I often think back to 10 years ago, I was moving into my first apartment after college to start my engineering career. I fit everything that I needed in my old VW Passat, including a twin mattress. 10 years, a husband and 2 kids later, We have amassed a lot of 'stuff'! Especially since having kids. I'm continually searching for great ways to store their stuff and mine. … [Read more...]
Tour de DIY Blogland
Before I started Hertoolbelt blog, I was so naive at the shear number of DIY blogs. It blows me away, and the amazing creativity of people and their projects! I am not artistically creative, my knack is fixing things and building things (almost always inspired by other pieces). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYDgncMhXw I love this Dilbert - The Knack...engineer … [Read more...]
Woof ‘Em: a delicious campfire treat
Hi! I'd love to for you to follow me on Pinterest Her Tool Belt and if you love instagram, you can keep up with me there too! Have you ever had a Woof 'em? We love to cook dutch oven dinner and roast hot dogs and marshmallows, but my friend recently told me about the most delicious campfire treat - Woof 'ems. Have you tried them? Rumor on the street is they get … [Read more...]
10 Tools for Dad – That You’ll Secretly Love too
Father's Day is just around the corner. I'm always struggling to think of something great to give my Dad and my husband. Nothing says 'You're the world's Best Dad' like Tools! Have you ever been guilty of giving someone a present that you really wanted or was for you to use? Or even received a present that your significant other wanted :-) Or are my parents the only ones … [Read more...]
Pinewood Derby Medal
For the last few years, I've cut wood slices to make placement medals for the local nature center's annual Fly with the Flock fun run. This year as I was cutting the wood slices for the fun run, I thought that they would be fun for a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby medal. I volunteer with the local cub scouts, and whipped these up for the boys. I think the boys liked their medals, … [Read more...]
How to make a simple electrical circuit with stuff from around the house.
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked if I could help out some local Cub Scouts in the Webelos program to earn their Webelos Engineer requirement. I love to do little engineering projects so I knew this would be so fun. These are the requirements for earning the Webelos Engineer requirement: … [Read more...]
Space saving necklace storage & organization
Do you love necklaces but have a hard time keeping them organized, untangled, and visible. Ya, me too! I love all of the jewelry display boards, frames, displays, etc but they take up so much space. This is a great solution because there is almost always space behind shirts/hanging pants in your closet, why not use it. … [Read more...]
Got Crystalized Honey?!?!?
Ok ok, so this really doesn't have anything to do with projects, but....My husband started bee keeping last year. It was great, because we got Honey! However after a couple of months, the raw honey began to crystalize. Some would rather not put honey in the microwave, so we found that if you set your honey outside on a warm day, or in a vehicle in the sun, it will begin to … [Read more...]