DIY

16 Nov 2010

Spruce Up Your Ag Skills at the Mills Community Garden

I started out on BrokeAssStuart.com as the crunchy, garden-loving, East Bay correspondent and it’s about time I got back to my roots. Pun! If you remember, I told you last year how to set up a garden for FREE (Part I & II). Now I’m coming at you with some new gardening opportunities. Mills

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10 Nov 2010

DIY: Mini Notepads

Even in these times of crazy technological advancements and rapid development, you can still find yourself needing just a pen and a piece of paper. There may be an app for freakin’ everything under the sun, but seriously ‘“ paper is a system that’s worked for thousands (and thousands) of

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
06 Nov 2010

Last Outdoor Indie Mart Of The Year TOMORROW!

Rain in San Francisco is always a shitty thing. We all know that it rains a big part of the year and yet we still scramble for umbrellas and coats to keep us dry during the wetter times. After working through and putting up with the rain at the Treasure

Monica Miller - The Intern 0
03 Nov 2010

FREE Amy Sedaris Reading About Crafts

I never got into Strangers with Candy. In the first episode I watched, someone cooked Jerri’s pet chicken and it bugged me out. So I didn’t really start liking Amy Sedaris until I bought her book I like You, Hospitality Under the Influence with instructions and recipes for throwing parties

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
03 Nov 2010

DIY: Beer Can Brilliance

Now that Halloween is over and done with, we’ve moved on to cringing over Christmas. Displays are going up right and left encouraging us to be good consumers. But who has the money to shop for all your loved ones, roommates, acquaintances, former lovers and drinking pals? No one we

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
01 Nov 2010

How to Have an Amazing Dia de los Muertos

So maybe your Halloween sucked.  Maybe you spent all day dressing up to find that the one dude or dudette you planned on going home with was more into the sexy nun than you.  Or maybe no one got the obscure comic book reference for your costume but members of

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
29 Oct 2010

9 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes That Aren’t Lady Gaga

For some of us (me), Halloween is one of the best holidays ever invented, because it has candy, costumes, drunkenness, and absolutely no references to Jesus (unless you go as Jesus, which wouldn’t be weird at all). However, I hear that some people find the whole costume part a big

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
27 Oct 2010

DIY: Halloween Candy Bark in Doll Serving Dish

If you’ve been anywhere near Haight Street, you know it’s nearly Halloween. Costume shoppers were out in full force this past weekend, elbowing through the Wasteland, eyeballing possibilities at Held Over. The best party of the year is only days away and in between turning this vinyl devil costume into

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0