tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post8374464642884771709..comments2024-02-15T05:16:28.669-08:00Comments on enhabiten: organizing maniac/diy foolLianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450176652883535760noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-12852376038099108242011-02-12T20:57:14.886-08:002011-02-12T20:57:14.886-08:00very last project (late last night) would be a tin...very last project (late last night) would be a tiny crocheted heart. in creme&pale green. to fit in a tiny box. for a project to further unfold this year. <br />thx for the opportunity, hey?<br />grtz, n♥nadine paduarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665345657592667666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-63915283954563817352011-02-12T17:41:38.618-08:002011-02-12T17:41:38.618-08:00OOO! I'm dying to look thru that book! But I&#...OOO! I'm dying to look thru that book! But I've been working so much, I've done nothing of a DIY homefront-type nature. But I do have this idea abount "half." Like, if I could take evrything last thing in the house and put it in a big pile, and then reduce it down to half? How great would that be? I think it would be so great.BananaSaurusRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633629498347240438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-85114419992892748892011-02-12T16:08:09.930-08:002011-02-12T16:08:09.930-08:00Wow, that book seems amazing!
My latest project wa...Wow, that book seems amazing!<br />My latest project was to upcycle a lamp shade, giving it new clothes from a lovely vintage fabric, embroidered and teared it to bring out even more of it's rustic character. It was a hanging lamp from the beginning, with a wooden skeleton, looking a bit like a balloon. I attached it to a very interesting piece of driftwood that now serves as the foot of the lamp. I love this lamp and have it on my small dinner table. :)Komyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812031493611265948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-33504161618808973142011-02-12T14:18:41.214-08:002011-02-12T14:18:41.214-08:00My latest DIY project is an embroidered thriftstor...My latest DIY project is an embroidered thriftstore tea towel!megsheffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738077284076231545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-48049709976004854072011-02-11T21:14:43.246-08:002011-02-11T21:14:43.246-08:00It really is satisfying getting all those domestic...It really is satisfying getting all those domestic tasks finished. And it's not even Spring, congratulations. Your vintage handstitched pillows have always been an inspiration to me, I truly love them. Just a day or two ago I finished up a quilt sampler (all hand stitched) that I have been working on like what seems forever. I think I'm still experiencing an afterglow :)panthercreekcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897904465810923550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-43742850127851597872011-02-11T10:51:47.675-08:002011-02-11T10:51:47.675-08:00Dear Liane :)
I am glad to read you have so much e...Dear Liane :)<br />I am glad to read you have so much energy and creativity! You sound happy and I hope you are! I finally did the big step and moved out and now everyday is a DIY day, but not as creative... just plain old getting everything organized again and back on track for my little guy and myself. We take the bus in the morning and now we are the first ones at his school and he loves it. 20 minutes of 'what can we do now'. Yesterday we build a little nest on a stick, collecting little treasures to fill it... these 20 minutes in the morning teach me how to fill even a short time with something meaningful and create a little memory we can hold on to for the rest of the day. <br />xoxo, VivLottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541821087774553237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-27457112957961753342011-02-11T08:48:51.958-08:002011-02-11T08:48:51.958-08:00My latest DIY (if this counts) has been launching ...My latest DIY (if this counts) has been launching my Etsy shop! It's been a long time coming and I'm still working out all the kinks, but am excited all the same. Mostly vintage at this point, but am hoping to get more handmade going. Feel free to visit, I'd love any feedback from you veteran Etsians out there!<br /><br />http://www.etsy.com/shop/refugium <br /><br />Oh, and today my real DIY is to paint my newly renovated bathroom!jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044208803782214573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-13539607431356906442011-02-10T18:14:27.559-08:002011-02-10T18:14:27.559-08:00I have no hope of winning this book after reading ...I have no hope of winning this book after reading all of the other wonderful stories!!! I am simple and humble; my most recent DIY Project was making handmade ribbon garlands for my Christmas tree. My next projects are Volunteer gifts to be given as during National Volunteer Week in April. I love the title of the book, "Modern COuntry," which sounds like an oxymoron - two things seemingly opposed to one another, but in this case, two styles beautifully blended into a cohesive design. You have inspired me with all of your organizatinal cleaning; I will do the same this Spring and Summer! Thank you for sharing one of your treasures with us! alinazee@verizon.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-71185184863325816512011-02-10T15:47:19.336-08:002011-02-10T15:47:19.336-08:00lovely ciclamen!lovely ciclamen!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03064389655064011002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-11994133926256132312011-02-10T13:47:18.143-08:002011-02-10T13:47:18.143-08:00yay! so much accomplished! and such great endeavou...yay! so much accomplished! and such great endeavours :-)<br />well, my latest diy was a pair of wrist warmers for my sis.<br />http://theweightofdreams.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/283/<br /><br />actually, my latest diy was just earlier today - a whole wheat bread :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-3761366951786333322011-02-10T10:41:08.493-08:002011-02-10T10:41:08.493-08:00I have been making homemade granola too (we call i...I have been making homemade granola too (we call it toasted muesli here - I think it's the same as my recipe is similar), and also soap. I can't tell you how much I love having homemade soap in the house.<br /><br />I've been ignoring the housework a lot lately.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-70536812855411926832011-02-10T06:59:19.218-08:002011-02-10T06:59:19.218-08:00liane,
have you seen the be linen movie?
