tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79558453054454566972024-03-13T13:26:43.874-07:00L AdelleL Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-21027472822994734732014-01-17T16:04:00.001-08:002014-05-19T17:38:36.788-07:00...and again!The last couple months I have been extremely lucky I suppose. I have been asking for a Fujifilm Instax Mini camera for probably a couple of years at birthdays, Christmas, etc. and had unofficially given up. Then <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/index.php?a=1" target="_blank">Trend Trunk</a> had 8 days of contests this Christmas season and I won one! A white one to be exact and with extra film :D So happy!! Except that I can't bare to waste the film so I plan on doing some sort of photo challenge over a period of time and putting each of my credit card size polaroids to good use! Then I'll compile them in a scrapbook or something. I am so very excited... thanks Trend Trunk!<br />
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-73074064283970964002014-01-13T10:40:00.001-08:002014-01-13T10:40:11.197-08:00I Won Again :D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A couple months back I won a $150 gift card to Value Village through a Pinterest contest where you had to create a DIY Halloween board. This holiday season I entered another contest Dynamite's Pin the Halls, where you had to create a holiday wishlist with Dynamite items in it. Annnnd just found out a few days ago that I won that as well :D $150 gift card to Dynamite!</div>
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And I must say, as a full time University student working part time to pay my tuition in full - while also working my butt off at school! - I see a lot of my money come in one end of my bank account and right out the other at the beginning of the next school year. So it's sort of nice to earn some money that can only be used for shopping... looks like I will be doing some much needed wardrobe refreshing ... also possibly quitting school and taking up full-time Pinning as my career.. umm we'll see. ;)<br /><br />L. Adelle</div>
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Thought I would share some of the holiday things that I've been seeing/buying recently that are making me super excited for the Christmas season! :D You know, that giddy feeling where you forget how much it sucks to go outside and stand with your teeth chattering at the train station every single morning...</div>
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Holiday PJs :) I just got a wonnnnderful fleece button up pajama top</div>
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pants that I have - it's so warm and cozy I can't stop wearing it!</div>
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with mint, chocolate, and a little holiday cheer involved. So delicious,</div>
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Annnyways, as these things start arriving... I start getting the tinsel and white lights out :) Having said that, those bell ringing salvation army people and Christmas music in stores in November still make me rage just as much as the next person... save those parts for December okay people?</div>
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-2991957900829665892013-11-15T07:24:00.001-08:002013-12-16T12:36:33.138-08:00A Few of my Favourite Things...<i>This post was supposed to be about some of my favorite things on <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/" target="_blank">Trend Trunk</a>. I ended up getting into a big thing about what Trend Trunk is and what is so great about it, but I do eventually get to my favorite listings so bare with me... :)</i><br />
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If you haven't heard of <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/" target="_blank">Trend Trunk</a>, or you've heard of it but haven't checked it out, and you live in Canada, you should go and sign up immediately! I just saw an ad in the newspaper a couple of weeks ago and I have been officially addicted since later that day when I first went to the website.<br />
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Trend Trunk is a site where you can buy and sell pre-owned clothing/accessories/beauty items/whatever to other people all over Canada. There are so many wonderful things on there, a lot of them at really great prices. It is somewhat similar to Kijiji if you've used that, because of the way that ad's are free, you can easily change prices and bargain with people, etc. But what's different from Kijiji is that Trend Trunk provides fixed rate shipping all over Canada. So while on Kijiji, if you find something you want to buy, you have to arrange for pickup yourself and you can only really shop within your local area. With Trend Trunk, every item on the site ships for $8 and $8 only!! I really love this because it means that if you see like 5 things in somebody's closet (that's what each person's shop is called) and you decide you want them all, you can ask the seller to combine all the items into one listing, and when you purchase it you only have to pay 8$ total shipping for all of those 5 items!<br />
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Not only is this great for buyers, but sellers too! I have always wanted to open up an <a href="http://etsy.me/1ifY9jK" target="_blank">Etsy store</a> but the trouble of calculating shipping costs for each individual person was such a hassle. And, being in Canada, I found that often shipping was so high that I couldn't expect any reasonable person to want to pay that much on top of what they were already paying for the item. So with Trend Trunk 8$ is automatically added to every listing and when that is purchased, a shipping label is sent directly to the seller who then only has to print it off, tape it to a box and give it to the post office. Also Trend Trunk holds the funds from the buyer in a third party account with Escrow until the package is received (based on Canada Post package tracking not the buyer's word), and once the package arrives the funds are released to the seller, making sure nobody get's ripped off!<br />
