I would love to see other people's ideas and creativity.  Post things you have done, things you want to do, things you need ideas/advice for...anything!

 

This is a little garden border I made from some baby cedar trees we had to cut down while clearing an area on our property.  One of the girls made the little stepping stone.   :)

 

ooo pinterest is good for these items hehehe

Here is a great DIY idea when replacing a rusted torsion support brace in your mopar. It's a good idea to weld in a support beam to keep everything aligned when working on the brace.

 

what language is that Jingles?

Another great MAN DIY moment

 

How to Skin a Deer

 

You’re going to be doing the field dressing, or to take the internal organs out while you’re still in the woods or as soon as you get it transported.

Tag it before you move it of course.

Remove the organs.

The basics behind skinning a deer is to follow the built-in guidelines of the body of the deer, and work from that standpoint. The skin and muscle tissues of the deer are naturally separate from one another because of the protective membranes, making the process of skinning a lot more like following a built-in blueprint than like trying to lift a rug in the dark.

You should first hang the deer. This makes it easier for you to use your body weight in the skinning process and creates a greater leverage point for skinning the deer. This also ensures that the meat will stay clean. Whether you hang the deer from the neck or from the legs, there is no particular difference.

It is important to try to skin the deer within an hour or two of the deer’s death, making the skinning process a whole lot easier.

Your knife should be very sharp. My dad, an old Blackfoot said, nothing in the world is more dangerous than a dull knife or an unloaded gun.

Supposing the deer is hung by the legs, find the large tendon connecting the lower leg segment to the rest of the deer’s leg.

You should poke a whole with your knife in between the tendon and the bone there, then use your fingers to feel the lump that is created by the deer’s double-jointed bone.#Once you have found that lump, sever the lower leg at the lower end of the two parts of the double joint.

Cut the skin and the tendons here and then snap the deer’s leg over your own leg, using your body’s leverage to break it.#After you have broken the deer’s legs in this fashion, make several incisions around and near the tendon areas.

There should be a hole between the tendon and the bone of the lower leg, as well as several incisions near the front legs.

You will then sever and snap the front legs as well, making the skinning process easier.

After you have made the initial incisions, you will begin the process of undressing the deer of its skin.

Use your finger tips and thumbs to get inside the skin near the lower leg incisions and begin to pull the skin off.

The skin should easily peel from the meat because of these membranes, creating little risk of tearing the skin or tearing the meat.

The most important aspect in skinning a deer is the use of your hands and the pull of your own body weight. With these two integral tools, the aspect of skinning a deer becomes incredibly simple. In fact, skinning a deer can typically be completed in about ten to fifteen minutes without any serious complications.

Essentially, the pulling of the deer’s skin should work a lot like pulling a tight jacket or pair of blue jeans off. It may be a little bit awkward, but the layer of meat revealed below the skin should be a more than ample reward.

After the skin is pulled off, you will notice the meat is ready to go and the separation of the meat thanks to the deer’s membrane has made the whole process a lot simpler than you ever thought possible.

Another great MAN DIY moment

 

Got some extra beer cans and shotgun shells laying around? Why not make that special gift that will have the Mrs. eating out of the palm of your hand.

 

wow

OK, I can make snowflakes out of paper?  What is that metal contraption above?   :huh:

Another great MAN DIY moment

 

Got some extra beer cans and shotgun shells laying around? Why not make that special gift that will have the Mrs. eating out of the palm of your hand.

 

 

 

Wow...you really got this romance thing down!   :)

 

Well, you might like this:   My neighbor came over last year asking if we had any green and red shotgun shells.  Of course I had a whole bucket full.  He was putting them over all his christmas lights.  Looked...pretty redneck...

the sad thing is I know how to skin a deer and have done it I am married to a hunter but I do love venison it is very lean.

Another great MAN DIY moment

 

How to Skin a Deer

 

You’re going to be doing the field dressing, or to take the internal organs out while you’re still in the woods or as soon as you get it transported.

Tag it before you move it of course.

Remove the organs.

The basics behind skinning a deer is to follow the built-in guidelines of the body of the deer, and work from that standpoint. The skin and muscle tissues of the deer are naturally separate from one another because of the protective membranes, making the process of skinning a lot more like following a built-in blueprint than like trying to lift a rug in the dark.

You should first hang the deer. This makes it easier for you to use your body weight in the skinning process and creates a greater leverage point for skinning the deer. This also ensures that the meat will stay clean. Whether you hang the deer from the neck or from the legs, there is no particular difference.

It is important to try to skin the deer within an hour or two of the deer’s death, making the skinning process a whole lot easier.

Your knife should be very sharp. My dad, an old Blackfoot said, nothing in the world is more dangerous than a dull knife or an unloaded gun.

Supposing the deer is hung by the legs, find the large tendon connecting the lower leg segment to the rest of the deer’s leg.

You should poke a whole with your knife in between the tendon and the bone there, then use your fingers to feel the lump that is created by the deer’s double-jointed bone.#Once you have found that lump, sever the lower leg at the lower end of the two parts of the double joint.

Cut the skin and the tendons here and then snap the deer’s leg over your own leg, using your body’s leverage to break it.#After you have broken the deer’s legs in this fashion, make several incisions around and near the tendon areas.

There should be a hole between the tendon and the bone of the lower leg, as well as several incisions near the front legs.

You will then sever and snap the front legs as well, making the skinning process easier.

After you have made the initial incisions, you will begin the process of undressing the deer of its skin.

Use your finger tips and thumbs to get inside the skin near the lower leg incisions and begin to pull the skin off.

The skin should easily peel from the meat because of these membranes, creating little risk of tearing the skin or tearing the meat.

