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DIY, Crafts, Food & Household Tips

Christmas crafts, recipes and tips

Christmas is just around the corner, for those of you who celebrate it, and we have DIY ornament crafts, instructions for making gifts, recipes and tips for getting the most out of your holiday season before it gets the better of you. DIY Decor & Gifts Since Christmas ornaments make good gifts and stocking stuffers,

6 crafts you can make from recycled plastic bottles

I stopped buying bottled water a couple of years ago. I now drink filtered tap (because water here tastes bad, not because I’m afraid of the quality of it) and only buy bottles when I find myself unexpectedly on the go without a canteen of filtered tap. But bottled water isn’t the only kind of

Make new candles out of old ones

This is a great little money saver, and a great way to recycle something which otherwise would have ended up in the trash. It’s easy to make new candles out of old ones, and it can also be fun and creative.

Ways to reuse old prescription bottles

Prescription medicine bottles typically can’t be recycled in the US (I’m not sure about other countries). Even if your prescription bottle has a recycle emblem stamped into the bottom, that doesn’t mean your local recycling agencies will do anything but destroy it. This all has to do with safety regulations: governments are worried that traces

How to make a no-sew blanket

A friend of mine makes these beautiful reversible, no-sew blankets. As the name would imply, they require no sewing at all, and are very simple to make – in fact, you could easily make your first one inside an hour, and over time you’d get quicker at it. The end result is a cozy, comfortable,

Fabric paint your own designer t-shirts

Fabric painting is a very easy craft to learn on your own. You don’t need much in the way of supplies to get you started. You also don’t need any particular drawing/painting talent, as long as you can make yourself a stencil. It’s a really fun way to personalize clothing. Fabric Painting Supplies Armed with

How to organize old photos

How many old photos do you have, back from the days before you could just snap them digitally on your phone? And are they tucked away in drawers here and there, and boxes in the attic, and a few in the piano stool, and some in shoe boxes with other memorabilia from that road trip