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SMN_NEW_DandelionWineMAY10.gif from showmenow.com. Solar Power Resources - Living Off The Grid. Hot Hair Trends: Try Hair Chalking for Color without Commitment - Beauty Schools Directory Blog. A Little Bit of Magic. Watermark Tee by Sweet Verbana. Hello U-Create readers!

Watermark Tee by Sweet Verbana

I am so excited to be guest posting here today. Find out about Braids: Our Top 7 Picks. By kenziepoo | It’s so hard to believe that fall will be upon us soon.

Find out about Braids: Our Top 7 Picks

If you are like me you will be in desperate need of what’s in for hair this fall. I have news for you braids will be so in. We have picked out a few of our favorite braids for fall. Keep reading after the jump to view our favorite Braids! Nggallery id=’121177′ Milkmaid Braid. Wedding Ideas: The Rustic and Vintage Wedding. According to TheWeddingReport.com, 'Rustic Weddings' are the new trending wedding theme!

Wedding Ideas: The Rustic and Vintage Wedding

It seems that brides-to-be are in love with the charm, vintage feel and simple elegance of barn yard venues and wildflower bouquets that embody this theme. Think natural elements mixed with a western vibe and bring that all together with fun DIY crafting sessions. And in true country style- bring in the entire fam to help you out! Hanging Boat Bed. Book lovers never go to bed alone. A Wall That Plays Music When It Rains. The Designer Pad - Straight To The HeART. I consider myself a very crafty person and love everything handmade.

The Designer Pad - Straight To The HeART

I'm always delighted to see how others use their creativity to transform everyday materials into something unexpected and beautiful. When I stumbled upon these lovely heart pieces in Bloesem I was immediately seduced by them, especially by their sculptural vive. These personalized handmade Hearts are the creation of Brit artist Veronika, founder of the design studio Sarah & Bendrix. The funny thing is that it all started with a piece she made for a friend as a wedding present and everyone started asking about the artist...and the rest is history. Living Moss Carpet Adds a Touch of Green to Your Bathroom. A ModernTake on the Doily – $850 Lamp for less than $50. A Modern Take on the Doily $850 Lamp for less than $50?

A ModernTake on the Doily – $850 Lamp for less than $50

Yes Please! Hello Pretty people! We are so excited to share a project we did this past weekend. A few months ago, I came across a ceiling lamp, I absolutely loved. Kitchens, Bathrooms, Interior Design. When we first moved into our new home, I was excited to finally have a screened porch.

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Interior Design

The first few weeks I spent several hours sleeping outside each night – on a new dog bed. Believe it or not, it was comfortable, and every time I saw a swinging porch bed I promise myself “one day, one day.” This architectural version is made from old porch railings and is the most popular design available from a favorite local home store.

There is always a waiting list and I seem to postpone ordering a swinging bed in favor of something else on my ever-present list. This clean line Spanish cedar swinging bed was created by Austin husband and wife team Mark and Christina Landers. My husband and I love doing things together for our home, so it’s always nice to see what other marital teams are up to. There is so much talent available, locally or via the internet, that having a custom swinging porch bed made is fairly simple. How to Use Honey to Remove Whiteheads. Monowi, Nebraska. Population: 1. The population sign outside the town reads “1.”

Monowi, Nebraska. Population: 1

The one refers to Elsie Eiler, 77. That makes Monowi, Nebraska the smallest incorporated town in America. I was assigned to go there recently and produce a photo story to go with text that had been written much earlier. With this place really in the middle of nowhere it was problematic to send a photographer just to shoot this one person. But when my editor saw that it was “only” a four hour drive from Omaha where I would be going to cover Warren Buffett and the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, the decision was made for me to make the trip to see Elsie. The first shock when landing in this off the beaten track kind of place was the lodging. Blue Step-By-Step - Blue Rooms - Decorating by Color - MarthaStewart.com. The-Bananarama.jpg. Pictures of Pennies. Hi, I'm Mitch Fincher and these pages are from a talk I gave while a Civil Engineering student at Texas Tech University.

Pictures of Pennies

The following is the basic pattern for building cantilevered structures with Pennies. Although it looks trivial, we can build amazing structures with these pillars. Build a house for less than $5000. Mystery of the wishing trees studded with coins that ¿can take illness away from the sick¿ By Emma Reynolds Updated: 06:07 GMT, 13 September 2011 They say money doesn't grow on trees. But it certainly appears to do so on the mysterious coin-studded trunks dotted around the UK's woodland. The strange phenomenon of gnarled old trees with coins embedded all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.

