How to Lengthen Curtains

How to Lengthen Curtains

My sister and I recently remodeled Mom’s bedroom to give it a fresher, more country look. It was originally a deep golden yellow with orange-ish dark wood trim and doors, and we changed the color scheme to light blue and white with dark brown accents, after...
How to DRAW MY LIFE for Youtube

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...
Couture Waders

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,...
Easy Floating Garden

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

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...
The Art of Steampunk Fashion

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...