Tag: Projects
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DIY: Wood Poster Hanger Tutorial [video]
We scored two beautiful Christmas posters today for less than $10 at Scout in NULU and decided to make our own wood poster hangers! We made a little tutorial video, and the materials / steps are detailed below. If this tutorial is useful to you, please pin it / share it and help spread the…
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Back to the Bedroom Refinishing…
Utter contentment is chilling on the couch in between two big cuddly dogs listening to “An Elegant Affair” playlist on Spotify (Javier’s choice) while Javi waters orchids. Javier and I had our Birth Class Part 2 tonight and I got *extra* worked up about the insane amount of newborn first-time-mom stress that I’m about to…
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Knitting Yoda
This fall I was inspired by a pair of adorable knitted mice and their maker Robin Nikkel to pick up my abandoned knitting needles and try to make something besides scarves using the most basic stitches. I haven’t ventured far into the world of cable knitting yet, but I did make a few little animals…
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One person’s trash…another person’s project idea!
A couple of weeks ago our neighbor across the street decided to cut down a big tree from the front of her property. Well I think she decided anyway, I didn’t actually talk to her, but I saw a guy with a chainsaw going at it. Once the job was done there was enormous pile…
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Wall of Frames
One of our little decorating projects that we did along with the painting before Javier’s family arrived was putting up photos on the walls. If you can remember how our living room was before the transformation (what a nightmare…), we had zero decorations on the walls. After we painted everything looked much better, but the walls…
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Paula’s Cuellos (neck warmers)!
Our house has literally turned into a knitting / crocheting factory – Paula has been working like a madwoman on her neck warmers that she is selling ($20 for adult size, $15 for kid size), her mom started up another crocheting project for me and Javier and Cora and I joined the fun and bought…