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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making a living making soap?questions to ask before you begin
- Soap making can be a wonderful hobby but if you've ever thought of turning your hobby into a business you know how overwhelming the idea can be. Here are some questions to help you think through your decision:*How much of a business do you want to be? Do you really want to this to be a full-time job? Or would you rather just make a couple hundred bars a year for your church fundraiser? Your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creative soap crafts
- Soap is a craft that is fun and easy to make. It's a great project to do with your kids.Simply follow the instructions below and you'll be on your way to one of your first bars of soap... where you choose all the soap colors and shapes.You will need the following materials:- One bar of color free soap- Essential oils of your choice- Food coloring of your choice- ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A playtime project: the memory quilt
- A friend recently suggested a use for my daughter's first wardrobe, which I've dutifully saved in the back of the closet, and lugged on two long distance relocations. Turns out she's done the same thing with her daughter's first clothes, and we've decided to make memory quilts. This playtime project preserves my little girl's everyday playclothes for no other reason than that they are hers....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Coin collecting ? a fun hobby
- Over the years, collecting coins has grown from being just a hobby to becoming a full-blown enterprise with numerous Internet sites devoted to coins. Over the next several weeks, I will give you a little background about coin collecting to help those who want to pursue this as a hobby and maybe even make some money in the process.People have been collecting coins for centuries, because of t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Simple, and stylish wedding reception centerpiece: craft project
- This simple, yet elegant table centerpiece is a great way to make a fancy "to do" at each table, without breaking the bank.This is so easy, even a child can do it! I had my 8 year old son help me. For my own wedding, we picked up stemware at our local thrift stores. The idea wasn't to have every table look exactly the same, but rather for each table to be a variation on a theme. If you're l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Old, new, borrowed, and blue: unity candle craft project
- Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. There are plenty of crafty brides out there looking for a unique design for their unity candle. They want something that is as special and unique as their wedding day. Many artists are ready and willing to custom make a Unity candle for an eager bride - and charge anywhere from $30 to $200 - and that's not with any gold-plating ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Embroidery designs testing for machine embroidery
- We have found a "new" way to see how well the stabilizers and methods you are using are working with so that your designs look GREAT without any off outlines, puckering, cupping or warping. This is a TEST - Only a Test - but if You and your stabilizers pass - You will have great looking designs. And if your methods and stabilizers don't pass - you can just try again - Till you get it right....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Use order and text to give life to your scrapbook
- There are no specific rules stating that all photographs or mementos must be placed in chronological order. Therefore, it is completely up you the order you wish to place your items and embellishments. You can place your items in a formal chronological order. You can also group items into formal or informal categories such as similar colors, events, activities, individuals, or families. Items can ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of cutting and cropping for your new scrapbook
- Often photographs aren't quite the right shape and size or the photographic image is improperly centered. Having oversized or off centered photographs creates an air of unprofessionalism.Carefully cropped and sized photographs, on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your scrapbook.There are two ways to solve these problems.The low tech way to solve these prob...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The use of color and photographs in your new scrapbook
- Color coordination and contrast will highlight and accent your scrapbook. A well thought out color scheme can help define the theme of a page, attract attention to specific items, or detract away from mistakes. Poorly chosen color schemes, on the other hand, can cause your scrapbook page to look gaudy or mismatched.Background colors can either be matched, coordinated, or contrasted with the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The theme and title of your new scrapbook
- The theme of your scrapbook can be simple or complex. Your theme could be a special event such as a birthday, a baby shower, a wedding, Christmas, or Halloween. Themes can also be personalized to the scrapbook recipient's special interests. Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences.What is the overall ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Depression glass trivia
- Depression glass facts make for interesting conversation, especially when you're at a convention or talking amongst other Depression glass aficionados. So here are a few items to get you started so you, too, can have some meaningful knowledge to put on the plate when you and your Depression glass collector friends gather 'round and chat.English Hobnail leads the pack as the design with arou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is there money to be made in depression glass
- You've seen the shows on television. You've watched the auctions online. You've read the stories in the newspaper.There always seems to be someone somewhere with an old dish they've found in the corner of their attic that they were just about to throw away or donate to a thrift shop when someone advised them to have an expert take a look at it, or to put it up for auction online, or to plac...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Depression glass patterns
- Collectors of Depression Glass find not only its beautiful colors fascinating, but its patterns, as well. With many glass producers making this type of glass, as you can imagine, many patterns resulted, creating a wide array of pretty, practical, and inexpensive glassware affordable to every American household in that lean era of history and making Depression Glass one of the most collectible item...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Collecting depression glass ? where to start
- Okay, so you've been bitten by the Depression Glass bug, and those pretty patterns and pastel colors beckon you from the shelves of an antique dealer's shop, a friend's home, or maybe you've even discovered this special glassware on the Internet. How ever it's come about that you've developed a yen for Depression Glass, you need to know where and how to start collecting it ? unless you're made of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I didnt know these are slowly destroying my scrapbooks!
