From the monthly archives: March 2012
Hooray for Saturday! Today’s salt and pepper shakers are vintage cream colored plastic on white bases. There are no S or P markings on them, so I guess you would have to look at the dust on the tops of the shakers to see which one it is. I like the tops because they look [...]
Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go For That – Cover by Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers – Van Session 17
I came across this video on YouTube and boy, does it make me happy. This band, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, recorded this session in their van [...]
When I pulled into my driveway after school drop-off this morning, I noticed that there was quite a ruckus going on in the side yard where our wood pile sits. This little bird had a wad of string in its mouth and was backing up and pulling, then flying into the air trying to take [...]
Welcome to Wear It On Your Head Wednesday! This week I have an Easter Basket Headband with eggs made from buttons. This is very simple to make. Start with a Goody headband. These come in a pack of five or six and they are very stretchy, so they fit kids or adults. You can even [...]
I’ve been on a fork bending kick lately and this is my latest project. It’s not at all expensive, since the forks are about the cheapest forks you can buy, which makes them easier to bend. Easier to bend than regular forks, but not actually easy on this project. It took some patience [...]
Over spring break I got to take my daughter on a college visit to Savannah. While we were there we got to go to the beach. It had been almost five years since I’d touched the ocean. That’s a really long time for this girl who grew up just a couple of hours [...]
Welcome back to Salty Saturday! This is a vintage set I picked up at Goodwill in Savannah, GA. The black Americana chefs are wearing yellow pants, have bow ties, and big eyes. The shakers are ceramic with cork plugs on the bottom. They are stamped “Japan” on the bottom, too. I’m not sure how old [...]
It’s almost here! The Hunger Games movie opens this weekend. Yay! In case you missed this a few weeks ago, here’s a how-to for a Katniss Everdeen braid, so you can see the movie in character. Click here for the tutorial.
Since we’ve been having so much fun with hairdo posts, for Wear It On Your Head Wednesday I thought I’d bring some photos out of the archives to share another great style that my daughter wore to a high school dance (I think it was homecoming). I remember loving this style on her, but it’s [...]
I’ve been wanting to grow a few herbs in my kitchen lately, not because I’m a great cook or I have a green thumb, but because I like the look and smell of herbs and I’m hoping that my sweet husband will enjoy using them when he cooks. Anyway, when I saw this [...]
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