How to create a backyard oasis on a budget

To have a flower garden, you can collect seeds from other flowers or buy them. Seeds are cheaper then actually buying an already blooming flower.

• Herbs are relatively cheap, you can select herbs that you use in your meals such as basil and parsley.
• If like me you would like a stone path which is really in right now... Use mother nature! Walk around the city and grab flat stones or even rocks that are not in other people's garden.
• Make lanterns out of glass jars found at the dollar store, simply place a candle in it.

How to create a great art piece without artistic abilities

The best way to add color on walls is by adding art work. However paintings tend to be expensive and some of us are not great at painting.

The solution: create an art piece that is affordable without paint or brushes!

For this project you will need:

• A canvas of the size of your choice (you may also have a few small canvases)
  Decorative paper of your choice (you can use wall paper, gift wrapping paper, scrapbooking paper etc)
• A stapling gun or some resistant glue
  
  How to do it:
• Put the wrapping paper on the floor with the image facing the floor
• Put you canvas on top of the paper
• Cut the paper by making sure that you have enough to cover all the sides
  Staple or glue paper onto the canvas

As a result you will get a nice art piece you can brag about!

DIY (Do It Yourself)


This week: How to create jewelry storage
By Sandra Best

If you are like me, right now you either have a jewelry box, or maybe a jewelry bag where you tuck away your precious jewels. Howerver, I have noticed that the box does not accomodate many jewelry, and my necklaces tend to get tangled together so, I have come up with a great idea to tuck jewelry away neatly.

For this project you will need:

• A Cork board


• Cork board pins (1 for each item)

Directions:



Once you have your material simply display your pins on the cork board and hang your jewelry on it.

• If you have earings with a loop, just hook it on the pin


• If you have stick earings gently press the stick onto the cork board.


• Necklases and rings can simply be hanged on the pins.

This will allow you to see all of your jewelry at once, it can be used as an art piece in the bedroom, and it will definately limit the tangling situation!


I bought the cork board and the pins at the dollar store for a grand total for 2,15$!


Try it!!!