I wish I had a green thumb. Sadly, most things I attempt to grow die. This could be due to the fact that I forget to water them. But when I was at the grocery store, the spinning rack filled with lovely, bright and colorful seed packets called their siren song and I let my little girls help me pick some out. But then I wasn't exactly sure where to get these seeds started. I planned on starting them indoors. And I've seen loads of different ideas on Pinterest. I was thinking of making the little newspaper cups. But they seem a bit time consuming. And I wasn't sure what to put them on since I was planning putting the starts in our windowsills. Then I thought of using egg cartons. Probably because it was Easter time and we had boiled a gazillion and ten eggs. I googled around to see if this was done before and, sure enough, this seemed to be a great idea. I gathered my girls one morning last week, grabbed some potting soil and cups and we set to work. This was such a fun activity to do with them! Molly obviously struggled a little with getting the dirt into the little cups, but oh well. It's just dirt! We got all the cartons full. Then we started planting the seeds. It was fun to talk with Zoe about the different sizes of seeds and how that determined how deep they needed to be planted. We tried to guess how small the seeds would be by the sound they made when we shook the seed packets. After they were all good and planted, Zoe wrote the name of the seeds on the side so we wouldn't forget what we planted. We watered them real good, let the cartons dry out and then placed them in the windowsills in our house. I've been watering them and trying to keep the soil moist. But I was worried I wasn't giving them enough water. So, I did some more googling around about watering seeds and read something about watering your dirt really good and covering the containers with plastic wrap or a plastic bag. This creates a lovely little greenhouse and you don't have to water them again until they sprout! Once little bits of green shoot up, take the plastic wrap off and keep the soil moist. Brilliant! Hopefully this helps with the whole "killing the plants because I don't remember to water them" thing. I love how the egg cartons fit perfectly on our windowsills. And if someone accidentally knocks them off, no worries! They're in they're own little saftey bag. Emmett, my 11 year old, decided to do a science experiement with some cotton seeds he had from a field trip. He planted them and covered one with plastic wrap. He'll water the one without the plastic and we'll see which one comes up first. Fun! Do you have a green thumb? Are you starting any seeds this year? Linking up to these fun parties...
Learn you a cool way to get your winter fires going with these egg carton fire starters!
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Making a dollhouse is much like building a conventional house – it takes time and patience. There are a lot of pieces, but they are not complicated to cut and assemble.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN Sally’s Lundby Gothenburg dollhouse was a Christmas gift from her parents in the early 1970s. She fondly remembers many happy hours playing with it as a child. Years later, she and her dad lovingly restored it and began adding custom extensions to accommodate Sally’s expanding furniture collection. The house—now a sprawling eight-story tower—measures just shy of 5 feet (1.5 meters) across. A BRIEF TOUR The original Lundby sections are the top two floors and the living/TV room and formal lounge on Level 5. The rest was designed by Sally and constructed by her dad in various phases. Wherever possible they used Lundby parts purchased on eBay (doors, windows, balustrades, staircases, and more), seamlessly blending the new with the original. They started by adding a two-story basement to the original house to create a garden area with a balcony, billiard room, and indoor space for the swimming pool. Phase 2 saw the addition of Level 3 and the two levels at the bottom right, including the garage, utility room with WC at the rear, bar, and garden terrace off the kitchen. Sally adapted an original Lundby balcony for use in this level. Level 4 features an outdoor patio area and a family/game room, as well as a landing, second bathroom, and office with adjoining conservatory. Level 5 includes the girls’ bedroom and above it on Level 6 are the parents’ suite and boys’ bedroom. A CREATIVE TOUCH Some of the furniture and unique accessories you see throughout Sally’s amazing house were created by Sally herself. She made the billiard table from a 12th scale dining table, adding molding around the edges and gluing a piece of green carpet on top. The cues are made from wooden barbecue skewers and the balls are colored beads. The green suite to the right of the billiard table was a damaged Barton/Caroline’s Home set that Sally re-covered to match the other furnishings. The washing machine is made from a small cardboard box covered in glossy photographic paper. The round door is made from window acetate and a key ring, and the control panel is a piece of dark cardboard with silver beads for the buttons. The bed and bedding and wardrobe unit in the parents’ bedroom are made from small wood off-cuts, fabric, and sticky-back plastic with a woodgrain effect. The cabin bed/high sleeper in the girls’ bedroom is made from wood off-cuts and a 12th scale bedside cabinet. Sally also made the girls’ patchwork bedding and the curtains in all the rooms. The patio heater on the top floor balcony has a parasol made from a cocktail umbrella. Sally made the weight bench in the family/game room using bits of wood and dowel. The weights are vehicle wheels that she purchased from a model shop and attached to a section of welding rod. She finished it off with two Lundby floor cushions. A WORK IN PROGRESS Sally finds her dollhouse project to be very therapeutic and satisfying, and her passion for it has grown over time. So have her ideas and inspiration! Her latest addition—now in progress—is a ground floor stable area.
After hotel staff told a bride-to-be to nurse her baby in the bathroom, the new mom canceled her wedding reception.
I don't think I'm ever going to get a real dog but I could see myself as an owner of one these dogs. Karin Söderquist is a talented illustrator who makes colourful 3D-illustrations out of wood as well as other works. More of her work in here.