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I will try to wrap up my blahblahblah-ing, but there is just one other feature on Trend Trunk that is great. There is an option to <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/fundraising" target="_blank">choose a charity </a>and donate a percentage of the money you make from a listing to one of the many charities available. You choose the percentage and whether you want to do it for each individual listing. I think that's such a unique idea! So in exchange for all of this service Trend Trunk does charge a 20% fee per sold listing which I think is worth it for sure, much better than any consignment store and you are selling to all over Canada not just one little area, so much more likely to sell.<br />
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At the moment Trend Trunk is in a pretty early stage and they are really looking for help from investors to get going. They were on Dragon's Den this November and made a deal with Kevin initially but it turned out not to be suitable after the show, so they are now asking for <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/Dragons-Den" target="_blank">customers to be the Dragons</a> and help fund them, there are a number of options for donating money to help them get going and one option that is up for a limited time costs $25, for which you get $25 back in a gift card for Trend Trunk, so if you find that you like the service it would be a really great way to help out a small company from Hamilton, Ontario!<br />
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Annnnnnnyways, back to the original point of this post. Here are a few of my favorite listings on Trend Trunk right now. I almost didn't want to post some of them because I'm afraid someone else will buy them and I'll regret not getting them first lol, but here we go anyways...<br />
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This <a href="https://www.trendtrunk.com/Fashion/Tops/Twelvebytwelve/81311311/Burgundy-Capped-Sleeve-Top-With-Rhinestone-Buttons" target="_blank">cap sleeve shirt by Twelve By Twelve</a> is only $20+shipping!</div>
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and <b>she</b> knows hats. It's up for $17+shipping :)</div>
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Okay this one isn't actually up there anymore cause I bought it ;)</div>
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I didn't end up getting it til Fall... :/ but I'm still happy to have it.</div>
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It's a Gap 1969 denim vest and I got it for 5$+Shipping ...yeah! <3</div>
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So hopefully you can find some items you love on there too. Christmas presents perhaps?<br />
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Just thought I would share the fact that<b> I WON $150</b> gift card to Value Village recently just for entering one of my Pinterest boards in a contest - how exciting is that?!</div>
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I recently entered this contest with Value Village and <a href="http://www.jennyonthespot.com/" target="_blank">Jenny On The Spot</a> where you submit a Pinterest board which draws inspiration from their Halloween DIY board, so I entered my own Pinterest <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/ladelle/halloween/" target="_blank">Halloween Board</a> and it ended up winning for creativity and Pinspiration :D $150 that is! I love shopping at Value Village so I am suuuuper happy, can't wait to have a shopping spree this coming weekend...</div>
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See? :D Now who ever said that pinning all day doesn't pay off?! Anyways this will be my big excitement for a little while so I thought I should brag about it. Go ahead and check out my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/ladelle/halloween/" target="_blank">Halloween Board</a>, and the rest of my Pinterest while you're at it ;)</div>
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So, now that it's the beginning of November, I think it's safe to say I can start admitting to all the Christmas planning I've been doing over the last few weeks. I know I'm a little early but Christmas always seems to come too fast and then it's over and I have no idea where it went!<i> </i>Well this year I already have all my lists made and have been pinning ideas like crazy...<br />
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One of the things I wanted to do this year is 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, I searched all over the internet (aka Pinterest) for ideas but on every post I found, they were just doing random gifts that didn't apply to the song, you know "<i>on the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."</i> People were just giving out things like cookies or whatever matched the number (Day 10... 10 items). Well for me, that kind of ruins the whole thing, so I decided to make up my own list of gifts to correspond with the gifts in the song as closely as I could. Believe me, as simple as they are, it was not easy to come up with some of these things! So I thought I'd share my ideas in case anyone was thinking the same thing as I was and needed a little help.</div>
