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How to: Make DIY Wooden Geometric Wine Stopper
Since you're probably going to be popping some bottles for the holidays, why not making this geo wine stopper to keep all your spirits fresh and boozy, yes? You can use 'em yourselves, or give as party...
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Holiday Entertaining 101: A Guy's Guide to Celebrating the Season
Even with all the commercialism, the chaos, and the over-sentimentality, this season really is the most wonderful time of the year. The holidays provide an opportunity to get intentional - to reach out...
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The Largest True Color Photo of Space....Was Shot by an Amateur
This 360 degree panorama of the night sky wasn't shot by a satellite or a high-powered telescope. It was (simply?) stitched together from 37,000 images by amateur photographer, Nick Risinger. The...
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The Easiest Way to Thread a Needle
It's easier for a camel to pass through an eye of the needle than a rich man to get into heaven...and it's not much simpler to get an actual thread through. Too many easy DIY clothing repairs and fixes...
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Holiday Guide: Last Minute Things Before Hibernation
Freaking out because you haven't finished everything you need to do on your list? No worries! We have some last minute tips for you.Cause...it's okay. It happens to the best of us: we get caught up in...
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How to: Make Nutella Hot Chocolate
It's not that hot chocolate is hard to make...especially if you go for the little packets of powder. But there's definitely something seriously straightforward about making a fresh cup with only two...
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How to: Make DIY Instagram Coasters with Your Own Photos
This holiday season, I wanted to give my friends and family a customized gift with some personality. So, using nothing but our own photos and a few crafty tools, I came up with this coaster project...
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How To: Make Sugared Cranberries
My oh my, what to do with all of those cranberries in the fridge left from Christmas dinner? Sugar them!The holiday season might be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean you can't extend the...
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Woody Guthrie Really Knew How To Do New Year's Resolutions
More than seventy years ago, folk singer and activist Woody Guthrie opened up his notebook to write down a set of "New Years Rulin's" his own self...complete with illustrations. It's always...
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Rustic Decor Idea: Tiny Trees in Boxes for Winter
It is currently -9° where I live. It's wonderfully sunny, and all I want to do is go outside...but the weather says no.And that's the trick with winter, right? So, bring the outdoors in, like snagging...
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How to: Make Frozen Bubbles
It's cold today. Like, extra special cold. Where I live, it's the coldest it's been in twenty years, and the same records are being broken all over the United States and Canada. Cold enough that most...
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How to: Make a Custom Leather Briefcase from Scratch (with a Secret Stash...
Phiske, a leather craftsman and the artist behind Cachicamo Leather Works, details the steps towards making this beautiful, custom leather briefcase that is certain to last a few lifetimes. The best...
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I Made This: A Wooden Cheeseburger (Free Downloads Inside)
A few Christmases ago, when I first got my band saw, I made my [now] wife this wooden cheeseburger for her office desk. The whole thing was made from old wooden flooring and other scraps, and each of...
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Blow My Mindsday: January 8, 2014
Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web.Steve Vistaunet's Pinterest page is full of collections dedicated to the art...
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How to: Make Whiskey Sriracha Caramel Popcorn
Look, on another day, I'd try to come up with some clever intro, talking about classic flavor combinations and different textures, or some other such goodness. But today, I'm just gonna dive in: this...
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Masculine Bedroom Inspiration: "Vintage" Bedding
Lots of rustic bedroom goodness here to get you inspired...H&M has a new collection of home goods, and among them are these vintage-styled pieces, and we're totally digging the industrial look. Or,...
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Weekend Project: How to Make a Custom Knife from Scratch
Kitchen knives, pocket knives, craft knives....a creative guy simply has to cut stuff up on the regular. Here's the ManMade list of the nine knives every man should own, but if you're interested in...
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How to: Super Simple, Rustic Dish Towels
Look - there's nothing acceptable about a dirty kitchen...or a bare one, for that matter. This rustic, organic dish towel project is super simple basic sewing project that'll give your kitchen some...
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Check It Out: Ernest Hemingway's Personal Burger Recipe
Of course Ernest Hemingway had a favorite burger recipe. Guy was pretty opinated, enjoyed the simple things, and certainly celebrated a "hands on" lifestyle. What's interesting here, is that unlike...
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Making a DIY Scroll Saw from a Vintage Sewing Machine
Simon had a sewing machine. A well-built, vintage Brother - built, as he says, "to survive an atomic attack. Everything is shiny stainless steel or molded aluminum."But Simon didn't really need a...
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