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The Complete Guide to DIY Standing Desks - Start Standing. DIY Cult Character Cut-Outs : Arrested Development Paper Dolls. Last Minute Handmade Gift Tutorial ~ Make Upcycled Book Journals~(Elmers Holiday #GluenGlitter) Old Book + Recycled Paper = New Journal!

Last Minute Handmade Gift Tutorial ~ Make Upcycled Book Journals~(Elmers Holiday #GluenGlitter)

As part of the Elmer's Holiday Memories Campaign* through Social Fabric, I had the opportunity to create an easy, affordable last minute holiday gift using my favorite Elmer's and X-ACTO products, and requiring only one quick stop at our local Walmart! With all the homework, music lessons, karate and dance classes, school performances, cookie exchanges and all the other holly jolly of the season, there's been little time to shop, let alone craft! 100 Ways to Repurpose Everything (Mega Roundup!) Think this title is a tall order?

100 Ways to Repurpose Everything (Mega Roundup!)

Well, you’re in for a post of epic eco-tastic proportions. So epic that you may need to give your computer or mobile device an extra moment to load all of our pretty pictures. Seeing as we love to repurpose just about anything under the sun, we’re celebrating Earth Day by serving up 100 of our favorite ways to upcycle, reuse, and transform everyday materials into creative new things to wear, hang on the wall, and give to friends. Make Your Own: Vintage Botanical Wall Decals. Scientific illustrations of flora, fauna and fungi are an unending source of excitement for us.

Make Your Own: Vintage Botanical Wall Decals

When we learned, via design blog Miss Moss, that Biodiversity Heritage Library offers almost 80,000 of them in high-resolution on its Flickr page, we made a beeline for the botanical sets in particular, some of which date back to as early as the 18th century. The Botanist’s Repository for New, and Rare Plants (1797) was one such album, where we fell in love with a pink Protea speciosa latifolia. The illustration sums up why the genre appeals to us: It’s a plant depicted scientifically, but also with a sense of the organism’s (real or imagined) emotional life. DIY Wall Decor: Make Faux-Screenprinted Pop Art : Page 02. Crib Mobile Tutorial. Such a cool concept – fabric circles, beads and ribbon make an adorable crib mobile.

Crib Mobile Tutorial

An easy way to make a crib mobile match the nursery room colors. For the complete step-by-step crib mobile tutorial – check out Sew She Sews Instructions on how-to create the beading at the top of the crib mobile. TASCHA's ONLINE ART GALLERY by tascha. After. Freshen Up Your Home! Make Your Own Homemade Deodorizing Disks. This post is brought to you by Amazon where you can get deals on household cleaners!

Freshen Up Your Home! Make Your Own Homemade Deodorizing Disks

I recently had someone ask me via the One Good Thing By Jillee Facebook page how they could get rid of the smell eminating from their trash compactor. It wasn’t long after that I came across an idea for deodorizing DIAPER PAIL DISKS at Diapers, Dirt, Donuts, Doodling and Digital that I thought was so smart! I figured if these dandy disks could help with the smell in a container full of dirty diapers…it could certainly help with the trash compactor(or trashcan.) Making homemade toothpaste. We made our own toothpaste!!!

Making homemade toothpaste

It was fun, easy, frugal, and tasty! I'm totally hooked. I have been wanting to make some more natural toothpaste, but all of the recipes I had seen online called for glycerin or other ingredients that I didn't have on hand. Homemade Liquid Herbal Hand Soap and Body Wash: Eucalyptus and Mint. Homemade liquid hand soap — the kind you make from grated bar soap — isn’t really a new concept.

Homemade Liquid Herbal Hand Soap and Body Wash: Eucalyptus and Mint

Pinterest is loaded with tons of really great tutorials from bloggers like these: So, when we used up the last batch of homemade liquid soap the other day, I thought I’d inject a bit of herbal goodness — just to spice things up – and see how it turned out. The results…amazing! July 2011. After two busy weekends of weddings and crafting I finally got back to the Artisan's Market this past Saturday!

Fraser and I got up bright and early to greet a beautiful sunny day (which is warmly welcomed after weeks of rain, thunderstorms, and wind) and headed down to Galardi Square to set up for the market. I was a little more organized and prepared for this show than the first one so the set up went extra smoothly. Even though we followed the care instructions two of the plastic joints on the canopy rails snapped. SEW-lutions guidelines for sewing.

Natural Shampoo Recipes. You’re going to love this collection of easy natural shampoo recipes.

