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• Book Page Wreath Tutorial

  
  TipNut.com — Authority: 546
  Today’s feature is from Living With Lindsay with this charming Book Page Wreath Tutorial:At the same booth, we came across a pair of simple, but stunning wreaths made from book pages. The vendor told me that she made them sitting in front of the television. That’s my kind of crafting. I honestly don’t remember ...
  1 day ago

• Jewels from the Sidewalk

  
  Ornamento — Authority: 106
  I walk to and from work every day and I constantly scan the sidewalk for treasures I can use to make something. Trash day is the best day of the week!!! Awhile ago, I wrote about making lampworked beads from glass I found on the sidewalk . Now I have added brown beer bottles to my cobalt blue wine and aqua Bombay ...
  2 days ago

• Organizing Doesnt Have to Be Beautiful - Lessons from the Office

  
  Rubbermaid - Adventures in Organization — Authority: 131
  Every year, we make a calendar for Rubbermaid.com.  We try to put some thought behind the times of year when people will most like to know about which products and tips, as it relates to seasons / holidays where they make the most sense. The project sat on my desk in folders for at least 3 weeks, as I wasnt able to ...
  4 days ago

• November Project – Week 1 (In Photos)

  
  Resolving Timeline Issues — Authority: 120
  I blogged about my November Project earlier – focusing on reusing and repurposing things more. So here are the week 1 results: 1. Toy storage The Poptart needed a laundry basket. She’s also outgrown her bassinet. So the bassinet got repurposed as toy storage for the living room, and the basket we had been ...
  5 days ago

• How to Make Tulle Rosettes from an Old Tutu

  
  swyyne — Authority: 92
  Now that Halloween is over, I thought I’d try my hand at refashioning some of the old costumes I’ve accumulated over the years into accessories that I’ll actually wear now. My first project? Turning the sheer tulle of an old 1980s dance recital tutu into a pretty rosette. 1. Push a needle through a scrap ...
  1 week ago

• How can I make wrist warmers reusing or recycling old things?

  
  How can I recycle this? — Authority: 125
  A few weeks ago, I made passing reference to arm/wrist warmers but I thought I’d mention them again because it’s amazing what a difference they make. There are hundreds of different knitting and crochet patterns for fingerless gloves – from the very simple (a square folded over with a thumb hole left in the ...
  1 week ago

• What to do with that repurposed dresser drawer~

  
  The Shabby Nest — Authority: 493
  Okay, I promised to tell you all what I did with that dresser drawer that I refinished for last weeks Frugal Friday. Well, I have a confession to make. The reason I didnt share it with you last Friday, was because I was second guessing my original intention. When I first decided to save this drawer from the trash ...
  1 week ago

• FCC Senior Advisor to Chairman to Study Media Change and a Workshop on Media Financing for Small Business - Looking to Reinvent the Broadcast Industry?

  
  Broadcast Law Blog — Authority: 506
  The Commission is worried about the future of the broadcast media, and they are trying to figure out what they can do.  The last two weeks have been full of news about actions being taken by the FCC which may or may not lead to a reshaping of broadcasting as we know it.  We wrote about the discussion of ...
  1 week ago

• New Use For Old Things

  
  101 Ways To Save Money — Authority: 115
  Ah....being a mommy to three, I especially love this idea that I found on Real Simple.com: Instead of buying those plastic or paper tablecloths for kids birthday parties....try using a Twister Game Mat as a tablecloth! Wipe off spills and stains, and save for the next family game night and the next birthday party!! ...
  1 week ago

• Swiffer Cover: Free Sewing Pattern

  
  TipNut.com — Authority: 546
  Today’s feature is from Berlin’s Whimsy with this Swiffer Cover Sewing Pattern: Put your swiffer cover on and ooh and ahh with delight for now you can swiff your floors in style!**Note: This cover is reversible. To make it so, place buttons or velcro on both sides of the flaps.This is a great project to [...] ...
  2 weeks ago

• Frugal Friday~

  
  The Shabby Nest — Authority: 493
  Hello all! Welcome to this weeks edition of Frugal Friday. So what am I talking about today?Repurposing dresser drawers.As I was driving down the street about a week ago, someone was throwing out what I could tell used to be a lovely old dresser. But it was trashed. And I mean trashed. Half of the drawers were missing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Slippery templates and rulers?

  
  Anita's hints, tips, tutorial, and frugal living site — Authority: 117
  I thought the quilters reading my blog might want to see more helpful hints for quilting. I wanted to come up with a catchy phrase like other blogs have. Ive seen some like Tool Time Tuesday or Design Wall Monday. Lots of good ones out there. I just couldnt come up with one for me. Since I hadnt been quilting (or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Free Patterns, Etc. at TipNut

  
  Consciously Frugal — Authority: 122
  Im being lazy again and letting someone else do the heavy lifting. At least you wont have another ranting soapbox speech to tolerate!I discovered TipNut awhile back when she kindly added a post of mine, Helpful Tools, to a list of resources for frugal living. TipNut is a catch-all site for virtually anything related ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oh Hai Wednesday…

  
  Little White Dove ~ Feathering My Nest — Authority: 106
  Monday was sucky. Yesterday was marginally better. And today, well, I’m going to rock this Wednesday!   Poor Bear came home from preschool on Monday feeling a tad under the weather. And our darling first born, our cherished son, he struggles, poor chap. What may look like a cold to an outsider, is really a ...
  2 weeks ago

• A World Without Email – Year 2, Week 37 (Oh, the Irony of Things)

  
  CMC — Authority: 151
  Oh, the irony of things… That is just probably a good title for the blog post I am just about to put together. I know, and I realise, this entry may sound a bit too strange, but as you may be able to see later on, it’s probably the best way to describe what happened last week. Yes, indeed, here I am again, putting ...
  2 weeks ago

• A World Without Email – Year 2, Week 37 (Oh, the Irony of Things)

  
  E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez — Authority: 412
  Oh, the irony of things… That is just probably a good title for the blog post I am just about to put together. I know, and I realise, this entry may sound a bit too strange, but as you may be able to see later on, it’s probably the best way to describe what happened last week. Yes, indeed, here I am again, putting ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mann Made Art

  
  CT Green Scene — Authority: 124
  by Eileen Weber The Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at the Fairfield Public Library is showing an environmental art display called “Re/Art/Cycle.” The focus is on two artists, Jeff Mann and Lynn Stephens Massey. While Massey’s paintings used paper bags as...
  2 weeks ago

• My November Project

  
  Resolving Timeline Issues — Authority: 120
  Amber just made her first post on 5 Minutes for Going Green . She makes a good point: Pretty much all of us are familiar with the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra. What we don’t always remember, though, is that those actions are listed in order of priority. The most sustainable choice is always to reduce our ...
  3 weeks ago

• 3M and Scotch® Tape Create World’s First Closed Loop Dispenser Program

  
  Got2BeGreen — Authority: 126
  The Scotch ® Brand Continues Its History of Innovation With A Program That Pays Consumers to Collect Used Tape Dispensers ST. PAUL, Minn., October 2009-Scotch ® Brand transparent tape, in conjunction with upcycling company, TerraCycle, Inc., has created a first of its kind program to recover and reuse clear ...
  3 weeks ago

• Using a Old Shutter to Organize

  
  Rubbermaid - Adventures in Organization — Authority: 131
  One of my favorite organization tools that I use in my home office would have to be my shutters.  I found them at the Metrolina Antique Show in Charlotte.  They were 2 for $5, and were originally navy until I spray painted them white to match my office. They are great for keeping important references close-by my ...
  3 weeks ago

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