Thursday, April 30, 2020

How To Make A Cinder Block Bench

I love everything about this bench, it is easy to assemble, it is so cheap, and it looks fantastic. This lovely outdoor bench requires no hammer, no nails, no sanding, and really no carpentry skills at all. All you have to do is buy some cinder blocks, some four by four long pieces of wood, and put the whole thing together by using a very simple stacking method. Within one hour you will have a gorgeous bench that looks absolutely amazing. The only pre-planning you need to think about is deciding where you want to place your bench. When you find that nice shady spot where the bench is going to serve your needs best, just build it right there. You can move the bench, but that will involve taking it apart, but that really isn’t the end of the world, it is just better if you measure and really think about where this bench should go to avoid having to move it. Just find a space that’s level and make this dream come true.

Materials:

  • PL900 (or your favorite construction adhesive to bond blocks together)
  • 6 (4 x 4) pieces of wood
  • 16 cinder blocks
  • Cushions, pillows, and candles (if you want to dress it up)

Directions:

In this awesome video tutorial, you will learn to construct the cinder block frame using PL900 adhesive that you will let dry for 24 hours.

Make a cinder block bench

Then, you will add your four by four wooden poles and that is all, my friends! You have yourself a wonderful bench!

Cinder block bench easy and cheap

This is one of the easiest and cheap furniture projects I have ever found.

How To Make A Cinder Block Bench

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

How To Make A Leather Mason Jar Sleeve

Leather crafts are one of those things that seem really difficult but in actual reality, leather crafts are very easy to make, maybe even easier than sewing because they use leather glue and don’t require any sewing. You can find all your leather needs at the Tandy Leather Company in most cities, but Michael’s Craft Store has many leather craft supplies as well. You must remember to use your Michael’s coupon that can be found online by simply typing in Michael’s coupons into your browser. You will pull up the coupons of the day and the cashier will just scan your phone. They will not tell you bu you can also stack coupons, so tell the cashier to scan them all. If you don’t have a Tandy Leather in your city, you can always order online, their products are outstanding and they are always willing to help guide you through the leather making process.

Materials:

  • Small piece of veg tan leather (you can find small scrap pieces at Tandy Leather at super cheap prices)
  • Belt punch
  • Rivits
  • Leather glue (this will easily hold a leather project together without any sewing)
  • Leather cutter

Directions:

In this awesome video tutorial, you will learn how to construct this leather mason jar sleeve in a step by step process using a few simple leather tools and glue.

Make a leather mason jar sleeve

Then you will be given all types of helpful tips along the way such as using a lighter to seal your stitching. Remember the leather glue is super strong and you won’t need to do any stitching if you don’t want to, the stitching here is purely decorative.

Make a leather mason jar sleeve

I love doing leather crafts and I will certainly be trying this project at home.

How To Make A Leather Mason Jar Sleeve

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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How To Make Homemade Chicken Nuggets

Chicken nuggets are so delicious and so many people are not wanting to go to a fast-food restaurant and wanting to get back to basic natural food preparation and eating it just makes so much sense to make your own food items. I went searching on Youtube and found this excellent chicken nugget recipe by Tiffin Box and I knew immediately I had to make it. I was so happy that I got a food processor for Christmas last year because to make a real copycat version of a chicken nugget you must chop the chicken up and reconstitute it into a big patty then bread it, then let your nuggets chill to make then set and fry them up to a golden crispy crunch.

Ingredients:

  • Boneless chicken breast
  • 500 grams of white bread
  • 4 slices of ginger paste
  • 1/2 tablespoon garlic paste
  • 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon white pepper powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon paprika powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1  egg (medium size)
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 cup of breadcrumbs (salt and pepper the breadcrumbs to taste)

Directions:

In this excellent video tutorial, you will be guided step by step to prep your chicken breast meat by grinding up all the ingredients in the food processor. Then you will make a big patty on a cutting board then cut small nuggets out of the reconstituted chicken meat.

Make from scratch homemade chicken nuggets

Then, you will dredge your lovely mini chicken nuggets in the homemade bread crumb mixture and then deep fry in your favorite variety of cooking oil until the nuggets are a crispy golden brown.

