I found a new blog today called A Thrifty Mrs. In one of her posts she offered some homemade cleaning recipes. I highly recommend a look see. Her recipes used baking soda, salt, and borax. These are all wonderful cleaning supplies. I use borax and baking soda to clean our [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Thrifty, Eco-friendly Cleaning Tips
Posted in Books, Cool Finds, Family, Green, tagged baking soda, Books, cleaning tips, ecofriendly, laundry on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Modish – Website of the Week
Posted in Cool Finds, Crafting, Fashion, Green, WOW, tagged clothes, crafts, ecofriendly on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently stumbled upon this blog called Modish (pronounced moe-dish). I really love this site! It is now at the top of my list of daily blog reads! Modish is all about handmade crafts, indie designers, and people like me who love them. You’ll find great items to give as gifts [...]
Indian Silk, Kitschy Crafts, and Circus Music!
Posted in Books, Crafting, Fashion, Green, Music, tagged Books, crafts, dress, ecofriendly, Fashion, jewels, LPs, Music, reading, records, skirts, vinyl on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hope you all had as lovely a weekend as I had. Hubby and I did our usual grocery shopping and a little fun shopping, too. One of the things we bought was a couple of silk wrap skirts/dresses. We found ours at Romancing the Stone which is a sister store to [...]
Tristan Prettyman
Posted in Cool Finds, Green, Music, tagged Green Living, Music, Tristan Prettyman, youtube on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really liking her sound right now! I understand that she practices and encourages green living. Pretty cool! Check out her website, www.tristanprettyman.com. You can read more about her eco-friendly lifestyle at treehugger.
Sweet Pendants
Posted in Crafting, Fashion, Whimsy, tagged crafts, necklaces, pendants, polymer clay, stickers on July 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, here they are folks! The pics of my finished pendant project. For those of you who are new, I found a really cute pendant idea on the Savvy Crafter blog. While searching for ball chain and glaze I ran across some wooden beads that I thought would make lovely pendants. [...]
Vinyl Record Bookends/Website of the Week
Posted in Books, Cool Finds, Crafting, Music, WOW, tagged Bookends, crafts, DIY, LPs, project, records, vinyl on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As many of you know, hubby and I have recently begun collecting and listening to old records. We have really enjoyed the old music and the sound of the vinyl as well as the hunt for old albums. While perusing the ideas on DIYLife, I ran across these bookends. I immediately thought, [...]
FiestaWare
Posted in Cool Finds, Family, Thrifting, tagged collectibles, collecting, dishes, dishware, FiestaWare on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a great article on the history of FiestaWare on VintageIndie. I thought some of you might find it as interesting as I did. Click here to read the article.
Old-Fashioned Fun
Posted in Family, Music, tagged games, puzzles on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently my hubby and I have found ourselves enjoying “old-fashioned” fun. A couple of Sundays ago we turned off the TV and cell phones, put away the MP3s and the computer, and spent the afternoon listening to old records and playing board games. We played a rousing game of Scrabble followed by [...]
Thank You!
Posted in Family on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just wanted to give a shout out to my dear husband. He enourages my blogging and writing at every turn. He celebrates all the little things I consider milestones in this journey. He puts his photography skills to use, assisting me in taking pics of small objects and occasionally setting a [...]
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