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Side dishes feature all projects, stories, DIY and how-to ideas that is not a recipe. Find DIY Gifts for birthdays, Christmas, and home improvement projects. This category features any and all projects not involved with the kitchen, rolled up into one, easy location. Our ideas are budget, family, and living-on-your-own friendly, and easy to follow. We’ve made everything featured here and our posts will let you know how much we liked it. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our other niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

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Fried Street Food

September 9, 2012
Fried Oreo

Let’s talk about the street food we ate today…FRIED OREOS.  3rd Ave was pretty much shut down today for a street fair.  Street fairs = blocks of fried food and street meat.  Edwin, pictured below, implanted an idea in our heads to grab some fried Oreos.  We’re adding these to our list of things to make ASAP.  The pictures speak for themselves… FATIMA HOLDING THE FRIED OREOS:   THE FRIED…

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Color Run

August 25, 2012
color run

Today we participated in the NYC Color Run! We had so much fun.  The day started at 4:45 4:30am, 15 minutes before my alarm went off.  I rolled out of bed to a bowl of corn flakes. After brushing our teeth and getting our stuff together, we ventured off at 5:10am for the 4 express subway at 86th street.  Note #1: The 4 express is NOT express at 5am on…

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DIY/ Side Dishes

Sun Jar [Side Dish]

August 4, 2012

(The picture above is my homemade sun jar!) It was awesome!  I credit NotMartha.org for this awesome idea. STEP 1: It’s the easiest part!  Shopping!  You’re going to need: 1.) A jar: The best kinds are found at Ikea, ‘slom jars’. 1.2) Or if you find vintage jars in antique stores like I did, they work the same. TIP: Buy the jar first, before you buy the solar light 2.) Solar Light:…

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DIY Instagram Coasters

October 9, 2011
Instagram Coasters

We updated some of our photos below! You’ll see a mix of photos we took many years ago, and updated photos are from today, 3/26/16. They are still around, 5 years later! Love crafting and DIY projects? Need a personalized gift? If you’re addicted to Instagram like myself, then you’ll love this DIY project. It’s a fun and easy way to make use of your Instagram pictures. While they require…

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