The most important aspect in skinning a deer is the use of your hands and the pull of your own body weight. With these two integral tools, the aspect of skinning a deer becomes incredibly simple. In fact, skinning a deer can typically be completed in about ten to fifteen minutes without any serious complications.

Essentially, the pulling of the deer’s skin should work a lot like pulling a tight jacket or pair of blue jeans off. It may be a little bit awkward, but the layer of meat revealed below the skin should be a more than ample reward.

After the skin is pulled off, you will notice the meat is ready to go and the separation of the meat thanks to the deer’s membrane has made the whole process a lot simpler than you ever thought possible.

 

I used to own and operate a hide tanning business.  I spent my youth and most of my adulthood hunting and tanning hides.  :)  It's been several years since I've done any of that, but I really miss the hide & fur tanning.  Do happen to be familiar with the magazine Fur-Fish-Game?

Another great MAN DIY moment

 

How to Skin a Deer

 

You’re going to be doing the field dressing, or to take the internal organs out while you’re still in the woods or as soon as you get it transported.

Tag it before you move it of course.

Remove the organs.

The basics behind skinning a deer is to follow the built-in guidelines of the body of the deer, and work from that standpoint. The skin and muscle tissues of the deer are naturally separate from one another because of the protective membranes, making the process of skinning a lot more like following a built-in blueprint than like trying to lift a rug in the dark.

You should first hang the deer. This makes it easier for you to use your body weight in the skinning process and creates a greater leverage point for skinning the deer. This also ensures that the meat will stay clean. Whether you hang the deer from the neck or from the legs, there is no particular difference.

It is important to try to skin the deer within an hour or two of the deer’s death, making the skinning process a whole lot easier.

Your knife should be very sharp. My dad, an old Blackfoot said, nothing in the world is more dangerous than a dull knife or an unloaded gun.

Supposing the deer is hung by the legs, find the large tendon connecting the lower leg segment to the rest of the deer’s leg.

You should poke a whole with your knife in between the tendon and the bone there, then use your fingers to feel the lump that is created by the deer’s double-jointed bone.#Once you have found that lump, sever the lower leg at the lower end of the two parts of the double joint.

Cut the skin and the tendons here and then snap the deer’s leg over your own leg, using your body’s leverage to break it.#After you have broken the deer’s legs in this fashion, make several incisions around and near the tendon areas.

There should be a hole between the tendon and the bone of the lower leg, as well as several incisions near the front legs.

You will then sever and snap the front legs as well, making the skinning process easier.

After you have made the initial incisions, you will begin the process of undressing the deer of its skin.

Use your finger tips and thumbs to get inside the skin near the lower leg incisions and begin to pull the skin off.

The skin should easily peel from the meat because of these membranes, creating little risk of tearing the skin or tearing the meat.

The most important aspect in skinning a deer is the use of your hands and the pull of your own body weight. With these two integral tools, the aspect of skinning a deer becomes incredibly simple. In fact, skinning a deer can typically be completed in about ten to fifteen minutes without any serious complications.

Essentially, the pulling of the deer’s skin should work a lot like pulling a tight jacket or pair of blue jeans off. It may be a little bit awkward, but the layer of meat revealed below the skin should be a more than ample reward.

After the skin is pulled off, you will notice the meat is ready to go and the separation of the meat thanks to the deer’s membrane has made the whole process a lot simpler than you ever thought possible.

That's just terrible. You talk about it like it was an object, but that right there used to be a beautiful, living, breathing being who had just as much right to be on this planet as you do.

Uhm... I don't think "what to do with a corpse of an animal" was what was meant with DIY and crafts. Certainly not something you will easily find on pintrest. Let's keep our murderous selves to ourselves, shall we :)

 

 

I once didn't buy an X-mas tree, so I had to improvise - I cut up a lot of little paper snowlakes, and stuck them on the wall in the shape of a pine tree (my wall was dark gray at the time). It was pretty great, I had a picture somewhere, can't find it atm.

http://www.pinterest.com/jonathandramire/quartering-skinning-and-field-dressing-big-game-qu/

 

Yup, found it. :)

 

I'm just an avid hunter and fisherman, no offense intended.

Ok, my bad, I should have looked before I made any statements about pintrest.

 

Well, you know what they say about hunters..

 

Perhaps you didn't intend to offend anyone, but you should realize that such things are offensive :) Just for the future reference.

This is more of a repair rather than a project.  I fixed the fence   :)  Some people say that duct tape can fix anything...we believe that hay string/hay wire will fix anything!

 

 

Jengels...pretty redneck, huh?   :)

The biggest DIY project that hubby and I have attempted to date: We completely tore up the entire main floor of our 1940's house last year......gutted it right back to the studs and redid the thing. Here is a before and after of the kitchen. (Wish I had remembered to take a before pic before we started the demolition)

 

 

Wow, Julie that is AMAZING!  Absolutely beautiful!  If I had that kitchen, I might learn how to cook.   :)

Tracey.....I LOVE my kitchen :)

I waited 17yrs for it (thats how long weve been in the house)....but with raising kids....we never had the time or money.

:)

That's an awesome looking kitchen!!!

Heres the bathroom before and after. Again....I wish I had remembered to take a before picture....mind you the before bathroom was barely big enough to turn around in. If you sat on the toilet, your knees almost touched the tub :)

 

 

And ta-da....after! I spend unheard of amounts of time in here

 

So nice!  Awesome shower!!!

And one of the ones hubby is most proud of. This was the entrance to our living room......we wanted to create something more open concept. He made all this by hand. 

 

 

After:

Wow he is very talented!  Beautiful!

wow julie that looks amazing!