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5 Simple Tips for Decorating with Artificial Flowers

July 20, 2011

Simple Flower arrangement

I've always thought that artificial flowers were tacky. Until I saw the artificial flowers from Vinoti Living in Jakarta. They looked so real, life-like and fresh that I couldn't help but let go of my . . .

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6 Comments · Diplo Tips, jakarta shopping

How to clean silver with baking soda

July 17, 2011

Reposting a how-to from Art Bead Scene for future reference. According to her post when you polish silver (what we normally do) we also remove (abrade) some of the silver. The method below seems so . . .

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2 Comments · Diplo Tips

Non-Toxic Home Cleaning Tips

July 15, 2011

I've been talking about this to many friends and have actually convinced some colleagues of my husband to try it out. My household cleaning arsenal is basically composed of baking soda, vinegar, water . . .

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21 Comments · Diplo Tips

DIY Bag handle cover

July 4, 2011

One day our maid comes to me and sadly tells me that Diplo Dog's soft bag (the one made of cloth and foam) was stolen. She laid it down on the park bench while walking around the park thinking that no . . .

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8 Comments · Diplo Mama, Diplo Tips

How Labels Save Time

June 29, 2011

I've been itching to do this DIY labeling project every since I got my clothespins and I didn't end up waiting to buy the perfect baskets as I thought I would. I used whatever boxes and bags I already . . .

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12 Comments · Diplo Tips

DIY CD Labels and Envelope

June 23, 2011

Since I love taking pictures I end up taking lots when we have get togethers and I offer to give my friends high resolution copies of the pictures so they can print it out. Recently we had a playdate. . . .

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6 Comments · Diplo Tips

DIY Clothespins Labels

June 15, 2011

I can't wait to do this. Best thing about it is flexibility, if you wanna use the box for something else, simply change the tag and clip on something else! Check out the clothespins that I just bought . . .

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5 Comments · Diplo Tips

How I Store My Tea

June 10, 2011

In the past year or two I haven't been able to drink coffee as much as I used to. I drank too much coffee  in my university days (3-4 cups a day). There was also a time that I worked for a company . . .

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9 Comments · Diplo Tips

How to Cleaning Table Linens

June 8, 2011

Today I did a little clean up and reorganization of our linens. I noticed that their were some stain marks on some of them and the folds were not tidy. I decided that it was time to wash them and . . .

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5 Comments · Diplo Tips

Keep Organized with Dymo Label Makers

May 19, 2011

I've always wanted one of these babies. And TD finally gave me one as a gift. He gave me the Dymo LetraTag Label Maker because he said that I would get frustrated with the old fashioned manual label . . .

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