A collection of DIY ideas.

  1. {This} is a fantastic article on maintaining an herb garden.

    {This} is a fantastic article on maintaining an herb garden.

  2. ivillage: Start Your Own Avocado PlantThe next time you make guacamole, take the avocado pit (often called the stone) and push the flat end into a six-inch pot of moist, multi-purpose soil. Leave the pointy end exposed. Make sure to keep the plant at about 65° F until the first leaf shoots appear. Aftet that, it likes normal room temperatures with slightly cooler temperatures (60° F) in winter. To encourage upward growth, pinch off new buds when they appear below the top leaves on the plant stalk. With proper care, in three years your Avocado will grow to an elegant, large-leaved houseplant about 3 feet tall.

    ivillage:

    Start Your Own Avocado Plant
    The next time you make guacamole, take the avocado pit (often called the stone) and push the flat end into a six-inch pot of moist, multi-purpose soil. Leave the pointy end exposed.

    Make sure to keep the plant at about 65° F until the first leaf shoots appear. Aftet that, it likes normal room temperatures with slightly cooler temperatures (60° F) in winter.

    To encourage upward growth, pinch off new buds when they appear below the top leaves on the plant stalk. With proper care, in three years your Avocado will grow to an elegant, large-leaved houseplant about 3 feet tall.

  3. thecakebar: Patriotic Pops 

    thecakebar:

    Patriotic Pops 

  4. womenshealthmag: 10 Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes! For a humble root vegetable, the sweet potato sure does have a lot going for it. The orange tuber packs 438% of your daily value of infection-fighting vitamin A and, like carrots, sweet potatoes are a major source of skin-protecting beta-carotene. While bananas are often touted as the go-to source of potassium, a medium sweet potato has 28% more potassium than a banana. (The mineral helps your body absorb fluids to replace sweat losses.) Whether sweet potatoes only enter your kitchen on Thanksgiving or they have a regular spot in your cooking rotation, you could probably use more delicious ways to prepare them. Here are 10 recipes for dishes from fries to soup—each with about 300 calories or less. Spicy Sweet Potato Fries Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Gingered Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup Spiced Sweet Potato Chips Baked Sweet Potato Latkes Rosemary Sweet Potato Wedges Chili-Spiced Mashed Sweet Potatoes Apple and Sweet Potato Hash Browns Ginger Sweet Potato Cheesecake Marshmallow Whipped Sweet Potatoes

    womenshealthmag:

    10 Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes!

    For a humble root vegetable, the sweet potato sure does have a lot going for it. The orange tuber packs 438% of your daily value of infection-fighting vitamin A and, like carrots, sweet potatoes are a major source of skin-protecting beta-carotene. While bananas are often touted as the go-to source of potassium, a medium sweet potato has 28% more potassium than a banana. (The mineral helps your body absorb fluids to replace sweat losses.)

    Whether sweet potatoes only enter your kitchen on Thanksgiving or they have a regular spot in your cooking rotation, you could probably use more delicious ways to prepare them. Here are 10 recipes for dishes from fries to soup—each with about 300 calories or less.

    Spicy Sweet Potato Fries

    Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

    Gingered Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

    Spiced Sweet Potato Chips

    Baked Sweet Potato Latkes

    Rosemary Sweet Potato Wedges

    Chili-Spiced Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    Apple and Sweet Potato Hash Browns

    Ginger Sweet Potato Cheesecake

    Marshmallow Whipped Sweet Potatoes

  5. gantzfeld:

    Eyeball jellies.

    This is amazing.

  6. smilingfork: Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ (very easy) Ingredients: Cookies: 1 box red velvet cake mix 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 large eggs 1/2 cup canola oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cheesecake Filling: 4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature 2 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Drizzle: 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips, melted Directions: To make cookies, in a large bowl combine cake mix and flour. Whisk until clumps disappear. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together cake mix, flour, eggs, oil and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap. The dough will be oily. Refrigerate for at least two hours. To make the cheesecake filling, using a mixer, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Using a teaspoon, scoop out cheesecake filling and place on a plate. Continue scooping out cheesecake filling into teaspoon balls until you have 10. Place plate in the freezer and freeze for at least two hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. To assemble the cookies, take about 1/4 cup of red velvet cookie dough and flatten in your hands. Place a teaspoon of cheesecake filling in the center and wrap the cookie dough around the filling. Gently roll into a ball and place on prepared baking sheet. Scoop onto lightly greased or parchment lined baking sheets. Only bake 3 cookies at a time. The cookies are large and will spread. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the cookies begin to crackle. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from baking sheet to a wire cooling rack and cool completely. Melt the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl or over a double-boiler. Drizzle the white chocolate over the cooled cookies. Let the cookies set until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!

    smilingfork:

    Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies

    Difficulty:
    ★☆☆☆☆ (very easy)

    Ingredients:

    Cookies:

    • 1 box red velvet cake mix
    • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1/2 cup canola oil
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Cheesecake Filling:

    • 4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
    • 2 cups powdered sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Drizzle:

    • 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips, melted

    Directions:

    1. To make cookies, in a large bowl combine cake mix and flour. Whisk until clumps disappear. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together cake mix, flour, eggs, oil and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap. The dough will be oily. Refrigerate for at least two hours.
    2. To make the cheesecake filling, using a mixer, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Using a teaspoon, scoop out cheesecake filling and place on a plate. Continue scooping out cheesecake filling into teaspoon balls until you have 10. Place plate in the freezer and freeze for at least two hours.
    3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. To assemble the cookies, take about 1/4 cup of red velvet cookie dough and flatten in your hands. Place a teaspoon of cheesecake filling in the center and wrap the cookie dough around the filling. Gently roll into a ball and place on prepared baking sheet. Scoop onto lightly greased or parchment lined baking sheets. Only bake 3 cookies at a time. The cookies are large and will spread. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the cookies begin to crackle. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from baking sheet to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
    4. Melt the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl or over a double-boiler. Drizzle the white chocolate over the cooled cookies. Let the cookies set until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!

  7. scissorsandthread: 15 Ways To Tie A Scarf | The Fashion Spot OK, so now you’ve made your new scarf, here’s 15 great ways to tie it! Numbers 3, 9 and 12 are my favourites but I think I will have a go at tying most of these. Of course, you will need different sizes for some of these, but scarves are such a great way of dressing up an outfit so why wouldn’t you want multiple!?

    scissorsandthread:

    15 Ways To Tie A Scarf | The Fashion Spot

    OK, so now you’ve made your new scarf, here’s 15 great ways to tie it! Numbers 3, 9 and 12 are my favourites but I think I will have a go at tying most of these. Of course, you will need different sizes for some of these, but scarves are such a great way of dressing up an outfit so why wouldn’t you want multiple!?

  8. foodopia: french 75 jello shots: recipe here

    foodopia:

    french 75 jello shots: recipe here

  9. scissorsandthread:

    Bride & Bridesmaids Kits | Oh Happy Day

    Oh Happy Day is always creating amazing DIYs, and her wedding kits are no exception! Giving a kit to your Bride is a great idea, it means she’ll have all the things she needs in a pinch without someone having to ruffle through their bag or a run to the shops! And as a Bride it is always nice to give something to your Bridesmaids - and a handmade gift is even more special.

    Bridesmaid Kit - Bride Kit

  10. brit:

    Summer’s almost here and it’s time to get to the beach! Here’s how to turn any yard of fabric into a chic beach wrap.
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