Mr Hubby is always trying to get me to cook. But thats why I married him, he's the cooks! He is what i consider to be a non wasteful gourmet, where as most gourmets will waste a whole bird just for the stock, he will feed you gloriously for a week on one bird. Any who- If I made these he would prolly stop bugging me for awhile because they are just way to cute for his liking.
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My husband and I have struggled all season with alternative Christmas decorating ideas. We have settled with using one of those outdoor trees, adding fuzzy yarn and large ornaments for a sparse and hopefully a modern tree. We decided that we are going to create out decor every year so that it has part of us in it. Sounds hokey I know, but we are sssooo not into Christmas but since we now have a crumbcatcher, we have to show her the spirit of Christmas. I wish I would have spotted this last month, I would have made one for our alternative tree. Maybe next year....
This is so sweet! LilBDesigns at Etsy is making crayon holders for only $8.00. Why didn't I think of that? What a fabulous Christmas gift idea for all of those kids you have to buy for but don't want to do anything too over the top. I can't wait till my little toddler baby is old enough to appreciate stuff like this....
This is a great way to store just about anything in a very stylish way. Socks, toys craft item, tools, food....You can buy clean new paint cans at any home improvement store for a few bucks.
This river rock door mat is a wonderfully modern way to scrap the mud, snow or sand off your boots without having to have one of those silly hedgehog things on your porch.
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How sweet is this? Now you can custom make a box for a itty bitty gift. Maybe for a good luck penny!
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Anthropologie has this nice wreath for $69.00. I like it but i know i can whip one up myself for under $15 buckaroo's. Maybe even less, JoAnn fabrics should be having a great holiday sale by now on cheapy globe ornaments.
This company says they are no longer available, so never mind them. I bet your could find tons of Rubik's Cubes at thrift store. Snatch 'em up and make your own! And who says they have to have pictures of the crumbcatchers on them? Try using some cool graphics instead.
Starred Review. Sedaris's sidesplitting guide to throwing parties hopes to return readers to the times when the word "entertainment" was "charmingly old-fashioned, like courtship or back alley abortions." While her tongue is firmly in cheek, novice party-planners will actually find some helpful hints along the way as Sedaris offers instructions and real recipes. Her tips run the gamut from how to properly freeze meatballs (freeze them on a cookie sheet before putting them into a freezer bag so they won't stick together) and deal with the inebriated ("Better to cut them off rather than pretend it's not happening and then allow them to stay over and wet your bed"). She's a generous but crafty hostess ("A good trick is to fill your medicine cabinet with marbles. Nothing announces a nosey guest better than an avalanche of marbles hitting a porcelain sink"). Etiquette pointers include inappropriate introductions ("This is Barbara, she can't have children") and things to avoid saying to the grieving ("Did she smoke?" "Was he drinking?" "Where were you when this happened?"). Her advice is both practical and hilarious; her instructions on removing vomit stains ends with "or just toss it, chances are you've stained it before." Sedaris's first solo effort (after Wigfield with her Strangers with Candy co-stars, as well as several plays with her brother, David) is an outrageous and deadpan delight, greatly enhanced by her deliriously kitschy illustrations and photos
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
The force behind SuperNaturale.com Carson teaches at Yale and the Rhode Island School of Design, and is a partner at the design firm Flat, which counts Knoll and Urban Outfitters among its clients. Here, she offers up a compilation of craft projects sure to make your favorite DIY hipster happy this Christmas. Whether you've been looking for a how-to guide on making a crochet skull or instructions on how to knit your own hammock, Carson and her army of contributors (all have also weighed in on SuperNaturale) have it covered. The book is organized by medium into six chapters (including "Yarn & String"; "Glass & Ceramics" and "Lost & Found"), and the writing is as irreverent as the ideas themselves
Craftivity
Seventy-two step-by-step projects for modern do-it-yourself home and office design, by world-renowned designer Todd Oldham.
Love the look of mid-century, modern, retro design, but don't feel like dropping two weeks' pay on an Eames chair? Todd Oldham shares his passion for mid-century modern homes with over 72 do-it-yourself projects for anyone who loves crafts and longs to add character to every corner of their home.
Handmade Modern
Isn't he cute? I would love a whole herd of them around my table or bar. Maybe all of them in white except for one in black!
This is a fabulous idea for reusing your wine and liquor bottles after your holiday parties. Just spray them with chalkboard paint. After the paint dries then rub chalk all over the bottle and then erase it. This will "prime" the bottle and give it that old chalkboard look that you so love!
"A sofa is discovered in the back streets of Deptford. Sad looking, with its broken leg and ripped leather, its fate was to be left out on the streets, damp and rejected. Thinking this was not a good way for it to go, Raw Nerve took it back to the studio. It sparked the group's imagination as we considered all the things it may have experienced in its lifetime.
It could have been a child's castle or a hiding place. Perhaps it would have felt two young lovers languishing in it. Or it could have witnessed a gangster robbery or the tragedy of a failed marriage. A collection of many lost objects buried within it could have formed through the years. Or it could have remembered all the many conversations and secrets it has heard whilst inhabiting various living rooms.
Rather than the sofa being a functional object, we imagined the sofa as a living breathing thing having lived its own life, albeit unconscious to all those who had used it.
We re-upholstered the sofa so that imprinted on it, like a memory, are all the imagined stories of its life so far. The surface of the sofa is essential to the telling of the stories. To read the stories the sofa has to be explored and interacted with, lifting cushions to reveal tales and listening to sounds coming from deep within, which unravel the intimate and personal secrets of its past."
I love this idea! They made a piece of trash into a really chic' sofa!
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