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Shelly Wutke

Shelly Wutke
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Editor TV & Home Theatre
I'm a Vancouver freelancer and tech enthusiast. When I'm not writing you'll find me on my farm with my alpacas, chickens, and honeybees. Visit my website Survivemag

Christmas treats and cute eats: Shelly’s Friday Favourites has kid-friendly recipes

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If you're already getting the 'I'm boreds' from your kids and they've only been out of school for a few hours, or in my kid's case, 50 minutes, you're going to have to come up with a plan. At my house, that means getting them to do some Christmas baking with these recipes.

12 days of Christmas gifts: day 6 is Nest

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Ho, Ho, holy, it’s almost Christmas Eve! Today on the 6th Day of Christmas gifts we’re looking at how you can have a smart home for the holidays by giving the gift of Nest.

Review: Show the world your latest adventures with the 360Fly action camera

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What do you do when you’re asked to test out the 360Fly panoramic 360-degree HD video camera? You take it heli-skiing of course. As you’ll see in my review and video, thanks to this action camera, anyone, even someone not along on the trip, can take in spectacular views.

12 days of Christmas gifts: day 1 is Kitchenaid

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Have you ever wanted to give someone a partridge in a pear tree? Have you stressed out wondering how you’d ever find 4 maids a’milking, just because you wanted to reenact the 12 days of Christmas song? Finding these things can be a tall order for anyone (Lords a’Leaping? Anyone?), but don’t worry: starting today we’ve got Plug In’s 12 Days of Christmas gifts for you instead.

Top 5 Christmas Cookies, this week on Shelly’s Friday Favourites

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Tis the season to make Christmas cookies! If you aren’t a baker or you’d like a few ideas of what to make, here are my top 5 Christmas cookies.

Shelly’s Friday Favourites gives you the gift of holiday mason jars

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I was always a fan of mason jars, but this year I was given 20 odd flats of mason jars and I wasn’t sure what to do with them. That’s when I decided everyone I knew was getting a holiday mason jar this year, so here are some great holiday mason jar recipes we can both try.

Review: Tap into your creative genius with the HP Sprout

When I was asked to head down to Best Buy HQ to take the HP Sprout for a test drive, I grabbed my Star Wars action figures and got ready for some serious 3D scanning. If this computer has been on your radar over the past few months, check out my review of the amazing HP Sprout.

What’s new at Best Buy for December?

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The big countdown to Christmas is on, and if your holiday shopping list is a mile long,  there’s never been a better time to find out what’s new at Best Buy this month.

The De’Longhi Dedica Pump Espresso machine gives you the gift of great coffee all year long

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I didn’t get into coffee until I was 28 years old, but I’m really making up for lost time. I’m such a fan that when the De’Longhi Dedica Pump Espresso machine and Burr Grinder showed up at my door for review, I felt like I was unwrapping a Christmas present. It’s been giving me the gift of great coffee every day since.

Shelly’s Friday Favourites breaks out the festive Yule Log recipes

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Out of all of the holiday traditions at my house, there’s one I look most forward to during the holidays. Making a Yule Log is fun, delicious, and can be really challenging if you’ve never done it before, but once you’ve tried one you’ll want to make one every year.