Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25

what the world needs most...

 
...is another blog post about making homemade almond milk
In my opinion, there just aren't enough of them out there!!!*

*Sarcasm.
So let's get to it.

 

I soaked about four cups of raw almonds in a bowl of water (just enough so they're covered) overnight.
In the morning, I dumped the old water to get rid of the outer acids and enzymes that were still lingering. Who wants to drink that?
And then I placed the plump little water-logged almonds in a blender. (I might be the only person who uses a Magic Bullet and not a Vitamix—regrettably.)
Add 5-8 cups of filtered water to the almonds in the blender. This will determine how thick your finished milk is, as well as how much of it you'll end up with.

 

A certain nutritionist says this on her blog:
"I mention a nut milk bag in [my] video, but if you can’t find it don’t worry, just use a cheese cloth."
Cheese cloth, huh? Weird, I can't find mine...

Well hello, "brand new pair of tights that I've had for over a year and never worn."

 

 
I regret stretching out the tights to fit around the bowl as seen above. It would have worked just fine to use a section of the tights as a sack and squeeze the excess water ("millk") out from there...since that is what I ended up doing in the end anyway.
It really only took about five minutes to get every last drop. 
I laughed a lot.
I mean, I was in my pajamas in my kitchen squeezing like crazy
trying to get milk made from nuts out of one leg of a pair of black tights.
It's laughable.

 
It's also preservative-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, and both raw and live.
Not to mention you get a massive pile of almond pulp to dehydrate and be creative with at a later date...
Fun.

Tuesday, December 20

free & easy DIY: Christmas wrapping edition

I'm liberal in my definition of "free" here. Essentially, these materials could be free—if you're the type who hoards over-sized skeins of twine and 50-year-old sewing patterns. [Which my family does.]
Otherwise, you can spend $3 at your local Goodwill, and I GUARANTEE you will be able to find the following things: 



-large spools of thread
-old sewing patterns

Then go buy your beautiful friends some Theo chocolate and wrap accordingly. 
You don't need tape or scissors. 
Rip the tissue paper patterns and fold the gifts over themselves a few times. 
Then go to town with the string, rip it off, and tuck it under or knot it when the paper is secure enough.





Voila.
Love you guys and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Saturday, December 10

pin me

I'll be honest with you. I first jumped on the Pinterest train when it was a brand new and very unheard of thing, but I thought it wouldn't get off the ground. And now it's practically become the ground that the Interweb stands on. At least the parts with good design sense and phenomenal taste. 

I adore Pinterest and the ease of its dainty little "Pin It" button on my browser's Bookmarks Toolbar. It's become like an external segment of my brain, acting as a personal catalog for photography inspiration, recipes, event and styling ideas, crafts, reminders, and all around beautiful things that would normally remain lost forever in my over-clogged Google Reader. 

And it's added new vocabulary to our everyday verbiage, which would otherwise sound fairly stupid. For example, here's a pin from each of my boards:

Max Wanger
Wisteria Wallpaper by Jocelyn Warner
Nepal
homemade piano
Doug Keyes: double exposure (Statue of Liberty, New York
Helvetica
Crafty craft time
crystal bullet necklace: $310
Soviet Owl
backless sequined black dress
<3:
lace back wedding gown
watermelon and strawberry vodka fresh berry mojitos
whole grain pumpkin pancakes
Shawarma lamb w/ couscous salad
Veg:
pearl barley & puy lentil salad w/ roasted heirloom baby tomatoes, green bans & baby radish
ombre pink rainbow layer cake
really hope they're besties in real life
Mila
simple wreath

I have 19 boards and counting right now (too many?). How about you? Let's see 'em!

Sunday, August 21

crafting with Tish

 
When I was in Santa Barbara last week I had the pure joy of meeting up with my good friend Tish. He needed some company (read: my crafting expertise) to create this birthday card for the woman in his life. 
She likes elephants. And Tish likes her.

 



Thursday, July 28

in honor of July 22...




It was my BFF's birthday last week, and she lives in Chicago now (waaahh waaaaaahhhh). The good ol' Sip & Ship didn't put my return address or name on the package I sent her, but she called me right up when she got it. Our minds are just that in sync. I couldn't wait to post about this little calendar/journal/crafty-looking thing I made her, but since she's obviously the #1 reader of this blog, I had to wait it out...

Her first question: How long did it take you to steal all of those paint chips from Home Depot? 
Ha. Like I'd ever stoop that low.
The vintage post cards are all from Colorado though, which is Sarah's home state. The love is in the details.
And yes, I single-handedly ate all of the blueberries out of the paper fruit crate. Sustainable crafting.

Inspired by this post.
Good Lord I miss her. She is the bee's knees.
And this song is dedicated to you, Sarah: