How to Take Your Bike on the Train

post from How to of the Day on 14 May 2011 10:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

A number of commuter trains are bicycle friendly in different cities and countries, as long as you abide by the rules laid down by the train operator. If you are considering taking your bicycle onto a commuter train, a little research beforehand will help everything run smoothly and broaden your commuting and leisure opportunities.

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Giveaway Alert!

post from The DIY Show Off on 14 May 2011 08:33:53 PM. © The DIY Show Off

Have you seen my new social media buttons? I love them!

They're custom-made to coordinate with my blog. Could you use a few new blog buttons? She'll do everything from design to html code! Awesome for the technically challenged (like me!). There's a great giveaway going on at the DIY Club! A $50 credit to Measured by the Heart Blog Design. Connie is so sweet - she's the talent behind my beautiful social media buttons!
Enter to win at The DIY Club TGIF!

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out and about

post from craftlog on 14 May 2011 07:33:20 PM. © craftlog

Big day in the garden since it’s super pretty.

Collected the remaining daffodils

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Planted this mix of flowering annuals all along both sides of my fence

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Planted artichoke and eggplant starts that I broke down and bought last weekend since the slugs got my lone surviving artichoke started from seed :’(

Ate my first salad of the season. Arugula, lettuce, 2 types of radish, and green garlic.

Set out calcium supplement for the girls. I sadly dropped one of Sue’s eggs today and Lester started gobbling up the shell bits. I’ve been meaning to put out crushed eggshell as a calcium supplement for them, but have never gotten around to it even though I’ve accumulated like a giant bag of it. Poor things have probably been craving it, what with all the eggs they’ve been laying. I rigged up a feeder consisting of a small tupperware screwed down to a piece of leftover decking so it will be hard for them to tip over. After a few minutes of extreme suspicion, they decided to go for it. Sorry it took so long, chick-chicks!

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Started hardening off my squash, tomato, and cucurbits seedlings. They’ll go out next week.

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How to Make Rainbow Crayons

post from How to of the Day on 14 May 2011 04:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Rainbow crayons are crayons taken to the next level. A fun twist, mixing colors can make your colored creations more dimensional and unexpected. These crayons are sure to keep your kids coloring for hours!

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Home Office Underbelly

post from IKEA Hackers on 14 May 2011 03:34:50 PM. © IKEA Hackers

Materials: Galant Desk, Ikea File Cabinet, Rubbermaid

Description: Basically, install Rubbermaid home items at time of desk setup, trial and error follows to put everything on the underbelly or lifted from the floor that does not need to be on the desktop. Make it functional.

I was motivated by sites like these but I could not find enough ideas. I thought my finished product mighht assist others' efforts.

See more of the Galant underbelly.

~ Stuart, Los Angeles

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My Baby Girl's Prom

post from The DIY Show Off on 14 May 2011 12:34:19 PM. © The DIY Show Off

Yesterday was a crazy day. I just want to ~~brag~~ show off my baby girl. Of course it was hot and it rained off and on including storms but the skies cleared for a few pictures. Not even gloomy weather can put a damper on prom celebrations. Remember your prom? What a magical memory - a day of looking like a beautiful princess. Takes you back, doesn't it?

Her pretty dress...

My girls and I had so much fun with dressing up and braiding hair. Lots of giggling...
DIY corsage & boutonnierre...

DIY hair style...

Happy lifetime memory...

Beautiful baby girl...

Bye!

What color was your prom dress? Mine was a royal blue strapless tea-length.

Enjoy the weekend!

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Steel Me - pendant luminaire

post from IKEA Hackers on 14 May 2011 10:34:15 AM. © IKEA Hackers

Materials: 2 BLANDA BLANK (36cm), 2 BASISK

Description: My friend Rebecca needed 2 pendant luminaires for her brand new supermodern kitchen. I decided to try to make my first Ikea hack! So I bought

2 big BLANDA BLANK steel salad bowls
2 BASISK simple pendant element

Utensils: a drill

1. I made many holes in the steel bowl, to have the "sea (gulls)" effect on the walls of the room

2. I made one bigger hole on top, for the junction of the socket and wire

3. I used a 60W incandescent with reflector bulb, to have the light first bouncing on the mirror inner surface of the steel bowl and then reflected down to the table. (The sea(gulls) are only visible using this bulb!)

BASISK comes already with a very nice silver/transparent electrical cable.

~ Nevena, Oslo

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How to Stock Your Home Toolkit

Are you getting ready to buy your first home? Do you have a teenage son who is about to graduate from high school and leave the nest? Are you looking for the perfect wedding gift? Or are you a frequent DIYer when things need mending in your own home? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then you might be interested in learning how to stock your home toolkit. There are a few tools that every home just cannot do without. Preparing a home toolkit for yourself, or for someone else as a gift, is a wonderful idea.

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DIY 1Hz Time Base

If you need a stable time base for something such as a clock project have a look at this DIY 1Hz Time Base project from The Hackers Bench. I see that the board that was used is one from our friends at Gadget Gangster.“In principal this circuit is extreemly simple. You build a crystal [...]

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Malm + Bastis = Baby Dresser

Materials: Ikea Bastis, Ikea Malm

Description: We mounted a Dog Bed called Bastis (not available anymore) on to a Malm commode to get a Baby Dresser for our 2 Children. For a little Space between the Dog Bed and the commode we took some curtain rings.

~ Anke, Germany