DIY & Hacks
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The Best Way to Upgrade the Look of Your Home? Add a Pop of Summer Color with a Planter of Flowers. Here’s How.
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You don’t need to own a yard or a deck to plant your own flowers. All you need is some sunlight, a planter and soil. Planting flowers is really as simple as that. Find an outdoor spot that gets at least 6 hours of sunlight daily (you can get creative with hanging baskets, planters that…
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How to Turn Anything in Your Home into a Vase. (Plus Three Arrangements We Love)
Arrange flowers like a pro…and you don’t even need a vase. Get some floral foam, and you’re good to go. Did you know that you can create a vase out of almost anything in your home? Like that lucite kokosh cake holder that’s sitting empty because you didn’t bake kokosh cake? Or even the breakfast bowls…
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12 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Flowers
You spend all day making that arrangement. And then…ugh! Your flowers begin wilting before the second day of Yom Tov. What did you do wrong? What do I do immediately after bringing the flowers home? *Don’t remove the rubber band from the bouquet at first. *Cut your stems at an angle, 1-inch off the base…
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The Easy Way to Toivel Flatware (or anything small)
You’ll never lose another spoon again with this great toiveling tip Why didn’t I think of this years ago?? Riiiiight?? This idea is sheer genius. So easy and quick. Just dump all your new flatware in a mesh bag or two (prepare this at home) and your toiveling is done in two minutes flat. Oh,…
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Stuck Without a Ruler? Here’s How to Measure
Bet you didn’t realize that the solution to measuring without a ruler is right there in your wallet. You’re in a store, and you spot a really cute skirt on the final sale rack. It looks long enough, but you need to know for sure. And there’s no way you’re getting your daughter back here…
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You’ll Never Lose Another Glove Again. Or Hat.
Yes. You can get through a winter season without lots of lost winter gear. If you’re like me, your little one might own more than one or two hats per season. And then there are the cute mittens, the warm mittens, and the snow mittens. How do you prevent all this winter gear from getting…
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DIY: How to Paint a Triangle Wall – Playroom Makeover
DIY Custom Triangle Wall Wallpaper…without the paper, or the cost. Don’t you just love when everyone bombards you at once with “Mommy… I’m booooored”(yes…that lovely drill…) The idea must have been lurking somewhere in the back of my mind, because before they can say another word I’m like “You know what? How would you like to paint…
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