I love shopping in the bulk bins at my local co-op. And buying big bags of spices from the asian food store down the block from my house. And from the farmer’s market. And pretty much anything that smells neat or is called for in a recipe.
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Eating Clean after my vacation binge
After 2 weeks of take out, dine in, dine out, drive through, diner food, and dining in the car Jason and I are ready for a serious adjustment to our eating habits. Don’t get me wrong, eating pretty much whatever we wanted was fun. We had a ton of amazing […]
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Three Surefire Ways I Get Excited About Cooking
Since I was sick for so long, I really let things go around the house. I’m still recovering from the pile of dirty dishes and the dust monsters – they’ve gone so far past those docile sounding “bunnies”. Now that I’m healthy and able again, one of my biggest goals […]
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Getting organized…. again.
Every 6 months or so I get to the point in my studio where my works in progress, stash, gifts, random house stuff, and hid-away-so-guest-won’t-see-it” completely takes over my studio. After this last clean out was done I got rid of: 9 boxes and 2 garbage bags of craft stuff […]
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Redress: New Studio Check in Part 1
It’s strange to think that I moved into my studio just 2 (well, okay, getting closer to 3) months ago. How could I ever have done Craft Leftovers without it? And how could I have lived and cooked with it all smashed into every nook and cranny of the apartment? […]
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Getting Organized to boost Creativity
We have all been told since we were kids that we should clean our workspace as we go along. That we should put things away when we are finished with them, and that everything should have a home? Well how does that work when I am working on multiple projects […]
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DIY Detergent :: From the Kitchen of Thrift Kitchen!
Earlier this week I posted a tutorial for the Coupon Catcher and posted it on Thrift Kitchen as from the studio of Craft Leftovers. Well now I’ve posted a tutorial on Thrift Kitchen about making laundry detergent and I’m sharing it here with you. In a way it actually is […]