Natural Shampoo Recipes

Plus discover 15 fabulous hair care recipes to condition, strengthen and add shine to your locks. Natural Shampoo Recipes Create these natural shampoo recipes in your kitchen using simple, all natural ingredients. For quality organic herbs and botanicals, I recommend shopping with Mountain Rose Herbs. Soapwort Natural Shampoo Recipe Ingredients: Make and Play the Ethiopian Game “Tegre” A Tegre (mancala-type) game board we bought near Dorze, Ethiopia When I was a teenager, my parents bought my little brother and sister a game called Mancala: “one of the oldest board games from Africa,” claimed the box.

Make and Play the Ethiopian Game “Tegre”

Mancala is the name that anthropologists have given to a type of board game that is played throughout Africa, and some places in Asia (from The Complete Mancala Games Book: How To Play the World’s Oldest Board Games by Larry Russ). They are usually made of wood that have various numbers of holes carved in them. Homemade Irish Cream. Wednesday, 9 March 2011 Welcome to 52 Kitchen Adventures, your source for creative & delicious desserts!

Homemade Irish Cream

See my Recipe Index for more. Don't want to miss another recipe? Subscribe via RSS or email. The Ultimate Bacon Chocolate Cupcakes - 52 Kitchen Adventures. Welcome to 52 Kitchen Adventures, your source for creative & delicious desserts! See my Recipe Index for more. Don't want to miss another recipe? Subscribe via RSS or email. After doing research, trying out some new things, and using your ideas, I’ve come up with the Ultimate Bacon Chocolate Cupcakes: First, I cooked some bacon and reserved the fat drippings, which were used to replace half the butter in the chocolate cupcake batter. Natural Liquid Color : Chocolate Craft Kits - Natural vegetable color, healthy food color, natural cake decorating, colored modeling chocolate, chocolate clay, natural food colors, natural cake decoration, natural sprinkles, sparkle sugar, natural color, Tutorial: Instagram Photostrips. I am obsessed with Instagram. I just can't get enough of the iPhone app. It's so much fun to take pictures and add fun little filters and effects.

I like how it's also a mini-social network. Well, I love the app so much that I didn't want my favorite pictures trapped inside my iPhone for the rest of eternity. Don't they deserve to see the light of day too?!?!? True Blue Me & You: I'll Try Not to Waste Our Time. Shabby Blogs. Empanada Dough Recipe at Epicurious. Simple Lemon Granita Recipe. With today’s modern ice cream makers, frozen fruit mixtures like granitas and sorbets can be whipped up in no time! Usually containing only fresh fruit, water and sugar, Sicilian granita is one of the simplest frozen desserts breakfasts you can make. Nutella Brownies with Hazelnuts. Swimsuits Part 2: a pattern for bikini bottoms.

Mashed Potato Souffle with Cheese and Bacon Recipe. DIY MUSTACHE RING Today’s DIY is how to make a... - Various Adulations About Life, Screencapped. Fast Food – The Quickest Organic Burrito You’ll Ever Make. My latest investigation has left me with Mexican food on the brain. When the craving hits, I never go to one of those fast food burrito places like Chipotle, Moe’s, Qdoba, or Salsaritas. It’s easy to stay away from these places knowing they use GMOs, food additives and other very questionable ingredients. Justina Blakeney: DIY Bikini #2- Upcycled Teekini. …And- we’re back! DIY Chevron Curtains From Regular Striped Fabric. Painted Upholstery – The Process Revealed (Tutorial) *NOTE – There are other examples of painted upholstery (mostly from readers) on the Chairs page at the top of the blog.

Maggie Muggins Designs: Silhouette Digital Cutting Machine and Adobe Illustrator Plug-In. UPDATE: As of November, 2013 Silhouette Connect was released for Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw users to be able to cut directly from their programs to their Cameo or Portrait. *Note that this Plug-in works with the Original Silhouette and the Silhouette SD but has not been made for the Silhouette Cameo. . * Mexican Movie Posters: Food for Artist. Wanna a piece of gum? Blog Archive His and Hers Master Closet Makeover » Remodelaholic. Hello, Sexy! Make Your Own Unique Handmade Solid Perfume. Chick Fil A Recipe All The Taste None of The Bigotry. Receta de Masa Para Empanadillas. Tutorial: Contact Paper Chevron Wall. Crafterhours: Something New: Ink Effects. How to make duct tape wallets. Katnip. Free Printable labels Gallery. Étiquettes boissons. 08/01/2010 - 09/01/2010.

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