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Showing posts with label making do. Show all posts
Showing posts with label making do. Show all posts

Don't try to impress people with what you can buy

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Don't try to impress people with what you can buy. Instead impress them – or at least try to impress them...

Learn a new skill every week

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) OK, a little late as a New Year's resolution but... For anyone wanting to become more self-reliant – no...

From consumer society to maker society

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) There was a time when people made and grew almost all of the things they needed; the majority of them at leas...

Needs and wants and being frugal

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Very often wants are mistaken for needs and on other levels a want culture is being and has already been crea...

Make Do and Mend

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Make do and mend is a basically philosophy and mindset that I grew up with as a child, as much as I grew up i...

The latest model is not the greenest

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Please note that I have not even inserted the word “always” in the headline as it is a fact that the latest m...

Reusing silica gel packets

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Do not throw those packets away which come in different sizes. While they are not edible – please don't t...

What to do with an old toothbrush

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Over the course of your life, you will buy things that are meant to last, like a home (if you are lucky enoug...

Crisis Preparedness

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) When we look at the world today we can see that preparedness, being prepared and equipped to deal with any ki...

Making do with less

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It is not so much of making do with less than using what you have and having fewer possessions, especially ga...

Burlap sacks are to fabric as what pallets are to wood

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Burlap sacks, also called Hessian sacks, are to fabric as what pallets are to wood. Projects abound to the cr...

We need less of more and more of less

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) I need less of more and more of less if I am to be free…at last. ~ K.B. Brown The prevailing attitude is, h...

Salvaged food

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What, you ask, do I mean by salvaged food? Let me tell you, it ain't for the ultra fastidious or the weak of stomach. Many stores and gr...