Ingredients: 2 1/2 lbs. chicken wings or drumsticks (1 kg) 4 oz. maple syrup (125 ml) 5 T. chili sauce (80 ml) 1 small onion, chopped 2 T. cider vinegar (30 ml) 1 T. mustard (15 ml) 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce (5 ml) Instructions:  Combine all ingredients except the chicken and pour this over the [...]

It’s maple syrup week here at the Tearoom!  The sap is running here in Ontario, Canada so it seemed like an ideal time to share some of my favourite maple syrup recipes.  Here’s a video showing you a typical “sugaring off” party: This maple mustard chicken is a hit with family and friends. Ingredients: 2 [...]

Love love love this chandelier made from plastic bottles! http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/03/make-a-recycled-plastic-chandelier/ How about fish made from bottles? http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/bottle-fish.shtml Making beads from plastic bottles! So cool! http://www.threadbanger.com/post/1897/how-to-make-beads-from-old-plastic-bottles They call these May Day baskets made from bottles but I think they’d make GREAT Easter baskets too! http://www.babycenter.com/210_plastic-bottle-may-basket_6163.bc A bottle vase http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2009/03/plastic-bottle-vase/ A coin purse made from bottles…what an [...]

  Koolaid dyeing of wool done in the microwave http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Koolaid-Microwave-Wool-Dye-Technique/ Koolaid Dyed Eggs http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Kool-Aid-Hard-Boiled-Eggs/ Another idea for stovetop Koolaid dyeing http://www.instructables.com/id/Stovetop-Kool-aid-Dying-using-Alum-as-an-modant/ Painting on snow using Koolaid http://www.instructables.com/id/Snow-Graffiti-Protest-with-Kool-Aid/ An unusual idea making beads out of felted pet hair (umm okkkkk) and dyeing them with Koolaid http://www.instructables.com/id/Felted-Pet-Hair-Beads/ Tie dyeing with Koolaid http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/drinkmix.shtml http://www.epilogsys.com/ScoutingWeb/SubPages/KoolAid.htm Dye your hair with [...]

I realized when I put up my last post about my water bottle bracelets I forgot to include this one and it’s one of my favourites!  Again, it’s a work in progress as I haven’t finished off the inside of it and am wondering if it needs some other little touch.  For this bracelet, I [...]

Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked pasta (I like to use bowties for this) 2-3 cups vegetables (peas, chopped green beans, chopped spinach, chopped asparagus, and chopped broccoli are all good choices here – any of these or a combination – you can use fresh or frozen – for the peas, you can use canned but if [...]

A friend of mine several years ago made some really cute magnetic photo frames.  She used pieces of metal for the base and then coiled up pieces of wire and attached magnetic tape to them to use as the magnets that will hold the photos in place.  Four of these magnets (one for each corner [...]

Here are my latest versions of the water bottle bracelets: This bracelet was made with some of my Koolaid dyed fabric again.  I wrapped the plastic cut from the bottle with some quilt batting to add dimension.  I tore the fabric into strips and wrapped them around the batting covered bracelet blank.  This time I [...]

I plan to do some more Koolaid dyeing but found a box of Easter egg dyes that I bought on clearance last year and decided to try them out first.  I had heard of people having good luck with these dyes as well and I wanted to see if there was any substantial difference between [...]

It really is such a delight to go to the mailbox and find a little piece of art there.  (and this one was extra special as it arrived on my birthday!) This one is from Marieke in the Netherlands! So pretty!