The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Do It Yourself has a cool project using those old metal grates found in older homes and turning them into these beautiful looking mail storage grates. A functional and stylish accent piece for your walls! From the site: Small iron grates, designed to sit about an inch of the floor in older homes, look terrific […]
Back in January, Michelle posted about Beth Johnson’s quest for inspiration and instruction on making a giant squid cake for a friend’s birthday. Beth came up with her own giant squid cake creation and has shared instructions for how she did it. I love her use of pieces from a candy necklace for the suckers, […]
I have become a snacker. (Pregnancy does that to you.) I’m always carting around pieces of fruit, little baggies of nuts, pumpkin seeds, crackers, or what have you. And once I have a baby to cart around as well, I’m guessing Cheerios (or some variant) will figure large in my life. So how stoked was […]
EJP Creations has some stunning jewelry and hair ornaments made using ornate clock hands. Pictured above is the “There is Time Enough” Gothic, Victorian-styled choker. I love that she writes, “The collar is very light and adjustable so dancing or prowling will not be a problem!” Fancy!
Instructables user bigwhitebear18 writes: Finally decided I’d make an Instructable for my famous Lemon Pound Cake. There are 3 great things about this particular cake that are different from others. 1) You can change the type of extract flavorings to make other types of pound cake. I’ll even add the instructions to make it a […]
Our pal Jenny Ryan has a cute recycle project up at Apartment Therapy LA showing you how to make a recycled leafy catch-all box. Jenny writes: Trader Joe’s sells these tasty sea salt caramels that come in a cute little balsa wood box. It feels wasteful to just toss the box after finishing off the […]
Jessica from How About Orange posted this simple way to jazz up boring roller shades by adding rows of orange masking tape. The effect makes it look like you’ve attached ribbons to the shades, but is faster and – because she’s used a masking tape that’s repositional and doesn’t leave a residue – it’s a […]
