I painted for the 1st time in my life tonight* thanks to @letsgomakeart! I treated myself to their December monthly subscription box which included four watercolor painting kits. The kit arrived in a jiffy and was well packed and sorted. Tonight I followed along with Sarah Cray’s tutorial on YouTube and painted the flowers for week 1. … More Let’s Make Art – Watercolor Painting Kits
Mom and I whipped together these wonderful little shower steamers to give to all my favorite special snowflakes for the holidays. Instructions below the photo gallery. I love a good bath bomb, but I know lots of folks who don’t like baths and taking one seems more labor intensive. An alternate is to the bomb is … More DIY Shower Steamers a/k/a Vapor Discs
Mom & I made a coffee table out of crates and boredom. We crafted a cheap, easy, functional and practical table in about an hour and a half total. Here’s what you need if you want to make one, too: SUPPLIES * 4 x Crates ($40 w/o a coupon, plus tax, but Michaels *always* has coupons.) … More DIY Crate Coffee Table
I’ve held on to some empty Yankee Candle jars knowing they’d be good for something, but the adhesive they use on their labels was impossible for me to remove. It’s stickier than a whore in a honey factory. Sorry, I don’t know why I went there. I didn’t use the jars because the leftover gunk made them … More Repurposed Yankee Candle Jar
I found a junky old window, cleaned out the broken glass and caulk, got four new pieces of glass cut to size and ordered basic mats online which I trimmed with a box cutter. Then I chose four photos of bugs & a bird that I took at the Rock House, printed them out on … More Window Pane Turned Picture Frame
Mom mailed me two old picture frames that I’d hoped to use for two pieces of art. Unfortunately, the pictures were actually glued to the glass in such a way that would make it impossible to remove them without a huge amount of work, muscle and cursing. Instead, I repurposed them into bulletin boards. Super … More Repurposed Frames
My favorite body polish by Fresh costs $65 for a 14 oz jar! (GULP!) It’s heavenly. It exfoliates gently, smells…well…fresh, and leaves my skin feeling like silk. It’s ridiculously overpriced and not something I splurge on very often. Instead, I perfected a recipe that could pass any side-by-side comparison and have been using it during every bath … More DIY: Brown Sugar Body Scrub
Lush makes the best bombs in my opinion (Phoenix Rising is heaven on earth to me), but there is no Lush store near me. Bombs are a little extravagance I treat myself to on a rare occasion because at the average cost $7 a plop that adds up! They’re super easy and cheap to make. How have I … More DIY: Bombs Away! Bath Fizzy Recipe
So, I’m guessing everyone reading this already knew that baking soda cleans chrome like new. WELL NO ONE TOLD ME! I just learned this today and am now looking for anything and everything with a shiny surface to scrub! Okay, so I received my birthday gift to myself in the mail today. A vintage Swing-A-Way … More Baking Soda Chrome Cleaner
I am constantly sniffing and blowing snot and fighting off Paquita’s aggressive attempts lick it out for me. (What is it with dogs and snot?) Christian has sinus issues, too, so I found a recipe on Pinterest for making homemade shower soothers (they used to have these by SudaCare in stores and no longer carry … More DIY: Sinus Soothers
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