Handmade Halloween: Easy Fabric Scrap Garland

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Halloween is almost here, and I’ve been in spooky decoration-mode for a few weeks.

The plan is to have all handmade decorations for our Halloween party this year. My fingers are crampy from cutting out bats and I’ll be honest - things were going a bit more slowly than I would have liked.
That is, until [...]

Save Some Water with a Dry Shampoo

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

A girlfriend was showing me this Fekkai Au Naturel Dry Shampoo from Sephora. You can fight greasy hair without washing it, and that means without water! The dry shampoo is free of parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrances and dyes, petro-chemicals, and phthalates. It does still have a few unpronounceable ingredients, though. It [...]