Today’s recipe started off being a just-for-fun idea to see if it would work, and instead ended up being cheap therapy. No kidding. I’ve been wanting to test this recipe for how to make your own watercolor paints for awhile now. Because I don’t have any little kiddos around myRead More
Online Fun: Make Your Own Snowman
Every now and then we all need a little diversion from our ordinary routines and tasks. All work and no play will make us dull boys and girls, so the saying goes. So instead of my usual practical type of Make Your Own recipes and information, today we will insteadRead More
Does this poem sound like you?
Lots of us will be heading into the kitchen tomorrow for the biggest cooking holiday of the year – Thanksgiving! I’m getting off pretty easy this year with only a salad and some cookies to be made. Hubby asked me if I had everything I needed or was I stillRead More
Just For Fun: The First Four Words Describe You
Sometimes we need a break from the serious stuff. I came across this picture and thought it was an interesting little item to share to give you all a fun moment in your day. So take a look at the picture below. The first four words you see describe you. My fourRead More
Make Your Own 3D Glasses (with Sharpie Markers!)
Every now and then I get in the mood to try a project just for the fun of it. Not because I need it. Not because it will greatly enhance my life. No, there’s just no good reason except it sounds like fun and I’m just a little too curious for myRead More
The ABC Survey
I couldn’t resist this cute little survey I saw on the Mother’s Kitchen blog, who said she recycled it from Patti . . who got it from Lisa . . and so it goes. So here’s a little bit more about me: A – Age: 50 as of last week – whatRead More
Make Your Own – Grocery Cart Sculpture ???
For the most part I keep my blog posts pretty informational here at the Make Your Own Zone. That’s just my style. I’m not really in the habit of sharing too many of my random musings. Today, however, I’m breaking from tradition and it all started because of what IRead More
Online Fun – Make Your Own Snowflake
Cutting paper snowflakes has been a fun and frugal activity for many years. And now, thanks to the magic of the internet, you can Make Your Own snowflakes with this fun online widget. Here’s the link: = = = > > > Make Your Own Snowflake (or you can alsoRead More
Online Fun – Make Your Own Kaleidoscope
And now for something completely different. I came across this entertaining gadget thinking I was going to learn how to make an old time kaleidoscope like I remembered from my childhood. Something with a cardboard tube and little colorful pieces tumbling around inside, you know? Instead it turned out toRead More