Make from scratch homemade chicken nuggets

I really can’t wait to try this recipe.

How To Make Homemade Chicken Nuggets

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Monday, April 27, 2020

DIY Coastal Farmhouse Fishnet Mason Jar Candle Holder

This coastal fishnet mason jar project is a real gem and totally gets you in the mood for Summer. I recently found this video on Youtube by Coffee With My Sunshine and she goes through the method of making this beautiful craft step by step and makes it look absolutely effortless. The mason jar is covered with delta cream coat, mod podge, and craft paint in a nautical coastal type of color. Then you get a great lesson in nautical macrame to really give your coastal painted jar the full effect of the ocean and the outcome is nothing short of superb.

Materials:

  • Jute twine (from Dollar Tree)
  • A mason jar
  • Craft paint
  • Mod Podge
  • Delta brand cream coat
  • A hot glue gun

Directions:

In the video, you will learn how to prep your mason jar with Delta Creamcoat, Mod Podge, and craft paint, you will let that completely dry and then you begin cutting your twine and arranging it around the painted jar with the assistance of your trusty hot glue gun to get ready to begin the netting part of the tutorial.

Make a fishnet Mason Jar Candle Holder

Then after you tie the net in he macrame knots, you will be instructed to secure the net at the bottom with a rope ring and clip all the ends.

Mason Jar fishnet candle holder

This project has made me long for the beach way of life and I want to get ready for summer in a big way. I’m now inspired to create a whole beach themed decor idea for my patio.

How To Make A Coastal Farmhouse Fishnet Mason Jar Decoration

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Sunday, April 26, 2020

Cajun Fried Turkey Wings Recipe

Cajun food from the wonderfully unique state of Louisiana is probably my favorite style of food in the entire world, so when I found this recipe by Coop Can Cook on Youtube, I knew I had to cook these immediately. The recipe is super easy and really fun to make because there are only four steps to this recipe and the first step is to use Zatarain’s injectable marinade to inject your turkey wings and then in step two you place the injected wings in a plastic bag overnight to let the marinade really soak in. In step three, you will season the turkey wings and step four is to just deep fry them for 14 minutes and that is it!

Ingredients:

  • 4 turkey wings
  • Zatarain’s turkey injector marinade
  • Hot sauce (your favorite kind)
  • Oil (for frying)
  • Cajun or Creole seasoning
  • Salt (to taste)
  • Pepper (to taste)

Directions:

In the video, you will learn how to fill your turkey syringe and also told how and where to inject the turkey wings for the best results.

Cajun injected fried turkey wings

Then you will continue through the steps of marinating the wings overnight, seasoning them, and deep-frying the wings for about 14 to 15 minutes till golden brown on the outside and completely done on the inside. 

Deep fried turkey wings Cajun style

This Cajun turkey wings are really delicious and taste great cold, so don’t be afraid to make more than you need because you can always eat them later. I like to keep cold turkey wings in the fridge and slice them up later for turkey salad, which is great with this type of highly seasoned recipe.

Cajun Fried Turkey Wings Recipe

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Saturday, April 25, 2020

How To Make Four Square Quilt

I was searching on Youtube for an easy quilt to make and I found this great four square quilt idea from The Midnight Quilt Show channel. The tutorial for this quilt was so easy that literally be made in an evening. I love quilting all year round, but making what will become family heirlooms in the Springtime is very important to me because spring is traditionally the time of new beginnings and I love seeing that reflected in my art projects. So I decided to get a later cake pack in a beautiful Spring-themed array of brightly colored florals and try my hand at making this wonderful four square design. This is just one of The Midnight Quilt Show’s beautiful projects that have an easy to understand patterns and methods, this Youtube channel is full of great ideas.

Materials:

  • A sewing machine
  • Fabric
  • A ruler
  • A rotary cutter

Directions:

In this excellent video tutorial, you will learn to cut these simple squares from your layer cake fabrics put these squares together in an attractive alternating pattern. This method is so easy you will literally sail through this project at an alarming rate.

