after about an hour at the party he’ll be hot and want to take off his jacket, then realize that he needs his jacket to keep his cuffs in line.…
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Recipe: 12 Days of Cookies
12 days of cookies. We celebrate 12 days of Christmas…why not 12 days of cookies!! Yum! Visit over the next 12-13 days for some fabulous cookie recipes here at 3ten.ca! Some are gluten free, some are jam packed full of flavour, and others are on the spicy side. 12 Days of Cookies This is going to be an adventure, that’s for sure. A big adventure. I hope I can get it all done in one day, yet maybe not. Basically, it’s like I’m doing a…
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Tutorial: Hooded Towels
Hooded Towels Have little ones or little ones who visit? We just finished putting together our ‘yellow room’ which is a guest room with a yellow closet (post to follow soon) and I wanted something fun for the kiddos who visit. Hooded towels!! What you need – one big bath towel, one hand towel, thread and some bias tape. I use my serger and invisible thread when stitching on the bias tape, but we’ll talk more about that below. First thing, you want to fold…
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One Year!
One Year It’s been one year – 365 days that 3ten.ca has been up and running. You are all to thank, web surfers, recipe tasters and sewing triers! Over 70 posts, over 7000 page views and over 4000 visit – here are some of the top posts! Above you’ll find my very own recipe – Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies – make them, eat them, love them! Project The DIY: Barn Door is a Pinterest hit! I love the idea of not only making something, but…
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DIY: Patio Tablecloth
This DIY patio tablecloth is my tentative answer to not finding a table for our deck. I’m sure you know my troubles trying to find a suitable patio table…this is a quick and easy solution and can actually be used to make any tablecloth! What You Need Fabric Thread Serger Buttons Ribbon Washers I made my DIY patio tablecloth a bit big for the table because I want it to fit picnic tables when we go camping, too. I made it 50 inches by 85…
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Home Improvement: Lighting
Home Improvement Lighting Lights are a great way (like barn doors) to update your home. When we moved into our home a couple of years ago (man, time flies!) the lights were not so nice. Boob lights, as they are most commonly called, flooded our ceilings and ancient-looking wall sconces decorated our walls. Some people may like those styles,however, we say flat out YUCKY!! Time to update… The light above is actually a DIY project my husband competed. Using old fashioned filament lights and electrical…
