At least I hope the directions are clear! I thought I would share with y'all a website I made to help fellow journalists post resumes on the web, but of course it works for anybody. Go to sueowenresume.wordpress.com and I'll walk you through the steps of setting up a WordPress site like this one --... Continue Reading →
[Disclaimer: This is NOT official medical, legal or any-other-al advice and I'm not any kind of expert. See full disclaimer below.] What to do when a compact fluorescent bulb breaks? CFLs contain mercury and other bad stuff, and I'd heard everything from "It's no big deal" to "Evacuate and quarantine immediately!" When one fell out... Continue Reading →
Ladies like me who don't have pierced ears but occasionally like to wear big sparkly earrings, I am about to share something I wish I'd known 20 years ago. Look at the earrings you're thinking of buying. If the main part of the earring dangles from a small ring, you're in business. Like these dime-store... Continue Reading →
When I went loopy and redid our two front rooms, I foolishly did all the chair rail part by myself. The real problem was trying to miter the joints with a cheap plastic miter box and a hand saw -- I thought going slowly would allow me more precision, but it didn't work like that. Precisely... Continue Reading →
Don't have an awl? Make any size hole in leather --to tighten a belt, raise a stirrup, etc. -- quickly with a drill bit. You don't even necessarily need a drill.
Sewing is, by some estimates, 45,000 years old. Sewing is older than cloth, but not as old as clothes: First we wrapped ourselves in hides, then we tied the hides around ourselves with cords or sinews, and eventually we poked holes in the hides and started running cords through to hold the pieces together. After another... Continue Reading →
Aug. 11, 2013: This is the most-clicked post on the blog, which is terrific. Happy white sinks, everybody! Here's the short version: THE METHOD: Coat the stained part of your white sink with a layer of dishwasher paste -- the thick gloopy stuff you put into the dishwashing machine, not the liquid soap you use... Continue Reading →
I picked up a cute little hutch for a dollar at a craft store, and kept picturing it done up with milk paint and beadboard. But wooden dollhouse-scale beadboard or siding -- adorable though it is -- comes in big expensive sheets (plastic is cheaper), and is thick enough that it would really reduce the... Continue Reading →
Further solidifying my title as "Workaround Sue" – Just copy one of these and paste it into your tweet. Here you go: ♥ ♡ ♪ ☺ ☹ ☮ ★ ❦ Quick 'n dirty. Even better, here's a long list with tons of symbols. A sampling: ♘ € ☯ ☂ ☀ ☛ ✓... Continue Reading →
For my buddies on the City-O-Clay polymer clay listing: Here's how I made my DIY "cookie" cutters. (These are intended for cutting shapes in polymer clay; no representation of their food safety is made 🙂 ) Materials: Piece of tin roof flashing, about 49 cents at hardware store Tools: Tin snips, file, pliers (little jewelry... Continue Reading →
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