Gardening At Home

Dec 16, 2011 Posted Under: Home Design Tips  

Cultivating the habit of garden is fairly simple as long as you’re sure what you would like to grow and ways to cultivate it. Gardening can be a pastime for some people or possibly a revenue stream to others. Generally, the objective of getting a garden decides its dimensions and the type of plants that will be grown in it.

Potted gardening involves minimal effort unlike land gardening. With potted gardening, the quantity of fertilizer you use will be small in comparison to want you would use for your backyard garden. Potted gardening also does not require you to buy certain garden implements such as a rake, hoe or a shovel.

One major concern for most gardeners is the survival of their plants during seasons such as winter. To ensure that your plant is not deprived of moisture in dry periods, try mixing water granules into the surface of the soil. W

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5 Quick and Easy Christmas Ornaments You Can Make

Dec 11, 2011 Posted Under: Gardening Notes  

Whether for gift tags, place markers, or for your own tree, homemade ornaments help make the holiday special. Want to make some of your own? Here are some ideas to inspire you.

1. Seashell Ornaments Hang beautiful shells with ribbon to remind you of summer. Seashells make beautiful ornaments, naturally!

2. Recycled Christmas Cards Last year’s cards make this year’s ornaments and gift tags! Glue images from your favorite cards onto wooden disks and add a ribbon tie.

3. Ornaments Made From Recycled Materials Be creative and reuse interesting materials! These festive ornaments are made with juice can lids, straws, old Christmas cards, burnt out Christmas bulbs, and bits of ribbon.

4. Personal Family Cross Stitch Cross stitch a tiny portrait of family members and place in a tiny wreath or a curtain ring.

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martha stewart invades my holiday weekend

Dec 11, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improvement News  

I’ve always been a sucker for good packaging. Even though I am keenly aware of this weakness, I was still surprised at how Martha Stewart products crept their way into my life this Thanksgiving weekend. First, there was the bird. Our mission was simple: A 12lb fresh turkey — as the Real Simple recipe for cider-glazed turkey I’d decided on, called for. Once we got to the store, I saw a whole bunch of turkeys that were 15lbs, 18, lbs, 22 lbs — but only one that was 12.5 lbs. It was a Martha Stewart Turkey. What?!? Martha Stewart makes turkeys? Who knew. The label assured me it was the turkey of my dreams — free-range, no antibiotics, naturally fed, 2.49/lb. Done, into the basket it went.

After the grocery store I popped into Home Depot to buy some flower bulbs to plant over the long weekend. The unsea

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Crafter produces heart-felt art from felt

Dec 7, 2011 Posted Under: Home Design Tips  

It’s a satisfying feeling when an artist can put a graphics degree to good use creating a brand for herself and crafting a unique item that others love.

Robin Romain left advertising for felt – stitching her own way to make a living from the comfort of her home in Santa Ana’s Floral Park neighborhood.

Robin Romain makes fine art with felt in her home studio. She holds a couple of popular Christmas ornaments she makes from the material. “That early love for visual expression led me to a career in graphic design and art direction, but after awhile my artwork only challenged my head, not my hands,” Romain said.H. LORREN AU JR., THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Her felt creations are part folk art, part whimsy, part primitive and hugely popular in her online store at Etsy.com/shop/RawBoneStudio.

“Even though you’re crafting, you need to treat your art like a business,” Romain advised. “

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Using The Golden Ratio To Determine Paneling Height

Dec 4, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improvement News  

Kim and I have recently started a new site all about remodeling and design ideas and pictures. This article was inspired by one of the images Kim found for the new blog – you can find it here: Beautiful Workspaces {Dreamy Desks}.

This photo is one of those that I could write ten posts about. Just for fun, let me point out a couple of cool ideas here before getting into the real subject matter of this post. Starting in the foreground and working back:

  • Old fashioned crystal door hardware… hot!
  • Using mounted accessories such as a coat hook and a thoothbrush holder on a desk… smart!
  • Painting or wallpapering the inside of that desk an accent color… sexy!
  • Check out that door… it’s a good old fashioned Dutch Door… proof of mad skills!

But none of that is the real thing I want to look at. Let’s take a

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