Ironically, most of the gift ideas we talked about I've gotten or given as gifts myself. True story.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
32 Gifts for Crafters and DIYers
I asked a bunch of my favorite craft and DIY bloggers what cool gifts for women they received or are on their gift list. While we all agreed gift cards to our favorite home
improvement and craft stores are always winners, sometimes the people in our lives are looking for new and unique gift ideas because they have gone to the gift card well a little too often.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
DIY Spray Paint Booth
Sandy and her crazy cold nor'ester is trying to end outdoor spray paint season early because you can't spray paint in temperatures below 40 degrees (F) and expect your project to come out well. Guess how I know?
Eeking out a few more months of spray paint time in the garage doesn't work around here because Husband doesn't like the idea of spray paint splatter on the car. (It was ONE time, barely noticeable, and on MY car - yeesh!)
That's why I pinned A Crafty Nest's spray paint booth to my Pinterest boards (follow me on Pinterest? I'm kinda lonely over there. Thanks.)
Eeking out a few more months of spray paint time in the garage doesn't work around here because Husband doesn't like the idea of spray paint splatter on the car. (It was ONE time, barely noticeable, and on MY car - yeesh!)
That's why I pinned A Crafty Nest's spray paint booth to my Pinterest boards (follow me on Pinterest? I'm kinda lonely over there. Thanks.)
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Easy Citrus Basil Aloe Soap Tutorial
We used up the butter maple shea butter soap I made and colored with kitchen spices. A ton of people asked if the turmeric I used to
color the soap turned our skin yellow. I’m happy to say, nope not a bit.
Save this easy soap tutorial to your Pinterest boards for later! Share it with your friends!
I have a bunch of soap making supplies
left from making my first batch of melt and pour soap. I also have some end of the season basil from our garden that doesn't taste
that great in cooking. I put them together and made an orange citrus basil soap
using an Aloe Vera vegan glycerin melt and pour soap base.
The result is scrubby dubby good and something I plan to make now for holiday gifts later. Hint: Citrus Basil soap makes great stocking stuffers and teacher gifts!
How Make Aloe Soap
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Friday, October 26, 2012
How to Hang a Heavy Picture without it Crashing to the Ground
Especially if I rehang this amazing gift from Michael. He painted it as part of his senior show at Parsons (yes, that Parsons The New School for Design Project Runway fans.) Michael gave us the painting to remember him by before he moved -sniff!
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Schoolhouse Rock Costumes
Around here Halloween is ALL about the costume. I keep a running
Halloween costume idea list in my head of unique and slightly out there costume
ideas.
Last Halloween Husband and I went a Halloween party. The
theme was Childhood. After mulling over the costume possibilities, I realized I
had the perfect costume on my Halloween costume idea list. It’s something I’ve
been wanted to build for a long time School House Rock's Bill from Capital Hill! Husband got in on the School Rock costume action too.
He was the Engineer from Conjunction Conjunction.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
5 Fall Fun and Howling Halloween Projects
Kristina from Claiming Our Space asked me to co-host her Fall and and Howling Halloween Link Party along with the fabulous The Chic Geek, Second Chance to Dream, Making My Apt a Home, The Cookie a Day Challenge, and Domestic Randomness here on Condo Blues.
I love that I got to introduce my super crafty DIY friends to my clever green living friends. I feel like the hostess of a successful dinner party. I'm the Yenta of the blogging world introducing all of you over there to all of you over there! I met a slew of new people myself too.
Wowzers gang. Your projects knocked my socks off! Kristina suggested the co-hosts pick a few favorites and share them on our blogs. It wasn't easy!
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