Tag: tutorial

Try This Homemade Dry Shampoo Recipe!

I’ve always been a little skeptical, but I successfully tried a homemade dry shampoo recipe this week. I told you about how I got an awesome massage when I was at Burke Williams Day Spa this week, right? Right. I don’t know about you, but when I get a massage, I get a massage. They…

April 20, 2012
Tutorial: Command Hook Curtains for Oddly Sized Windows

Last September, when Phil came home from the hospital and we were nursing, we’d spend a lot of time on the couch opposite our front door. Feedings in the early evening were kind of irritating, because the sun was juuuuust low enough to laser blast you right in the eyes through these slim little windows…

December 1, 2011
Tutorial: Painted Onesies Birthday Banner Bunting

In the spirit of this week’s crafty giveaway, I have a totally awesome craft project to share! I’ve been wanting to post this for literally 2 months, but time just gets away from you sometimes. I’m super excited to share my tutorial for a Painted Onesies Birthday Banner Bunting! (We love alliteration here at Hearts…

November 23, 2011
Easy How-To: Put Videos on your WordPress Blog

If you follow us on Twitter, you know every now and then we’ll post a link to awesome stuff we catch via iPhone and post on Tumblr for Phil’s grandma in New Mexico to see. I’ve been wanting to do video on our blog for a while now; I finally got around to trying…

November 21, 2011
Book Giveaway: 1 2 3 Sew by Ellen Luckett Baker

We’re starting the week off with a giveaway, folks! Exciting! Chronicle Books was nice enough to send along a copy of 1 2 3 Sew: Build Your Skills with 33 Simple Projects by Ellen Lucket Baker for me to check out, and I love this book for beginner sewers and more experienced ones alike! The…

November 20, 2011
Dear Hearts and Laserbeams, or Notes on Tagging Blog Posts

We received this email from Delilah Snell from the Project Small Blog in our inbox this week: “What is the difference between “tags” and categories? Should I be using both…do tags help in a search?? Sorry to bug!” First off, we’re always happy to help folks answer questions about getting the most out of their sites.…

October 26, 2011
Photoshop Magic Strikes Again!

This morning, I was up early, early, early. Had a little time to kill before work, so I started pulling pictures off my digital camera. I had thought I was just pulling pics off from Phil’s first birthday celebrations over the last week, but quickly realized I had a whole summer of photos that needed…

September 21, 2011
How to Convert a Color PDF to Black and White

I clicked through Google Analytics last night and found out two things about how folks are finding my site via search engines. 1) Someone out there was looking for “laser schwing”. 2) Lots of hits come from folks looking for answers to computery questions. I’ll talk about my new quest to become the number 1…

July 8, 2011
It’s the Pits!

Yesterday, I finally got around to something that’s been on the to-do list for ages. I found a tutorial online on how to get armpit stains outta white t-shirts, and I tried it out. Booooooring, Steph. But guys… it was A LOT of shirts. Josh wears em all the time for work and is less…

June 27, 2011
Quick Easy Way to Speed Up Your PC at Startup

When I got my new Dell laptop a couple of months ago it was love at first click. But there was one tiny thing that was still bugging me about it. Gawd Steph, you’re never happy! You have a brand new fast laptop with a crapton of memory and a spanky new copy of Creative Suite 5, what’s your…

June 17, 2011