Potluck pedestals

Pretty cookies on pretty Christmas pedestals you can make for pennies.

Potluck pedestals

12/22/201206/12/2013 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comment budget, cheap, easy

It takes like ten minutes to throw together these little pedestal dishes. Anyone can do it, and they cost next to nothing. Find out how!

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Christmas is for the birds, but not in a bah-humbug way

12/14/201204/24/2015 Kristina Ackerman 8 Comments gifts, the great outdoors

Sprinkle the gift of birdseed ornaments around your neighborhood, making the trees and birds both merry. Oh, and here’s a window into my neurotic creative process.

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To the Nines: Christmastime 2012

12/07/201209/18/2013 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comment christmas, decorating, holiday, holidays

With just a few weeks to go before we achieve critical holiday mass, I’ve rounded up my nine current

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Instant Artichokes

11/29/201211/30/2012 Kristina Ackerman 8 Comments

These artichokes are easy to make out of fabric scraps pinned to a ball. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Gangbusters treasury contest!

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Farewell Halloween, Hello Harvest: The Quickchange Holiday Vignette

11/01/201210/07/2014 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comment decorating, fall, Halloween, holidays, home

Presto chango! See how we transformed our Halloween display into an homage to the harvest season without buying anything new.

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Spooky skeleton necklace

10/20/201210/07/2014 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments budget, diy, Halloween, holiday, jewelry

In under ten minutes, you can make this fun skeleton necklace for Halloween out of a little decoration from the dollar store.

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Cintucky der Mayo

05/04/201212/04/2012 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comment holiday

Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby are both this weekend. Are you ready?!

Roy the begonia in his apothecary terrarium.

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Save Roy (and how to make a terrarium, probably)

05/02/201205/02/2012 Kristina Ackerman 4 Comments

I’ve made a terrarium, so if my plant survives, then we’ll know that these instructions on making a terrarium are correct.