Low income housing salvage items

Osage orange wood is used as railing.

Dan Phillips started Phoenix Commotion, a construction business in his hometown, Huntsville, Tex., where he builds low-income housing out of salvaged items.

Please see his blog:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/02/garden/20090903-recycled-slideshow_index.html?ref=garden

Quote by~Elizabeth Lawrence
" There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place
where colors are brighter,the air softer,and the morning more
fragrant then ever again."

Facts
In 1949, the alphabets “L, A, N & D” were removed. The board has read “HOLLYWOOD” ever since 1949.
Skin your body’s largest organ.An average of 40 kilos of skin is shed during a lifetime.The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.Your skin protects your inside organs while keeping infections out and prevents you from getting sick. Your skin is the thinnest on the eyelid. The skin represents 12% to 16% of a body’s total weight!There are at least five types of receptors in the skin that respond to pain and to touch.The skin is constantly renewing itself from the bottom up and takes 52 – 77 days to shed cells.

Tip
Keep the garden hoses out until halloween!
Labor Day is the best time for seeding. Grass needs one year to mature.

Recipe
Halloween pumpkin pop corn balls
http://operationsanta.com/halloween-pumpkin-popcorn-balls/

Craft & Tutorials
How to cover a seat for a chair
http://readymade.com/projects/article/nightwood_seat_covers/?sssdmh=dm17.400153&esrc=nwrmu13_10c&email=689402338

Cozy Sleeves
http://readymade.com/projects/article/chambray_shirt_with_wool_sleeves/?sssdmh=dm17.400153&esrc=nwrmu13_10c&email=689402338

Twig Lamp
http://readymade.com/projects/article/twig_lamp/?sssdmh=dm17.400153&esrc=nwrmu13_10c&email=689402338

How to do Piping tutorial
http://littlesnoring.blogspot.com/2009/09/easy-peasy-diy-pillow-piping-tutorial_20.html

How to make a wrist Pincushion
http://thelongthread.com/?p=4748

Get a Bat template never to early for bats
http://thelongthread.com/?p=4731

Stay Crafty !
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !