
Upcycled Shutters Side Table
This side table was one of the DIY gifts I made for Christmas after seeing a similar one on Pinterest. It's made out of four window shutters someone brought over hoping we could "make something" of. I added a utility light under a hinged table top for indirect...

DIY Millinery: Fascinators
I was telling a friend of mine about the felt hats that I learned to make (look up millinery craft), and she said I should try my hand at fascinators. I'd never heard the word fascinator, much less knew what they were. She said to Google Kate Middleton, and I'd see...

Original and Vegan Bolivian Saltenas
Saltenas are the ultimate Bolivian empanada. Some of my memories of this pastry are of riding the train as a kid and looking forward to the lunch hour when we'd stop at some tiny village station. Women carrying large bowls or baskets on their heads would walk along...

How to Make a Hardcover Book
The earliest present I remember receiving was on my fifth birthday. A neighbor girl---who was about ten---gave me a notebook and pen (or perhaps it was a pencil). I was so ecstatic to have my own blank notebook that I didn't even care some of the pages had been torn...
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