by Kelli Donley | Oct 6, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recipes, Reuse
Wondering what to do with all those pumpkin seeds coming out of your jack-o-lantern? May I make a suggestion, including using up a few more of those jars we’re recycling? Wash and dry the seeds {handy instructions} and then consider throwing them into a batch of...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 31, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recipes, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
So, you are going celebrating a three-day fabulous summer weekend with a BBQ. May I make a suggestion? Take an hour while the meat is marinating, the beer is cooling and the cake is in the oven to make homemade BBQ sauce. This is a family recipe that I can promise BBQ...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 24, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Kitchen Talk, Recycle, Reuse
The first jars of renewal project requires a bit of time to prepare — hence its place in the lineup. The December 2007 issue of Sunset magazine featured a myriad of ideas on what to do with all those lemons us living in the southwestern US would soon be seeing....
by Kelli Donley | Aug 21, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
What to do with all those jars? Tempe doesn’t recycle glass in my neighborhood, so I’m often scratching my head in my kitchen trying to figure out how to put yet another perfectly good glass jar into use instead of into the trash. Let’s just say...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 28, 2008 | Domestic Art, Good to Great, Journal, Reduce, Reuse
But what if I should discover that the enemy himself is within me, that I myself am the enemy that must be loved – what then? –Carl Gustav Jung, 1875 – 1961 A friend emailed me this quote today and it fits perfectly with my current state of mind. My...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 23, 2008 | Domestic Art, Goals, Good to Great, Journal, Reduce, Reuse
The bag where all of my fabric scraps have gathered for the last several years, including lots of teeny tiny worthless pieces that leave me scratching my head. What did I think I could use that tidbit for? Old wool sweaters, felt, and gobs of cotton. It wasn’t...