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These gifts will be for my boyfriend but they are not specific to guys, and if they are I've added extra ideas that would work for anyone. So even if you want to do <span style="color: #38761d;">12 Days of Christmas</span> for your parent, sibling, kids, neighbor, friend, or boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife these gifts should work out juuust fine. Enjoy! :)</div>
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<i>1. On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <u><b>a partridge in a pear tree.</b></u></i></div>
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This one is pretty simple, I focused on the pear tree part and didn't bother to put anything in for the partridge since there only needs to be one present on this day. Of course if the person you are doing this for happens to like <b>the Partridge Family</b>, go ahead and buy them a copy, but that was not the case for me. So I went with <b>pear flavored Jelly Bellies,</b> you can buy these in bulk at candy stores that have each Jelly Belly flavor sold individually, I got mine at the grocery store (Sobey's - in Canada), but they are probably not hard to find. <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>Pears soap bars, can of sliced pears, those fruit cup snacks that have pears in them. </b>To make mine work better with the song I'm tying a sprig off one of my pine trees out back with ribbon around the bag of Jelly Bellies, then on the ribbon I'm tying a gift tag in the shape of a bird [partridge]. Each day I'll write the part of the song on the gift tag.<br />
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<i>2. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>two turtle doves.</u></b></i></div>
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<i>3. On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>three french hens.</u></b></i></div>
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<i>4. On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>four calling birds.</u></b></i></div>
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Originally (yes I looked up the origins), the words to this song were "four <i>colley</i> birds," which I guess means something like black birds, however in the modern version of the song, everyone says <i>calling </i>birds. Well I couldn't think of anything that would go with that so I gave him <b>a pair of gloves and two hand warmer packets</b> - those little things you buy at the dollar store and when you open them they react and get warm, these are great for sticking in your mittens or socks when skating, playing hockey, or just out in the cold. In order to make this work I'll write the part of the song on the gift card and then underneath... "to keep your hands warm while you <i>call your bird</i> ;)" it's a little far fetched and tacky maybe but nothing else seemed to be something my boyfriend could use. <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>prepaid phone cards, international calling cards, new cell phone, cell phone cases (4), or candy that comes in a plastic cellphone. </b></div>
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<i>5. On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...<b> <u>five golden rings!</u></b></i></div>
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Well unless you want to buy real golden rings (which my boyfriend would have liked), you have to find something that plays off the song. I used the search on my liquor store's website to find <b>beers with the word "gold/golden" in the name</b>, and bought five individual cans, the one's I bought were called <b>"golden pheasant"</b> which I thought fitted pretty well since there are so many birds in the song! lol. But any will do. Of course you may not want to give beer to the person you are doing this for so... <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>golden [tone] rings or earrings, five 'golden' donuts (</b>honey crullers, original, old-fashioned glazed) - I really like this one because they are actually ring shaped but I didn't want to have to pick them up the day of because I would be busy studying for exams. </div>
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<i>6. On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>six geese-a-laying.</u></b></i></div>
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More birds... well I sort of took the geese/laying part from this verse and got gifts that had to do with eggs. I bought <b>three packs of Cadbury Mini Eggs and three Kinder Surprise eggs. </b>Thank goodness for that because I don't know what I would've done with geese! lol, a goose feather pillow??. <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>Cadbury Cream Eggs </b>(I didn't get these because we think they're gross), or you could make recipes with eggs like <b>a six egg omelette, soft/hard-boiled eggs, etc.</b> These can be pretty easy to do and you could make them over the day since probably nobody would eat six eggs at a time. </div>
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<i>7. On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>seven swans-a-swimming.</u> </b></i>Okay well... I got lucky with this one. We have a nice restaurant in a small town about ten minutes from our house called 'The Swan' and they sell gift certificates. So I got him a gift certificate to there so we can go during the Christmas season for a date sometime after my exams are over. Of course you may not have a restaurant called the Swan near you... <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>a paper gift certificate (or seven) folded like an origami swan</b> (trust me it's not that hard, just Google it), or maybe some sort of<b> gift certificate or membership/month pass to your local <i>swimming</i> pool (get it? ;) ). </b></div>
