I will admit – the DIY Tin man costume is not the easiest. But it’s warm, move-able and super fun! You also have the option of a no-sew version. Enter the duct tape.
Materials:
– 1 sheet Silver cardboard
– 1 silver hoop earring
– 2m industrial insulating fabric – silver on one side and white batting on the other
– scissors
– needle and thread
– silver duct tape
– silver face paint
Once upon a time there was an earth goddess who blessed everyone with a love of nature and peace. Or maybe just a little girl who loves white dresses and crowns. This DIY earth goddess costume is easy, effective and warm!
Materials:
– grapevine wreath
– plastic leaf garland
– plastic white flowers
– 1 m silver ribbon for a belt
– 2 m while fabric
– plastic apple
– scissors
– needle and thread
Ahh. October. Just when you’ve eaten your fill of turkey, forked over a ton of cash for organic pumpkin pie ingredients and filled your house with harvest décor, you realize that Hallowe’en is only two weeks away. Or maybe one. (Your calendar is still covered in gravy splatter.) The turkey coma is replaced by the end-of-October panic attack. You create a list. Lists are fun! Until you realize that you have not one thing checked off yet.
One of our simplest Hallowe’en ideas, the DIY Scarecrow costume takes only minutes and produces great effect. There’s also raffia for you to use later in wrapping presents!
Supplies:
– Duct Tape (but of course)
– Slightly too-short trousers
– plaid shirt with collar
– Vest (if you don’t have one you could make one out of a dark tea towel or piece of fabric. Simply cut in a life jacket shape.
– Hat
– Raffia
Just in case you were worried that Starbucks was in need of more advertising and wanted to lend a hand… we have an easy DIY Starbucks cup costume idea for you. It’s warm, perfect for hiding tons of candy and is so cute that your kids might actually get an extra haul…
Materials:
– 1.5 metres of the thickest white fabric you can find. We went to the ‘industrial’ section in the fabric store.
– 1 package of quilting batten (use it to make a quilt later)
– 1 metre of green ribbon
– white thread
– a brown paper yard waste bag
– a colour printer
– duct tape
– safety pins
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Talk about standing on your own feet. Check out Efeet, Dylan Kendall’s new line of footed home accessories. In today’s world, being normal is over-rated. We all want people to notice how nice our home is or how great cool our dishes are. The Efeet Collection is the perfect conversation starter and takes a stand against the run-of-the-mill boring dishware. Turning the world of traditional dish ware on its head, this collection proves to add that little touch of whimsy everyone longs for. From footed mugs, bowls, mugs and even bathroom sets, these dishes will be a huge hit at any event or gathering.
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In my house we call it go-geet. We also call muffins cupcakes. Do you see a pattern? (besides teaching the kids horrific spelling?) Yes, I try to convince the kids that the healthy desserts are actually sinful. We recently sampled the new iögo 0% yogurt with stevia extract, a100% natural origin calorie-free sweetener. They loved it. They took it for school lunches, ate it after dinner and I popped it into smoothies.
Thankfully, according to the FDA and Health Canada, you can’t overdose on stevia extract. Stevia extract is a 100% natural origin calorie-free sweetener made from the leaves of the stevia plant. It’s manufacturing process is the same as for natural flavours. Known first as the “sweet herb”, stevia is a native plant of Paraguay, South America and is 200 to 300 times sweeter than white sugar. When used in very small quantities, stevia extract can replace a portion of the sugar generally used in food products. As of November 2012, Health Canada approved the use of stevia extract in Canada. This agency established the safety of stevia extract as a food additive.
iögo 0% with stevia extract is free of fat, gelatin, colours and artificial flavours. It comes in the flavours of raspberry, blueberry, vanilla and mango-passion fruit. So have your cupcakes with go-geet. We won’t tell.
Agggh. I had a dinner party for two couples I didn’t know. And as they came into my kitchen (why do people arrive early?!) I was loading the dishwasher and I was mortified. Embarrassed about my dishwasher situation. It didn’t look clean, it didn’t smell clean, and I am not a big advocate of rinsing. So you can fill in the blanks… I am still hoping the smell of the French dinner overpowered the negative stench from the dishwasher.