diy & how to’s

bye for now…

by random nicole June 1, 2013

i’m saying goodbye to my random nicole blog and heading over to my new blog dear handmade life. hope you all join me there where delilah my business partner, aunt and friend and i will be blogging about craft, food, business and our adventures.

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diy tutorial: how to make a pouch with buttons

by random nicole June 25, 2012

going to garage sales is in my blood. it’s a sickness that afflicts my mother and that she has graciously passed down to me. neither of us can drive by a garage sale without stopping or at the very least slowing down and scanning the goods. someone else’s trash IS oftener than not, our treasure. [...]

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diy tutorial: how to sew a buttonhole

by random nicole June 20, 2012

the present i got in my junior high gift exchange was a big bummer: a fluffy white teddy bear with his chubby arms wrapped around a plush heart. i shoved the teddy bear in my backpack and and got on the school bus home wishing i’d ended up with something better. lucky for me the [...]

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DIY TUTORIAL: how to make an a-line girls dress

by random nicole June 6, 2012

i’ve been wanting to make a simple a-line kids dress for a long time. i finally made one. it was so simple and quick i thought i’d share it. for those of you that have little ones or a little one in your life–summer is the perfect time to whip out this easy summer dress [...]

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DRINKING WITH DOUG: chocolate cake club

by claudia barragan May 24, 2012

a post by doug: CHOCOLATE CAKE CLUB during my many adventures in life, i have joined several different clubs: sock of the month club, sock monkey of the month club, sam’s club, etc. none of them have really stuck. another life obstacle i’ve had to face is my birthday: it’s two days after christmas. claudia’s [...]

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DIY: working with colette patterns on a wrap dress

by claudia barragan May 18, 2012

once a month, i leave my urban concrete digs in downtown la and trek up to the tree-lined streets and winery dotted roads of sonoma county. the purpose of my trip: spend a little time with random nicole and her beau. but, let’s be honest here, the real reason i go is for the food. [...]

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DIY TUTORIAL: how to make a needle felting tool

by random nicole May 12, 2012

i’m not a huge believer in astrology, although i love devouring rob breszny’s horoscopes in the weekly paper. reading rob’s predictions is more like reading a very short and very fascinating story that just happens to have a bit of advice or insight sprinkled in. i’m a libra, which i’ve been told means i [...]

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BACKYARD MAKEOVER

by random nicole May 8, 2012

it’s official… summer is here! lucky me, my awesome landlord decided to pour a patio in my previously unusable backyard. goodbye to renegade rose thistles, brambles of blackberry bushes and lots of mud and hello to morning coffee on the patio table and lots of bbq dinners. i pulled it off on a shoestring…patio [...]

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DIY tutorial: making marshmallows from scratch

by random nicole April 24, 2012

those who know me know about my obsession with camping. when i was nine i begged my mom to buy me a tent for christmas in hopes that once she bought the tent we proceed to the next logical step…a camping trip. my elementary school heart sank when i found out that camping was something [...]

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DIY tutorial: ship, bird & sewing machine facinators

by random nicole April 4, 2012

i’m a flashy lady. i’m a firm believer that polka dots and stripes were meant to be worn together. when it comes to my personal style two wrongs tend to make a right. the bigger the better. so, when my beau told me about the shipwreck-themed leap year party at frog’s leap winery (where he [...]

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