- Once you spend your precious time and energy creating a scrapbook, make sure it lasts! There are a few simple things you can easily do to ensure that your scrapbooks look just as good as the day you finished them, for years to come.The first thing to avoid is paper that is not lignin-free. You've probably heard that before, and it is true, but what is lignin anyways? Lignin is a stiff compo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make personalized candle gifts from ordinary candles
- If you are looking for a fun gift to make for any occasion, then personalized candle making may be something you would like to consider. There are many ways to make personalized candles, depending on how much time and money you are willing to spend. With just a little extra time and effort, you can make a personalized candle out of an otherwise ordinary candle gift that the lucky recipient will lo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make a stunning dried hydrangea wreath
- Dried hydrangea wreaths are so beautiful and versatile in a home, and a lot of fun to make as well.You can either purchase already dried hydrangea flowers from your local craft store, or you can dry your own. The biggest trick when drying your own is the timing of when you pick the flowers. It is best to pick them right before you anticipate your first fall frost. If you pick them mid-summe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for attending gemstone shows
- If you've been to gem shows, you know how overwhelming and daunting they can be. Although it's difficult to narrow down all those tempting options, your jewelry business profit margin will be greater if you plan ahead and focus on shopping for a particular line and color scheme of jewelry. You must keep the bigger picture in mind and try to keep your emotions out of the design process. Here are so...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choose from a wide variety of off road rc trucks to play in the dirt
- Are you tired of driving your cars only on the road? Are you looking to get a little bit dirty? Or even a lot dirty? If you need a change from RC street racing, it is time to go off-road with the extreme off-road RC trucks. With a large variety of RC trucks to choose from, there is something for everybody, and every skill level.Why an RC Truck?If you have experience with RC cars, you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The choice between electric or nitro powered rc cars can be overwhelming!
- The roar of the crowd as the cars rush by, the sense of excitement in the air. Is it the Indy 500? No, it is RC racing! RC racing, or remote control racing also known as radio control, is a quickly growing hobby segment that appeals to both young and old, and men and women.RC cars are popular at a hobby level, for creating and putting the cars together, or even taking it to the next level w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When it comes to rc airplanes you can choose from ready to fly, almost ready to fly or scratch built
- Soaring through the air, watching the clouds and the birds fly by. No, you are not flying your own private plane, but you are doing the next best thing. You are flying an RC airplane through the sky. With a little practice, you can even have your airplane doing acrobatics, and you thought you would never be a pilot!Flying RC or radio controlled airplanes is an excellent hobby, and it can be...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spruce up your pages with scrapbooking embellishments
- Having this nagging doubt that you may upstage your precious photos or clutter your pages with scrapbooking embellishments?One moment you're just so tempted to paste the embellishment onto your page, and the next moment you're questioning yourself, "Should I? Should I not?" You even wonder if you're just trying to force that simply irresistible page accent onto your page to satisfy you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Woodworking ? creative, relaxing and timeless
- The title reflects Woodworking as a hobby, not as a vocation. Vocational woodworking is pretty much the opposite of the adjectives in the title because of the intense pressure to produce quickly in order to make it pay the bills. So we'll stick with the hobby orientation for purposes of this article.Many people start a project with very little thought. This is okay if you are working from p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Scrapbooking childrens favorite stories
- Countless memories are built during the formative childhood days. If there's an excellent means to record them down in some ways, it'll be scrapbooking.True, we can't possibly capture every single event, but we can definitely scrap those more memorable ones onto pages.If you've decided to scrapbook together with your kid, besides guiding them with little prompts on the journaling, yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Easy steps to scrapbooking with young kids
- Kids grow up so fast and if you don't try to capture some of these wonderful memories through some means, they'll all slip through the fingers just in a snap. And scrapbooking is a fabulous way to preserving those memories, by combining the photos and journaling of your kids.As parents, scrapbook pages of your adorable boy or girl probably fill up many pages. But these are stories told from...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A brief history of candles
- For centuries man's progress has been lighted by candles. However, people know only very few things about the origin of candles. It has been written that the first candles were made by the Ancient Egyptians. They used rushlights, or torches, made by soaking the pithy core of reeds in molten tallow. Unlike the candles, the rushlights had no wick. The Romans were the ones who it is said to have deve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gift baskets - create simple easy gifts for the person who has everything!
- Have you ever thought about giving a personalized Gift Basket?Is it just me or do you also get excited when you give a gift to your friends and family and you know they love it!The downside you give a gift and you just know they hate it! Unfortunately you can't always get it right because what seems right and the appropriate gift for you isn't always right and appropriate for the per...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The easy way to make a special present
- We all know someone who is difficult to buy a present for. Someone who has everything they need and would not appreciate 'normal' gifts. Often this will be your parent or an older relative or neighbor, and they can be a problem to buy something for.Well, this is a simple way to make a unique gift that they will be happy to accept. When you take the time to produce something that relates onl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Soap making for beginners ? melt and pour process
- As you will learn, soap making can be simple or complex. Some people enjoy the challenge of going all out professionally, which is fine. However, other people simply want to make soap for personal use or to give as an occasional gift.Keep in mind that safety precautions should still be followed because soap becomes dangerously hot when melted, regardless of the skill level involved. Here, w...