New Book of Days
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Edited: It doesn’t work! No-Sew T-Shirt Bag
May 1, 2024 by HTV9 in Upcycling Here’s a T-shirt that is super worn out. There are a bunch of tutorials online for making sewn T-shirt shopping bags to replace plastic/paper ones, so I initially thought I’d try that. Then I realized due to no sewing machine that would take about five hours per bag,…
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Acorn Starting Site
Apr 15, 2024 by HTV9 This is my acorn starting site/oak tree seed starting setup, such as it is. It consists of some potting soil I had leftover, acorns spaced out about 3 inches from one another about an inch and a half beneath the surface, and pea gravel from the top. The pea gravel…
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No visuals: Sowing Wildflower Seeds With Limited Mobility
Apr 3, 2024 by HTV9 Here’s the method I developed to sow wildflower and flower seeds at the edges of the backyard. It’s simple. First, communicate with family to ensure they mow 8 inches away from the perimeter so stuff can grow there. Second, scatter wildflower seeds sparingly along the perimeter, right among the grass.…
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Salted Air Fresheners
Mar 14, 2024 by HTV9 Well, here’s the air freshener I made. As mentioned in this post: https://abrandnewbookofdays.com/2024/02/13/air-freshener/ It does work well, the drawer it’s in smells like roses. Really good. So I decided to open it up and cram it full of salt so it lasts a while, then add fresh tape and close…
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No microfiber cloth on hand
Mar 1, 2024 by HTV9 So if you have sunglasses, especially polarized ones, you’ve probably gotten smudges on them and furiously wiped them down with a T-shirt, yielding much disappointment. Going to the store to buy a glasses cleaning kit or a microfiber cloth for cleaning laptops and such is an option but not a…
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Pudding Cup For Hair Ties
Feb 13, 2024 by HTV9 An additional use for a rinsed out, dried pudding cup © http://www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024 lifehacks spoonie upcycling
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Applesauce Cup and Pudding Cup Pill Area
Feb 13, 2024 by HTV9 This is a simple upcycle: I rinsed out an applesauce cup and pudding cup, and dried them. Now they are ready to use as pill holders instead of keeping pills directly on a bedside table. © http://www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024
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Air Freshener
Feb 13, 2024 by HTV9 Plastic stuff builds up around here, as do essential oils. So here’s a DIY for making an air freshener out of it. All the materials required are shown aside from the bottle of essential oil: coffee filter, tape, cotton fluff, plastic vessel with lid taken off. The cotton fluff was…
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Meal Trays
Feb 7, 2024 by HTV9 This is something I’ve been doing for a while. On days when I don’t have a lot of energy I ask my family members to set up some food on a baking dish and stuff that in the fridge. I go grab it, microwave whatever’s in there, stuff other things…
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No Visuals: Uses Of Rags or Washcloths
Jan 26, 2024 by HTV9 Washcloths Uses:Fold into quarters and use as a soap dishUse instead of a plastic scrubby to exfoliate skin in the shower or bathWhen you get soap slivers, wet down the washcloth and rub the soap into the washcloth to use up the soapWipe down surfaces in the kitchen with dish…
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