Patterns

Wood grain is really popular lately. I was thinking of making a journal or covering my binders.




Maybe I can use these on canvas to brighten up the walls.


You could use fabrics to make new shades.



Spruce up old vases and ceramics

countdown

10 Superfoods Dr. Perricone appeared on Oprah, showing off his superfoods. I'm really into this.

9 o'clock is when I watch some of "my" tv shows, Nip Tuck, ANTM, Survivor, Dexter, The Hills, Heroes, Prison Break, Californication, Gossip Girl, Project Runway, etc (I think that's about all, but I'm into anything)

8 foods you should eat everyday! This is a descriptive piece of information on how you can incorporate better foods into you diet.

Learn about choromosome 7. Dept of Genetics at Sick Kids Hospital

6 reminds me of my latest favourite rage song "sick sick sick" by queen's of the stoneage.

5 things to do with a bottle of rum - I learned a couple of tricks..

4 servings can be made of these Roasted Chickpeas I tried them once, and will try them again.

Learn about the Omega 3- Omega 6 Relationship. This site also provides other useful information.

2 much research about the benefits of Red Wine.

#1 singer, Richard Cheese

Part 2:

Living Room:

Also awaiting a colour scheme. I want to stay neutral, but have one burst of colour.

There is no way I can get new furniture, so right now I'm just working with what I have. I also have to accomodate the radiator underneath the window.

For the curtains I was hoping for something loud, to be the focal point.. but the radiator means the curtain will have to be short or have a width bigger than the window frame. So these pictures are just a dream.

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Other ideas for the walls

Part 1: Decorate the Apartment

I have a ton of pictures I've been collecting for the BEDROOM

I'm still working on a colour scheme _____________________

Ideas for a headboard:

-something painted on canvas, but it has to be proportionate to the size of the bed

-i was also thinking of some foam + fabric to make a puffy large headboard that can be hung up

-the first picture here is a shelf in the same colour as the wall, holding the pictures

-for the second picture, you could do three along the side or one long one

There is only one window in the bedroom, but i'd like to make a curtain for it anyway. I just bought a Singer Sewing Basics book, there are many different types of curtain ideas - or shade ideas. Currently the window is sporting blinds.

In the Lotta Jansdotter book, there is info on how to make a duvet cover.. I'm hoping I can find the right fabric to put that together.

In the meantime, I need to work out a colour scheme.

Red Head and other interesting ppl

stripey

lPillowsl

• How you can make a SilkScreened pillow: from the HGTV show That's Clever!

• reversible pillow sham How-To: (taken from AT, knock off Orla Kiely’s store)
  1. sew three sides of two placemats together and secure the fourth edge with Velcro.
  2. take a scarf or scrap of fabric, measure around the circumference of the pillow, cut, and sew into a loop.
  3. slide over pillow like a sleeve
  
  
  wall hanging How-To:
  1. buy paper, foamboard & spray adhesive.
  2. Make sure your paper is at least an inch larger than your foamboard.
  3. When using spray adhesive, work outside or in a well-ventilated area. Spray the foamboard and adhere the paper, smoothing out any wrinkles.
  4. Turn the foamboard over, spray the edges and fix the corners.
  
  

• I found out how to make paper stars at Curbly- 'Star Light, Star Bright, Le'ts Fold a Paper Star Tonight' I want to make some using birch bark.
  

seed

http://www.seedmagazine.com/

I picked this up today, it was one of the cheapest science mag with the most pictures.

I haven't been on www.ebay.ca lately ...

another favourite is www.craigslist.org

New 7 wonders of the world

July 17/07

Things I never really knew existed before reading the Forbes list (these didn't make the cut):
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/07/ap3891659.html

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  Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle
• Mali's Timbuktu
• Turkey's Hagia Sophia
• Japan's Kiyomizu Temple
• Cambodia's Angkor
• Spain's Alhambra
• Easter Island

The 7

Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer

Jordan's Petra

Peru's Machu Picchu

India's Taj Mahal

The Great Wall of China

Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico

Rome's Colosseum

**More information about the history of all mentioned - http://tinyurl.com/2cgepl