Homemade Laundry Soap – Duggar Style
All three products you need. Found together at Wal-Mart. I toyed with the idea of making homemade laundry soap for awhile (maybe a year?) before I actually got the nerve to try it. I think I was a...
View ArticleProject #3 – DIY Workbench Made from Pallets
This is the project that got me to update my tetanus shot. But it is finally done! This all started months ago. I scored some fabulous six-foot long pallets. They were sitting in a pile behind a...
View ArticleHow to Repair a Stripped Screw Hole in Wood
Several months ago, I was trying to find a way to repair our piano bench. It is easily 30 years old and inherited from my mother-in-law. Decades of children and adults happily banged away on this...
View ArticleProject #4 – DIY Bike Rack Made from PVC Pipe
Problem: We have three kids. And six kids’ bikes. Don’t ask how that happens. It just does. In our continued quest to tame the horrible, no good, ugly garage, I decided that we needed a bike...
View ArticleProject #5: Vinyl Shutter Facelift for $5
We live in the South. The elements here are not kind to wood. As a result, a lot of us have vinyl shutters on our house. The benefit to this is that you don’t have to constantly paint the things to...
View ArticleThe Super Sniffer and the Baking Soda Couch
(No, this is not an advertisement…just something I did. Arm & Hammer has no idea I am plugging them right now.) A mainstay in our pantry. Ten years ago, I was blessed with a healthy pregnancy....
View ArticleNew Brochure – June Events at Michaels
I swung by Michaels yesterday, and the cashier handed me this June Events @ Michaels It has a lot of free and minimal purchase events for kids and adults. Maybe I’ve lived under a crafting rock for...
View ArticleUsing Vinegar in a Rug Doctor to Clean Carpets
We knew a carpet cleaning was due. We are leaving in a few days for our roadtrip to California and had every intention of waiting until we got home. But then a full cup of coffee got spilled on our...
View ArticleUsing the Rug Doctor and Vinegar in Your Car’s Interior
Disclaimer: If you are eating anything right now, I suggest you stop before reading any further. We have used the Rug Doctor numerous times for our house. We may have used it on a car mat or two on...
View ArticleDay #17 –“Learn the Finer Art of Tagging”& How to Make Your Own Spray Paint...
Now, when I say “tagging”, I am not referring to the in vogue use of the word (“tagging” a friend on a Facebook picture of comment). Nor am I speaking of a playground game. No. I am speaking of...
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