December 2010
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June 2010
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A big THANKS!
A huge thanks to the people of both Edmonton & Calgary for checking out the Cloud+Lolly booths this past weekend. Despite the horrible weather (snow, sleet, rain and just plain cold) there were great turnouts at Make It!, Lilac Festival and the Old Strathcona Farmers Market.
Mark your calendars for the Make It! Events in Edmonton & Calgary this November.
Click here for more info!
December 2009
1 post
Handmade Mafia Twilight Market
The final Handmade Mafia of 2009 is taking place this Thursday at Savoy (10401 - Whyte Ave.) Come by for some great shopping, drink specials and music! We’ll be there with lots of pendants too.
October 2009
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May 2009
1 post
April 2009
7 posts
Crap, he says! →
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
15 posts
Have a listen. Nice tune!
101 New Uses for Everyday Things (part 2)
10 New Uses for Coffee Filters
About 100 years ago, a German housewife named Melitta Bentz punctured the bottom of a brass pot, lined it with blotting paper, and — voilà! — made the first coffee filter. Almost a century later, a perfected version of Bentz’s design is still used.
Use Coffee Filters to:
1. Diffuse the flash on a camera. When you’re taking a close-up, soften the brightness by...
101 New Uses for Everyday Things (part 1)
Get 10 times more uses from such sure-to-have-around items as salt and dryer sheets with these clever ideas.
Taken from: www.realsimple.com
10 New Uses for Lemon Lemon juice is the strongest food acid in our kitchens, strong enough to make life unbearable for most bacteria.
Use Lemon to:
1. Sanitize a chopping block. Run a slice of lemon over the surface to disinfect.
2. Eliminate the...
O'rly?
Saving this one for later:
Quick Fruit Cobbler
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups fruit (fresh, frozen or canned)
combine in bowl all ingredients except fruit in large bowl.
pour into 9×9 greased pan
add fruit on top
bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees
WTF?
Word: NICHE
I’ve got American tv in the background, a news channel. They’re pronouncing it ‘nitch’. I thought it was ‘neesh’?
Who is right?
January 2009
30 posts
Cool song & even cooler 'stop motion' vid. →
I need to move to Europe for the concerts alone.... →
He’s Dying - But He Looks Fabulous!
Pet Groomer | Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Customer: *calling on the phone* “Hello, I’d like to make an appointment with the groomer. My dog won’t get up and walk around, and every time I touch his leg, he whimpers. I think it may be broken.”
Me: “Well, ma’am, I don’t think the groomer is the best place to take an animal with a broken leg. Your best bet would be to call a vet, and have them look at...
Wall art.
Not much art has caught my eye on Etsy.
That changed today. Tuscany. Lively colours. I’d like a triptych set for the livingroom!
Postcards.
I’m going to design birthday postcards to mail for friends & family for 2009. I’ll use colours from colourlovers.com and typography. I’m thinking big and extra bold.
New wall decor.
New wall art! 3 wooden Ikea frames + 3 images from a Strathmore paper sample book.
Mouse in the garbage.
So our receptionist comes running upstairs “There’s something in my garbage rustling around!”
Mark and Joanne go running downstairs to see what it is. Mark yells up, “No mouse, it’s just the heat register making the noise.”
Not a second later we hear a scream, and sure enough… there’s a mouse bouncing around the bag! (insert laughing)
For Jenn.
Comments have been added.
Yay!
Lomography products. Too fun! →
Something new. From me to you.