Make a four square quilt

There is only one other pattern here that you will need to make and that is a very simple quarter square that really adds wonderful detail to this extraordinary quilt.

Make a quick easy 4 square quilt

I am so glad I found this simple four square quilt pattern, I cannot wait to make it.

How To Make Four Square Quilt

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Friday, April 24, 2020

How To Make A Homemade Paint Sprayer From A Soda Bottle

I love to recycle and upcycle so I am always on the lookout for a new idea. I can spend hours searching Youtube for crazy cool recycling ideas. Just recently I discovered a really awesome spray painter made from a soda bottle and an old nozzle on a hairspray can. This tutorial looked super easy so I really wanted to share it.

Materials:

  • 1 old recycled soda bottle
  • 1 The nozzle from an old hairspray can
  • A bike tire valve
  • Metal epoxy glue
  • An air pump

Directions:

In this video, you will learn to remove the nozzle from the hairspray can and attach it to the soda bottle lid. 

Make a spray painter out of a soda bottle

Then, you will be guided step by step to make this awesome paint sprayer out of your old soda bottle.

Make a spray painter out of a soda bottle

This is a wonderful project and I can’t wait to make it.

Make a spray painter out of a soda bottle

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Adidas Nike and Reboc Women's & Men Shoes Hot Deal of 2020

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Adidas Nike and Reboc Women's & Men Shoes Hot Deal of 2020


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Thursday, April 23, 2020

5 Homemade Candles For Emergencies

I am from the coast of Texas and I’ve been through many weather events and one thing I do know all too well is that you never know when the power may go out. Even an ice storm in the winter months can affect the power by knocking down lines. Fortunately, many of us make a habit out of staying prepared but in case you are somehow caught off guard for whatever reason, it is really useful and intelligent to know some basic survival skills. On the top of that list is being able to see in the dark because if you have ever been through any situation where a complete power blackout has happened, you understand being in the dark makes everything one-hundred times worse. I found this excellent video on Youtube by The King Of Random and she had five great ideas to make homemade candles in a pinch and they were all ingenious and completely outstanding.

Materials For Emergency Candles:

  • Toothpicks
  • Toilet Paper
  • Dish Rags
  • Cotton Rope
  • Crisco Shortening
  • Vegetable Cooking Oil
  • Butter
  • Salt

Varieties of Candles In The Video:

In the video, you will learn how to make a candle that will burn for 19 hours by immersing it in Crisco shortening. The lady in the Youtube video also does a side by side experiment and shows you how fast the candle actually burns out.

Make emergency candles

You will also learn how to make small candles in a glass container using salt and vegetable oil with a dishrag wick.

Make an emergency candle out of salt and vegetable oil.

These candle ideas are fantastic and everyone should know these just in case they may need them one day.

5 Homemade Candles For Emergencies

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

How Nikela is helping stop the spread of Covid-19

How Nikela is helping stop the spread of Covid-19During his recent beehive project maintenance check Moses found the farmers very concerned about the spread of Covid-19. The Coronavirus is slithering its ugly tentacles everywhere!

Tanzania, in East Africa, has less than 20 confirmed cases to-date. However, in a country with limited health care and economic power the Covid-19 threat is very real. Moses lives in Arusha, the country’s third largest city with a population of over 400,000. Over 700,000 inhabitants when you include the surrounding area. The beehive project is in the surrounding area, outside of the Arusha National Park where elephant, buffalo, leopard and many varieties of plains game find protection.

Its in these border villages, skirting the Reserve, where the majority of the human wildlife conflicts occur. In the village of Lendoiya the elephants are being successfully kept out by beehive fences. This beehive project began mid-2019. To date Nikela has sponsored 56 beehives. Farmers are thrilled with the results. Not only are their crops thriving they enjoy harvesting honey. It’s a human wildlife conflict method that really works in this area.


It was on his last beehive maintenance run that Moses found the farmers worried about the spread of Covid-19. True to form Moses and his team figured out how to help.

