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Football and duct tape, the perfect Super Sunday pair
Duck Brand recently added NFL Licensed Duck Tape to its roster of colorful and fun designs. Find your team at duckbrand.com Put down the silver duct tape and back away slowly. Because with all the...
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VIDEO: DIY Lina Cavalieri plates
I love the work of late Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti, especially his plates using the image of Lina Cavalieri, the famous early 20th-century opera singer for whom I’m sure he had a...
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Empty nester downsizing produces heirloom needlepoint… Now what?
[media-credit id=21 align="alignright" width="225"][/media-credit] This 40-year-old piece was folded for decades. Now what? One of the ripple effects of empty-nester downsizing is that subsequent...
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CU Green Tech students find design inspiration in salvaged materials
Ryan Wakat and Ellen Patten created their bench out of old bike racks and firehose. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) It was an Earth Day story made on a family ranch, in salvage yards, and at...
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Garden ideas: Seed bombs can perk up vacant lots or dull corners
Seed bombing is easy: It takes seeds, clay or mud, and a little time. (Photo by Becky Hensley) Got a vacant lot in your neighborhood that’s looking gloomy and unloved? A corner of your yard that needs...
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Painting party: A little paint, a little wine, a lot of fun at Bottle & Bottega
A reproduction of Kandinsky’s “Farbstudie Quadrate, 1913″ serves as inspiration for some painting and wine at a Bottle & Bottega event. (Photo by Becky Hensley) I’ve never considered myself an...
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Zombies, SpongeBob, agility dogs: 2013 Denver County Fair has a blue-ribbon...
The “Corpses and Crowns” Pageant at the 2012 Denver county Fair (Provided by Denver County Fair) Did I forget to mention that there will be pie? It’ll be judged, gobbled, and sold on a stick. Two of...
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Craft food. Craft beer. Craft Experience? Tentiko books authenticity in Denver
[caption id="attachment_11029" align="aligncenter" width="495"] A curious milking sheep looks up at Fruition Farms Dairy and Creamery[/caption] Ever wonder what it would be like to run a sheep dairy,...
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Sample giveaways gone in 120 minutes
More than 1,600 Denver Post readers showed up for the giveaway of architectural samples at Zero Landfill’s Harvest on Aug. 23. The Sept. 6 Harvest event has been canceled. At the August 23 Zero...
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Weekend Project: Chalkboard fabric makes easy decorations
Chalkboard fabric makes a cute bunting that you can say anything on. (Becky Hensley, special to The Denver Post) Have you ever heard of chalkboard fabric, a.k.a. blackboard fabric? It’s vinyl that can...
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