An Easy DIY Craft That Makes A Great Garden Too!

Grow your own fresh herbs and you'll soon be addicted as well. A window box is not only an ideal spot for an herb garden, but a wonderful way to brighten any window in your home. To make a window box, you will need:

    A plain window box, either store-bought or home-made with drainage provided,
    A drainage tray,
    Sand-paper,
    Compost and soil,
    Seeds for your favorite seasonal flowers or herbs,
    Acrylic paints, both white and colors

Using smooth strokes, apply a base coat of white paint, once the first coat has fully dried, apply a second coat.

Paint on colored designs that you like

- Hearts, leaves, lattice and stripes are some popular choices for diy crafts decorating a window box.

Chives, mint and sage will also do very well in a window box.

Place your new window box in a sunny or light window and enjoy the view as your garden comes to life!

How to Make a Minion Costume Free

Hey, so Mr. Minion here is competing in minion costume contest. The costume took about a week (mostly because of the paper maché dry time) and cost about $50 (less if you already own an exercise ball).

Supplies (there's lots, but hey, it's an awesome costume)

    Exercise Ball (slightly wider than yourself)
    Paper Maché - Mix 1 part water with 1 part flour an a tsp of salt.    
    Construction Adhesive (Either Liquid Nails or Loctite will work)
    2 empty/new quart size paint cans (sold at Home Depot in the paint section)
    Yellow Spray Paint
    Duct Tape
    Hot Glue
    Craft Foam Sheets, 1 black, 1 white
    Utility knife
    small nuts and bolts

Supply Help:
Empty Paint Cans - They sell them right across from the spray paint at my Home Depot. You need 2.

Step 1
Blow up your exercise ball and measure the diameter. Now roll the polywall panel into a tube until it's the same diameter as your ball.

Step 2
(1 part flour, 1 part water, a little salt. Exercise balls have a seam around the middle which really helps in getting a perfect dome. Just paper maché past the seam a little.

Step 3
Attach the paper maché dome to the polywall tube you made in step 1. Let the ledge dry.

I trimmed my dome with scissors to the seam line the ball made in the paper maché. If it doesn't fit, keep trimming the dome little by little until it slides in (or you force it).

Step 4
Cut arm holes and a mouth.

Step 5
Paint the whole thing bright yellow.

Step 6
Make the goggles. You can't cut the bottoms straight off.

Step 7
Make eye balls! Cut a cheap small rubber/plastic play ball in half. Flip the ball inside out. Slide it in the goggle from the side you cut.  Attach with duck tape. Be careful... the paint cans are sharp!

Step 8
Attach the goggles with eyeballs to the minion (now that it has eyes, we'll call it a minion). I taped the paint cans together, ran a bead of construction adhesive around the rims of the paint cans, then taped them to the minion on the sides. Center the eyes right over the seam between the dome and the tube. If you put duck tape on the sides of the cans, the goggle strap will hide it.

Step 9
Cut goggle strap, teeth, and hair from craft foam sheets. Hot glue in place.

Step 10
Hot glue some blue fabric to the minion so he's not naked. Your minion transformation is complete.

Venus Factor Video

It seems every woman is talking about The Venus factor System these days. There are several key ratios in woman's body.

Researches reveal that weight loss for both men and women is controlled by 1 master hormone - Leptin.
Leptin controls 100% of your body's ability to burn fat.

High levels of Leptin speed up your metabolism and signal your body to burn fat and low levels of Leptin slow down your metabolism and signal your body to store fat. The Venus Factor nutrition plan works around creating a new, fat burning metabolism for your body. Venus Factor meal plans keep women's Leptin sky-high and enable women to burn fat around the clock... even when they are sleeping.

The Venus Factor meal plans manage women's Leptin level while eating the food they want to eat without counting calories.

The Venus Factor System Work For Women

It seems every woman is talking about The Venus Factor System these days. There are several key ratios in woman's body.

Researches reveal that weight loss for both men and women is controlled by 1 master hormone - Leptin.
Leptin controls 100% of your body's ability to burn fat.

High levels of Leptin speed up your metabolism and signal your body to burn fat and low levels of Leptin slow down your metabolism and signal your body to store fat. The Venus Factor nutrition plan works around creating a new, fat burning metabolism for your body. Venus Factor meal plans keep women's Leptin sky-high and enable women to burn fat around the clock... even when they are sleeping.

The Venus Factor meal plans manage women's Leptin level while eating the food they want to eat without counting calories.