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DIY: Cute homemade bird feeders

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Feeding garden birds can be a very enjoyable and rewarding activity. After all, what better reward is there than knowing that you helped these adorable little creatures to survive the winter. Your children or grandchildren can be entertained for free for hours, and in these gloomy times knowing you are helping out some of the most beautiful creatures Nature has given us can be uplifting.
Birds will discover your house quickly and consider it as a feeding place. Their frequency of visits will also increase helping you to stay close to nature.
And don't worry - birds aren't picky, they don't require something fancy to attract them to your yard or window. Homemade bird feeders are quite easy to make.You can build your bird feeder out of materials you have at home. These projects are easy to make and fun to do with kids. And will help you to get enjoyment from watching the wildlife spectacular in your own garden or backyard.

Transforming a small decorative pumpkin into a bird-feeder.

via Sakurako Kitsa on flickr

vintage teacup bird feeder

via intimate weddings

Pinecone bird feeder

via asmothersinzion

Show them all your love - heart-shaped bird feeder by alphamon

milk carton becomes a bird house, lovely.

via ziggity zoom

glass bottle bird feeder

via esprit cabane

soda bottle and two wooden spoons. Can it be any easier?

via family fun

acorn bird feeder

via design sponge

straw star with nuts

via sweet paul

Winter white & icy cold

Friday, January 6, 2012

via freshome

Wide use of LED lights, simple and strait lines and dominating white color gives this apartment an elegant, sleek and uncluttered look.
I absolutely adore two things regarding to this beautiful interior:
style mixing with retro chandelier and modern glass table and also this fur rug that seems so cozy and soft.
Despite the dark shades which brought a dose of contrast, this apartment is more or less likely to be the home of white queen from The Chronicles of Narnia.

Monthly wallpaper { January }

Monday, January 2, 2012

I decided to start putting a free desktop wallpaper at the beginning of each new month. So here comes the first of my desktop freebie designs. Hope you like it and see you next month with another wallpaper.
Instead of saying happy new year once and again, I'm going to quote one of my friends:

Wish you all a happy & prosperous, a rocking & rollicking and a super duper blockbuster 2012 ...may you hold on to your resolutions and all your problems find some solutions and you remain happy in all situations ...

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Please do note that this wallpaper is for personal use only and can not be re-used for other purposes or uploaded to other sites claimed as your own work. You may share this but only with credit link to the my resource blog page, not the download file.

New year 2012

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Post Christmas blues

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

With Christmas behind and being few days out of the office, the only thing I do is chill + enjoy long sleeping, going to town for a walk, snuggle under a blanket and watch TV in the long afternoons (with a fine cup of tea of course).

It's a little bit strange being away from all the urban hustle and bustle, without a hundred mails as a morning welcome, without traffic jams, noise and people rushing to work. Just peace. Stillness. I even turned my iPhone off.

And it is going to be the same just five days from now - back to work, back to routine. Its ok, I love my job, I love my friends, my colleagues. But for now, I'm gonna pretend the world doesn't exist.
I'm leaving you with few pictures of my hometown Zagreb - in all its beauty and with special holiday charm....
Christmas in Zagreb

Freebie: Printable Christmas gift tags

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Are you running around getting all ready for the big day? I am and can't believe that there are only three days left… And the whole year is almost over, huh...Anyways, I thought you might like some cute gift tags to spice up up your gifts under the Christmas tree. Print them out on a cardstock or some other heavy paper and cut 'em out. Happy Printing, happy wrapping…

Click HERE to download.

15 fantastic Christmas wrapping ideas

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Just looove this time of the year. Christmas is my favorite of all the festivals and holidays.
Excitement is in the air, the anticipation of getting together with friends and family adds to it, with all those lights, colors, and smells of the holiday season. Even the snowfalls that make everything look like a greeting card turns the cold winter into the best time of year to enjoy.
And of course, there are Christmas presents. We give them to our loved ones to show them how much we care. Even the simplest gift turns into a delight if you wrap it with style and creativity. And wrapping gifts around Christmas should be all about fun - creative and inexpensive!

Here are some fabulous ideas I found. Remember - love counts, not the price.

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Old garage transformed into a dream house

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Meet Jérémie Buchholtz.

He is a photographer, living constantly on the route Paris - Bordeaux. His desire was to have his own apartment in Bordeaux. But guess what, he didn't have enough money to afford it. So he found and bought for coins an old abandoned garage and decided to do something with it.

Well, not really, really for coins. The price was 80,000 euros ($107,000) - but still less than half the price of a similarly sized home in Bordeaux. Here is were the real problems started. This was a rundown storage space, full of junk with no natural light and with huge metal doors.

Most people would gave up at the very beginning but not Jérémie Buchholtz, who immediately called a friend - architect Matthieua de Marien and asked him to help him converting this old ruin into his new home.

De Marien transformed a part of the garage into a garden in order to increase the flow of light, and the metal gate were replaced with wooden. In order to get as much light, large glass surfaces are used all around.

Since the height of the roof could not be changed, because the garage is located in the historic city center, the architect played with the rest, and the photographer got 12 square meters of garden and 40 square very functional living space.

"He fulfilled all my desires. I liked architect's idea, all in one place - the bathroom, closet, couch, bed, everything for everyday life " said Jérémie.