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04-07 Size Matters - Valentines Day Excess in Floral Arranging 6 Feb 2011 | 03:58 pm
Hi people! This week we have another archival episode for you. This segment is from the first season of the original show. My guest Shonda Lear shows us how to make a statement with floral arranging. ...
02-11 Give a Little Head for Valentines Day 1 Feb 2011 | 06:00 pm
Hello people! Love is in the air - It's almost St. Valentines Day and I have some ideas for you. This week on the show I'm demonstrating a charming craft project - Topiary Heads! They make delightful ...
Creative Decorating the Craigslist Way - Treasures for Tuppence 26 Jan 2011 | 08:14 am
Hi people! Sorry for the long silence. I've been so busy helping Ben launch The Obscurity Factor that I haven't had a lot of time to post. I've also been doing a lot of Craigslist shopping lately. It'...
Drown the Dirt Doldrums - Lick Limescale where it Lives 1 Jan 2011 | 07:53 am
Dingy glassware, dull aluminum, scummy bathtubs... These things are homemaking nightmares that can depress even the most cheerful Suzy Sunshine. Banish their gloomy clouds of dirt and limescale with a...
Ready for Spring - You're Own Little Flower Box 30 Dec 2010 | 06:47 pm
Vintage craft magazines can be such great sources of inspiration! McCall's Needlework and Crafts magazine from 1967 is the source for this charming little project. It's a trinket box, but what I like...
Blitzed for Blitzen - Holiday Cheer in the Form of Rum 23 Dec 2010 | 09:15 am
'Tis the season to get snockered! When it's cold, and I'm in the market for a good snockering I like it to come with butter. Here's a wonderful recipe for a hot buttered rum toddy from the Esquire Pa...
Brini's Brownies - Peppermint Bark Edition! 19 Dec 2010 | 06:24 am
Ever since I was given the gift of a box of peppermint bark years ago I've been obsessed with it. So much so, that I devised a recipe for peppermint bark brownies that I make every holiday season. Th...
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream Part 3 - Resting on a Cloud 16 Dec 2010 | 07:47 am
With three previous posts on my sofa bed you might think I'm a trifle obsessed with it - and you'd be right. Here is number 4! The reason for my obsession is that when you live in a studio apartment, ...
Alcohol - It's Not Just for Cocktails Anymore 8 Dec 2010 | 11:30 am
As most of you know, I can be a bit obsessive. I like things nice and neat. While moving, I removed some beautiful lucite shelves from my old bedroom and found that they had taken some of the paint of...
All Wet - Extolling the Virtues of the Wet Set 18 Nov 2010 | 05:02 pm
My friend Carol and I were talking about hair the other day. I was extolling the virtues of the wet set - an all too rare styling technique, now-a-days. So just the other day, she came by for a girl's...
