Saturday 30 March 2013
Vegetable-Dyed Easter Eggs
Visit this site for step-by-step directions:
http://tinkerlab.com/vegetable-dyed-easter-eggs/
I’m trying to make a move away from synthetic food dyes and wanted to use natural, homemade dyes this year. Not only are these colors absolutely healthy for human consumption, but the process of making them is a wonderful lesson in creating art materials from scratch and can help children think critically about how to achieve various colors colors.
As I was cutting the onions and beets I asked my daughter what colors she thought they’d make. I also asked questions like, “If I wanted to make blue dye, what might I make it with?”
She had fun making guesses based on what we had in our kitchen and garden, and also came up with her own wild suggestions such as, “let’s take the skins off the bananas to make yellow dye!”
Low Vitamin D Levels
Low vitamin D levels are associated with cognitive impairment and stroke. If you live in northern latitudes, avoid sun exposure, have dark skin or have kidney disease you may be deficient in this important nutrient. A simple blood test can determine if you need to take a supplement.
Have a Beautiful Brain Day! Dr. Marie Pasinski
Have a Beautiful Brain Day! Dr. Marie Pasinski
Wednesday 13 March 2013
DYI: Hallowe'en Glowing Garden Decorations
Paint Flaminos black. Using glow-in-the-dark paint, paint the bird's skeleton.
Floating Hammock
http://www.solutions.com/jump.jsp?itemID=22043&itemType=PRODUCT
Traditional hammock netting doesn't offer much in the way of support. But this hammock, with its solid bed of breathable fabric, supports you without that "sinking in" feeling. Suspended in air, it gently sways to and fro to make relaxing even more enjoyable!
Kerry Landman Memorial Tree
http://thinking-stoneman.blogspot.ca/2012/03/tree-for-all-seasons.html
Kerry Landman Memorial Tree, built at Island Lake Conservation Area on Hurontario Street South and is open to the public seven days a week. Canada. JOHN SHAW-RIMMINGTON.
Translucent Seclusion (Live In Bubble)
http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/11/08/translucent-seclusion-live-in-a-bubble/
This is the second project from Swiss design group Micasa Lab that I’m in love with. The Cocoon 1 is a sit in, chill in, relax in, live in bubble with reconfigurable cushions to really personalize the space. I think it’s a genius idea. A retreat that simultaneously informs the world of your need for solitude while giving you full access to the world around you. Plus, this revives memories of that terrible excellent movie Bubble Boy about a man born without an immune system so he has to live inside a bubble. Good stuff.
Designer: Micasa Lab
Designer: Micasa Lab
DIY: Outdoor Sectional
Visit this site for the complete instructions:
http://www.the36thavenue.com/2012/04/diy-outdoor-sectional.html
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