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Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook

July 26, 2017/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook Disclosure: Our family received an ice cream treat in exchange for this blog post. It was 30c outside and we weren’t about to say no! All opinions are our own. Nothing says HELLO SUMMER better than stopping on a cool day to get an ice cream! […]

From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips!

July 24, 2017/in Community, Craft /by ValleyFamilyFun

From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips! #ECMFleaMarketFlip Today I’m participating in an ECM Blog Hop called #ECMFleaMarketFlip. After you read my post be sure to click over to some of the other blog posts linked at the bottom for more fun ideas on how to repurpose your flea market finds! I am not […]

Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook

July 26, 2017/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips!

July 24, 2017/in Community, Craft /by ValleyFamilyFun

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Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook

July 26, 2017/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook

Disclosure: Our family received an ice cream treat in exchange for this blog post. It was 30c outside and we weren’t about to say no! All opinions are our own.

Nothing says HELLO SUMMER better than stopping on a cool day to get an ice cream!

If you want a convenient spot, with lots of choices, places to sit down in the shade and terrific staff, then make Callister’s new Ice Cream Parlour your choice!

When we were kids growing up in the Valley, one of our favourite things to do as a family was to go to the picnic park in Coldbrook and then go next door to Scotian Gold for an ice cream.

Did you know that Scotian Gold sold all their ice cream supplies to Callister’s when they closed down their ice cream shop?

Now, we can still carry on the tradition of a great family adventure in Coldbrook!

I first learned all about Callister’s new ice cream parlour when I interviewed the owner Leighanna Melvin for an article I wrote in the Advertiser.

Read Interview Here

Leighanna always wanted to have an ice cream parlour as part of the restaurant, and she says everything fell into place from buying the supplies from Scotian Gold to purchasing the building so they were allowed to do renovations.

With the stars aligned, in the summer of 2017, Callister’s built on a massive deck and built their own ice cream parlour! You can see it from the road now, and it’s obvious that it’s a great place to stop for an ice cream!

Besides the super-friendly staff, the small touches is what makes this place great.

On a hot day there are lots of places to sit in the shade.

On a cool evening, Callister’s has yard games that you can grab and use on the back lawn! Washer toss and Yardtzee! I can’t wait to try that one when it’s not so hot!

The ice cream parlour has more than 40 flavours of Farmers’ ice cream, soft serve, banana splits sundaes and more.

Leighanna says they are still working on the menu so if anyone has any suggestions of things they would like to see, they would love to hear about it.

The next time you are driving the thoroughfare through Coldbrook, or having a family picnic, be sure to stop at Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour for a treat!

Support a great local business and cool off in the meantime!

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From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips!

July 24, 2017/in Community, Craft /by ValleyFamilyFun

From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips! #ECMFleaMarketFlip

Today I’m participating in an ECM Blog Hop called #ECMFleaMarketFlip. After you read my post be sure to click over to some of the other blog posts linked at the bottom for more fun ideas on how to repurpose your flea market finds!

I am not a crafty person and I am not very handy with tools. Luckily for me, my husband is!

I get an idea and he “willingly” helps me bring it to fruition.

Here are 3 of our favourite projects that we made using the philosophy

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure

Laundry Rack

I can’t even remember where this idea came from, but we were redoing our laundry room and I needed a fold-up rack.

We found an old crib on the side of the road on big garbage day, and my husband turned it into the perfect drying rack!

INSTRUCTIONS HERE

2. Libraries

Then, I got involved in another community project – this time I volunteered our family to build a wee free library in our town!

We headed to our local recycling shop, the Re Used shop in New Minas who donated a book case to our cause.

My husband built turned it on its side, built a roof and doors then the kids painted it.

Then, voila! it was a community library that lasted for over 2 years, until it finally had to be replaced to keep up with the constant use!

HOW TO MAKE A COMMUNITY LIBRARY FROM A BOOK CASE

3. Love

I love to have family photos up around the house. We’ve created a few unique displays, all from old windows we found for free during big garbage day!

With the long windows we cut a piece of plywood that was the same size of the window, and painted it a neutral colour. I printed off the photos, and we used spray glue to attach them to the wood.

Nail it all together, and you have an interesting way to display photos!

We did something similar in our laundry room. We found an old square window. I asked everyone in my family to take a typical laundry picture. It could be anything! Then, I displayed each picture in one of the squares, making the back of the frame as we did above.

It can be fun coming up with new ways to repurpose your flea market finds! Especially if you have someone handy in the house!

Be sure to check out some of these other great ideas from these awesome East Coast Bloggers!

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Cool off with Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour in Coldbrook

If you want a convenient spot, with lots of choices, places to sit down in the shade and terrific staff, then make Callister’s new Ice Cream Parlour your choice!

The next time you are driving the thoroughfare through Coldbrook, or having a family picnic, be sure to stop at Callister’s Ice Cream Parlour for a treat!

Support a great local business and cool off in the meantime!

From Laundry to Libraries and Love: Flea Market Furniture Flips! #ECMFleaMarketFlip

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure

Laundry Rack

2. Libraries

3. Love

Be sure to check out some of these other great ideas from these awesome East Coast Bloggers!

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