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Two t-shirts = one cute dress
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Ok, i admit it — i was a punk rocker in my teen years. But that life experience was very useful; I gained a lot of DIY skills! I’m a big girl; “normal” stores...
DIY mechanic
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The inner workings of a car are pretty scary. There is a mess of tubes, wires and metal bits; who knows what will happen if you start messing with those, right?
On a new...
Failure
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just last week i questioned the strict preference for wood used in building longboards. I thought I could cheat the system and make a board core out of cheaper, more readily available lumber. So,...
Don’t fear the shears!
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cutting your own hair is tricky at best. Results can range from utter horror to sheer joyfulness.
However, once you can master a few basic steps, you can mostly feel joyful about the results of...
Frugal fashionista
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doesn’t everyone want to be chic and cheap at the same time? “Do It Yourself” fashion is certainly one place to cut corners! DIY style is always fun because when someone asks you where...
How to forge your own knife
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i think that it’s important that people who are interested in DIY projects learn how go about learning things. That may sound confusing, but what I mean is pretty simple: it’s more important that...
Gifts from the heart
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every winter, i hear a lot of grumbling about how Christmas has been commercialized. “Gifts should be from the heart,” people say. “Not big box stores with giant price tags.” I completely agree. Strangely,...
