Thursday, December 21, 2023

Gluten Free Basic Sandwich Bread Cup4Cup or King Arthur's Measure for Measure

 

Since some of you have asked for the recipe, here it is: I had to capture this from my iPhone notepad and it only allowed me to save it as an image!





NEW DIY DOLLAR TREE MULTIPURPOSE ORGANIZER CADDY USING SHOWER CADDIES AND COOLING RACKS

 This is the long-awaited DIY full-length tutorial featuring Dollar Tree items. Please note that I purchased these items before Dollar Tree raised their prices to a minimum of $1.25.


Materials Needed: 

2 Dollar Tree shower caddies

4 pieces Dollar Tree small cooling racks (they come 2 per pack) or they have large ones 1 per pack

Zip ties

Scissors


Optional items:

2 Dollar Tree skinny baskets 

2 Dollar Tree woven style plastic baskets

10-in tension rod from 99 Cents Only Store


Instructions:

1) Place the two shower caddies facing back-to-back of each other. 

2) Using zip ties, connect the first cooling rack to the "feet" of each shower caddy. There should be four connections. Please note, this step is shown as step 4 on the YouTube video because I changed my mind in making it removable, however, if you prefer to make it removable, then follow the YouTube tutorial prior to it being attached.

3) Connect the 2nd cooling rack to the first bar on each of the shower caddy (note that you can also change the height if you like, the video will also show where you can move it to!). You will have 3 zip ties on each side (1 on each end of each shower caddy and 1 at the center). All in all, 6 zip ties.

4) Connect the 3rd cooling rack to the top perpendicular bar of the shower caddies. Repeat step 3 in connecting the 6 zip ties, 3 on each shower caddy. 

5) Connect the 4th cooling rack to the back. make sure that the rack's feet go inwards to provide added support. This finishes the backbone of this project and can be used as is!

6) Add the optional items if you like! I used 2 white skinny baskets to hold my pens, pencils, markers, highlighters. I also used the deep woven style baskets to hold more items and coral them neatly. 

7) Add the optional handle. I used a 10-inch white tension rod that I got years ago from 99 Cents Only Store. You can get similar ones from Walmart or Amazon. Below are other options for handles:

   - Dollar Tree wooden dowel rods - also available at Walmart

   - Dollar Tree plunger wooden handle - cut to size

   - Old mop handle, cut to size, available also at Dollar Tree. 




Finished project without the optional handle.

Finished project with optional handle using 10-in tension rod from 99 Cents Only Store


PLEASE WATCH FULLL VIDEO BY CLICKING THIS THUMBNAIL



Hope you can make this project. It's really useful, versatile, practical, and fun to make!

Have a great day, everyone!


Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Thank you and why I was on hiatus!

Hi everyone, thank you for waiting patiently while I was on hiatus for 19 months on YouTube and roughly two and a half years here on my blog. If you have been following me closely on my YouTube channel, you would have seen my community posts explaining why I was inactive for that long. You see, I became my husband Patrick's caregiver while he was battling with stage 4 RCC (Renal Cell Carcinoma or kidney cancer). Sadly, he did not survive! He passed away, peacefully, on May 31, 2022, after 13 months of fiercely battling through chemo, immunotherapy...you name it. I have decided to take a break to mend my broken heart. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you, especially to those who reached out to me, asking how I was doing. Thanks for checking up on me and commenting on my old videos to send your love and support. My daughter, Jessica, and I truly appreciate the kind words, gestures, and prayers. We thank you from the bottom of our hears! 


Left- me (Josie), Top Middle - Jessica, and Right- Patrick