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On The Fifth Day of Christmas
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, five golden rings. I have often wondered why someone would ever give a gift of five golden rings. Seriously- one golden ring won’t cut it? Let’s...
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On The Sixth Day of Christmas
We managed to find way more than five golden rings, but “Geese a Laying” may be more of a challenge. How about we find six egg cups, instead! Let’s talk about egg cups and think about ways that we can...
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On The Seventh Day of Christmas
Tradition tells us that on the seventh day of Christmas, a true love shall give the other true love seven swans that are swimming, not eight or nine, but seven. It’s time to get jolly and sing a...
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On The Ninth Day of Christmas
Nine days into the 12 Days of Christmas, and look how far we have come: we have gone from Maids a Milking to Partridges in Pear Trees, and now we are at number nine! Oh what fun it will be to sing with...
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On The Tenth Day of Christmas
The ladies have danced and now the lords are leaping. Let’s get this tenth day of Christmas on the road with a little song, to the tune of the “12 Days of Christmas”. Sing along with me? On the tenth...
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On The Eleventh Day of Christmas
It’s day eleven and we are getting closer to Christmas! The countdown is almost over, the stockings are almost filled. Let’s make some music and close in on the twelfth day of Christmas with some of...
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On The Twelfth Day of Christmas
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! It’s time for the twelfth day of Christmas (this post has been highly anticipated, by you, I just know it to be true!). I want to say thank you for sticking with the 12...
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A New Resolution: Think Used
I love a good New Year’s resolution. Yes, they can be overdone and dull (who doesn’t want to lose a few pounds?) but they can also cause a paradigm shift by putting your attention into something...
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Most Popular Blog Posts of the Year
In 2013, there have been such a big number of excellent blog posts, and 10 of them have been by far the most popular. Let’s take a look at the top 10 UsedEverywhere.com blog posts of the year! 10. DIY...
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Have a New Year’s Resolution? Go Ahead and Fail
Image Source: Flickr user missmoney It’s well into January now. How are your New Year’s resolutions standing up? Have you failed yet? If you have, don’t fret because there is hope: Hope from failure...
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Creating new holiday traditions
Even though I’m not a religious person, the holidays still hold some magic. Maybe it’s because, regardless of my beliefs, they have symbolically become a time for family. People travel from far and...
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How to choose a gift for her
Three people have told me today what terrible gift buyers their male partners are. Guys, get it together. It doesn’t need to be this way. As an expert gift buyer – no really – let me help you out....
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Christmas for the man in your life: giving the gift of awesome
My compatriot here at the UsedEverywhere.com blog, Amber Bosma, put together a little article for men, offering gift-buying advice for the women in their lives. Not one to shy away from a challenge, I...
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How to update your Christmas décor affordably
Anyone else feeling a little anti-stuff? I’m not sure if it’s a stage I’ve reached or something that has come from specific experiences, but as I get older I find myself feeling less pulled to...
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Our UsedHQ Christmas cookie exchange (includes recipes)
We recently had our first Christmas cookie exchange here at the UsedEverywhere.com HQ. Our Marketing Director, Lacey, brought this tradition to us from her last place of work alongside a tried and...
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Why use gift wrap when you can use…
There are so many fun alternatives to traditional Christmas gift wrapping paper. Why not be a little bit less boring this year (no offense, but most of us are a little bit more boring than we need to...
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Proving Santa
Image Source: Flickr user jprice325 Is the idea of Santa Claus really that extraordinary? Isn’t he just a man who lives up north and makes toys in a workshop? Isn’t this pretty much the day-to-day...
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What your recycling depot doesn’t want to see this Christmas
I’ve toured many local recycling depots over the years working on our UsedVancouver.com car seat recycling campaigns and always gravitate to the people that work there. People that work at a recycling...
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Eco-friendly upcycled Christmas tree decor
This year all of our UsedEverywhere.com Christmas tree decorations are repurposed from other items. Nothing on our tree is new and we have saved many items from the trash can. We’ve upcycled old...
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You can’t have too many upcycled Christmas crafts
Our award-winning tree is decorated with upcycled Christmas decorations this year. Not one piece is new! We rescued plastic bottles from the trash, vintage books from the landfill and gave old scrappy...
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