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Knuckle Salad

Projects and Recipes for Creative Nerds

Craft Tutorials Crafts For the Home

Kristina Ackerman 06/12/201305/27/2015 13 Comments budget, decorating

Illumination Challenge

Can you guess what this DIY chandelier shade is made of?

Points! GET SOME!

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fashion

Kristina Ackerman 01/12/201306/12/2013 11 Comments budget, easy, jewelry

Falcons points! A shrink plastic text necklace tutorial

Make a word necklace in under half an hour. Here’s what I did to make these POINTS necklaces to wear to a football game!

Delicious ginger tea

Beverages Healthy Quick and Easy Recipes Spring Winter Warm-ups

Kristina Ackerman 12/27/201207/26/2018 54 Comments budget, gifts, printables

Ginger tea cures what “ales” you

Treat your cold (and other ailments) by making tasty ginger tea in just a few easy steps. Then download some sweet labels for your bottle!

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

Christmastime Craft Tutorials Crafts Entertaining For the Home

Kristina Ackerman 12/22/201201/29/2020 0 Comments budget, cheap, easy

Semi-Disposable Potluck pedestals

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!

Spooky Skeleton Necklace

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fashion Halloween

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

Spooky skeleton necklace

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

The $10 shelf, decoupaged and outfitted

Crafts For the Home

Kristina Ackerman 05/18/201206/12/2013 4 Comments budget, colorful, furniture, home, paint, storage

Make Your Shelf at Home: Revamping a $10 Bookcase

How an ugly piece of furniture became a cute place to store cute things.

Homemade chili

Fall Inspiration Food Meals and Mains Meats Recipes Winter Warm-ups

Kristina Ackerman 03/15/201206/12/2013 3 Comments beans, beef, beer, budget, Stewsday

A Little Chili

I never used to be much of a chili enthusiast, but this recipe is now the recipe I make when I make chili.

Chicken stock in liquid and solid form

Kristina Ackerman 03/05/201206/12/2013 5 Comments budget, cheap, chicken, tips and techniques

Stock talk

Picture it. You’ve just enjoyed a spectacular roast chicken dinner. You sit back, your eyes glassy with contentment, and gaze

Roasting a chicken is so easy!

Food Meats Recipes Winter Warm-ups

Kristina Ackerman 02/17/201211/13/2013 10 Comments budget, chicken, tips and techniques

Roasting a chicken

I used to think that if you were “tightening your belt,” it meant you were making a decision to be

Set your pretty holiday table with these easy snowflake placemats.

Christmastime Craft Tutorials Crafts Entertaining For the Home Seasonal

Kristina Ackerman 11/28/201106/12/2013 3 Comments budget, cheap, christmas, diy, easy, holiday

Paper-snowflake placemats

Refresh your holiday decor on the cheap by making sweet custom DIY snowflake placemats in a matter of minutes.

Customize your boots with fringe!

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fall Inspiration Fashion

Kristina Ackerman 11/23/201111/13/2013 3 Comments budget, cheap, diy, fashion, refashion

Make fringe for your boots!

I wanted fringe. I didn’t want to buy new boots. I already liked my boots, with or without fringe. They

My green dickey gives dresses a new look.

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fashion

Kristina Ackerman 11/08/201106/12/2013 22 Comments budget, fashion, refashion, sewing

Shirty little secret

Everyone laughed when I said I was bringing dickeys back. Then they were all, hey, nice shirt! and I was

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