Another year of Pimp That Preserve is over! I want to send a giant thank you to all of you who participated – giant thanks to you for decorating jars, voting, sharing and cheering each other on. I`m particularilly proud of how this community supports one another and saw plenty of `competitors`openly voting for other [...]
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Pimp That Preserve 2011 is Over… Time for Prizes!
Posted in Pimp That Preserve on December 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Pimp That Preserve – Only 2 More Days of Voting!
Posted in Pimp That Preserve on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Have you voted yet? We have really been blown away by the response to this years “Pimp That Preserve” – more than 1,000 votes were casted in the first 24 hours. If you haven’t had your say, pop on over to FaceBook (you have to have an account to vote but anyone can view the pictures) [...]
Pimp That Preserve 2011 – Voting begins!
Posted in Pimp That Preserve on December 13, 2011 | 7 Comments »
We have just finished posting and labeling more than 60 pictures of entries for this years contest (if yours is somehow missing, which it shouldn’t be, send us an email – wearewellpreserved@elevenideas.ca and we’ll look into it as soon as we can)! There are some details for entrants at the very bottom of this post. [...]
Pimp that Preserve – Ideas (Honey Ginger Cordial)
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Well here it is! our last one…no shortage of ideas this year..just a shortage of time to have fun doing them. Once you get going…it’s tough to stop…but preserves make great gifts all year! This one feels a bit summer-y. Joel made Honey Ginger Cordial…we keep it in a big mason jar in the fridge, [...]
Pimp that Preserve -Ideas (Pickled Garlic)
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
We made tonnes of pickled garlic for this years Slow Food Picnic at the Evergreen Brickworks. It was also our contribution to “We Sure Can” – Sarah B. Hood’s fantastic book (and one of the prizes!). We’ve been bringing it to dinner parties and dressing it up for the past few months so I wanted [...]
Pimp that Preserve – Jar decorating Ideas (Tomato Sauce)
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Here’s our second attempt at ‘Pimpin’. If you missed the first one Chili Peppers you can check it out here. If you read the blog regularly you’ll know that we do a BIG batch of tomato sauce every year with Joel’s parents. It’s a staple in our house and we don’t give it away much [...]
Pimp that Preserve – Ideas
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s our 3rd idea for ‘Pimpin’ – Peaches… Giving your peaches will be a nice reminder of summer, that’s why I went bright and fun with this one. again with the red spraypaint on the lid ring (hey, if you’re going to do one, might as well do a few and some of ours are [...]
Pimp that Preserve 2011 – Jar Decorating Ideas
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We’re getting LOTS of entries…which is awesome. Truth be told I extended the deadline last year because we were short of entries until the last second! So we’re pretty excited by what we’ve seen so far and can’t wait to get the voting started over on the facebook page next week. Reminder: the deadline for [...]
Pimp that Preserve…contest!
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged christmas, DIY, gifts, hanukkah, holiday, homemade gifts, Pickling, pimp that preserve, preserve gifts, preserves, preserving, wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 9, 2010 | 19 Comments »
***I’m working on a post to announce the winner…but if you want a preview…head on over to our Facebook page! (it’s in the photos)*** We received so many great ideas for Pimpin’ Preserves, I think a lot of people are going to be happy to get some stylish looking edible gifts this Holiday season…so without [...]
Pimp that Preserve ~ inspiration 6
Posted in Pimp That Preserve, tagged wellpreservedpimpsthatpreserve on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m in the process of going through all the entries and setting up the post for voting! Lots of fantastic contributions. I thought I’d post one last inspiration piece….from my mom. I was visiting my parents while Joel was in Scotland, and spent time up there pimpin’ some preserves and mom wanted in on the [...]
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