Enter the raffle below for your chance to win a Tool Roll XL Pouch from Atlas46! The raffle will run from November 27nd to the 1st of December. The winner will be announced on the 1st on my Instagram feed as well as through the personal email of the winner. Enter now and good luck!
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This post is sponsored by Minted. All ideas and opinions are my own.
The countdown to Christmas is on and every year I make the same pledge to myself, get started early and take the time to find those unique gifts that deliver the authentic oohs and aahhs.
I’m not going to lie, it can be a daunting task to come up with the perfect gift especially when your scrambling from store-to-store wondering what your friends and family members really want or need.
This year, I’m changing the way I think about gift giving. A part of getting older is watching those around us begin their own lives, whether this is the start of a new and exciting career, a marriage or the birth of a first child. Choosing a gift that incorporates a special milestone in one’s life makes it all the more meaningful. Not to mention, it completely narrows down gift options for you to pick from.
Today, I collected a fun round up of trendy and sentimental gifts from one of my favourite online shops, Minted. I categorized gift ideas for some of those special milestone moments.
1. Personalized Printed Wedding Vows | 2. Reversible Round Placemats | 3. Dinner Napkin Set | 4. Personalized Love Frame
One of the most exciting parts of being newly married is moving into your first home and decorating together. If you’re looking to give a gift that is both creative and practical, give the couple something special to use in their home!
Commemorate their love by framing the most important part of the ceremony, their wedding vows, or maybe you have a great wedding photo of the happy couple. Share the love with this customizable frame.
Even if the couple has a fully furnished home, odds are, their dinning room accessories could always be kicked up a notch. Mix things up a bit with these super trendy reversible placemats and/or dinner napkin set.
1. Custom Footprint Foil Art | 2. Printed Pillow | 3. Printed Lampshade | 4. Joyful Custom Art
It’s a very special time when your loved ones start a family. Treat them to something they’ll treasure!
From heartwarming, personalized artwork (with a variety of frame options to choose from) to charming little accessories for the baby’s nursery. These are some gifts that you’ll be mighty proud to give.
1. Baby Animal Giraffe T-Shirt | 2. Children’s Custom Art | 3. Round Floor Pillow | 4. Play Tent
Treat the little ones on your list to presents they’ll use again and again. Whether this little kiddo likes to read, do art projects, put puzzles together, help create a special area just for them to do what they love.
Things such as play tents, floor pillows and art work personalized with their name can all help create a cozy little nook for years to come. Top it off with a special tee with their favourite animal.
1. Customizable Pinboard | 2. Custom Quote in Foil | 3. Heart Snapshot Mix | 4. Reusable Wine Bag
Graduation is an important moment in a person’s life. It signals the end of an era and the beginning of something new. Help the grad in your life celebrate with a gift that documents all their happy memories with this framed Heart Snapshot Mix or keep them motivated with their favourite inspirational quote.
So tell me about you?! Any holiday shopping goals this year? Are you an early shopper or a last-minute-gift-ninja? If you’re a person who thrives on the pressure of the hunt late in the game, I hope this gift guide will inspire you to get it done! Check out Minted for lots more great gifting ideas and be sure to take advantage of those upcoming Black Friday deals!
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Enter the raffle below for your chance to win a set of the Triton SuperJaws! The raffle will run from November 22nd to the 26th. The winner will be announced on the 26th on my Instagram channel as well as through the personal email of the winner. Enter now and good luck!
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Happy holidays guys and gals! I threw together a quick video to offer up some good gift suggestions for the handy person in your life! All of these suggestions are things I have come to love while working in my shop over the past 5 years or so. The products range from hearing protection to shop consumables to feet saving floor mats : ) . I’ve also thrown in a killer deal on a bundle of shop project plans for just $25 for FIVE sets of building plans to get you or your loved one going in the garage with building some functional “stuff”. You can them here! The marked down sale price from $41 to $25 amounts to a 61% holiday savings that you can use to put toward other gift ideas. Thanks for dropping in and have a wonderful holiday season!