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<i>8. On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>eight maids-a-milking.</u></b></i></div>
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<i>9. On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>nine ladies dancing.</u></b></i></div>
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Okay these higher numbers get really difficult because they are people... how am I supposed to do that?! Well my boyfriend and I really like Tom Jones so I found a <b>Tom Jones CD</b> with 10 songs and wrote on the gift tag "Nine songs to get the ladies dancing, and one song for you ;)." This applied to us the best but you can personalize this with <b>another CD that has dance music</b>. <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>a dance video game </b>(we like Just Dance for the Wii),<b> a Christmas movie with dancing in it</b> (White Christmas, Holiday Inn - write on gift tag "There are probably nine ladies dancing in this movie."), or if you are lucky, <b>tickets to a local show that has dancers in it</b> - I wanted to go to something like the Nutcracker ballet but there was nothing going on at theaters near us during this time of the year, everything was at the beginning of December, look up your local theaters and see if you can find anything.</div>
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<i>10. On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>ten lords-a-leaping.</u></b></i></div>
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This is another weird one haha, how was I going to get ten lords-a-leaping? Well I got <b>five pairs of long johns and five pairs of socks. </b>Since they are pairs you could just get five pairs to equal 10 total but my boyfriend needed both, long johns come in handy when playing hockey during Ottawa Winters. <u>Other options that work:</u> <b>leggings/stockings/nylons for girls/women,</b> <b>a Lord of the Dance DVD</b> if they happen to be a fan of him, my mom is the only person I know who likes him! :P</div>
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<i>11. On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>eleven pipers piping.</u></b></i></div>
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Umm this one took me a while. Unless you want the sound of a <b>bagpipe Christmas music CD</b> in your house, which probably wouldn't be that bad but who knows, then this might take some time. I got <u>an assortment of gifts that work:</u> <b>licorice pipes </b>(great at Christmastime because they look like Santa's pipe and you can eat them), <b>Popeye cigarettes, a bubble pipe and bubbles,</b> all of these work but you have to get eleven! Well I was lucky because my boyfriend has<b> a wooden pipe</b> that I got him for Christmas last year (looks just like Santa's!) so I bought him some <b>pipe screens, </b>and <b>liquid pipe cleaner. </b>You can buy <b>flavored tobacco </b>at specialty stores that is meant to be smoked in a pipe and can be quite nice but it really only applies if you are giving this to someone who already likes it, otherwise this would be an odd gift.</div>
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<i>12. On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... <b><u>twelve drummers drumming.</u> </b></i>Made it all the way to the final day and then you get this... what are you supposed to do with this?! Well my boyfriend happens to really like drumming so I am getting him a <b>Buddy Rich CD </b>(a jazz drummer he really likes) or a <b>Benny Grebb CD </b>hopefully with twelve songs on it. <u>You could also get:</u> <b>a 12 Pack of Drum Stick ice cream treats </b>(not the best at Wintertime but always yummy), <b>chicken or turkey drumsticks, </b>or if you're giving these gifts to a drummer you could get them <b>drumming lesson books, pairs of drum sticks, </b>or <b>pads to put on their drum set. </b>If it's for a child you could give them <b>a toy drum set. </b></div>
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Well I hope you enjoyed these gift ideas and use some of them for your own gift giving! I'll start giving the presents on December 12th so that he gets the last present on December 23rd, then has Christmas eve in between before he gets his other presents on Christmas day. Happy Holidays! </div>
L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-34640703253227045652013-09-15T15:19:00.002-07:002013-11-11T06:25:20.310-08:00Time-Saving Tomato Bisque RecipeA few years ago my family and I went to the Medieval Times restaurant/theatre and I tried tomato bisque for my first time. Up to that point I had never liked tomato soup of any form but from then on I lovvvvved it. I've been planning to make some tomato bisque ever since but I never seem to have all the ingredients in the house at the same time and so it's been about a thousand years now..<br />
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Since it's Autumn :)... I've been thinking about making some type of delicious soup and yesterday I reduced the price a whole bunch of different kinds of soup at work. I picked up a few cartons of this V8 Herbed Vine-Ripened Tomato Soup and thought I would see if I could make a good tomato bisque by taking a shortcut and using the soup to start off with. After looking around at different recipes on the web I couldn't find one that was quite what I was looking for so I made this. It's easy and quick to prepare, and it's <b>delicious...</b><br />
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preparation time: about 10-15 minutes<br />
cooking time: 10-40 minutes (depending on whether you choose to let it simmer or not)<br />
