This super easy hack shows you how to make a ring smaller at home! Discover how to resize a ring at home with this easy tutorial. Although this post has been updated numerous times, it was first published in 2014, I like to think of it as the original tutorial on how to make a loose…
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Oven Baked Sweet Plantains – Healthier Platanos Maduros
These oven baked sweet plantains are a healthier alternative to frying! Baked with just enough oil, and a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar if you’d like, these maduros are easy to enjoy guilt-free. Although originally wrote this post to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month , we don’t need an excuse to enjoy some Cuban food! In fact, I happen…
Homemade Mint Extract Recipe
Discover how to make homemade mint extract three different ways with these easy recipes! I love mint. Mint is so delicious, easy to grow, and also super easy to turn into your own mint extract! As I wrote recently in this homemade goo remover post, my DIY side has tamed down a bit since having…
DIY Natural Wood Stain (with wood coaster tutorial!)
Learn how to make your own natural wood stain with this easy tutorial! Making your own wood stain is easy and only takes two ingredients. Somewhere in our apartment we have two sets of washable fabric coasters but, as the Aussies would say, most of them have gone on walkabout. Something we definitely do not have…
How to Cut Glass Bottles (The BEST way)
Learn how to cut glass bottles in half the easy way with this tutorial! This method will give you nice, clean cuts so you don’t waste your time (and bottles) with methods that don’t work. Have you seen all those cool upcycled wine bottle projects on the internet? Torches, lanterns, wind chimes, candle covers, glasses…
$10 Gift Ideas for Coworkers
The holiday season doesn’t have to be expensive and you don’t need to kill yourself trying to figure out what to buy for your holiday gift exchange with this awesome collection of $10 gift ideas for coworkers! A couple years ago, my husband got a $5 gift card to a restaurant at his office gift…
The Best Gift Ideas for Grandma: Meaningful Grandmother Gifts for Christmas 2020
This collection of the best gift ideas will grandma will help you find something special for the grandmother in your life whether you’re shopping for Christmas, her birthday, a grandmother shower, or Mother’s Day. I was always close to my grandmother. We spent so much time together she’d frequently tell people I was practically her…
Cuban-Inspired Puerto Rican Sweet Plantain Lasagna
This plantain lasagne is such a treat! I hope you enjoy this sweet plantain lasagne recipe as much as we do! Puerto Rican sweet plantain lasagna, or pastelon, is a very real dish, and this version is Cuban-inspired because my husband got hold of it and added a slight cuban twist with a couple small…
Review of Stupid Simple SEO – How I Deleted Half my Content and Doubled my Organic Traffic
This review of Stupid Simple SEO has been updated with more results! Learn how my SEO audit an implementing techniques from Mike’s course have improved my bounce rate, time on page, pageviews, and income! Note: This review now includes updates, with screenshots, to show my results over the last 9 months! This post may include…
How to Make a Two Straw Lei
I recently shared a one straw eyelash yarn lei so now it’s time for the even bigger, fluffier two straw lei! I hope you enjoy learning how to make this two straw eyelash yarn lei! In addition to a photo tutorial, this post also has a video showing how to make the two straw lei. I also…