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Easy garden tip: Planting basil from cuttings

August 15, 2012 10 Comments

Did you know that basil will root in water?  I didn’t either. If you take a few cuttings of fresh basil and just keep them in water, they will send out some roots. I waited until there was a large mass of roots, then simply (and gently) placed them into a pot with soil in […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, garden & outdoors, gardening, Let me help you, Tip of the Day, Tips & Tricks

Freshen up a fire pit with high heat spray paint.

August 14, 2012 3 Comments

We have a free standing fire pit that we love to use.  However, while sitting out on our patio 24/7 for several years, the paint begins to oxidize and get faded over the years, and rust spots crop up here and there.  The solution?  High heat spray paint. Loosen any flaking pieces of paint and […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, garden & outdoors, Let me help you, Simple, spray paint

The cheapest, easiest way to clean your stove… Part 2.

August 10, 2012 8 Comments

As a crafty, creative person I think it’s a little amusing that one of my most popular posts is how to clean stove burners using ammonia and ziploc bags. It’s also kind of funny that another non-creative, but crazy popular post is all about tips to store fresh fruits and veggies.  (Especially amusing because I don’t like vegetables…) Anyhow, […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, cleaning, kitchen stuff, Let me help you, Tip of the Day, Tips & Tricks

No-sew cord cover & chandelier re-do (Getting ready for Bunco week! )

August 6, 2012 11 Comments

Do you play bunco?  Do you know what it is?  (It surprises me how many people don’t know what bunco is…)  Basiclly, it’s a group of 12 women who play a dice game together. We eat dinner, drink wine, and occasionally roll dice and keep score to win prizes.  (Husbands of bunco playing wives often […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, Entertaining, fabric, no-sew, spray paint

Easy Tomato-Basil Salad

July 18, 2012 2 Comments

You didn’t kill your tomato plant and now you have fresh, delicious, home grown tomatoes!Great.Now what…? How about a quick spin on a Caprese Salad? Easy and tasty.And only a few ingredients. Take your bounty of home grown tomatoes… Dice them up and toss them in a bowl.  Sprinkle with salt and snip a few […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, recipes, Side Dish

Easy summer decor with sea shells.

July 17, 2012 6 Comments

I loves me some sticks for fall and winter.   Sea shells are my summer version of sticks.  There is no easier way to bring a bit of the seaside to your home than just to dump a few shells around the house!   (Yes, I said dump some shells… quite the home designer lingo, […]

Filed Under: apothecary jars, cheap and easy, Crafts, shells, summer

DIY Patriotic Flag Artwork in about an hour.

July 2, 2012 4 Comments

I love this country. I love quick art projects. I love spray paint. I dropped the ball as far as getting my patriotic decor up last month, so I am hustling to get some up in a day. This “Old Glory” flag sign was created in less than an hour using scrap wood and some […]

Filed Under: 4th of July, artwork, cheap and easy, Crafts, distressed, project du jour, spray paint, summer, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

Seaside decor made from Salt Dough

June 8, 2012 4 Comments

Salt-Dough DIY Starfish

As we head into a new summer, I thought I’d do a quick recap of some of the projects I made last summer. Specifically, those I made from a basic salt dough. I made dough starfish…. Click HERE for the tutorial …and a wacky, free-form piece of “coral”…. See how I made this HERE … […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, summer

Hydrangeas: easy floral decor in just minutes.

June 7, 2012 3 Comments

I love hydrangeas.  They are easy to grow, easy to group together in one big arrangement, and they are easy to preserve. I cut several stems and popped them into a champagne bucket. So easy!  It is impossible to screw up an arrangement of hydrangeas.  These were all from my yard. Clip, strip the leaves, […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, floral design, Tables & Decor

Upcycle an old bottle to make a dish soap dispenser.

June 2, 2012 9 Comments

I know, I know, this has been done before.  But I finally did it and made one: A more decorative dispenser for our dish soap. This post contains affiliate links. Yes, we have a dishwasher, but there are still several items that need to be hand-washed and I didn’t like the plastic bottle sitting by the […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, etched glass, Glass, kitchen stuff, project du jour, Simple, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

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