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-one medium Spanish onion<br />
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-½ teaspoon each of dried or fresh basil, rosemary, paprika, salt (I used a grinder of roasted garlic and sea salt which was very tasty)<br />
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-mince/dice onions and garlic as finely as possible<br />
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-when the mixture is hot add in herbs and spices and turn to lowest heat, simmer for 30 minutes (or you can eat it sooner if you want this to be a quick dinner!)<br />
The longer you leave it the more flavor it will have but it was already very flavorful as soon as it was hot enough.<br />
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There are a number of things you can add to the bisque for extra flavor. Try chopping up a few slices of bacon, or dicing celery and carrot and adding it in with the mixture. Croutons, parmigiano reggiano, and sour cream are some popular ways to garnish your bowl. If I do it again I will add a little more cream, probably half a cup, and leave out some of the rosemary. Try out some different versions and let me know how you like it!<br />
Enjoy! Happy Autumn :)<br />
-L. AdelleL Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-3073731462255448672013-05-12T20:52:00.002-07:002013-05-12T20:54:00.977-07:00Happy Mother's Day!Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies out there - none as hard working as my own mother though! My mom even taught dance for a few hours this morning before we started our Mother's Day. We went to the Value Village 50% off day and I cleared the racks lol, got tons of stuff. Then we had a nice lunch at Alice's Village Cafe in Carp that we've been meaning to go to. It's very cute there and they have an adorable light fixture that everyone seems to know them for.<br />
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-13824238318788949272013-05-11T16:45:00.001-07:002013-05-11T16:45:45.151-07:00DIY Honeycomb/Hexagon StampRecently I've been doing a lot of collecting of scrapbook supplies in any way I can find them. I'm trying to keep from spending a lot of money on this hobby by using things I already have and wouldn't think to use for scrapbooking. The other day while washing the dishes I had kind of an epiphany when I saw the BBQ chicken container - you know, the kind everyone is always talking about on Pinterest. You get the chickens for about $7 (or less in the US)...<br />
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Well something I never noticed about these before was the bottom - it's a honeycomb shape that would be just perfect to use for a background stamp in scrapbooking! So I just cut in to the centre and took out the part that had the honeycomb pattern...</div>
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And within ten seconds you've got a great little stamp you can use on all kinds of pages!</div>
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Stamps of this size are usually around ten bucks and up, but making it this way is free :) You just ink it up and end press it down with the palm of your hand and you've got a great textured background. </div>
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You can make it fairly transparent or very thick depending on how hard you push down on it. Hopefully I can find some more ways to make my own free scrapbooking supplies this summer :) For ideas on how to incorporate the honeycomb stamp into page layouts, check out my Scrapbooking Inspiration board on Pinterest here: <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladelle/scrapbooking-inspiration/">http://pinterest.com/ladelle/scrapbooking-inspiration/</a></div>
L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-30948949293965017992013-05-11T15:42:00.001-07:002013-11-16T08:23:27.138-08:00SCHOOL'S OUT!Another year of university has come to a close and it's been a pretty successful one. While it was full of my usual last minute assignments, up all hours the night before the due date... it paid off and I will be getting a scholarship for next year because of it! :) But now it's summer vacation for me and there are quite a few things I'm hoping to do this summer...<br />
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One thing is fitness. I am working (slowly) into many different things. Every Wednesday this Summer Tasha and I are doing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/362108873909162/" target="_blank">yoga on Parliament Hill </a>which Lululemon hosts for free with several yoga teachers from the Ottawa area. There have been two classes so far and they've been awesome. The first week there were 511 people and the second week there were over a thousand! It's a great experience and requires a lot of sunscreen cause you sure do cook out there with no shade in the noon sun, and that's just in May. Below is a picture from the first week, it's a beautiful site. Besides yoga Tasha and I are also planning on getting memberships to the leisure centre near us and doing as many of the classes as we can handle. And I am also going to do some Jillian Michael's work outs on my own like the 30-Day Shred which I did partly last summer and somehow stopped half way through. But hopefully I can commit this year.<br />
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Another thing I want to do a lot of this summer is scrapbooking. I've amassed a <b>huge</b> amount of supplies in the last few months which I saved a lot of money on by getting them through Kijiji and finding and making my own in many different ways. I'll be putting up some of my own posts about DIY supplies that have worked out really well for me, but <a href="http://scrapbooking.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/recycling_2.htm" target="_blank">this post</a> has also been really useful for ideas about how to reuse things and save money on supplies - I love the main photo of how they used a juice can lid as an embellishment and there are so many other good ideas to try that are all pretty much free things you have in your home.</div>
