That's how Husband and I ended up at Urban Scrawl. One of our couple friends invited us to join them at Urban Scrawl because they know we like local food and arty things.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Urban Scrawl Inspiration
Husband and I have the best friends in the world. Our in real life group is so understanding of our devastating loss of Blitzkrieg. We got sympathy cards, personal calls, and condolences from an overwhelming number of friends, neighbors, our family vet, and the vet hospital oncology team. Every single one touched our hearts but none so much as Blitzkrieg's oncology nurse. She made and painted a plaster paw print she took of Blitzkrieg for us on her own. Tears I did not know I had welled up inside me when I unwrapped it.
Many of our friends are calling us for spur of the moment dinners and get togethers too. Thank you friends. Keeping busy helps.
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Salt Resist Tie Dye T Shirt
I didn’t check a white thrift store t shirt carefully enough
in the store. I brought it home and realized it has a stain I can’t remove. Bummer.
Not really.
I tie dyed the t shirt and made it better than new!
Once upon a time, a booth at the Viking Festival sold tie
dyed Scandinavian flag t shirts. I wanted a Danish flag tie dye t shirt, but
they were out of my size. They haven’t been back to the festival since. This
idea inspired my t shirt design.
Make a Danish Flag Tie Dye T Shirt
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
7 Tips for Buying a Comfortable Backpack
I like to use a backpack when I am traveling because it
doesn’t scream, I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE CAMERA IN HERE PLEASE STEAL IT like my
fancy camera bag does.
Unfortunately, once I switched to a heavier DSLR camera my
current backpacks (I’ll get to that in a minute) didn’t work for me. The
backpack straps sit on a knot I have in each shoulder.
The extra weight of the camera plus whatever else I want to
carry (water bottle, etc.) rides the knots like a cowboy on rodeo night. I get
a migraine. Dealing with a migraine is not the way I want to spend my vacation,
or for that matter, a blogging conference.
As a green blogger, I get information about backpacks made
from eco friendly materials all the time. I appreciate that but an ill fitting
backpack made from eco friendly materials is useless because I will spend more
time and resources replacing it with more backpacks that may or may not hurt my
back. If I have to go with a backpack made from not so eco friendly materials I’d
rather it be made from material that takes a beating and lasts as long as my
backpack from the 80’s that I still have and use.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Brass Drawer Pull Makeover
I am not a fan of brass knobs and drawer pulls, especially the Chippendale style brass drawer pulls. Too much of an old lady with a house that smells like bad cheese and 80's brass everything combo sandwich for me.
Do not confuse this with Chippendale Dancers. Those Chippendales I like.
If I got a dresser full of Chippendale drawer pulls in desperate need of a makeover, I'd be out the door buying new pulls before the first coat of paint was dry. Diane from in my own style has a cheaper, greener, and cuter way to go. She remade the drawer pulls with paint and paper napkins.
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Do not confuse this with Chippendale Dancers. Those Chippendales I like.
If I got a dresser full of Chippendale drawer pulls in desperate need of a makeover, I'd be out the door buying new pulls before the first coat of paint was dry. Diane from in my own style has a cheaper, greener, and cuter way to go. She remade the drawer pulls with paint and paper napkins.
The colors she used are to die for too.
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