Many ideas are being thrown around when wanting to deck out a room for the upcoming festivities. Luckily, there are a few hints about how to decorate your room in Halloween style for just $20.
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How to haunt your room for $20
Tags: budget, decor, Do-it yourself, Halloweem, ideas
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How to slap together a perfect pancake holiday
Sunday, Sept. 26 may seem like any other day, but, in fact, it marks one of the greatest – and least known – holidays, National Pancake Day. The special occasion is an ode to all those who love breakfast. So put your bacon, eggs and cheese away, and go get some pancake ingredients.
Tags: cooking, from scratch, National Pancake Day, Pancakes
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Ten delicious, easy shots even a college student can afford
It’s Friday night. The bars are packed and you’re not in the mood to wait outside for your turn to get in and get your drink on. Fear not. Collegian writers Leslie Rosenfield and Kate Evans have compiled a comprehensive list of 10 east-to-make shots using minimal ingredients.
Tags: alcohol, amaretto, Bailey's, cranberry juice, Drinking, Jaegermeister, liquer, orange juice, pineapple juice, rum, schnapps, shots, Southern Comfort, Tabasco sauce, tequila, vodka, whiskey
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How to name your smoking pipe
So, you bought a tobacco pipe over the weekend at Extravaganja. But like any good bowl or pipe, it will need a name that signifies its importance in your life. So how do you go about figuring out that name?
Tags: bowl, extravaganja, labels, marijuana, names, naming, pipe, pot, smoking, weed
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Mallory knows how to do it themselves
Mallory and its Do-It-Yourself subculture rips the screws out of the capitalist machine. Since the 1970s, DIY culture has pitted itself against the materialist dogma. In a world where music is all about advertising and big labels, Niko Para, Justin Fallon and Andre Ricard of Mallory say “no thanks – we can handle this ourselves.”
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How to impress a girl for $8.07: A man-made meal on a college budget
It’s simple to take your significant other out to dinner and have someone else cook for you, but a passable meal at a chain restaurant could cost you upwards of $50 or more. But, the truth is, if you really want to impress your date with class and good food, you only need to spend $8.07.
Tags: cooking, dining, Food & Drink, love, money, saving
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DIY: make a gaping shirt fit at any size
After leaving the poor, neglected T-shirt draped over my desk chair and scouring the Internet for a decent reconstruction tutorial, I have come up with a way to not only make the shirt fit me, but also make it somehow pass as both dangerously sexy and simply sensible, without sewing.
Tags: DIY, Do-it yourself, marker, pen, scissors, string, t-shirt, yarn
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Do-it-yourself steampunk style
Remember the scene at the end of “Back To The Future Part III,” where Doc returns to the 1980s on a really cool train? Do you remember how cool he and Carla’s clothes looked, a perfect combination of Victorian, old western, and futuristic styles? This is a classic, widely-recognized example of the steampunk style.
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Photo Booth lets partiers save face
If you’re an avid partygoer, you’ve probably been tagged in your fair share of embarrassing photos. Fortunately for you, there is a solution: the do-it-yourself party photo booth.
Tags: Apple, DIY, photography, tripods
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Take a stand against consumerism with a handmade holiday
The holidays are often seen as a crafter’s greatest challenge: they take on the task of making gifts for all of their loved ones by hand.
Tags: handmade holiday
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