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Well Spring in Ottawa doesn't really exist so welcome to Summer! </div>
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I've seen tons of "cheap" stocking stuffer ideas on Pinterest lately and... let's face it... some of them are just bad. I won't name blogs but I read one today that was so bad that I thought... <i>I could/should definitely make a post better than that</i>. So here are what <i>I</i> think are some of the best cheap and easy stocking stuffer ideas for older girls that you can make yourself.</div>
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1. <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/t-shirt_memory_scarf/" target="_blank">T-Shirt Memory Scarf</a><br />
Great use for all their old t-shirts that don't fit anymore but are still saved for the memories.<br />
Very sentimental and no cost!<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.madebylex.com/2011/10/how-to-make-leg-warmers-or-boot-socks.html" target="_blank">Leg Warmers/Boot Socks From Sweaters</a><br />
Either cost of a sweater from the thrift store or $0 if you use an old one.<br />
A great, stylish gift for this time of year!<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2010/11/diy-project-ashleys-vintage-tin-candles.html">Vintage Tin Candles</a><br />
So sweet and so many options. I always see all kinds of tins at thrift stores for 99 cents each and you could make them in her favorite scent or color.<br />
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4. <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/diy-headphones" target="_blank">Thread-wrapped Earbuds</a><br />
She'll love these because they keep earbuds from getting so annoyingly tangled up - not to mention they're adorable. And you'll love them because it costs next to nothing to do!<br />
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5. <a href="http://blog.freepeople.com/2012/07/yoga-mat-bag-diy/" target="_blank">Yoga Mat Bag</a><br />
All it takes to make this yoga bag is some leftover stylish fabric and the ability to sew by hand or with a machine. Takes no time at all :)<br />
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6. <a href="http://sadiepriss.blogspot.ca/2011/09/jersey-licious.html" target="_blank">Jersey Infinity Scarf</a><br />
A couple of yards of jersey fabric and the slightest bit of stitching makes one of these adorable infinity scarves that are seen all over lately.<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.duitang.com/" target="_blank">Mittens Sewn From Sweaters</a><br />
Can't knit or don't have the time during the busy holiday season? That's ok. These cute mittens look like you knitted them by hand but really are sewn from two pieces of a sweater. So fast and reminds me of the Grinch's tailoring skills! lol.<br />
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8. <a href="http://fellowfellow.com/sweet-diy-votives/" target="_blank">Fabric Covered Votive Jars</a><br />
These pretty little facbric votive jars can be made to match her decor and are great either as candle holders or for holding things like makeup brushes, pencils, art supplies, etc.<br />
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9. <a href="http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/03/make-your-own-gardeners-hand-scrub.html" target="_blank">Sugar Hand Scrub</a><br />
This is called a Gardener's Hand Scrub but it's really great for dry winter hands and is made from sugar and dish soap that has Olay in it. I'm going to make these for mother's day but it would be a great cheap stocking stuffer too!<br />
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10. <a href="http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2011/12/kindle-cover-from-hardcover-book.html" target="_blank">Kindle Cover From Hardcover Book</a><br />
This awesome tutorial shows you how to turn a hardcover book into an adorable Kindle or iPad holder.<br />
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11. <a href="http://content.photojojo.com/diy/make-your-own-photo-notebook-journal/" target="_blank">Photo Journal/Notebook</a><br />
Turn some special photos and some nice paper into one of these adorable photo-covered journals!<br />
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12. <a href="http://www.thecreativityexchange.com/2011/11/rhinestone-monogrammed-ornaments-and-a-blinged-out-holiday-table.html" target="_blank">Rhinestone Monogrammed Christmas Ornaments </a><br />
With some dollar store ornaments and rhinestone stick on initials, you can make some really sweet monogrammed ornaments for about 2$ that will be cherished for years to come.<br />
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13. <a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/12/hot-chocolate-spoons-.html" target="_blank">Hot Chocolate Spoons</a><br />
Wrap these in cellophane and a gold twist tie. <br />
Great for stirring cocoa on Christmas morning while opening gifts.<br />
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It's really easy to make a couple of these photo-holders from giant clothespins. They're great for holding cards, pictures, or recipes around the holiday season.<br />
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15. <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/06/12/eggplant-diy-project-cd-wallet-scrapbook/" target="_blank">CD Wallet Scrapbook</a><br />
