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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Tile plant markers
Andrea over at Heavy Petal had a roundup of plant markers recently - a lot of the pre-made ones are really expensive! And really my favorites of the bunch were the ones she made herself with rubber stamps and craft sticks. I don’t need to label my veggies - I can tell what they are [...]
‘Fess up
Ok, who was searching for how to grow mushrooms with sweaty clothing??!! EW!!!
Seattle Tilth plant sale
Seattle Tilth is having their edible plant sale this weekend - it’s a great sale and there are lots of people there who can answer gardening questions.
Bento on the Internet
You don’t have to get as fancy as Anna the Red to do bentos, they can be really simple (though I’ve noticed a lot of bento makers tend to really go over the top). And they can be really frugal - there’s a lot of planning ahead, and using leftovers. Plus bento boxes are charming. [...]
Posted in Creativity, Food and cooking, Kids Tagged cooking, cooking ahead, cute, dinner, food, Kids Leave a comment
Amigurumi robot book giveaway
One of my favorite kid craft blogs, Crafty Crow, is having a giveaway - go leave a comment for a chance to win this amigurumi robot book, Crobots!
Posted in Craft, Free stuff, Kids Tagged contest, crafts, cute, Free stuff, Kids, making things 2 Comments
Totoro cream puffs
Anna the Red makes the most amazing bentos I’ve ever seen - she does Totoro, Yoshi, Kirby, Pikachu - you have to go look for yourself, they’re incredibly detailed and charming, and she generously shares all her techniques. I really like the bentos, but can’t imagine making them myself. But, one of these days, I’m [...]
Posted in Craft, Creativity, Food and cooking, Kids Tagged cooking, crafts, cute, dinner, food, Kids, making things 3 Comments
Shipping container home blog
Marti in Missouri is building a shipping container home and documenting the progress in a blog. It’s fascinating to watch it all come together, from the first ideas (which were not for a cargo container house) and planning process to installing radiant heat in the floor to getting windows.
Posted in Recycled, housing Tagged cargo containers, housing, making things, Recycled, salvage, shipping containers 1 Comment
Repurposed rain gutters
Wow - I wouldn’t have thought that gutters could hold enough dirt to grow actual vegetables! (though I’ve had little ferns grow in mine) This gutter garden belongs to Cornelia, who posted on Homegrown. This is a great use for salvaged gutters, and I love how it looks against the house. I’d be a bit [...]
Posted in Creativity, Garden, Recycled, Scrapyards Tagged Garden, growing, Recycled, salvage, scrap 12 Comments
Recycled barrel chair
Most chairs made out of barrels look really uncomfortable - Monkeybrad has put together an Instructable for a chair that I think I could actually sit in for more than five minutes. Plus it’s blue.