Just a Smidgen » DIY https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY xo Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:35:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 A Prairie Calico Nightie https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/05/prairie-vintage-nightie/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/05/prairie-vintage-nightie/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:50:20 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19412 Remember when I found this bolt of fabric.. raw materials transform with creative hands. Don’t you love that moment when you discover that you can take something from your imagination and make it real? ♥ First you need the pattern  { the plan } then your fabric  { imagination } of course this fabric is […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/05/prairie-vintage-nightie/feed/ 14 Free Printable Valentine’s Day Recipe Cards https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/02/free-printable-valentines-recipe-cards/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/02/free-printable-valentines-recipe-cards/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:35:18 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19372 It’s that time of the year when little ones bake special Valentine’s Day Cookies for their classmates. Wee cards filled with hearts and Cupid’s arrows have those little messages of friendship and are being filled out and sealed for delivery. ♥ I thought I’d share one of my favorite Sugar Cookie recipes, you can bake […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/02/free-printable-valentines-recipe-cards/feed/ 19 Free Personalized Cloud Art https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/01/cloud-art/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/01/cloud-art/#comments Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:24:24 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19269 I love sharing with you! You might be a fan of cloud art.. you know.. those pretty shapes that are constructed completely out of words. Like this one ~   ♥ Now, you could copy mine, cut it out and frame it.. by why would you? When you can make your own! Now, wouldn’t this […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/01/cloud-art/feed/ 14 Bella’s Biscuits ~ Homemade Dog Treats https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/25/bellas-biscuits-homemade-dog-treats/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/25/bellas-biscuits-homemade-dog-treats/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:51:58 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19180  Magical dog-leash romps through frosted streets and princess crystal iced trees.. clear sailing ahead! Nothing could be more “Canadian” than a winter day like this! Thick flocked fences lined our streets that morning.. I love hoar frost! In Calgary, we often are gifted this beautiful visual experience due to warmer Chinook winds colliding with our […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/25/bellas-biscuits-homemade-dog-treats/feed/ 18 I Heart Valentine’s Day and Some News https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:10:51 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19134 It’s no surprise to most of you that I love hearts.. { like these Blushing Marshmallow Hearts } Soon it will be Valentine’s Day.. I’ll never forget the packages of Valentine’s my students brought to Kindergarten, each one signed in pencil and stashed into their friend’s heart-shaped pouch. ♥ I wanted to look back at […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/feed/ 33 Just a Smidgen 2013 https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:33:13 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18883 In addition to the Top 10 viewed Crafts, DIY and Recipes, here are Smidge’s favorite much-loved posts from Just a Smidgen 2013! January Red Velvet Chambord Surprise ♡ Cake with Ruffled Frosting Sweetheart Rose Petal Soaps DIY Blushing Marshmallow Hearts February Spring Pastel Layer Cake SweetAmbs Brush Embroidery Cookies March Spring Festivus Spring Anenome Cupcakes […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/feed/ 3 New Moon Simmer Pots https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/01/new-moon-simmer-pots/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/01/new-moon-simmer-pots/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:53:43 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18846 Today is January 1st 2014 and there is a New Moon today.. at 4:14 am ♥   It is a Supermoon, one that occurs twice in January. On January 1st and 30th the moon will be closest to the earth. It is rare to have two Supermoons in one month, it won’t happen again until […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/01/new-moon-simmer-pots/feed/ 21 Top 10 DIY and Crafts for 2013 https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/30/top-10-diy-and-crafts-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/30/top-10-diy-and-crafts-2013/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:00:36 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18871   I had as much fun crafting as I did baking and cooking in 2013! Here are your favorites, the Top 10 DIY and Crafts from last year.. my Vintage Christmas Wreath really wanted to be included, but to be fair, selection was made only from  the top 10 projects of 2013. Number 10 I […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/30/top-10-diy-and-crafts-2013/feed/ 16 Hipstagram Polaroid Gift Tags https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/21/hipstagram-polaroid-gift-tags/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/21/hipstagram-polaroid-gift-tags/#comments Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:01:25 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18799 They say.. There is nothing new under the sun! ♥ So, just when you think of something that is totally awesome and completely original, like these Hipstagram Polaroid Gift Tags.. you Google it and { most of the time } someone else on our planet of 7,132,214,160.. and counting has already thought of it { […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/14/silver-gold-christmas-tablescape/feed/ 17 2014 Desk Calendar https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:06:48 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18688 I really had fun making these little desktop calendars as Christmas gifts for 2013.. { if you’re my friend.. look away! } ♥ I was going to wait to show you these but thought some of you might want to have a go at making these { as gifts for your friends! } ♥ You […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/feed/ 11 Angel Advent Calendar https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/26/angel-advent-calendar/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/26/angel-advent-calendar/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:21:18 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18188 Advent Calendars have always been an exciting way to count down the days until Christmas in our home. In the early days the children would open little doors to find a chocolate shaped like a Christmas symbol inside. As they got older, we’d count down the days on a holiday chalkboard, much like the early […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/26/angel-advent-calendar/feed/ 32 Wintery Snow Feather Christmas Trees https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/23/wintery-snow-feather-trees/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/23/wintery-snow-feather-trees/#comments Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:56:24 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18165 If you haven’t been to Rubaiyat I highly recommend picking up a Gingerbread Latté and spending an afternoon admiring their displays. ♥ It’s a fantasy wonderland with so many vignettes.. it’s truly the Disneyland of Christmas in Calgary. ♥ They have an automated white Siberian Tiger that turns his head.. and crystal icicles sparkling everywhere […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/23/wintery-snow-feather-trees/feed/ 27 A Charming Christmas Wreath https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/19/charming-christmas-wreath/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/19/charming-christmas-wreath/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:10:19 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18120     This Christmas wreath took me a week to make, our little “Tomboy”, Bella seems to have attached herself to us and won’t be left for a second. It’s tough trying to use wires and a glue gun whilst holding a puppy, playing fetch and going for walks. { But she is so dang […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/19/charming-christmas-wreath/feed/ 39 In Flanders Fields https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/11/flanders-fields/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/11/flanders-fields/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:53:05 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18014 In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow       Between the crosses, row on row,    That mark our place; and in the sky    The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,    Loved and were loved, and now […]

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