Sonya Nimri

It's crazy, I know, the queen of recycling has never hosted a swap.  Well, I finally did it. No one else had the time or set-up this go round and I'm lucky enough to have access to the neighbor's yard so I made it happen.  I was nervous.  Would anyone come, would anyone bring anything good, would there be too much left over for me to handle?  I was mostly concerned about the turn-out- a leftover sentiment from my middle school anxiety-ridden fear of birthday party hosting.  Well, it turned out awesome.  Plenty of style starved ladies turned out and took out tons of clothes.  At one point, I was wondering if I was going to have to rent a UHaul to take it all away there was so much.  Thankfully, it dissipated, as people took their fair share of loot and I was only left with eight boxes to take to the shelter. Chaise de bijoux More tops than anyone could ever handle. Food on the porch, clothes on the patio and a man?  Believe it or ...

This is a quick and easy way to make a kitten hat out of an old sweater sleeve that I came up with for Ideal Bite 's Mama Bite column .  For photos of each step go to my Flickr page .   Any soft, light weight knit will do and it is a great way to recycle that sweater that has too many moth holes to wear anymore.   What You Need: The bottom 10 inches of an adult sweater sleeve (a soft, breathable knit works best) Matching thread and a needle 2 little felt triangles Embroidery thread to match the felt (optional; the regular thread works OK too) Scissors Directions: Cut off the bottom 10 inches of your sweater's sleeve. Lay it flat with the sweater's original seam on one side, and sew either the cut end or the cuff end closed, depending on which edge you want to be the the top. Sew it inside out if you want to hide the seam or let the seam show as decoration. It'll look like a rectangle with one edge closed. To make the ears, sew pink felt triangles to e...