Lisa Leonard giveaway winners

Pin It Here are the 2 lucky winners of a $50 gift certificate to Lisa Leonard Designs good for anything in her store!

Lucky winner #1

#71 - Patty C

Lucky winner #2

#33 - Shaka

Congratulations ladies and thank-you so much to everyone who entered. Ladies, I will be in contact with you shortly to send your gift certificate your way.

Don't forget the 20% off coupon code to get you 20% off anything from Lisa's site. Enter dubien20 at checkout until May 2nd.

Thank-you so much to Lisa Leonard Designs for hosting this giveaway! Happy shopping ladies!

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I'm a new food columnist for Canadian Family

Pin It I'm really excited to be sharing this with you guys. I am extremely honoured to be a new food columnist for Canadian Family. I have a weekly column (every Monday) where I will be sharing cute foods and ideas. My first post launched today and this is what I shared:



Come check out my column on Canadian Family here to get the details on how I made this pretty as a peacock snack!

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this week in bento boxes

Pin It Here's some more bento boxes. These are packed in my amazing EasyLunchboxes. If I haven't told you already, I really love them. I love the bright and colorful lids, my daughter is able to easily remove the lids herself, and they hold the perfect amount of food for her to eat.



This lion bento was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The lion sandwich was a turkey bologna sandwich cut into a circle. There's matchstick carrots for the mane, fruit leather for the whiskers, mouth and ears, turkey bologna for the nose and mozza cheese and food marker eyes. The lion rests on a bed of romaine lettuce. The other compartments held a silicone muffin cup with blueberries and a lion pick, and some cucumber and carrot flowers.



Here is a sweet little birdie bento for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. She had a sweet little birdie sandwich with carrot legs, a cheese heart wing, sprinkle nose and icing eye. The birdie rests on a bed of romaine lettuce. The other compartments held a silicone muffin cup "nest" of matchstick carrots and sweet little cheese birdie and sliced kiwis and strawberries with a tree pick.



This "You are my sunshine" bento was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The large compartment held a sun sandwich on a bed of romaine lettuce. The sun sandwich was made using a flower comfort grip cutter with a circle cheese face. It also had icing eyes and food marker mouth and cheeks. The other compartments held baby carrots and sliced strawberries with rainbow sprinkles.



This cute little bear bento was also for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The larger compartment held a bear sandwich on a bed of romaine lettuce. The bear sandwich was made cutting a chicken sandwich into a circle. I added fruit leather ears and nose, cheese face, icing eyes, sprinkle cheeks and food safe marker mouth. The other compartments held crackers with cheese-shaped bears and sliced celery.



And lastly, a cute little piggy bento for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. She had a piggy sandwich cut into a circle on a bed of romaine lettuce. The face and ears of the pig were made with turkey bologna. The piggy also had icing eyes and sprinkles for the nose. The other compartments held sliced kiwis and sliced cucumbers.

Here are some of the supplies (or similar) that I used to make these lunches:





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fun food friday: say cheeeeese

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Okay, so I know I said last week's fun food friday might be the last one for awhile. I lost a lot of fun food friday's I had already made when my computer's hard drive crashed, and to be totally honest, I've been lacking some motivation there for awhile too. I'm sure I'll jump back on the band wagon again soon. I did find some motivation this week though... I was at the bulk store last weekend, when I saw another kind of lip pops. It was like it was fate. As soon as I saw this cheesy little smile, I had to scoop it right up. Kirsten had Spring picture day at school this week, and I thought it would be hilarious to make her a huge cheesey-faced smile sandwich. Kirsten tends to do pretty cheesey smile herself when she is forced to smile, lol. Both of the kids thought this was really cute. If you haven't seen my posts, I've made quite a few lunches lately using the leftover plastic piece from lip pop lollipops. I think they're really great. Those posts can be seen here and here.

Here's how I made this lunch:

Chicken and cheese sandwich cut into circle shape. Fruit leather eyebrows, cheese and fruit leather eyes, lip pop smile, and carrot stick hair. Super easy and a hit with the kids!





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Giveaway from Lisa Leonard Designs for Mother's Day

Pin It I know, another giveaway! I don't usually do giveaways on my blog, but I was so excited when Lisa Leonard contacted me to do this giveaway, that I couldn't say no. Seeing as almost all of my blog readers are either mothers or grandmothers, or have a mother or grandmother, I was really excited to bring you this giveaway from Lisa Leonard Designs just in time for Mother's Day. Lisa's store is filled with gorgeous necklaces, earrings and bracelets that any woman would love. If you're not really into jewelry, she also carries gorgeous key rings, home decor, as well as wedding keepsakes, jewelry and decor too. There really is something for everyone at Lisa's store. Lisa is generously offering my readers (2) $50 gift certificates to her store. This will be a short-running giveaway, ending Monday April 30th. Orders must be placed by May 2nd to be eligible for Mother's Day delivery, so I wanted to squeeze this in so you guys could meet the deadline for delivery. Lisa has also generously offered my readers a 20% off coupon to her store until May 2nd. Enter the code dubien20 at checkout to receive your discount. This offer is for absolutely anything in her store. Visit Lisa's store to start shopping here

Need some inspiration? Here are some of my favourite pieces from Lisa's store (click on the pictures to bring you to Lisa's website):

Jewelry - aren't these necklaces absolutely gorgeous?!?! I think any mother/grandmother would be thrilled to receive any one of these.


