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The Bucket List

This type of list is often referred to as a “Bucket List.” For many years we referred to ours as the “dream list.” We were intrigued when the term “bucket list” came into vogue. Why the word “bucket?” After a quick Internet search, we are sad to report: it is a reference to “kicking the bucket.”

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How to make a slingshot game from peeps

Power to the Peeps!

Most people have fond memories of delicious marshmallow Peeps. As vegans, we just can’t bring ourselves to eat one. Nevertheless, Peeps do not go unpunished in our home.

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Finished Yahtzee Game | How to make a Yahtzee game from toilet paper tubes

Yahtzee Score!

Between our joy of making our own games and our drive to repurpose, we stumbled onto to an idea that resulted in our most used and most beloved game set yet. Yahtzee! And you’ll never believe what it’s made from.

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Lemon Cakes and Violets

Vegan Crystalized Edible Flowers

We love flowers so much we could just eat ’em! Every room in our home is laden with flowers: living, artificial, ceramic, painted … just a wide variety of flowery curiosities. But, as much as we love looking at flowers, we love eating them even more.

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How to make an Anniversary Candle. Allow the candle to burn for exactly one minute; on our second, exactly two minutes; and so on.

Keep the Relationship Flame Burning

One way we’ve kept the flame in our relationship burning is through “crafts.” Creating beautiful and yet useful stuff together has been a great way to memorialize special occasions and create meaningful, time-honored traditions.

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Edward Marston Hussong and Mary Brewer 1993 Hussong Manuscript page

The Hussong Manuscripts

Edward Marston Hussong had a driving curiosity and passion to trace his genealogy back as far as his resources could reach. His life-long research into the Husson/Hussong family remained unpublished and unavailable to future generations…until 1993.

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Rag Rug Finished

Rag Rug Crafting

If you know how to crochet, this is an easy (aside from the intense arm workout) and very satisfying project. If you don’t know how to crochet (yet), be encouraged that this is made with the most elementary stitches; a single crochet and double crochet is all we used to make this wonderful rug.

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How to cut bottles—the simplest and safest way to make smooth bottle cuts using water.

Cutting Beer Bottles The Safe Way

100 bottles of beer on the wall, 100 bottles of beer. Take one down, pass it around … and then take out your bottle cutting kit and show all your friends how they can make a nifty container for candle-making or other crafts in a way that’s both safe and magical.

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