New Years Resolutions

I have never been one to make new years resolutions, mainly because I know I am never one to keep them.  But I have been thinking an awful lot lately about what little things I can do to better myself, my family, our finances, our home etc.  I have decided this would be my year to CREATE!  I need to use my mind and my talents and not use money to create things.  Beautiful things, easy things, anything.  Things that usually I would spend money.  So imagine my surprise when I rolled upon a blog called
http://kari-youcanmakeit.blogspot.com/.  hahaha.  Is this a sign from the universe or what??  So any good ideas, not too tacky, pretty modern, easy (I am a beginner!) things to create let me know!!  (And any gardening advice for a woman who has killed every plant she has ever had would be nice too.  Thats my other project)