DIY

Projects that you can complete yourself

Crafting a DIY Blackboard Art Piece

  I’ve always been a DIY person, from making clothes, building cabinets, sewing curtains, pottery, and so much more. When there is something to be done, I love to look for creative ways to finish a project creatively. I want to jazz up the home decor, looking around I couldn’t really find anything I like. […]

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Easy Email Cleanup with Unroll.me

 Start the new year off right; cleanup your email Face it, you’ve needed an email cleanup and overhaul for too long. Your inbox is so cluttered with subscriptions and junk email that you’ve given up. It happens to almost all of us from time to time. I discovered unroll.me a few years ago, which has

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Make your Own DIY Velveeta Cheese

Why not Make your Own Velveeta Cheese Velveeta doesn’t taste like I remember! Looking for options, I set out to make my own so you can use your favorite cheese blend. We always had Velveeta cheese in our house. A fan of the cheese I was not, my family ate the plastic-like cheese by the

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Instant Pot Galumpkis Conversion Tips Recipes

As a child, our father loved stuffed cabbage, called galumpkis. As an adult, I tried to make these myself and struggled with preparing the cabbage leaves. My issue was trying to remove the leaves before they were cooked, which rips them to shreds. After that ordeal galumpkis were for dining out as I gave up

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Dragon Scale Booties

Tiny Dragon Scale Booties

I’m adding these tiny dragon scale booties to my Etsy shop. The color caught my eye immediately and I think it goes fabulously with the pattern. Perhaps it is a bit dark for a little girl baby, she is a fall baby and the colors seem fitting. Along with the booties, I’ve made a hat

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Eggshells Plant Care and Cure

Eggs aren’t just for Sunday breakfast and egg shells don’t belong in the trash! Eggshells are rich in calcium carbonate (CaCO3 aka Lime1) helps feed soil and birds; shells also deter pests. Don’t toss fiber egg crate use a plant starter with or without the shells. Crushed egg shells, mixed into soil, add organic matter

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DIY Kombucha

DIY Kombucha, 5 easy Steps

5 Easy steps to brewing your own fermented teas I’ve watched, patiently, from the sidelines while various friends and family started brewing their own DIY Kombucha. Because I’ve wanted to try for some time, but, for whatever reason the project never started. After much gentle prodding, I took the leap and found the steps super

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10 Ultimate What Not To Wear Rules Page 2

Welcome to Page 2 of Ultimate What Not To Wear Rules I’ve always enjoyed watching What not to wear, over the years I’ve learned more than a few tricks that improved my fashion style. I was sad to see the show coming to an end and wanted a place to save their tips for future

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Hypertufa Planters

Making Hypertufa Planters

Making Hypertufa Planters I intended to make Hypertufa Planters since I discovered it was a thing, recently it happened. The catalyst was mostly due to the idea of creating a new garden space in planters, or pots. Researching the amount of pots, in the size needed, revealed a cost which seemed rather overwhelming. A quick

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