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University of Illinois Extension Creating simple, homemade bird feeders is a great way to support feathered friends during the cold winter months when food sources are scarce. It also allows us to be creative, resourceful, and engage with nature while stuck indoors. Make your backyard more wildlife-friendly by making […] Click here to view original […]

Sweet Home woman launches business to honor family legacies Renita Sews proprietor Renita Cohen displays a selection of Memory Bears she recently finished for a former colleague. Sarah Brown Walking through the coral-colored door at 1228 Main St., it’s clear that Renita Sews proprietor Renita Cohen has a flair […] Click here to view original […]

Sewing is an art that has been lost amongst kids . Where it used to be taught along with cooking and cleaning in generations past, it is no longer thought to be a critical life skill to master. As such, being able to do something as simple as threading […] Click here to view original […]

Fiona Alexander The detrimental environmental effects of the fashion industry and the culture of fast fashion are widely acknowledged with more greenhouse gases than aviation and shipping combined, a truckload of textiles landfilled or burned every second, our oceans polluted with plastic microfibres from synthetic clothes and the human […] Click here to view original […]

Hair scrunchies have made a comeback and Orillia teen entrepreneur Breenah McGinnis grabbed hold of the opportunity. The 14-year-old has sold about 700 of the eye-catching hair ties since she started her business — Breenah’s Scrunchies — around April 2020. “So many people have loved them so much they […] Click here to view original […]

We celebrated National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day with fun outfits, a pizza inspired by the day and even ugly chairs too. Wendy Conklin is the woman behind Chair Whimsy, who takes some of the ugliest chairs anywhere and turns them into a whimsical and practical works of art. She’s […] Click here to view original […]