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At Make-Do Mondays we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.
It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to link via Mr. Linky. Enjoy others’ ideas by clicking on Mr. Linky and then clicking on people’s names.
Here’s a mini-tutorial on Mr. Linky:
Click on the icon and a separate page will pop up. Type in your blog name and paste in the url of your new Make-Do Mondays post. Click enter and it should be live. If it doesn’t work, just include the link in the comments.
To visit people’s posts or check that yours worked, click on Mr. Linky and when the page comes up, click on a name. You should be taken right to the page provided.
Make-Do Mondays Participants
Make-Do Mondays with Ann Shari
When I started Make-Do Mondays on December 29, 2008, I began, “In this fragile economy, I thought it might be informative (and a little entertaining) to share all the ways we’re making-do.”
And with that, I launched Make-Do Mondays: a carnival that I hoped would celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. I think it has—I hope it has! I hope readers and participants have enjoyed pondering how they can use what they’ve got on hand and sharing some of their clever solutions.
As the year progressed, I began to realize that I was running low on ideas and eventually concluded that I would not be able to sustain the role as host.
So last week I proposed letting someone else host Make-Do Mondays. If no one offered to take on the role as host, I was simply going to shut it down.
However.
Shari of My Practically Perfect Life stepped up to the plate! Make-Do Mondays lives on!
Shari is a veritable make-do guru. You might enjoy browsing her collection of make-do solutions here.
What this means is that I’ll pack up Make-Do Mondays into a duct-taped box and send it to its new home. This time next week I’ll provide the link to Shari’s first official post, where it will have been unpacked and arranged nicely in its new home base!
I’ll still be making-do, since that’s in my basic nature, and when I manage to put together a Make-Do Mondays post, you’ll know where to find me.
As a kind of book-end to my part in this, I thought I’d show you my make-do floss. Because the floss, you see—the broken floss container, that is—well, that’s what started it all.
Please don’t tell my dentist how much is left.
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Thank you so much for creating and hosting make-do mondays, I’ve had a lot of fun taking part. How wonderful that Shari has agreed to take on hosting, she is indeed a make-do guru! I shall certainly carry on participating at My Practically Perfect Life, and I shall continue following your blog so I don’t lose touch! Best wishes 🙂
I have a cat and a dog and microfiber furniture–and you can imagine what that brings. But, used dryer sheets are THE BEST for wiping over the couch and chair and picking up the hair. I still throw it away; but after it has done another job for me.
sunnymama: It’s been fun to get something going, and I love seeing a little bit of your sunny world and your wonderful, charming, creative make-do solutions. I’ve loved getting to know you, so let’s do keep up with each other, shall we? I’m sure we’ll see each other at Make-Do Mondays!
Teresa: Great idea! I love the creative recycling–it probably makes the house smell fresh, too. Someone told me that putting dryer sheets in your pocket discourages mosquitoes from biting, but I don’t know if that’s true. I’ve never tried.
I am so excited to host Make-Do Mondays! Thanks Ann and Sunnymama for your kinds words.
I am so happy to be able to learn more make-do moment ideas and provide a place for these ideas to continue to accumulate. I love learning and sharing so this is an ideal situation for me.
Shari