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Rebus Word Puzzles — July 19 – July 25

July 19, 2013 | Christine | Comments (21)

Hi everyone! Posted below are this week's 5 rebus word puzzles. Read through them and try to guess what sayings are hidden there. Whoever is the first to make the closest guess for all 5 puzzles will win a prize and winners will be announced next Thursday. 1. √ STICK X ← 2. talk 3.      WORLD       […]

The Curse of the Pink Yarn

July 16, 2013 | Christine | Comments (7)

Do you have skeins of yarn in your stash that you have absolutely no idea what you’re going to make with them? Do you have a couple that you really question your own sanity about, as in what possessed you to buy that yarn, knowing full well that it couldn’t be used for very many […]

Riddle Contest — July 13 – July 19

July 13, 2013 | Christine | Comments (24)

Hey everyone! Posted below are the 5 riddles for this week. Read through them and try to guess what they are. Whoever makes the closest guess for all 5 riddles will win a prize and the winner will be announced next Friday. 1. What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill […]

Rebus Word Puzzles — July 12 – July 18

July 12, 2013 | Christine | Comments (20)

Hi everyone! Posted below are this week's 5 rebus word puzzles. Read through them and try to guess what sayings are hidden there. Whoever is the first to make the closest guess for all 5 puzzles will win a prize and winners will be announced next Thursday. 1. O_ER_T_O_ 2.                    QUITE 3. 381SAFETY964 4. CC 5. SMOKE         G Any guesses? […]

Miniature Crafts for Odds and Ends

July 9, 2013 | Christine | Comments (17)

Crafting is, in my opinon, one of those things that can be done using a wide variety of materials and on a variety of different scales. It can be as big as painting a mural, or something much, much smaller, like a brooch made out of some favourite buttons or scraps of yarn felted together […]

Teen Summer Read! @ Thorncliffe Branch

July 8, 2013 | Christine | Comments (0)

Join the Thorncliffe Branch and TNO Youth's summer book club aimed specifically at teens! Get together with your peers to discuss some of the hottest books out there, as well as some of your personal favourites. Who?: All teens ages 12 to 18When?: 2 to 3 pm on Saturdays July 13 & 27, August 10 […]

Word Out Event: Zine Machine for Teens and Tweens!

July 8, 2013 | Christine | Comments (0)

Hey ya'll teens and tweens! Broken Pencil invites you to Zine Machine!  A no-sweat-workshop where you'll learn how to turn crap into great literary works of art! How? Using a miscellany of materials, we'll explore cut'n'paste collage techniques and black-out writing to create rough and roguish pieces of ingeniousness, just how we like our zines. What's […]

Riddle Contest — July 6 – July 12

July 6, 2013 | Christine | Comments (32)

Hey everyone! Posted below are the 5 riddles for this week. Read through them and try to guess what they are. Whoever makes the closest guess for all 5 riddles will win a prize and winners will be announced next Friday. 1. A creature that is born first and gets its legs later. 2. Who is it that rows […]

Awesome Event: Meet Amanda Sun, Author of INK

July 5, 2013 | Christine | Comments (0)

Meet Amanda Sun, author of a thrilling new YA Paranormal series set in Japan, as she signs INK, book one of The Paper Gods. When?: Saturday July 6, 12pm Where?: Indigo Yorkdale              3401 Dufferin Street, Unit #29              Toronto, ON  For more information call: (416)-781-6660    

Rebus Word Puzzles — July 5 – July 11

July 5, 2013 | Christine | Comments (27)

Hi everyone! Posted below are this week's 5 rebus word puzzles. Read through them and try to guess what sayings are hidden there. Whoever is the first to make the closest guess for all 5 puzzles will win a prize and winners will be announced next Thursday. 1. PERSON | ALITY 2. C  C  C  C  C 3. HOROBOD […]