Breville Quick Touch Crisp Smart Cook Feature

We enjoy using the Breville Quick Touch Crisp microwave on a regular basis, and find its unique features handy. The Smart Cook options allow us to prepare meals or setup ingredients for recipes easily.

Inspiring Sewing Books

Learning the craft of sewing is lots of fun, as it gives us the creative freedom to sew our own clothes and home décor pieces. I recently checked out a few books and found some of these useful and inspiring. 

BigSteelBox A Solution for Storage During Renovations and Moving

In the past few years, we've done a number of different renovations around the home and most recently renovated our basement, bathroom and kitchen. When undertaking these big scale home renovation projects, it can become quite stressful when living in the same space. Clearing the space helps, but finding additional space to store the items can be difficult. We also found everything in the home gets covered with fine dust, which means we need to constantly clean up; so, having lots of things around doesn’t make it easy. In our experience, we felt when the space is not cleared the furniture and belongings get in the way and become a hassle, and it is hard to envision the full potential of the space.

Crocheting Motifs following the Granny Square Book

The Granny Square Book, Second Edition: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square has 100 Motifs and 25 All New Projects. Since first published in 2011, The Granny Square Book has instructed and inspired crocheters to make and create beautiful, stylish projects with these classic motifs.

Learning Correct Methods of Pruning and Training

Plants require a little more T.L.C. than the removal of dead, diseased and damaged wood to be in good health. Pruning and training a plant correctly helps keep it healthy and eliminate problems such as structural weakness and disease. 

Stepping Out in Style with Skechers Sandals

This post is in partnership with Skechers Canada.

Both boys and men will love the features in the Skechers fisherman style sandals. The Relix sandal for boys and Men's Connor sandals have the high traction, flexible rubber trail style outsoles. The traction in the sandals make it suitable to wear for adventures in the park and by the pool. 

Bright and Thoughtful Gifts for Moms from Hallmark

What I love about giving or receiving Hallmark gifts is the touch of thoughtfulness and care in them! The Catalina Estrada collection of Hallmark products geared for females in your life are bright, vibrant everyday items that they will enjoy. I like the detailed art work in the design that brings the cheeriness of springtime to life. The selection includes items such as...

Cleaning Made Easy with OxiClean™

I have been using OxiClean™ products to remove stains from a variety of surfaces in our home. When you do deep cleaning in your home from removing hard stains, cleaning dishes and glassware to deodorizing the cat litter OxiClean™ products will come in handy. These products are available at retailers across Canada. 

Our Experience of Stars On Ice

We enjoyed a rainy evening watching the performance of Stars On Ice 2017 at the Air Canada Centre. The dates of the show were changed from the original Friday evening to Thursday due to the Raptors game. We love watching the artistic, creative performance by the cast of Stars On Ice. The costumes, the excellent ice skating techniques, dazzling movements in the ice and music are wonderful to watch for adults and children.

Help Your Body Cool Down this Summer with Hans Dairy Products

My grandma always reminds me about the ample benefits of yogurt; for example it helps cool our body, strengthen the immune system, and aids digestion. In our family, we have lots of yogurt in different forms - from making side dishes like raita, or including it in beverages and desserts to adding it to meals when we cook and bake.