Tag: DIY
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Re-Discovering Threadbanger: One Of My Oldest, Newest YouTube Favorites
I first “met” Threadbanger in 2008. I’d just moved to New York City, but I lived wayyy out in Forest Hills, Queens. Four days out of the week, I worked a really demanding, soul-killing job. When I came home, I was pretty isolated and depressed and had little to distract me aside from an…
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Good News! I Finished My Round Of Antibiotics, Now I Can Drink Again!
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Hello, I’m alive! (…-ish) So I finished my last dose of antibiotics last night! That’s a week of antibiotics! Phew! You may recall that last week (when this picture was taken) I was pretty much dying of bronchitis and sinusitis. Well, I can breathe now! I’m still having WILD fever dreams, but I’ve been too busy…
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T-Shirt to Wall Art DIY
Here’s a handy trick: check your pulse. If you have one, chances are you also have a favourite T-shirt! When I was in middle school, and my dad would go to conferences in other cities, he would bring back T-shirts for me. Two of the absolute prettiest were hand-painted shirts from New Orleans, Louisiana. I’ve…
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Chocolate Chippuccino Ice Cream
As I lay awake in bed at night, I think of ice cream recipes to try. I’m not kidding. This one came to me as I woke from a blissful and restful slumber one Sunday morning. I thought, “How could I make the ultimate coffee flavored ice cream?” The lineup: 1 pint of heavy cream…
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To Cap It Off
When the weather gets colder, it’s time for hats! Looking good in hats is a special talent of mine (don’t scoff – it takes a lot of work to pull off a good hat!) and on top of that (heh, hat pun?) hats serve the secondary purpose of disguising the fact that you’ve been too…
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Snickerdoodle Ice Cream
I call this sundae, “Gluten-Free To Be You And Me.” For my second experiment with homemade ice cream, I wanted to make a coffee ice cream that would taste like the flavoured coffee I loved getting from Tom’s. I used half a batch of ice cream base, plus 1/2oz of cold brew coffee concentrate, roughly…
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Balsamic Berry Brownie Bonanza
You guys you guys you guys. My life has been changed forever. I have learned how to make my own ice cream. Now, you know how I hate to cook, but trust me, this is so easy, even I don’t hate it. And I’m barely competent enough to boil water. And that’s only so I…
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Currently…in August 2014
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FEELING: Stoked, excited, and sooooo happy! My big vacation was a lot of fun, I’m glad to have gotten away, but I’m also so happy to get back! My life lately is so surreal and wonderful. WATCHING: I’m falling behind on Sailor Moon because I’m just a bit too busy for TV these days! LISTENING…
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Currently…in July 2014
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FEELING: Dotty and dopey and dripping with dandyness! Sunny days are here at last and I’m making the most of it, stretching my legs on the sidewalks and giving flight to my fancies. I’m taking strolls and seeing sights so sweet it’s like my heart could burst. WATCHING: Monday Night is still Hulu night as…
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Currently…in June 2014
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FEELING: What a change from last month! Suddenly I feel inspired and accomplished. My plan to do a ton of little creative projects has meant I’m now having more and better ideas. I feel like I’m back to my creative self. WATCHING: Now that I’ve finished Attack on Titan, I’m loving Sailor Moon on Hulu!…
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T-Shirt to Tied Tank Tutorial
I love destroying t-shirts. Perhaps the anarchist in me loves to see the classic staple brought to its knees? Whatever. In any rate, this is a quick and easy way to take a normal blah t-shirt to something a little edgier! Seriously, it is SO easy, I doubt it took me ten minutes to do…
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Flowers In Your Hair
When the weather gets warmer, my cold, cold heart warms up and I start to want to be, dare I say it, girly again? And nothing says spring in bloom and life renewing itself like spending a sunny day on your couch re-watching Louie on Netflix while working on a crafting project. Like ya do.…
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Currently…in May 2014
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FEELING: Overwhelmed and charmless. I’m so tired of dealing with people. People are stupid and aggravating! I just want to be quiet and keep to myself. I’m also exhausted and have a great, hacking cough that I can’t seem to shake. WATCHING: Just as RuPaul’s Drag Race is winding down, a new season of Louie…
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Jacket Remodel
This is a story of having nothing to lose. So I pulled this jacket out of a Lost & Found bin. It had been there a REALLY long time and basically, nobody was going to come back for it. I called dibs. It’s a children’s XL jacket but I liked the material of it and…
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The Epic Shrug / Bolero / Shawl
Fee fi fo fum, Yes, I’m a Pinterest troll. While trolling the Pinterest, I saw this beautiful multi-way shawl / shrug / bolero thing in denizgunes’s Etsy shop : And it looked easy enough. ^ and those were her famous last words. But, having a shit-ton of time on my hands and with the weather…
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Cat Hat
It’s freezing in NYC So I made a cat hat. A million rows of garter stitches, joined into a short tube, sewn flat across the top… cats always land on all four feet.
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Re-Stringing the Pearls
So for Thanksgiving I went with my boyfriend and his entire extended family to a fancy fancy restaurant. Can you say nervous? And you know me, I would LIVE in sweatpants if I could. Getting fancy happens once in a very, very, very rare occurrence. But I donned an all-black ensemble and topped it off…
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Give Yourself to Glitter
I found this DIY on Pinterest and it has taken over my life. Quite literally. Everything is now covered in glitter! My dresser … my boyfriend … my lunch. Seriously! I opened my banana at work and there was glitter inside it somehow. So make peace with your life covered with glitter and then assemble…
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Doctor Who / Tom Baker Scarf !!!
Yes, remember a few weeks ago when I started earnestly tackling the most daunting nerd project of all – the infamous Tom Baker scarf? Ten feet long, it is now FINISHED! Proving that you never know what you can accomplish until you start! I used this pattern, found on Pinterest, courtesy of the awesome Tara…
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Speaking of Saturday…
I haven’t been blogging every day and I miss it! My computer charge cord was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but thanks to the gross incompetence of the UPS, I have to pay a convenience fee (HA!) and wait an additional week for delivery. I have no idea how anyone gets packages with UPS. Unless…