How To Get A Cat To Use A Scratcher
Following up the post about How To Make Your Own Cat Scratcher: there’s nothing more annoying than buying or making a cat scratcher when they refuse to go near it. …
Cleaning/Decorating
How To Pick A Kitten
This post is not an excuse to post pictures of kittens. It’s not! People always ask me how I ended up with such friendly cats. (Some would call my cats …
Erlenmeyer Flask As Vase
Turns out a Erlenmeyer flask makes a great vase.
7 Clever Yarn Storage Ideas
I’ve been talking about knitting and crocheting on here lately, so it makes sense to talk about yarn storage. Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for …
5 More Organizing Tips
I love all these helpful household tips I’m seeing around the Internet. There are so many clever ideas floating around out there these days. Here are 5 More Organizing Tips …
Use A Shoe Organizer To Organize Cleaners
Here’s an interesting way to organize your cleaners: hang a shoe organizer on the back of a door and store cleaners in them instead. This is especially useful if you …
A Good Organizing Tip
This William Morris quote has long been one of my mottoes, so I was pleased to see it illustrated by the awesome artist Lisa Congdon. What around you does not …
10 Tips To Lose Weight
I’m no doctor and I don’t claim to be stick thin. That said, since it’s the beginning of the year and we’re all trying to lose weight (yet again!) I …
New Year’s Jar 2013
My New Year’s Jar Almost a year ago, I mentioned I was going to make a New Year’s Jar. You write down things that happen during the year and put …
Use A Pillow Case To Organize Your Sheets
I’ve recently started storing my sheet sets in a pillow case, like in the above picture. You fold the sheets and pillow cases and put them in one of the …
Christmas Posts Round-Up
I’ve written many posts about Christmas but have never done a Christmas Round-Up before! Here are some posts going back to 2008. Food: Strawberry Santas 10 Christmas Breakfasts Peppermint Meringue …