scissorsandthread:

Sleepy Baby Sugar Scrub |Smart School House

If you have trouble getting to sleep, lavender essential oil can be a god send. Made into a scrub and combined with a warm bath/shower is even better - hello sweet dreams!

I heard about this great website www.openmaterials.org  from Catalina Morta at her TED talk. According to the website they’re a ‘A research group dedicated to open investigation and experimentation with DIY production methods and uses of materials.’ 

I found some really cool projects like ‘how to make conductive ink’ and ‘how to make your own bioplastic’ I’m definitely going to try this out. If any one of you do, do leave a comment to tell me what you did with it. Look forward to seeing some interesting stuff!

So how many of you know what holi is? Last year, I went all the way to Spain to attend La Tomatina. The festival of tomatoes in which the locals of and foreigners (like me who travel from all parts of the world) involve themselves in a tomato fight, purely for fun. People crush and throw tomatoes at each other that are supplied by the local authorities by truckloads!

This, much to my disappointment, turned out to be way more sad than I had anticipated. Over the years, the festival has become so popular that the people were way more than the  tomatoes and we were left high and dry hoping for one stray tomato to come by our way. 

This brings me back to holi!

Holi is celebrated in my own country, India! It’s a beautiful festival where we play with dry colors, water and water balloons in much the same way. It’s a playful fight which leaves us all drenched in colored water and wasted. This, I realized, is way more fun becuase it involves your friends and family, sweets, thandai (an awesome milk based drink) and bhang (opium) :D

I feel that this festival has just not been marketed well and given it’s due importance. It’s celebrated in all parts of India except the South. So, if you’re planning to visit India, do visit in the month of March to get a flavor of it. You won’t regret it!

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When to use the Oxford comma.

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Super cool!

storagegeek:

Scrabble Tile Coasters | Incredible Things

I love these. A lot. No one would have to yell at me to use a coaster.

What an interesting idea! I might use the same technique and make a magazine holder. 

storagegeek:

Recycled corrugated cardboard scissor caddy via EL MUNDO DEL RECICLAJE

The simple photo tutorial shows the use of a band saw, but with a little patience and a sharp pair of scissors you could cut each piece individually. And then have your scissors sharpened before storing them in your newly fashioned scissor holder.

giving-up-is-getting-old:

Step up your looks with these 30 simple tips that make a big difference — and get noticed:

1. Clever cover-up. If you get stranded without your concealer, check the cap of your foundation — the makeup that has collected there will be thick and perfect for covering up flaws.
2. DIY dye. If you’ve…

donttryandfixme:

1. Put on nail polish and let dry. 2. Dip fingernail in alcohol-basically any will do, vodka is suggested. 3. Press a strip of newspaper big enough to cover the whole nail on to your alcohol soaked nail. 4. Pull off slowly and be really impressed with yourself. 5. Paint top coat if desired.

Another one on my to-do list.

teachingliteracy:

pages of grass.

by Eric.Parker

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Beautiful!

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So what am i chasing? I’m hollow inside trying to complete myself by running around chasing things that I think will coat me with sophistication, skill, talent. I still don’t feel complete. Question, what am I chasing?

One minute something matters the world to me, the other, there it goes out of the window.

There’s always a tussle, always, between these two people inside me. The one that’s dying to just live and the one that’s dying to teach me how to live. The one that keeps showing me the rear view mirror in the future and the other that becomes my windscreen. I feel like i’ve lost friends, family, social connections, everything that i was ever proud of, to chase something that I don’t know where i’ll find. Heck, I don’t even know what it is. So, what am i chasing?

I run away from the ones who want to love me and I want to love the ones who are running away. So what or who am i chasing?

I guffaw at people who just live life without a purpose and I look at myself with pride thinking i’m on track. Just the other moment, when I’m down or disappointed, those people seem to mock me.

I’m galloping ahead with a purpose or so I think, only to realize that my achievement seems ever so minimal in front of this ever increasing universe. I’m running. To catch up, to split, to run, to overcome, to focus, to get distracted, to live. Only to see my life left behind. So, what am i chasing?

On my to-do list.

Sooooooooooooo Cute!

Photography by Jacob Holdt

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Top: Untitled

Middle Left:Mohammed, Garba, Baba & Bintu

Middle Right: Hopper

Bottom: Merkabah

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Soooo true!

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