Posts tagged as: crafty

Mason Jar Travel Cup HACK: Homemade Cuppow/EcoJarz Sip Cup

January 26th, 2014 - posted under: The Farm » Home

First things first! Thank you SO MUCH for all the love and well wishes on my Birthday Love List last week. Celebrations and school were keeping me extra busy, but of course I read each comment, and every single one of them made my birthday so much better. So thank you!!! And now, on to [...]

DIY Cake Stand Made From Thrifted Dishes. Also What?! Eco-Friendly(er) Spray Paint!

June 30th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Home

I generally try to avoid Pinterest. Just as a rule. Because it’s dangerous there! For a busy person with much too much web to surf already, Pinterest is like a no-mans-land of endless, utterly gleeful time suckage. Recipes! Decorating! CRAFT PROJECTS! You know how it goes. It’s basically the holy grail of design porn, which [...]

Small Space Gardening: How To Make Inverted Hanging Tomato Planters Out Of Plastic Water Jugs

April 15th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Boy howdy, this project. This project! I heart it, is what I mean to say. Because it combines so many of my favorite things, like reusing/upcycling, and small-scale gardening, and inventive solutions to common problems, and also tomatoes. And twine! I love twine. Tomatoes are so, so much fun to grow, because there’s a huge [...]

Homemade Holidays: Vanilla Extract

November 14th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

This project calls for vodka. Do try and keep it away from the baby . . . Have you started making your holiday gifts yet? What?! It’s already that time of year again? I know, I know . . . This is a project that i’ve been meaning to do for years – yes, literally [...]

Greening The Little Things: A Homemade + “Hack” Round-Up

July 11th, 2011 - posted under: The Farm » Home

Glass straws are one of my absolute favorite plastic replacements. Read more here. This month we’ve made it our mission to finally find alternatives for some of the less conspicuous, but nevertheless wasteful, objects in our lives. For example, this whole idea was inspired by my desire to replace my paper coffee filters with something [...]