Drying Sunflowers
Drying sunflowers is easy and fun. So if you want to preserve those golden summer blooms long after the season, try one of 3 easy sunflower drying methods. With the hot weather a couple...
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Thor Costume Part 1 – How to Make Thor Costume Arm Bracers
This is a video tutorial to make arm bracers for a Thor costume. You’ll be needing pellon and silver fabric – both of which I found at Joann Fabrics.
Natural Homemade Bug Repellent Recipe
I’m always on the lookout for natural remedies, as I prefer to avoid synthetics as much as possible. It’s so much nicer when we can put natural things in and on our bodies as...
Old Fashioned Peach Freezer Jam
It’s peach season here in NY, and there are certainly peaches a plenty to be had. So many in fact that there are often more peaches than one can eat during the season. So...
Wheat Weaving: Heart-shaped Wedding Favor
This one was a request I got from someone wanting to make heart-shaped wheat weavings as favors for their wedding.
Go Green, Save Green: Reusuable Containers.
Reduce, reuse, recycle isn’t just a trendy catchphrase, it’s a way of living. Going green doesn’t have to be expensive, in fact there are little ways of going green that can actually save you...
GMO Foods Need to Go Not Grow
Have you ever wondered what’s really in your food? GMO foods are a scary view of the future. A few years ago I attended a showing of the documentary The Future of Food. It’s...
How to Make a Skirt from an Old Pair of Jeans
You can upcycle an old pair of jeans into a fun denim skirt by adding a little bit of material. It’s a good way to use up old jeans that have holes in the...
Save A Pillow
Have an old pillow whose cover is so thin that the stuffing has already begun falling out? It may seem like it’s ready for the trash, but don’t throw it out just yet. It’s...
Photo Effect Tutorial – Make Photos Look Vintage
I’ve always loved tintype photographs (I’ve been told I lived a past life during the Civil War, so I suppose that might have something to do with it 😉 ), but I’ve never taken the...