Moses R Nikela hand wash bucket farm scene

Moses kicks in gear to help stop the spread of Covid-19

“Due to the ongoing Coronavirus, that’s also in Tanzania (affected only 13) currently. We decided to keep our farmers safe from the virus by providing them with water buckets designed for washing hands. These kind of buckets are all over Africa by now. Outside offices and shops in town and cities in Tanzania. The government insists on hand washing and cleanliness everywhere. So we bought “hand washing buckets” to help our farmers benefiting the beehive conservation project, keep them safe by making sure they wash their hands and stay safe from Corona virus.”

Moses R farmers wash buckets 2000x

Way to go Moses!


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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Take a Virtual Safari through Kruger National Park for a bit of Happy

Take a Virtual Safari through Kruger National Park for a bit of Happy
Going a bit crazy staying at home? Take a virtual safari with us to spot some beautiful wildlife in South Africa’s famous Kruger Park.
No, it’s not real time! It’s from our last visit about a year ago. With the world and our lives in turmoil with Coronavirus a bit of happy is very much in order. Grab a cup of tea and sit back as you take a virtual safari with us.

Enjoy Photos and a Video on Your Virtual Safari

We start our day before sunrise. The Crocodile Bridge Gate opens at dawn and were ready to spot some wildlife driving our trusty old Land Rover.
Our first sighting… a lone Giraffe and his passengers. How many Oxpeckers do you see enjoying ‘breakfast’?
1 KRUGER giraffe oxpecers dawn
A bit hard to determine in the light of dawn. We’re no experts, but it appears to be a Tawny Eagle watching for his breakfast.
1a KRUGER Tawny eagle bird
The sun begins to brighten up the bush.
2 Kruger sunrise Landy mirror
There’s just something about silhouetted trees isn’t there?
3 KRUGER sunrise Landy tree
More Giraffe. A curious youngster. See his passenger?
4 Kruger young giraffe oxpecker bird 16x9
And mum… and of course, her own very own oxpeckers.
5 Kruger giraffe oxpecker birds cu 2
A drive in the Kruger is never complete without seeing Impala. What’s this with all these Oxpeckers?
6 Kruger impala oxpecker bird
Unless really close these Black-Bellied Bustards are hard to spot. Unless they’re vocalizing of course.
7 Kruger black-bellied bustard bird
A Warthog.
7a Kruger warthog tree
Must be time for a mid morning nap! This lone Wildebeest is enjoying the warm sunshine.
8 KRUGER wildebeest
In the Kruger National Park you can only get out of your vehicle in designated areas. This is at a hide.
9 Kruger Landy scene
Spending time in a hide is both peaceful and exciting.
9a Kruger Russ bird hide
You never know what you’ll spot in a hide. We sure weren’t expecting this Boom Slang right next to the viewing area.
10 Kruger boom slang snake 16x9
A Lilac Breasted Roller. A bit more serene to spot.
11 Kruger lilac breasted roller bird
Then there’s always a Crocodile!
11a KRUGER crocodile river
Once on the road again we spot Zebra.
12 KRUGER zebra
A lone Elephant bull. Best to keep our distance.
13 KRUGER elephant Landy
Along the river we find the most wildlife today.
14 KRUGER buffalo
15 KRUGER hippo
16 KRUGER elephant river
Even one of our favorite… the Goliath Heron. The largest heron.
17 KRUGER Goliath Heron bird
Right there fishing from the bridge we find a Giant Kingfisher.
18 Kruger giant kingfisher bird
Moving away from the river we spot a Vulture nest.
19 Kruger vulture nest
Its getting warm now. This Kudu bull is resting and chewing his cud in the semi shade.
20 Kruger kudu bull 16x9
A Spotted Hyena also escaping the heat.
21 KRUGER hyena
We reach Skukuza Camp and its time for us to have some lunch in the shade.
22 Kruger Landy awning lunch Russ
Hope you enjoyed your Virtual Safari with us.
There’s more coming. For the first time ever we see Cheetah in the wild. And Leopard? Well, almost.

Go ahead relax some more and enjoy the VIDEO version of our Virtual Safari.


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