Browsing around on “Groovy Green” this morning I found links to a couple of neat ideas for using those ubiquitous single serving water bottles. I personally don’t buy them often, and hate the fact that they don’t have a deposit in the state of NY. Sigh. Here is a neat instructable for making a self… Keep Reading
Make Your Own Easy Reuseable Shopping Bag
Well what do you know? Martha Stewart actually has an easy, frugal idea for making your own re-useable shopping bag from old T-shirts. I know I have plenty of old T-shirts that I’ve collected from who knows where piled up in my closet-it would be simplicity itself to whip up some of these: Martha Stewart:… Keep Reading
Playsilks Idea
Image courtesy of Sandyke via Flickr.com Check out this cool tutorial on making your own “Playsilks” for kids. And compare it to the cost of “real” playsilks! The tutorial shows how you can buy undyed silk scarves from Dharma Trading Co, and then dye them at home with with Kool Aide. Of course, you could… Keep Reading
Make Gift Tags from Christmas Cards-Quick, Easy, Free and Green!
Yes, I realize Christmas is over, but hey, it’s only 353 days until next Christmas! Just kidding. The truth is we took down all of our Christmas decorations last weekend, including our Christmas cards. I know from past experience that if I try to “save” the cards somewhere to craft with next year, they will… Keep Reading
Etched Glass Nativity
For those of you who don’t read Scribbit (and shame on you, you should!) she has a tutorial for making a really classy etched glass Nativity today. And she swears that it is easy (not super quick, but easy) Go Check out!
Blackboard Paint Labels for Jars
How is this for a cool idea? Melanie over at Bean Sprouts shows us how she painted squares of blackboard paint on jam jars to make reusable labels. I’m not sure how the paint holds up to washing etc, but it sure looks great! It occurred to me that this technique would be a nifty… Keep Reading
Making Flowers Last
Well, Valentines Day is around the corner, so this is probably a serendipitous time to post this tip! Yankee Bill bought me a lovely bouquet of roses after he came back from his trip to the Barrett Jackson car auction about a week and a half ago. Don’t I just have the most wonderful man?… Keep Reading
Neat Project!
This morning I was looking online for a poncho knitting pattern for my mom (she wants one that is square across the front instead of pointed). On my search I stumbled across a neat DIY site with all sorts of different projects. The one that really caught my eye was these “rock star jeans” that… Keep Reading
Legwarmers
Well, apparently we are having fashion flashbacks to the 1980’s lately, and legwarmers are back in. I guess if you are a dancer they never went out (dancers were the ones to invent legwarmers ya know). Anyway, I was over at “Crafty Gift” post with the knitting patterns. She is a frugal fashion blog and… Keep Reading
Crafty Gifts Part II, Knitted Gifts
I’m a knitter, so the first thing that I think of for gifting is knits. ***note: These photos are not my own but borrowed from the websites containing the free patterns. Each photo is linked back to the webpage from which I borrowed it. Now there are plenty of great knitting sites out there with… Keep Reading
