Mini Egg Crate Garden
BLDG 25 has a wonderful way to create a fresh garden of herbs or flowers no matter how small your space is by upcycling an old egg create.
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DIY Sumo Wrestler Bowling Pins
This DIY Sumo Wrestler bowling pin set by Sugar and Dots is one of the most unexpected and unique projects I have laid my eyes on! A fun and easy upcycled project that renders a totally weird and fun end result has me giggling even as I type.
DIY Sandel Up-Grade
A Well Traveled Woman is a lovely blog capturing the adventures of a mom of two boys creating a life on a farm in a yurt. She had me at Yurt, and enhanced my adoration with her DIY post where Bekah shows us how to re-vamp an old pair of sandles with colorful thread.
R/C Watermelon Boat
This R/C watermelon boat would work better rigged up as trimaran, seeing as it “met with an untimely death after tipping over.” But melon seaworthiness aside, this build would be fun on a warm summer day.
Pimm’s Cup Recipe
I somehow missed the Pimm’s Cup trend of recent years, but a friend introduced me to this lovely summery drink a few months ago and I am a convert. A British classic, it consists of the gin-based liqueur known as Pimm’s No. 1, and either ginger beer or sparkling lemonade with a changing roster of […]
How-To: Mini Peach Pavlovas
I had my first Pavlova in my early teens in Australia and have loved them ever since. Named after the famed ballerina Anna Pavlova, it couldn’t be simpler: meringue, whipped cream and fruit.
How-To: Throw a Pie Fight Party
By Shawn Bowman The folks in my family are big fans of the ridiculous, with bad jokes and slapstick gags at the top of our fun list. Our favorite kind of summer party involves delicious food, lots of friends and the definitive gesture in slapstick humor; a good old fashioned pie fight. (We don’t use […]
