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affordable decor, DIY Tutorials, halloween, halloween project, How it's Made - October 27, 2011

How to make Halloween Bats from Inner tubes.

An up-cycled project Have you ever had the feeling that someone or something was staring at you? True story, I was asleep in my dorm one Saturday night and I had an eerie feeling that I was being stared at. I slowly opened my eyes, and and a bat was hanging upside down from the walls of my cubicle. I guess it was not staring since Jamaican bats (or rat bat as they are called there) are blind. Oddly enough, I was sot spooked - you see, my high school (Hampton School for girls) is over 100 years old -...

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Affordable Style, DIY Tutorials, My Style - October 24, 2011

How to make a leather 'messenger style' bag

My Leather Bag Project Last weekend I attended an art festival in Palm Beach Gardens and I fell in love with the handcrafted leather handbags and totes form Sulay Rodriquez. I wanted them all, but alas, my budget did not lend itself to such a purchase. Since I had some 'scrap' leather in my fabric stash - I got several pieces of leather (about 10 lbs) for $20.00 a few years ago when a local leather furniture store was going out of business. [caption id="attachment_1010" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="My leather bag"][/caption] Here is my attempt - not as elegant as the...

Mouse Pad Make over

I was reading a blog post last week entitled The Top 10 WORST Corporate Gifts! Item # 4 on the list was the mouse pad. "The average person is never in the market for a mouse pad. And with laptop sales on the rise, they won’t need one in the future either." When I saw this post I had to give my mouse pad project a second thought. But then it occurred to me that I am not your average user. Not only am I old school - I prefer to use a mouse as opposed to a track pad, I...

A day at the beach - My handmade pillow process

[caption id="attachment_959" align="alignright" width="254" caption="She smiles"][/caption] Over the summer, my nephew, his wife and their 5 kids stopped by my home/office to rescue this workaholic for a day. Since the beach is only 2 blocks from my home - and it's one of my favorite places to work - I decided to oblige - plus I could not say no to those cute kids. While my nephew manned the grill, his wife took the kids for a swim splash. I sent a few e-mails, tweeted, updated my Facebook status, then walked down to the beach to join them. As I...

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Home and Garden - September 28, 2011