DIY Chandelier with Solar Lights
Here in an easy and inexpensive solar powered chandelier you can make for your next garden or beach party. This poor bicycle rim has gone through several incarnations--first as a wind-powered water pump, then as a floating garden, then a baby float, and finally this...
How to DRAW MY LIFE for Youtube
I just finished one of the hardest Youtube videos I've ever done. It's a DRAW MY LIFE video done in simple black and white drawings that condenses my 50-some years on this planet into seven minutes. After watching several other DRAW MY LIFE videos on Youtube and being...
Couture Waders
When I made these couture waders, I had no idea Prada had already brought waders into the world of high fashion. My waders were made out of necessity. I often have to wade into our mucky irrigation pond, and the water boots I had were too short. Also, fishermen's...
Easy Floating Garden
Here is an easy and inexpensive way to make a floating garden for a backyard pond. I've had an ongoing battle with my pond trying to keep the algae from taking over. One thing I did was buy a bunch of goldfish to eat the algae. I started with 50 goldfish and now...
How to Make a Foam Puppet
I've been meaning to make a foam puppet to employ as a mascot for this DIY site, and finally got around to it. I watched many videos showing how to make foam puppets, and all of them showed how to make the skin out of fleece. This looked too complicated for a beginner...
The Art of Steampunk Fashion
This week is the Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. And tonight is the ball where all the celebs display their designers' interpretations of punk. Of course I wanna be there, so--as we sometimes do with the Oscars here at...
Easter Bunny Craft with Felt
The other day I went in search of a pattern for the velveteen rabbit and couldn't find one, so I decided to make one from scratch. But before I go on, one thing I did find was a free copy of the book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margerie Williams Bianco on Gutenberg.org (a...
Throw a New Years in New York Party and Help Victims of Sandy
For many, the holiday season is a time of parties, togetherness, gifts and good cheer. But for some, it is a time of loneliness and despair. Recent disasters and senseless violence threaten to overshadow all that is good in our holiday celebrations. Is it best to let...
HATCHING NEW IDEAS
