Have a few empty plastic bottles lying around and don't have a recycling bin? That's OK because there are many ways that you can creatively recycle a plastic soda bottle if you don't want to throw it into the recycling bin. Here are 12 of my favorite ideas from around the Web.
1. I'm a coffe junkie. If I ever find myself in a coffee-free situation, this Emergency coffee maker may just do the trick.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
12 Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Haiku Friday: Celebrate May Day and Beltane!
Beltane marks spring
jesters dance round May Pole ribbons
jesters dance round May Pole ribbons
flower baskets bloom
May Day makes me feel nostalgic. Not for the coffee filter flowers I made for May Day baskets when I was a child but for the May Pole dances and brightly colored clothes of Beltane. My inner child loves Beltane. Why? Because once upon a time I was a professional jester.
Need Proof?
I designed and drafted the pattern for my favorite jester costume, hat, and props. I appliqued blue ribbon in a Celtic knot pattern at the bottom of the top skirt. The top skirt are overlapping panels that fly straight out when I turn.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
5 Easy Ways to Lower Your Electric Bill
Trying to reduce our electricity usage by 20% this year, without replacing everything we own, had me singing The Condo Blues. (Condo Blues. What a great name for a blog, ya think?) After a couple of months into the New Year, I checked our electric bills. Our electricity usage didn’t go down from the previous month, it actually went up!
This is after I:
1. Switched my remaining incandescent light bulbs to CFLs
2. Switched to the Short Wash cycle on my dishwasher and continued to do only full loads in the dishwasher and air dry the dishes
This is after I:
1. Switched my remaining incandescent light bulbs to CFLs
2. Switched to the Short Wash cycle on my dishwasher and continued to do only full loads in the dishwasher and air dry the dishes
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Grub Resistant Gardening
I am allergic to anything green. Spending a lot of time digging in a garden guarantees me a welt-covered body. So when we found out that The Condo came with “low maintenance landscaping” I was all for condo living!
Unfortunately, within two years of owning The Condo three of the seven low maintenance bushes that came new with The Condo were dead.
Unfortunately, within two years of owning The Condo three of the seven low maintenance bushes that came new with The Condo were dead.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
How Make an Ironing Board Cover
The cover on my ironing board was stained. It never stayed on the ironing board when I was trying to iron something. I needed a replacement but never remembered to buy one. That was until I saw some flaming skull fabric at Joann Fabrics. "Hey!"says I, "I could make a new ironing board cover out of that fabric using my old ironing board cover as a pattern." So I did.
Here's how I made my ironing board cover.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
How to Make a Compost Bin from a Trash Can
Any plant unlucky enough to be stuck in my yard with it’s nothing but clay and zippo topsoil is destined for a slow painful death. I needed do something to enrich my so-called soil. Compost was the answer. However Condo Association mows our lawn. They won’t allow us to have freestanding doo-dads like sheds, playhouses, or compost bins that the lawn people have to circumnavigate with their mowers. So what to do about my desire to make compost? Easy. I decided make a Covert Composting Bin out of a COA-allowable garbage can.
How to Make a Compost Bin Out of a Garbage Can
How to Make a Compost Bin Out of a Garbage Can
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