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Debranding the Bathroom (Again)
We now have these three etched bottles sitting on the shelf in our shower, and these three only: “soap” – pure liquid castile soap, also used for shaving, “soda” – baking soda water used instead of shampoo, and “rinse” – watered-down apple cider vinegar used on hair once or twice a week to get rid [...]
Three Years
This photo was taken three years ago. That’s a long time. It’s enough time, in fact, to develop a whole secret language made up of inside jokes and song parodies. Ryan is my best friend, my most favorite human, and a better husband than I could have ever imagined. He woke me up this morning [...]
Plants That Water Themselves
I alternately fret over and neglect my plants. As you can imagine, they are alternately over-watered and… dead. We bought a rubber plant which is supposed to be one of the hardiest household plants, but well, I don’t want to talk about it. I really do love having (live) plants around, so the idea of [...]
Bricolage
Yes, it has been a while, but I refused to come back here until I had a brand new site and a sufficiently snobby-sounding title for myself. Britt McMaster, Bricoleur. I think I’ll get business cards made up. From Wikipedia: “The term is borrowed from the French word bricolage, from the verb bricoler, the core [...]
Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Aack!*
If the complete decimation of the candy (subsequently followed by crazed dancing, and the inevitable sugar crash) is any indication, the candy buffet at my brother’s wedding was a success. There was a lot of dashing around the morning of because we had planned to gather supplies the day before, but hadn’t anticipated all of [...]
Printing on Fabric, the Lazy Way
Here’s the short story for you skimmers: Freezer paper + fabric + inkjet printer = banner. And now for the slightly longer version: When thinking of how to make a banner for my brother’s wedding, I contemplated the freezer paper stencil method which I have used before (seen here, forgive the bad photos) with some [...]
DIY Reality Check
We’re heading out in a couple days to Toronto for my brother’s wedding. I have been working on a few projects for the wedding that I will share with you next week. Hopefully the happy couple doesn’t mind me using their day as blog fodder. Honestly, my projects were hit and miss. The ones I [...]
When It Rains
My plan to share some shots of our new place has been thwarted by the never-ending rain. Yesterday the sun peeked out momentarily through the greyness but by the time I turned my camera on, it was gone. As a firm believer in natural light, I have decided to wait out the rain and instead [...]
Dominion Building
We finally bought one of the massive prints from the salvage yard that I have been thinking about since we went last June. It is taller than me, which I guess isn’t saying much. There were five of them available, and we had trouble deciding which one to get but this one won out when [...]
Teach a Man (or Girl!) to Fix
I have realized that my most popular posts have all been project-related, whether it’s hacking some bedside tables or crafting a necklace. That must mean that you are all pretty interested in doing things yourself. Who isn’t, really? It’s so rewarding to successfully tackle projects you weren’t sure you could. For years and years, my [...]
