All art is an imitation of nature. -Seneca
Accessorizing Your Halloween Bar
“At first cock-crow the ghosts must go back to their quiet graves below.” -Theodosia Garrison Accessorizing your Halloween Bar can be fun especially when you have all those cool Halloween bottle labels to stick on your booze!
Tip for Inexpensive Halloween Signs!
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” -Shakespeare “Macbeth” Go into any Halloween store to purchase some creepy signs to decorate for the Trick or Treaters or your Halloween party and you will discover they are not cheap!
Light Bulb Terrarium Extinction?
“Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is the crack cocaine of the developing world.” –Alan Zarembo, L.A. Times We have all seen these light bulb terrariums but your window of opportunity may be going the way of the dinosaurs …or will it? As of January 1, 2012 a new law will take effect banning incandescent light […]
Recycled Halloween
“I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.” -Author Unknown If you’re like us then you no doubt have a limited budget for Halloween.
Creative Colors for Halloween
“A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.” -Wendy Carlos Halloween has evolved over the decades and so has our ability to celebrate it creatively.
Halloween Lantern Scene
“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!” -Dexter Kozen Halloween is approaching and it has become a multi-billion dollar business but don’t freak out because it can be done for less if you’re up for being creative.
Eco-Friendly Flower Bed
“The supreme reality of our time is…the vulnerability of our planet.” -John F Kennedy Yard Waste day in our neighborhood can bring a lot of free raw materials for many projects.
Repurposed Brita Water Filters
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” -John Muir We just replaced our Brita water filter but it couldn’t be put on the curb with the rest of the recyclables and we didn’t want to throw it away.
Environmental Benefits of Composting
“Only after the last tree has been cut down …the last river has been poisoned …the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.” -Cree Indian Prophesy Composting is a no-brainer because it provides us with free fertilizer