The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
I have a confession: I have a something of a compost fetish. I built my first pile when I was 16 years old. I instantly feel in love with the earthy alchemy of the whole process: dumping in a wide variety of yard and kitchen waste, carefully tending it over time, seeing and feeling the […]
Happy Earth day! We’ll have a lot of green projects, recycling and eco-friendly projects throughout the day – post up your favorites or suggestions in the comments! Pictured here, Earth from 4 billion miles away. Related: Earth day (gov).
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest gives us lots of options for household uses for lemons from removing limescale to exfoliating your feet! Check out this cute heart-shaped lemon too.
Juliet Ames posted some Earth Day crafting ideas on Crafting a Green World. Some of the activities she recommends include making coffee ground fossils and toothbrush bracelets. Happy Earth Day!
The New New York Etsy Street Team posted some green cleaning recipes for your home. Clean your toilet with vinegar and baking soda or clear a drain with salt and boiling water. Related Worsted Witch’s Green Cleaning Kit
Over at wikihow, they have a tutorial up for making a (sort-of) anatomically correct brain cake, perfect for all those neuroscience parties we always get invited to, but never know what to bring. I’m told the numbers are representative of an EEG grid. Via Mind Hacks. (Thanks, Matt!)
Here are some photos I took at the NYC ComicCon. There was quite a bit of homemade costuming as well as a general trend toward “crafty” / handmade for the collectable figures, at least that’s the way it seemed when I chatted with some of the vendors. Overall, good show – it was packed the […]