http://v...liane, <br />have you seen the be linen movie?<br />http://vimeo.com/16474921<br />becUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867329975698556876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-13744673261770769442011-02-10T01:44:16.639-08:002011-02-10T01:44:16.639-08:00I would like to have this book. I live in town nea...I would like to have this book. I live in town near Paris, but my dream is a small house in the mountains of Auvergne. <br />My diy is a coat I'm sewing for myself, grat pleasure! I also make brooches and earrings for my friends. And of course, my job, I'm working on a book for children, about a shy creature. And if the weather is nice, I watch out for flowers in the garden, I'm waiting for spring!Véronique Mazièrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704950212715833643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-83658755426138166912011-02-09T20:57:51.885-08:002011-02-09T20:57:51.885-08:00I love Eli's egg sign! As for diy projects, I...I love Eli's egg sign! As for diy projects, I'm taking a letterpress/typesetting class at Center for Book Arts in NYC and I'm working on a group book with my clasmates, postcards, and eventually a poster. -tine cassidy'tinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158984655641687783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-33351888392761839112011-02-09T20:33:24.855-08:002011-02-09T20:33:24.855-08:00Liane,
My next diy project is ripping up all the c...Liane,<br />My next diy project is ripping up all the carpet and vinyl in my house and installing pine flooring thru out, with the help of my son Drew. His bedroom will be the "test" room, then on to my sewing room. I'll be taking pics and posting them along the way. I want the quality I know we can do yet a primitive finish, hard to explain, but I know what I want. We all know projects of this magnitude will grow as we will be installing 1x4 pine trim as baseboard, around the windows (that I should be replacing) and the big ta-da is my dream to replace ALL my inside doors with used 6-panel doors and vintage hardware, leaving the original finish/paint on all the doors. I've been talking about this project for the past couple years but other ($$) things always seem to get in the way. In fact my son Ian was supposed to help, but then he moved out and his twin brother Andrew moved back home for schooling so I need to nab his youthful energy with this project before he finishes school and moves on himself.simple :: dream :: quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586173935484602326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-32228683227340471882011-02-09T19:15:13.825-08:002011-02-09T19:15:13.825-08:00Ooh, what a beautiful book!
I don't know if t...Ooh, what a beautiful book!<br /><br />I don't know if this qualifies as diy, but I'm sewing a bunch of fabric drawstring bags to buy bulk food. Trying to ditch all the plastic in my life (or as much of it as I can)<br /><br />I wish I was as productive as you are... I also wish I lived close enough to buy some of your eggs.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278895757317443494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-82604974042797387032011-02-09T16:48:58.830-08:002011-02-09T16:48:58.830-08:00I've been nesting a lot lately too. I think th...I've been nesting a lot lately too. I think the cold is so unappealing it's fun to really get big things done at home - makes up for not being able to get outside!Jane Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984475822269048737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-28426657885996457082011-02-09T13:49:04.625-08:002011-02-09T13:49:04.625-08:00i love the egg sign! my last diy project was makin...i love the egg sign! my last diy project was making a bunch of tissue cozies. that was the first thing i'd sewn in a LONG time. <br /><br />now i'm craving eggs.<br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-81017205537545066442011-02-09T13:37:40.443-08:002011-02-09T13:37:40.443-08:00Wow! Stupendous productivity. I am in awe.
