DIY

20 Aug 2014

Win A Global Grub Kit: Pre-Assembled World Cuisine @ Your Fingertips

  Don’t cook “ethnic” food often enough? Get mystified by all the “ethnic” spices listed on your screen when you’re looking for a curry recipe? Ready to step up your Hamburger Helper game? Then these pre-assembled kits are perfect for the average Joe Schmo (uck)! Choose a cooking kit, stocked

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18 Aug 2014

Win $100 Gift Card for American-Made Goods @ Oakland Supply Co.

  Oakland Supply Co. is a new retail concept shop from Oaklandish, and is now open in the historic waterfront Jack London Square district. This showroom features quality American-made goods as well as the finest local wares from Oakland, CA. Product selection includes fine leather items such as wallets, bags,

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30 Jul 2014

Which Famous A**holes are Going to Burning Man This Year?

Not going to Burning Man 2014? Congratulations! You will avoid the risk of personally encountering these a**holes. Many prominent a**holes from news, tech and entertainment have already articulated via social media or public commentary that they are inclined to attend the Burning Man festival in 2014. These famous people going

Joe Kukura- Millionaire in Training 0
09 Jan 2014

Choosing a cheap-ass wedding venue for under $1,000…

We looked at an insurmountable amount of possibilities for a wedding site. We knew it had to be in Norcal. It had to be in a historic building with character. And preferably in between his bay area and my Sacramento valley rooted families. We settled on six possibilities before we

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11 Dec 2013

DIY: Dollar-Store Decor

$3 to make three hanging pom-poms, DIY-style. I’m usually extremely well-behaved during the week. Between free breakfast food at work and going to classes at the gym instead of happy hours at night, I can get from Monday to Friday without spending too much moolah. Come the weekend, though, and

Rene Beight - Femme Frugale 0
14 Nov 2013

DIY: Five Easy Bottle Cap Crafts

Rat Fink Bottle Cap Charm by VixenVendetta It makes sense that the DIY-ers and the Environmentalists get along ‘“ both are founded on a founding principle of reuse, recycle, renew. DIY is less about compost and sustainable food and more about finding a new uses for things, or repurposing items

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
12 Aug 2013

The Standing Desk: A DIY Trip to the Chiropractor

My laptop’s screen burned out and it was the best thing that happened to me in a while. I had hooked it up to an old monitor I had lying around but my laptop screen, now useless, was also blocking my view of the screen, and I couldn’t close it

Nate Cox- Low-Budget Literati 0