Picnic in a Mason Jar for Two by Tonia Larson

Warm weather has finally arrived, the grass is turning green and it’s the perfect time to have a picnic! Since I love mason jars, I challenged myself to see if I could assemble a picnic in a jar for two. What I ended up with was a mason jar filled with all of the food and a wire basket containing the beverages and cutlery.

To assemble your own picnic, start with a small basket that is divided into sections. Since the bottom of the basket is uneven, cut a piece of sturdy foam core board so that it is a little bit smaller than the bottom of the basket. Carefully insert the piece of foam core board so that that bottom of the basket is now level.

Gather prepackaged, mini food items such as summer sausage, tomato and basil cheese and chocolate hazelnut spread in mini jars. I couldn’t find small packages of all of the items. So, I wrapped plastic wrap around the pretzel sticks, caramel cookie wafers and crackers and secured it with a piece of tape.

Slowly add all of the items to a large mason jar, fitting the pieces together like a puzzle. Here is a look from all the sides of the jar so you can see how everything fit inside.

To decorate the mason jar lid, wrap a cupcake liner over the lid and put the band over it. Pieces of washi tape on wooden disposable wood cutlery gives it a cheerful look. Add some matching napkins and paper straws.

Place the napkins, paper straws and decorated cutlery in two small glass jars, one for each person, so that they are contained in the basket. Add two slim cans of sparkling water or your favorite beverage. Place the beverages and the utensils on one side of the basket and the mason jar on the other.

Grab a picnic blanket and you are ready to go! This would also make a fun gift to give to a couple so that they could go on a picnic date.

Photo credit: Tonia Larson

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DIY Five-Minute Stocking by Amy Sinibaldi

Just five minutes to make a sweet little stocking? Yes please, because the holidays are busy, busy, busy, and it’s so fun to start a craft that you can finish in five minutes flat. Download the DIY instruction and template page here. It looks like this:

Things You’ll Need

• Felt, including scraps for leaves and berries (I highly recommend wool felt)
• Scissors (straight and decorative fabric shears)
• Glue stick
• Disappearing-ink pen
• Crochet, lace or ribbon trim
• Needle
• Decorative floss
• Button
• Twine

Step 1: Print out the PDF, and lightly adhere the template portion of the page to a cereal box, manilla folder or other light cardboard. Cut out the templates.

Step 2: Place the stocking template on felt, and trace with your choice of disappearing ink pen. (Really do yourself a favor and go to the office supply store for a Pilot Frixion pen.  You’ll love, love, love it.  Write on anything, and with just a touch of a hot iron, the marks disappear.)

Step 3: Sew the crochet trim, lace or ribbon onto your stocking outline, 1/2 inch down from the top of the stocking.

Step 4: Place a second layer of felt beneath the traced felt and sew along the traced line around the edge of the stocking, backstitching at the beginning and end of your stitches.

Step 5: Cut out the stocking, a scant 1/8 inch from the stitch line and straight across the top of the stocking (or use decorative scissors, being extra careful not to cut into the stitches.)

Step 6: Decorate your stocking with felt leaves and berries and colored embroidery floss in complementary colors. Last, add a button to the front and tie a hanging loop out of twine.

It’s just that easy. And now I finally have a matching set of stockings for my family.  They’re mini stockings but perfectly sized to hold a few chocolates, a lip gloss, a gift card or any of those tiny extras that might get lost under the tree. If I find the time, I’m going to spend five more minutes on each stocking by adding a monogram. Maybe with sequins. Happy Holidays, my friends!

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Why Super Visa Health Insurance Is Important

By Rajesh Sahotra

Health insurance is must for each one of us, not only for traveling purpose but in general, also we need health insurance. We all do not know what kind of disease we suffer from in future, and how we are going to die, but one thing we could do is keep an investment for such days.

Not only the money will be a back up at the time for you but in case of any miss happening your family will not have to run behind others in order to search for money or take loans, that is not an easy task. We prefer each of the family members to get a medical insurance. There are lot of plans, you can involve in one as per your desire.

Follow The Following Tips To Get Health Insurance

One needs to be cautious enough, while purchasing any of the insurance plans as you are going to invest your valuable money in it and you wish to secure your life with the insured money. We took out the following essentials

• Know and gather every detail about the Health plan you are being insured for
• Next is to know what all is not going to be covered in the super visa health insurance.

In Case Who Suffer From Some Medical Condition

It is your right to know about your medical status and in case of any medical condition when you seek for the health insurance you have the right to know beforehand if your medical condition is covered in the insurance or not because you would like to be insured for the medical condition you are going through.

You Need To Check In The Details Given By The Super Visa Health Insurance

Usually all the health plans by various insurance companies, including super visa contain the basic details and they are:

Benefits of the health care program that you have chosen for yourself in detail

• Super visa health insurance follows procedure and policies that one need to have information about.
• In detail, it should me mentioned about the limitations of the insurance.
• Extra benefits in case of emergency such as ambulance facility to rush to the hospital, benefits of giving best treatment and no delay in making payment to the hospital

Carry all the documents especially the documents of your medical history for which you want to be insured. You will be able to get the benefit of the this by super visa if you carry their card with you that will be issued to you. Make sure to gather all the necessary documents of health insurance, so in case of emergency you will not have to run for the papers and can undergo treatment without any delay. We all know the conditions of the hospitals if you have the insurance of health you will not face much of the problems, as Super Visa provides health insurance of the renowned hospitals that are known for their services since years.

Affordable Super Visa Medical Insurance

By Rajesh Sahotra    Super visa is a very beneficial way of traveling to Canada on a very short notice period; this visa is given only to parents and grandparents of a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident. It has helped many families to reunite with their elders. It is valid for a period of ten years and this is a multi entry visa and rules out the renewing of visits to Canada every time. The super visa allows staying in Canada for a period of two years at once, unlike the visitor's visa which allows only a stay of six months.

The main criteria for applying for super visa is medical insurance, which should be bought from a private Canadian insurance company only. Canadian medical care and hospitalization are very expensive for non residents so it is better to buy insurance instead of spending your money on your unexpected health issues. The medical insurance should be valid for a period of one year and should give coverage of $100,000 minimum.

The super visa medical insurance covers hospitalization, cost of treatment by physician or surgeon, cost of x-rays and other diagnostic tests, covers emergency room charges and covers the cost of prescription drugs and return of the person to the place of origin and even the remains of the person in case of death.

Super visa medical insurance is easy to buy and can be bought online by filling a simple form with the correct details. The medical questionnaire should be filled in very correctly, here do not lie about your medical conditions in case to buy a cheaper policy because all the policies offered do not cover the pre-existing medical conditions if you have any, so it is better you do not lie and truthfully answer all the questions and get a policy which suits you the most. Most policies do not cover the pre-existing medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer etc. each company has a different policy for pre-existing conditions.

There are many companies selling the medical insurance you can choose from anyone but keep in mind that before buying compare the policy that the company has to offer you, get an online quote and compare it and only then buy. The cost of medical insurance depends upon your medical conditions like the pre-existing conditions for which you will have to pay more and it also depends upon the age of the person. Trust your advisor when buying a policy as he/she will help you in getting the premium at the time of claim.

The full premium is to be paid at once and if your application for visa is rejected then the refund is given and also if you want to return back without completing the one year of stay the refund is given on the unused balance. There is also an option of extending your stay in Canada, but you will have to buy another policy before the first one expires.