This Kid’s Bow Tie tutorial is so easy you barely need to know how to sew to make this bow tie, I promise. You can sew this it by hand if you felt like it. And isn’t it worth it for…
Great Ideas: Toilet Paper Holder
When I was a young teen I was visiting a friends house and was in the middle of using the restroom when I discovered there was no toilet paper. I had to shout across her house, her older brothers laughing…
Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
This was a total “necessity is the mother of invention” moment. I had a house full of people needing to be fed and, thanks to the Great Fraud Alert of 2013, I had no cash for a run to the…
How to make an upholstered bench cushion
massage flawlessrae88 We bought this low…what would you call this piece of furniture? Shelf thing? With hinged cabinets?…when we lived in San Diego. Our cute little house down there had the cable installed under the stairs, so the TV had…
MAC Penultimate Eyeliner
Last year some time I went and picked up the mail to find a padded envelope from my favorite cousin Karen. She knows my feelings about eyeliner – if I put any makeup on at all it’s that – and…
Crocheted Pillow Sham Tutorial
My guest room is functional, but kind of sad looking right now. There’s not much going on in the way of decor, but I know where I want to go with it. Despite my super modern taste everywhere else, my…
Fried Flatbread Appetizer
This week has been bonkers. Monday I had an interview with a reporter and then I had to drive three hours each way to chase down medical records, Tuesday I did a podcast interview, yesterday I had to drive an…
DIY Adjustable Kid’s Pants
This little kid’s skinny booty is really handy in a lot of ways. He’s no trouble to lift and carry around since he’s barely over 35 pounds, and he’s so scrawny that he can still sit in a bumbo seat…
Cross stitch iPhone case
I found this fantastic iPhone case at WalMart, and I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. There are now several different versions on the market, but since this is made by Coats (the thread and zipper people)…
Root Beer Rice Pudding
When I was in cooking school, one of my chef’s mantras was “Never miss an opportunity for flavor.” He hated cooking in water because it was flavorless. He’d boil potatoes in milk, cook rice with chicken broth, and for pasta…