A lovely sentimental gift in miniature version! You could do a theme for it, like previous Christmas's or pictures from the past year, and then do one every year.<br />
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These lotion bars are like the ones you'll find at Lush, but only take three ingredients. They are great for winter hands and for keeping in places you need a little moisturizer like on the night stand.<br />
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17. <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to_braided_leather_rope_an/" target="_blank">Braided Leather, Rope and Chain Headband</a><br />
Very cute headband with just a few materials. Make in Christmas colours or in black and gold for her to wear to upcoming New Year's Eve parties.<br />
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18. <a href="http://hopestudios.blogspot.ca/2009/07/tutorial-tuesday-button-bracelets.html" target="_blank">Button Bracelet</a><br />
These are really cute and who doesn't have a ton of buttons lying around to make this?<br />
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19. <a href="http://teahabs.blogspot.ca/2012/07/tutorial-today-week.html" target="_blank">Ombre Seed Bead Bracelet</a><br />
I used this tutorial this summer to make one of these bracelets for myself and it turned out really cute!<br />
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Get some old metal bangles you don't wear anymore or some from the thrift store and spruce them up with glue and glitter. Nothing says Christmas spirit like sparkles! :)<br />
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This adorable necklace holder is made from a piece of wood, paint, and cute mismatched knob bulls you can find cheap at thrift stores. So cute to hang on the wall to display jewelry.<br />
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She will love wearing these handmade shoe clips on her shoes to holiday parties. I used the flower clips tutorial and made some to wear to a wedding this year and everyone loved them. The bows are really sweet too. You can buy the clips on Etsy cheap and then you just need a little fabric, thread and hot glue.<br />
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24. <a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/friendship-necklace-diy/" target="_blank">Embroidery Thread Wrapped Friendship Necklaces</a><br />
These friendship necklaces are made from different colors of embroidery thread and thin cotton rope. I think these are so awesome, I'd love to get some in my stocking!<br />
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L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-66840518348721607912012-07-11T07:29:00.001-07:002012-07-11T07:29:20.974-07:00June 24th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Chris and I had a sushi night tonight. We bought all the ingredients and made a ton of sushi ourselves. And my god was it ever good.</div>
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We made all this for about $18... so I have no idea why sushi costs so much to buy at grocery stores pre-made...<br />
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It turned out really well. The rice worked perfectly even though I messed up the cooking process lol.<br />
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And rolling it went really well once we got the hang of it. This was like... legit sushi. I will have to try and make some more. A customer suggested I make smoked salmon with cream cheese and I can't wait to try it.<br />
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I got all the recipes and tips I used from my <i>Sushi with Style</i> book by Ellen Brown. I am so happy to have it. The tips are seriously great and I feel like a pro. I learned what types of tools you need, what ingredients work best, how to make, season and cool the rice, how to put the rice on the seaweed properly, how to roll, how to cut, just everything you could ever need to know.<br />
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-82230108582357604792012-07-11T07:19:00.001-07:002012-07-11T07:19:49.996-07:00June 23rd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Chris and I had birthday cake ice cream today.... who ever came up with that flavor is a genius...</div>
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Chris is boring but I made mine into a delicious sundae... yeah that's picture of the day worthy<br />
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-48809385972233010912012-07-11T07:17:00.002-07:002012-07-11T07:17:47.000-07:00June 22nd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The sky was pretty interesting on my way to work today. There were no clouds in the sky, except at the verrry edge of the horizon. It look pretty neat.</div>
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I saw this <i style="font-weight: bold;">adorable</i> mini cooper 1000 at work today. It was cute all over, it took up like none of the parking space and it has the steering wheel on the right side and everything. Look at the little gas cap on the back corner. Man I want one of these.</div>
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-75104769109278639792012-07-11T07:14:00.001-07:002012-07-11T07:14:11.008-07:00June 20th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My garden is growing by the second... the plants have all gotten so much bigger I'm going to have to move them all. Here are some of my tomato plants that we just tiny not so long ago...</div>
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And here is the tomato plant that Chris' mom gave me, it was started earlier and now its like ... 50 times the size of my other ones!<br />