My cur...Wow! Stupendous productivity. I am in awe.<br /><br />My current DIY is a pillow...cross-stitching a heart on some wool plaid that my grandmother bought many years ago from the Shaker colony in Amana, Iowa. <br /><br />I really enjoy your blog!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171205124450749463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-2635961540291015972011-02-09T12:57:21.061-08:002011-02-09T12:57:21.061-08:00that is super pproductive and i wonder if that is...that is super pproductive and i wonder if that is from drinking all the Kombucha!<br /><br />My last project was my chicken coop, it took us 4 -5 weekends. I can not tell you how satisfying it is to have built a home for my chickens. it is odd but even cleaning the coop in the dead of winter and watching the ducks and chickens inspect fresh shavings and hay and new pouches of lavender makes me equally as happy and i think they are always greatful because the next day i always get more eggs thena usual!onesilentwinterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458292042676805987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-17072365367511544822011-02-09T12:03:39.159-08:002011-02-09T12:03:39.159-08:00So productive! Our chicken are not laying too muc...So productive! Our chicken are not laying too much.<br />We made a "closet" area in our bedroom with some awesome 40's curtains my buddy gave me. Nice way to contain some chaos.<br />The book looks like some great inspiration.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633787358760229642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-21217523755584394282011-02-09T11:52:15.778-08:002011-02-09T11:52:15.778-08:00Sorry for my poor english : i'm trying to writ...Sorry for my poor english : i'm trying to write in few words ;-)<br />I would LOVE that book too !<br />My latest project is a bag with cross stitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-89167152129932602702011-02-09T11:42:50.658-08:002011-02-09T11:42:50.658-08:00I read your blog all the time but never post- hi!
...I read your blog all the time but never post- hi!<br />Latest project: finally sewing new pillows for my house out of scraps of silk I've had for yeeears. As you know- a good pillow makes all the difference :)Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17165533958871430424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-58091796481969516992011-02-09T10:47:26.266-08:002011-02-09T10:47:26.266-08:00My latest DIY... hmmm. My husband (recently unemp...My latest DIY... hmmm. My husband (recently unemployed) and I (self-employed artist, just starting out) have made DIY our household philosophy. Everything from our farmhouse to what we eat, the cleaning of house and selves, our clothing, healthcare, our ways of generating income, our transportation, etc. is now created by the power of our two hands and feet. Well, as much as possible anyway.... we try not to make ourselves crazy over this. <br />mostly, for me it is about accepting all of the imperfections that come with doing things myself-<br />i.e. it's okay for me to arrive somewhere with messy, windblown, rained-on hair when I walk or bike somewhere, and it's okay for the sweater that I knit to have buttons that are a little off-center, and for our clothes to have clothespin marks on them, and our suburban yard to have muddy spots where a garden will be in the spring... for my clothing hems to be a little undone or sewn somewhat crooked.<br /><br />I guess what I'm saying, or what I've just realized, is that my latest DIY is about purging my life-long attitudes and beliefs about what is beautiful and instead finding beauty in all of the things that my family and I create together. <br /><br />This might come easy for some, but for me it's been a process. <br /><br />p.s. thank you for your blog, it has truly been an inspirationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315879190966948428.post-89994559431283350092011-02-09T09:52:56.615-08:002011-02-09T09:52:56.615-08:00OMG, I simply must win that book...its amazing! C...OMG, I simply must win that book...its amazing! Can't believe your letting it go...;)<br />My DIY endevours include taking down my range hood, sanding it and repainting it. Gosh, I'm a great housekeeper but that thing would tell you otherwise. I had no idea so much grease could hide out of site...:( Its been a very ugly project. On the fun side of things, I've gone thru all my yarn scraps and am crocheting up a new bedcover for our bed...king size! I'm hoping I have enough yarn to make that blanket big enough to hang down to the floor...:) I'm about halfway there and its getting very heavy!<br />Wish I lived closer...my hubs would love some fresh eggs...;)<br />peace and hugs...xxSaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936812858104527509noreply@blogger.com