Jennifer 42's Profile

Peonies are my favorite flower (remove ants by soaking the buds underwater). They're lush, look wonderful in bunches or floating, and smell great.

However, I've not had much luck growing them in the bay area. i did have one plant that seemed like it might live (part shade and LOTS of water) to flower, but I moved before this happened. A new peony bush takes about two years to bloom after planting.)

I'm in Mich. now and can't wait to try again.

Was just going to suggest a seam ripper- two dollars, works great, can clean hairbrushes, too

^^^SPAM^^^

Heh. I once took out my CL furniture frustrations by writing an illustrated guide for sellers. It got flagged down in under an hour, but I ended up with an overflowing inbox all the same.

I've never had much luck with regular planners or electronic calendars (forget to write things in, forget to look at them), so I customized a system.

I use 5x8 cards that fit in a stand on my desk so they're always in sight. One has a weekly calendar for appointments/reminders, and the other is a prioritized task list.

In addition to this, I a small clipboard "docket" on my desk pre-printed with areas for logging contacts, shopping list, bill tracking, passwords, etc. At the end of a week, those items get noted/filed where they belong. The finished cards are filed by month and give me a great record of what I've been doing.

Some vintage trees are amazing. That said, i couldn't do an artificial tree any more. I like the idea of supporting the local economy much better, although we usually go with a small tabletop tree. This year we're using lichen-covered birch deadfall branches in an urn with fairy lights and recycled glass icicles-looks like winter in the forest and will last years with care.

Haven't had much of that with my husband. the ex had a hideous collection of mementos, including a plastic "horny devil" figurine and a horrible ceramic skull with bleeding eyes that was a gift from a High School friend.

Nowadays i'm pretty much left to do whatever I feel like doing. My husband's tastes run to eighties style wall-of-oak furniture, but he's happy so long as he can reach his computer.

I scan them. The best ones every year i print and mount in scrapbooks in little frames- about 2x3" each. The kids love going through the years to see how their art has improved.

After scanning, we mail them to the grandparents, etc., so everyone gets to see it and nobody feels their art was mistreated. :)

I have been in awe of that bed forever- nice to see where it comes from.

Green or teal-green hued field tile, or geometric black/white field tile. I think plain white would dress down that lovely wood- I'd approach that as a frame waiting to be filled with art.

I'd also scuttle that awful brass/black door for something nicer (those are really easy, if a little messy, to replace).

Like so:

http://www.craftsmanhome.com/_img/home-design/fireplace-2008.jpg (I'd skip the picture tiles)

http://www.recumbents.com/house/bigrock_fireplace.jpg

Some examples of historic-style tiles:

http://www.missiontilewest.com/styles/sinergy/1.html
http://www.originalmissiontile.com/
http://claysquared.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=FieldTiles-Tiles