DIY

12 Dec 2010

Dave’s Two Weeks ‘Til Payday Sandwich

Ingredients: Spaghetti Sauce (room temperature) 2 Pieces Whole Wheat Bread (the cheaper the better) 10 lbs. Buttery Spread Oriental Top Ramen (preferably cage-free and organic) Directions: 1. Place enough water to cook one package of Top Ramen in sauce pan. Bring to boil. 2. While water is coming to boil,

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11 Dec 2010

FREE Etsy Craft Nights every Monday

Just as many other broke-asses out there, I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can save money on presents during the holidays without coming across as the cheap person I am. I usually revert back to the old childhood strategy of making things (“If mom liked a

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08 Dec 2010

DIY: Liquor Bottle Lighting

Winter is crappy. The days are short, the nights are dark , long and cold and most of the time it’s hard to convince me into coming out from underneath my giant blanket. While we can’t do much about the direction that the Earth spins, we have the benefit of

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05 Dec 2010

Freeze It: Storing Food Is Good

There was an article in the NY Times awhile ago about maximizing your freezer; apparently its good to freeze just about anything.  And  I thought it was just good for making cheap vodkas drinkable and preserving November snowballs. The first point of the article is the broad reminder to save

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01 Dec 2010

DIY: Repurpose Print

Isn’t it funny how newspapers and magazines are clutter, while books are totally permissible to keep in large numbers? It’s true though ‘“ I’ve moved a fat stack of magazines from one apartment to another, and everyone always thinks I’m some crazy hoarder until I use the pages to make

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24 Nov 2010

DIY: Crafty Things to do With Old Skateboard Decks

A few weeks back I got the opportunity to perform at the Skate This Art exhibit at Sub-Mission, which was a lot of fun ‘“ and not just the performance part. Browsing the decks, painted and hung on the walls, I wished for a moment I were a more reckless

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17 Nov 2010

FREE Craft Night at NYC Resistor

I’ve been saying since college that I’m going to have a weekly craft night for my friends. I keep failing for a multitude of reasons: people get busy, apartments are small, I have to work, I ran out of hot glue, I forgot to buy more googlely eyes, etc. Instead

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17 Nov 2010

Cool, Crafty Things You Can Do With Your Old CD Cases

I have been waiting a long time to do this: After finally figuring out a way to salvage 56Gb of music off my dying laptop, I’m officially going digital. Those 900+ cds that have been taking up way too much space in the corner of the living room? Yeah, they’re

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