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Back to School with Mabel’s Labels

August 23, 2016/in Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

Back to School with Mabel’s Labels *This post contains affiliate links. which means I may receive a (very) small commission if you click a link and purchase something. While I wish these commissions were enough to take us to Wales, they’re really how I pay the fees to keep this site up and running. All […]

Maud Lewis Replica House in Digby

August 22, 2016/in Museums /by ValleyFamilyFun

Maud Lewis Replica House, Digby Maud Lewis is probably one of the best known folk artists in Canada. Maude was born in 1903 in South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia but she lived most of her life with her husband Everett Lewis in Marshalltown, Digby County, Nova Scotia. Read a biography of Maud Lewis here. […]

Back to School with Mabel’s Labels

August 23, 2016/in Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

Maud Lewis Replica House in Digby

August 22, 2016/in Museums /by ValleyFamilyFun

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Back to School with Mabel’s Labels

August 23, 2016/in Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

Back to School with Mabel’s Labels

*This post contains affiliate links. which means I may receive a (very) small commission if you click a link and purchase something. While I wish these commissions were enough to take us to Wales, they’re really how I pay the fees to keep this site up and running. All opinions are my own. Trust me. I have a lot of them. Thanks so much for your support!*

Do you know how many times I used to spend digging through the lost and found bins at the school? I have lost count. It’s a lot.

Each week I would trot into school with a list in hand, dump the bins on the floor in the hallway and start my search. Mittens, coats, lunch boxes, one shoe (how do you lose one shoe?), and the list goes on.

Thank goodness everything was labeled with Mabel’s Labels!

Having everything labeled makes finding things a lot easier! And for kids who aren’t so distracted as mine, it helps them to keep their things together!

Before my kids started school, friends told me I had to buy Mabel’s Labels. Being a newbie at this school thing, I listened.

Mabel’s Labels are great stickers that are designed to stick to everything. They are colourful stickers with a design (you pick the colour scheme and the graphic to go on them).

They are even dishwasher safe! I personally prefer the School Combo kit as they come in all shapes and sizes – including ones to fit in shoes!

I received my newest kit in the mail and have already labeled their gear for the coming year.

My Tips:

1. Buy Mabel’s Labels

2. Stick them on everything your child takes to school

3. Just put on your last name (unless it’s a super common name!). This way, you can use the stickers for more than one child, or if you are lucky to pass it on to the next child, it will still have the correct label on it.

4. Order now so they are here before school starts.

New Back To School Designer Label Pack from Mabel’s Labels is Here!

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Maud Lewis Replica House in Digby

August 22, 2016/in Museums /by ValleyFamilyFun

Maud Lewis Replica House, Digby

Maud Lewis is probably one of the best known folk artists in Canada.

Maude was born in 1903 in South Ohio, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia but she lived most of her life with her husband Everett Lewis in Marshalltown, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Read a biography of Maud Lewis here.

On the site of where here house stood is now a replica house. It is the same size as her original house!

Everything was in one room, except for a sleeping loft above one end of the house.

The original house has been moved and is on permanent display at the Nova Scotia Art Gallery in Halifax.

At this site, there are also some beautiful gardens and several information panels telling Maud Lewis’ story.

My father grew up in Digby and met Maud Lewis many times. He would often come here to this house to buy rabbits from Maud’s husband, Everett.

Here, he tells the story of being in the original house (sorry about the wind!).

Location

The Maud Lewis replica house and memorial site is located about 3 minutes past Exit 26 on Highway 101 in Marshall Town. It is on the right side of the road, heading towards Digby.

It is open year round. There is no admission.

It takes about 15 minutes to fully visit the site and read the panels.

The next time you are going to or by Digby, take time to stop to visit the Maud Lewis memorial site. See where great art was created!

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Back to School with Mabel’s Labels

Mabel’s Labels are great stickers that are designed to stick to everything. They are colourful stickers with a design (you pick the colour scheme and the graphic to go on them).

My Tips:

Maud Lewis Replica House, Digby

Location

The next time you are going to or by Digby, take time to stop to visit the Maud Lewis memorial site. See where great art was created!

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