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Chris' grape plant has grown so much that it has nowhere left to grow, it was trying to grow up the flower pots on the railing for a while and now its growing across instead.<br />
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All the pretty flower bouquets we have at my store :) I actually took this picture to show Chris and coax him into buying me some but it might as well be my photo for the day</div>
<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-58644807536720745172012-07-11T06:55:00.002-07:002012-07-11T06:55:36.055-07:00Pina Colada Fruit Dip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I made this Pina Colada fruit dip for a friend's surprise party and it was so good I decided to blog the recipe. It was kind of hard to find a complete recipe with measurements that made sense online, so hopefully this will clear it up for me when I want to make it in the future - which I definitely will want to.</div>
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Ingredients:<br />-one 8oz pkg (brick or tub) of cream cheese (softened slightly)</div>
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First, stir the cream cheese and marshmallow fluff until combined. Then fold in the pineapple and coconut until the mixture is even. This dip tastes best after it's been chilled in the fridge, I left it over night but a few hours would be good enough. It definitely tasted better than when it did when I had just made it, so chill it. Enjoy! </div>L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-79826330123041010912012-07-11T06:41:00.001-07:002012-07-11T06:41:05.871-07:00June 18th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today I helped Tasha set up a surprise party for Will. We had a lot to do, including picking up balloons from the party store... Yeah I felt really safe driving with these in my rear view mirror...</div>
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Skip ahead several hours. Here is <b>some</b> of what we made. That's my rainbow fruit tray at the bottom. With pina colada dip, I'll post a recipe after. Then Tasha made a layered dip for nachos, a veggie tray, two yummy punches, and Will's mother made skewered bocconcini, cherry tomatoes, and basil drizzled with balsamic vinegar, and a black bean dip with diced tomatoes and cilantro - both were amazingly good.<br />
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Here's the cake we ordered... I few jokes about his computer gaming... and in the corner - "NO BASKETBALL" - which, of course, was not actually supposed to be written on the cake lol, they had written that on their sheet when they decided they didn't want a basketball on there.<br />
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Tasha, Will and his brother Travis. The surprise went pretty well considering that they came back early, before all of his friends had arrived...<br />
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And here is one of Chris' "projects"... it's a really nice old banker's desk, but it's become a bit of a hassle because we have to get new veneers for it and all this stuff so it's sort of just sitting around lol.L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-36893072869644250462012-07-11T06:31:00.000-07:002012-07-11T06:31:16.619-07:00June 16th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A pretty pot arrangement on the deck stairs...</div>
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Sweet little purple fuzzy flowers...<br />
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A solar lamp my aunt gave us....<br />
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Cute little wicker planters that hang, but we couldn't find anywhere to hang them so they're on some other stairs...<br />
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Preeeetty pink flowers. :)<br />
<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-91223975117908905862012-07-11T06:27:00.001-07:002012-07-11T06:27:41.858-07:00June 15th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of my latest "projects." I use quotation marks because I haven't started working on it at all yet. It's a nice old mirror I got at a garage sale for $10. Chris and I are planning on restoring it.</div>
<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-82892567237771697722012-07-11T06:26:00.001-07:002012-07-11T06:26:09.491-07:00June 14th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Soo I tried making one of those grapesicles today - you stick a bunch of grapes on skewer and freeze it. I thought it was such a good idea... Turns out I totally hate eating frozen fruit. Oh well!</div>
<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-74341280631145630372012-07-05T14:04:00.000-07:002012-07-05T14:04:25.165-07:00June 13th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Mmm I love my soaps lol. Pears transparent soap is one of my favorites for some reason. Just opened up a new bar, a good way to start the morning.</div>
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I also saw these vintage Pears soap tins at Value Village, how appropriate. :)<br />
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<br />L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955845305445456697.post-67454810796251156172012-07-05T14:02:00.001-07:002012-07-05T14:02:36.621-07:00June 12th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ahh warm sunny days off..</div>
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The pool is just about ready to swim in...<br />
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<br />Still a little slimy on the bottom but, better than nothing right?L Adellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545180092258376319noreply@blogger.com0