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Miniature Dollhouse Printables - Summer Fun

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Miniature printables with a summer theme.      Ice Cream Truck - This site run by Parents magazine has so many sweet printables and activities for kids including this adorable Ice Cream Truck. Picnic Baskets Check out this fairy garden with a Circus theme Click here for a really cute Flag Holder

Genealogy - Canada - Manitoulin Island Residents 1838

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Found these notes in an old binder from when I was researching the Tobermory area. I believe these are from Manitoulin Church Records

May Shop update

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May 18th Shop update - I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. I'm starting to list miniatures this week in my eBay store.  I'm still a little nervous about shipping delays but letter mail service seems to be improving so fingers crossed :)

1918 Spanish Flu Clippings

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Newspaper clippings from 1918 Most of these are from The Greater Toronto Region and Ontario 

Toilet Paper Scrapbook embellishments using a Sizzix Big Shot

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If you are a scrapbooker/crafter you have probably heard of the Sizzix Big shot series. If you haven't, it is basically a machine that embosses and cuts out shapes using metal dies and plates I don't own one ( I have a mini version) but my mother does and she is forever making the coolest little embellishments using a wide variety of household paper. Can you guess what kind of paper she used this week? Yep! Toilet paper.   Everything in this photo was made with TP  The square was made with embossing plates and the cats are made with metal dies. Embellishments using toilet paper Die-Cut Toilet Paper Embellishments  Big Shot Kick Machine I got a chance to play with it last month before the world shut down and did some experimenting with magazine sheets. The glossy pages make the embossing "pop" similar to using tinfoil or metallic craft paper.         For this one, I found a magazine sheet with a grass pattern and used a metal