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Oakland based artist Tracey Snelling, featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 35, creates detailed dioramas and installations of urban landscapes. Ranging from miniature to large scale pieces, her installations represent her impression of a space through the use of mixed media like sculpture, video, and photography. Hers is an imaginary world based on real places, sometimes populated by dolls and figurines, and lit dramatically by LCD screens and film stills to add a flicker of life. For her latest multimedia installation debuting on November 20th, Snelling wanted to capture the vulnerability and strength found in poverty-stricken slums around the world.
It's actually a little funny. I'm still trying to figure out where to put my 2017 entry. Most likely it will go live in my husbands study when I get a little table in there. But of course HBS sent an email. And now they've got me thinking about the 2018 Creatin' Contest kit. Another fully enclosed kit! I really like that. (We all know why that is.) It's called the Trey Gables Kit. I really like it. I can picture it with a bow window on the front and another gable where the skylight is. It could be a very cozy cottage. Or it could be a nice little shop? The description doesn't say if there are any interior walls or if the ceiling is lofted. But there's another picture of the outside all done up. Measurements are 15"W x 17"H x 24"D which is a bit smaller than the 2017 kit. I like the thatched roof though. And the smaller footprint. This could be a lot of fun! Happy New Year!
Stylish folding chairs that don't make you choose between saving space or embracing your style. Luxury folding lounge chairs, convertible armchairs, and much more!
The 2nd grade classes have been creating paper sculptures this week. I wanted to show them how they could take something flat and manipulate...
Bei dem Klapphocker Falter, von dreipunkt 4 für Kabré-Leipzig designt, handelt es sich um einen faltbaren Hocker, der platzsparend verstaut werden kann. Der Klapphocker besticht durch intelligentes Design und ein hohes Maß an Funktionalität.
Dollhouse and French culture enthusiast Linda Carswell poured her passions into a productive pastime for five years with this exquisitely detailed dollhouse that she christened "La Petite Maison."
Every week (although the timing isn't particularly fixed), I see a chair sketch on my Instagram feed, and after having seen and liked dozens of them, my mind can almost instantly recognize @nickpbaker's style and brand of creativity anywhere. Given the hashtag of #nickschairsketches, Baker uploads unusual conceptual chair designs almost every week. The chairs
Street art is there to surprise and inspire us, to shake up the often dull urban environments in which it can usually be found in order to give us a fresh perspective on our otherwise familiar neig…
This picture was taken of us several weeks prior to the events described. While all this was going on, I also had to be tested. I am negative for Hepatitis C. Even though we have been married and ignorant of this disease for 18 years, I never contracted it. We decided to make slight modifications though. We never share a razor anymore and we have separate containers for our toothbrushes. One of Don's first tests was a simple sonogram. This was done to get accurate measurements of his liver and spleen and to check for kidney stones. Don's liver was measuring normal sized, but his spleen was enlarged and he clearly had stones in his gallbladder. He also had a test for something called Viral Load. Viral Load (VL) shows the amount of active Hep.C cells in his blood. This count is vitally important to monitoring how well the medicine is working. It is not indicative of how long he has been infected, what condition or how much damage has been done to his liver. Don's VL was 400,000. Some patients have VL counts into the millions! Over the past 10 years or so, many new discoveries have been made concerning Hepatitis, but the treatment drugs are essentially the same. It is a once a week injection of Interferon into the subcutaneous tissue of the abdomen and Ribavirin pills prescribed in amounts according to the patients weight. One of the new discoveries is that if a patients VL has not dropped by 90% after 12 weeks of treatment, it is not working. To put this into perspective, Don's VL needs to go from 400,000 down to 4,000 after 12 weeks of treatment. If not he would be considered a Non-responder and taken off the drug treatment. When we consulted with the doctor, he advised us of the sonogram results and said that as long as the stones were not causing Don any trouble, we would ignore them for now. Although his liver was normal sized, he was concerned about his enlarged spleen, which indicates blood backing up from his liver. This is the first time we heard the word cirrhosis. The upcoming biopsy was a test done specifically for this. Patients with cirrhosis have a lower chance of being cured of Hepatitis C...down to 50%. If the cirrhosis was advanced enough, drug treatment for the Hep. would not be an option. Don's liver biopsy was scheduled for the next week.
De Parijse kunstenaar Eva Jospin heeft drie zalen van het Noordbrabants Museum omgetoverd tot een mysterieuze fantasiewereld - van karton.
All you really need to know is to start wrapping an object or body part with the sticky side up. Then continue wrapping with the sticky side down for about 4 or 5 layers. Depending on the object being wrapped, you will need to slit the tape in order to remove it and then tape up the slit and - Voila!
Since it’s summertime and a lot of you have kids at home I wanted to come up with a thrifty idea that involved the kids. So, I’m going to show you the Superhero Scavenger hunt I just did with my boys. It didn’t cost a dime and they absolutely LOVED it. (First off, I adapted ... Read more
Build 3D structures from single sheets of paper, the same exercises that Bauhaus master Josef Albers assigned to his students.
Modular, flexible and adaptable – multi-functional appears to be the buzzword for the furniture of our times. Yet there are in fact few interior design solutions that warrant the title “multi-functional”.
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