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Nifty Food & Plants To Grow Indoors {May Surprise You. If you don’t have any garden space or you live in a climate with a short growing season, you can still exercise your green thumb with these indoor plant ideas…a few will even produce fresh produce too!

Nifty Food & Plants To Grow Indoors {May Surprise You

You’ll find tips for growing assorted herbs, a couple vegetables and a few neat-o plants to try your hand at. You can grow them inside year round but many will thrive outdoors during the summer months (if you have the space) but move them indoors once it gets a little chilly and before the first frost (imagine having garden fresh tomatoes over the winter!). Never Pay For Onions Again. Yoga Poses For Headaches. Detox Baths: Recipes to Calm the Inner Beast and Whiny Children. Daintytime ~ Sherri Lynn Wood. Ever since my fascination with mood rings when I was a kid in the 70′s, I’ve been drawn to the symbolic, cultural, and emotional aspects of color.

daintytime ~ Sherri Lynn Wood

When I came across this mood-color chart (replicated above in hand-dyed fabrics) a light bulb went off… I don’t know about you but I can be moody. So I decided to document my emotions this summer in a quilt. Once a week when I’m in the studio, I will take the time to check in on how I’m feeling. Using my personal mood-color chart as a starting point, I will choose the colors that correspond with my current mood on that day to make a section of the quilt. You are invited to craft-along with me and make your own Modern Mood Quilt. It’s never too late to join the quilt-along.

Mud Scrub: DIY. What is Mud Scrub you ask??

Mud Scrub: DIY

Well... basically it’s a sugar and coffee scrub. I love it! Especially because the coffee has such great benefits for your skin. Coffee and Caffeine are showing up all over in beauty products due to their tightening and antioxidant effects on the skin. Caffeine, works on skin in the three primary ways: as a vasoconstrictor, an antioxidant, and a diuretic. 24 - THE DIRTY - Dirty Laundry - {the blog} Friendship Day is 8/7.

24 - THE DIRTY - Dirty Laundry - {the blog}

So I'm going to try my hand at making some friendship bracelets for a few of my friends that have helped me SO much with Dirty Laundry over the past several weeks. I'm going to try to make some snazzy ones! Here is my inspiration. 1. Hand Printed 'Insanity' Braided Cuff BraceletThis bracelet is made with hand printed fabric and super soft sued.I just LOVE how it all comes together. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Recipe to Refresh: DIY, Natural Skin Care. THE LONG, HARSH winter left us with much bigger problems than shoveling fatigue.

Recipe to Refresh: DIY, Natural Skin Care

We’re talking frizzy hair (ick), flaky skin (double ick) and scaly feet that clearly saw nothing but the inside of snow boots for months. But since a full body fix-up at Le Fancy Spa costs as much as the city’s snow removal deficit, we suggest you try more wallet-friendly measures to welcome spring. Raindrops n Roses. Good Food Matters » Blog Archive » Home Remedy. Today’s post is a bit of a departure.

Good Food Matters » Blog Archive » Home Remedy

It is not focused on food or drink. There’s no stunning roast or plate of pasta. No cooling beverage. No beguiling dessert. And yet, there is a recipe. An easy one, too, using four items found in most pantries: Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Ginger, and Cayenne… plus some water. And, so quick to put together, so beneficial, I had to share it with you. Combined, I learned from Maggie, that quartet of pantry ingredients creates a potent remedy to some of the ails of winter: Sore throat, hacking cough, tight congestion. Combined, they turn into a curious orange syrup that can cut through the croup. And, the taste is really good! Like you, we’ve been trying to duck the dreaded cold germs: wash our hands, eat well, get enough sleep, stay warm. Yummy Lunch Ideas - Yummy Lunch Box Gallery - Easy Lunch Boxes, Bento Lunches. News Archive Search. Plus Size Lingerie, Plus Size Bra, Plus Size Sleepwear, Lingerie plus size, Extra Large Lingerie. CogniFit™ Brain Fitness And Memory Programs, Brain Training.

&How-To: Newsprint Manicure & A Pretty Penny. I saw this newsprint manicure over on The Daily Nail and thought it was adorable (especially for bookworms and word lovers like myself).

&How-To: Newsprint Manicure & A Pretty Penny

I did a little Google detective work to see how to recreate it, and was surprised at how easy it is! All of the tutorials I found called for vodka or other clear distilled spirits, but we were fresh out. I used isopropyl alcohol instead, and it seemed to get the job done. The Idea Swap. Text Twist Unscrambler. Maîtresse Renata's Room. Corbis - XX Century in Black and White Photos BBC. Men in Hats Watching the Sky Coco Chanel Robert Kennedy Conversing WithEdward Kennedy Buddhist Monk Committing RitualSuicide Famous Guests at the "Crescendo" Bomb Drill Cups and Saucers on Rope Walker Lee Harvey Oswald in Custody.

Corbis - XX Century in Black and White Photos BBC

Wild Mood Swings - Surf the web on a whim. (C) Sean McManus. FutureRacheechee.