– April
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Whether you’re looking for privacy, style, or both, it can be a daunting task to choose window treatments.
That’s why I was in no rush to change all the faux wood blinds that we inherited when we purchased our home. Almost every window in our home have these blinds and while they do the job just fine, there’s one thing I can’t stand about them—they’re just way too damn long! The slates bunch at the bottom.
I finally figured out a way to solve the problem. I learned how to shorten the blinds. It’s simple yet effective way for a custom fit. Here’s a step-by-step guide to show you what I did for this common issue.
Figure out how many slates you need to take out. By simply releasing and lowering the blinds fully, you can see how many slates you need to remove so when you put the bottom rail back, it sits flush with the window sill.
Grab the bottom rail and turn it over to remove the plugs from the bottom. You can pop them off by using a flathead screwdriver.
You will see a knot holding the plug in place. Use scissors and cut it off to allow the plug to come off the pull cord completely. The pull cord (which is the middle cord) should be completely loose.
Now for the fun part, remove all the extra slates (including the rail). Pull the cord you just cut, through the number of slats you need to remove. Slide that same number of slats out from the string ladders and set them aside. You should clearly see the ladder cord just hanging there now.
Take the original rail (bottom slate) and put it back at the desired height, which should be flush with the window sill.
Fish the pull string through the middle holes of the bottom rail. The ladder cords should just be dangling beneath the rail, cut both ladder cords approximately 6 in. below the new bottom slat. Leave the pull string as is for now.
Stuff any remaining ladder cord into the back side of the bottom rail (where the plug will be going into). Be sure that you don’t have too snug or too loose of a fit as it could affect the way your blinds will sit. Repeat for each side.
Secure your position by reinserting the plugs and seating the cords in the plug notches. Put a double knot in the pull string to keep it in place. You may need to play around to make sure all the strings are sitting straight.
Use scissors to cut the reminder of the pull cord.
There you have it, perfectly adjusted blinds for your windows!
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You may have seen these mini kitchens before, the IKEA DUKTIG is a popular choice when it comes to play kitchen’s. It’s stylish, affordable and makes for one heck of a good tweak.
Customizing this play set can be as simple as changing the colour palette or as complex as making elaborate changes. The sky’s the limit!
Here’s how we personalized our daughter, Olivia’s kitchen to match her adorable room.
With any IKEA piece, assembly is always required. I found it easiest to assemble the set into three pieces—the base, the countertop and the microwave top. This allows for easy painting without having to tape certain sections.
To make this kitchen seamlessly fit right into Olivia’s whimsical room decor, I chose the same paint colours from her bedroom. The base of the kitchen is pink and the top received a coat of white for a little added contrast.
Once your paint is dry you can finish assembling the rest of the kitchen.
Since the countertop receives the most wear and tear by Olivia. I left this as is. In my case, the natural wood works well in her room. I would not recommend paint, this will definitely chip over time. If you do want to dress up the countertop, either a stain or contact paper is the better choice.
All hooks, hardware, faucet, sink, oven trim and rod were spray painted in either gold or white. I also found some cute knobs to go above the oven which I drilled right into the wood.
Of course no kitchen is complete without a few cute accessories.
The wooden stool is another IKEA product which I painted, it belongs to Olivia’s reading nook which you can see more of here.
I foresee many years of play with this IKEA DUKTIG play kitchen. It’s sweet, soft (in colour), and exactly what I envisioned.
Have you created your own version of the DUKTIG play kitchen? Tag me in your photos, I would love to see!
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Part two of the Chicken Coop! This has been a really fun project and I am super happy to be wrapping it up. This week I’m walking you through how I built the trusses, how all of the panel material comes together and how the roofing material goes on. This stuff may seem daunting if you’re taking this on by yourself, but once you get in the groove of how it needs to be done, it’s really just a lot of repetitive work. Measure-Cut-Nail-Repeat lol. If you haven’t already, check out the video from last week to catch up by using this link. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Things I Used in This Project:
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