Gingerbread Hogwarts
Check it out, Hogwarts from Harry Potter made out of gingerbread. The gingerbread castle was made by Jessica at Cherry Bay Cakery in Michigan. It’s made with gingerbread, ice cream …
How To Smoke A Turkey
First of all, why should you smoke a turkey? A couple of reasons: 1. It’s faster than cooking the turkey in the oven. The last time we smoked a 14 …
A Good Reason To Buy Local
Below is an image that shows how 10 companies control almost all the household products and packaged food we buy. Kind of crazy, don’t you think? Click on the image …
5 Free Kids Hat Patterns
In continuing my fascination with free knitting/crochet patterns, here are 5 free crochet patterns for kids hats shaped like animals: Fox Hat Monster Hat Moose Hat Sock Monkey Hat Owl …
Fall Cocktail Round-Up
Tis the season of pumpkin, apples, and pears–all of which go great in cocktails. Here’s a round-up of fall cocktails I have made with DIY Cocktails. Pumpkin Flip. Pumpkin, bourbon, …
10 DIY Projects With Logs
Following yesterday’s post about DIY Natural Branch Coasters, it occurred to me that there are a lot of projects you can make with a log or sliced wood. For example: …
DIY Natural Branch Coaster
I am tempted to make these Natural Branch Coasters. All you do is cut a log to coaster-sized wood slives and paint with varnish. These wood look great on the …
Our Juice To Cider Experiment
We bought two bottles of this 100% juice at Costco, thinking it would be a nice thing for the baby to drink, but he doesn’t like it and neither do …
5 Reasons Packages Get Destroyed
[Courtesy] Here’s an interesting article on 5 Reasons Packages Get Destroyed, as written by a former UPS worker. Apparently writing “fragile” on a package might mean postal workers treat it …
3 More DIY Advent Calendars
I’ve mentioned DIY Advent Calendars before. Here are three more advent calendars you can make yourself: Make an Advent Calendar out of Altoid Tins. I’m always wondering what to do …
Chick Egg Separator
This Chick Egg Separator is cute. “Tilt the chick and the yolk remains inside while the egg white drips through the beak.” $13. Of course you could also use a …