365 days. 365 items of clothing. 365 dollars. Creative photos by Chema Madoz. 100 Ways to Nurture Yourself. Probably the most important component to demanding your joy is learning to take excellent care of yourself – mind, body, and spirit.
Think of caring for yourself as if you were your own child – giving to yourself at least as much as you give to others. You are worth it! Like joy itself, self-nurturing comes in many little bits. Sewing. The Official Miche Bag.
DIY Projects, Inspiration, How-tos, Hacks, Mods & More @ Makezine.com - Tweak Technology to Your Will. No Slip Bookmark Tutorial. I have so many books requested at the library right now!
I love books they may be my favorite thing, but bookmarks I have an issue with. I've always been a dog ear person (you know, folding down the top corner of the page to mark my spot). Embroidered Linen Tie - Father's Day Gifts and Crafts - Spring Holidays - MarthaStewart.com. Tutos. Howtohaven.com: Tutorials and guides on how to do various things with your computer. CraftStylish - Sewing, Knitting, Crochet, Quilting, Paper Crafts, Embroidery, Jewelry Making and more. Look to inspire. DIY: Purse Organizer! « Fresh Crush. If you’re like me, maybe you have a purse or two of the slouchy variety?
You know, that bag that seemed so casual, and fun in the store — and then you get it home, start using it, and realize that it is a deep dark abyss of a pit, that seems to enjoy consuming keys and cell phones? Do you ever hear your phone ringing while you’re out and about, and say to yourself, “Ah, what’s the point, I’ll never find it in time anyway.” … Me too. I think this little DIY experiment might be made for you… So here are the contents of my bag regularly tossed around, and difficult to locate: A cereal box will come to the rescue as the support for my new organizer.
Next, 2 equal square pieces of fabric are needed for the interior and exterior of the organizer. I’ve determined the height for the pockets from averaging out the size needed to contain the most common items I carry around in my bag daily. Here are the first row of pockets sewn. Now for that second square piece we prepared earlier. Done! Purse Organizer Patterns & Tutorials: {Free. Dollar store mug. At our house we had one ‘special’ mug in the house.
The girls claimed it to be special because it was pretty and made everything ‘taste’ so much better. Well, the problem with that was there was only one! This lead to a lot of emotion when one child got the cup and the other had to drink out of a ‘non’ special cup. So…I used my mommy problem solving skills and this is what I came up with:) Make all mugs ‘special’ I found these mugs at the dollar store!
I applied permanent red vinyl lettering (Black Boys on Mopeds Font) and added poka dots to the girls mugs and voila. Easy Craft Ideas, Crafting blog, DIY. One Pretty Thing - DIY craft tutorials. Our Favorite Crafts (From Readers Like You) : Planet Green. The Best DIY Projects for Tech and Transportation (View and Vote) - Planet Green - Games & Quizzes.
Make Shades Out of Mini Blinds. Do you love the look of fabric shades but don't want to fork over the cash?
Shades can often cost you an arm and a leg (especially custom fabric shades). When my cheap white IKEA shades were safety-recalled, I decided to figure out a way to repurpose the old {ugly} mini blinds that had previously hung in our bedroom windows. The result was better and easier than expected, not to mention even cheaper than the cost of new IKEA shades. Here are the basic instructions. If you need more details, feel free to comment or email. --Supplies--Tape measureScissorsFabritac (or comparable fabric glue - NOT HOT GLUE!) 1. 2. 3. 4. Trim the extra cord away off the bottom. Now cut out your fabric, using the shade skeleton as your pattern and leaving a 2.5 inch (or so) border on all sides. Blog » 5 Secrets to a ‘No-work’ Garden. It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest.
As the limitless energy of my youth gradually gave way to the physical realities of mid-life, the slow accretion of experience eventually led to an awareness that less work can result in greater crop yields. Inspired in part by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, One Straw Revolution, my family experimented with gardening methods which could increase yields with less effort. Fukuoka spent over three decades perfecting his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Here are the strategies we used which enabled us to greatly increase our garden yield, while requiring less time and less work.