Tree-mendous: A money tree with copper and silver coins hammered into the wood near Ingleton, North Yorkshire. The United States of GOOD Beer. Leather Lanyard Bracelet Maeg-it Yourself & THE YESSTYLIST - Asian... Okay, not the best shot of the bracelet, but I couldn’t resist!

Leather Lanyard Bracelet Maeg-it Yourself & THE YESSTYLIST - Asian...

If you went to summer camp as a kid, you’ll totally remember making lanyard keychains with that brightly colored plastic lace {I had tons of them!} .So I thought, why not do it with leather laces? Shampoo Recipe - Make Your Own Shampoo - Natural Shampoo - The Daily Green. "If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

Shampoo Recipe - Make Your Own Shampoo - Natural Shampoo - The Daily Green

"~ Dale Carnegie We all have hair -- some more, some less. (Some of us even have it where we don't want it!) Fine, medium, coarse, light blonde, copper-brown, honey-red, ginger-twist, sun-kissed, winter wheat or ash -- no matter, it's all hair. I actually have a lot of nerve writing anything about hair. The All-Time Best Drugstore Makeup. Guess what? Sometimes the drugstore makeup that you read fantastic reviews of in fashion magazines actually sucks and the writer raving about it didn't love it at all -- or even try it! It's on that magazine page because it's a new launch from the company who "bought" the back cover, being endorsed by the actress with the symmetrical face and the squeaky-clean reputation. (FACT: Beauty companies rarely go with an edgy spokeswoman no matter how huge her celebrity, because it hurts the brand when she's inevitably photographed looking puffy and hung over with a cigarette in her mouth, then ridiculed accordingly by Perez Hilton.)

In a recent past life, I was one of those magazine editors. Sometimes I lied. But at least now I get to disclose the drugstore makeup I really, actually love -- the stuff I use every day and know to be outstanding. Ians Shoelace Site - Shoe Lacing Methods. Mathematics tells us that there are more than 2 Trillion ways of feeding a lace through the six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe. This section presents a fairly extensive selection of 50 shoe lacing tutorials. They include traditional and alternative lacing methods that are either widely used, have a particular feature or benefit, or that I just like the look of. 50 Different Ways To Lace Shoes Criss Cross Lacing This is probably the most common method of lacing normal shoes & boots. DIY Wrap Bracelet - Honestly WTF. You should all know by now that we are all about stacking bracelets on our wrists.

The more, the better. In fact . . . the most, the best! With that being said, we’ll show you how to master a version of the ever so popular wrap bracelet. D.I.Y. Curls // How To Rag Roll Your Hair. I love the look of naturally curly hair! My sweet friend, Katie, told me about rag rolling. It's a quick and simple way to get natural looking curls without using a curling iron! I asked her to share her method here on A Beautiful Mess because I knew you'd be itching to learn like I was! Enjoy... Water Marble Tutorial. Supplies: orange stick or... Water Marble Tutorial. Supplies: orange stick or toothpick, shot glass or cup (the smaller the circumference, the less polish you end up wasting), room temp. water, nail polish, tape (optional, but it helps with the clean up) I like to begin by prepping my nails with base coat and one coat of polish.

How-To: The Cascade/Waterfall Braid. Wine picnic set. “Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl. I am pleased to preview ‘Dead Drops’ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop.

Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Use a 2-Liter Bottle as a 50 Watt Light Bulb lightbulb hack. Get Ready for Summer with a Grass Chair. Books.Blog - Guests - Skip Graduate School, Save $32,000, Do This Instead. Three years ago, I invested $32,000 and the better part of two years at the University of Washington for a master's degree in International Studies. The verdict? It wasn't a complete waste of time and money.

Liquid to Light! Eyes10.jpg (476×367) Lighter Fun. Fonda LaShay. 18 Practical Tips for Living the Golden Rule. “…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”, Leviticus 19:18. Send me something. Book.jpg (896×3147) Study: Abstaining from alcohol significantly shortens life.

Bubble trouble. How to grow a Rainbow Rose, Naturally. In 2004, two dutch companies, River Flowers and F.J. Zandbergen, experimented and successfully grew a rose that had its petals rainbow colored. As petals get their nourishment through stem, the idea is to split the stem into several channels and dip each one in a different colored water. This way all the colors will be drawn by the stem into petals and resultant rose will have all the colors in it. The same method can be applied to other flowers especially to Chrysanthemum and Hydrangea. You can use the same idea to color any flower, anyway you like. Sources: 1, 2, 3 Watch: Flowers Color Time Lapse. Les gens préfèrent le plaisir à la facilité. Paint Moss Graffiti - Step-by-Step Guides for Offbeat DIY Projects.

Crazy paper thing.