Isn't this ring just awesome!! You could put your kiddos names on it - or even you and your hubby's too. Gorgeous.

How about these amazing cupcake toppers!! I adore these.

Now these are just a few examples of some of my favourite things. Lisa's store is filled with many, many more options, so make sure you check it out.

Are you excited?!?! Do you want a chance to win?? Lisa has generously offered (2) $50 gift certificates, so there will be (2) winners to this giveaway.

Here's what you have to do:

1. Leave a comment telling me who you would love to win this giveaway for.

Want to earn additional entries? Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry you complete. If you already do these items, please leave a comment indicating so.

2. Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect in the sidebar.

3. "Like" Meet the Dubiens on Facebook here

4. "Like" Lisa Leonard Designs on Facebook here

5. Sign up for Lisa Leonard's newsletter on her website here

6. Share this giveaway on either your blog and/or facebook page

7. Tweet this giveaway

Wow!! You can have a total of up to eight entries!!

This giveaway will close Monday April 30th in the evening. 2 winners will be drawn that evening and posted here. Please make sure you either leave me your email address in your comment, or ensure that your name links to your email address.


DON'T FORGET - orders must be placed by May 2nd to be eligible for delivery by Mother's Day. Also, don't forget the 20% off coupon code that is good until May 2nd - dubien20 at checkout.

Good luck and have fun shopping! Thanks again to Lisa Leonard Designs for hosting this awesome giveaway!


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bento giveaway winner announced

Pin It Again, what an outstanding response to this bento giveaway. Thank-you so much to everyone who entered. It seems there are lots of people out there who want to make these cute and healthy lunches for their little ones. The lucky winner of this giveaway is:

Lucky commenter #297 - Nicole@http://theclarks-nicole.blogspot.com/

Congratulations Nicole! I will be emailing you shortly to find out your choice of color of bento box and elastic strap so your package can be sent to you.

Didn't win the giveaway, but still want to get the products from the giveaway?

They can be purchased from All Things for Sale for awesome prices - just click on the picture to get to the product on their website. All Things for Sale has an amazing assortment of bento supplies. You can find anything and everything you need to get your bento-making started or help you continue what you're already making. Here are the items that were in the giveaway:












Thanks again to All Things for Sale for hosting this amazing giveaway!


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this week in bento boxes

Pin It Don't forget to enter my amazing bento giveaway here if you haven't already. It closes on April 24th. I think it's been a couple weeks since I've shared some bento boxes. I lost a very large collection of bento boxes I had made when my hard drive crashed. I was really bummed, but I do make so many of these every week, I knew I could recover this weekly post pretty quickly. Some of the bento boxes this week have an Earth Day theme - to celebrate Earth day today! Kirsten really got a kick out of her Earth day lunches this week because they were celebrating Earth day at school all last week too. Here are some of this week's lunches: This Earth day bento was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The top tier had a silicone flower filled with frozen peas and yogurt-covered raisins. The peas will defrost by her afternoon lunch break for a fresh and healthy snack. The bottom tier held a chicken sandwich cut into a circle with some sliced cucumbers. One sliced cucumber with an adorable tree pick on the sandwich. This Earth day bento was for one of Kirsten's morning nutrition break. The top tier held a cereal bar with a heart and EARTH cut out of fruit leather. The bottom tier held blueberries and green grapes. This Earth day bento was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The bottom tier had a circle-cut ham sandwich with a fruit leather recycle symbol on top. It's never too early to learn to recycle and my kids help me put the recyclables in the blue and yellow boxes every night after supper. They love helping out. The bottom tier also held a silicone muffin cup with sliced cucumbers. The top tier held a silicone cup of yogurt-covered raisins and some plain cheerios on either side. These next 2 aren't really Earth day bento's, but I'm sharing them because they're in green boxes, lol! This bento was for Kirsten's morning nutrition break. The top tier held sliced kiwi and blueberries. The bottom tier held a silicone muffin cup with a sliced cereal bar and some plain cheerios. And lastly, this little floral bento box was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break. The top tier held some cucumber cut flowers with carrot centers. The bottom tier held a flower silicone cup with cheese chunks and some triangle triscuit crackers.

Here are some of the supplies I used (or similar) to make these lunches:















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