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Candle Maintenance
Many people don’t know that you can actually improve the quality of the flame you get from your candles. Some people think that if a flame is too large or you are getting excess soot that it is the makers fault. Well sometimes this is true, but oft...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Scarlet Trevett
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How To Make a Pinata
MATERIALS
A Large Round or Oval Balloon
Newspaper, torn into 1 inch by 6-8" inch strips
White computer paper or paper towels,
torn into strips
Flour and water mixture for paper mache paste
Salt
Vegetable oil
Paint
Tissue paper
Crepe paper
String or...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Patricia Jensen
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Preparing For a Leather Craft Project
Once you've decided on your leather craft project, you'll need the right tools and room to do the work. Being prepared ahead of time will make your task more enjoyable and give you a sense of satisfation when you're done. If you're like most of u...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Dwain Berlin
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The Surprising Popularity of Cigar Smoking
The practice of cigar smoking has been on the rise in the U.S. since the early 90’s. In part due to a reputation as a glamorous alternative to cigarette smoking, the increase can also be tied to its popularity among celebrities, as well as to the ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Eddie Tobey
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Working With Leather
This can be as simple & basic Or advanced & professional.
There are many books, booklets, pamphlets, reprints, even articles describing how to assemble a simple article cut from a basic design which is purchased as a kit from a supplier. There are ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Francis Burdett-Mills
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Scrapbooking Those Memories!
You will find scrapbook supplies for photos and pictures in a craft store or online. Scrapbooks are used to combine photos and pictures to make a picture story album. Today with the advent of computers and image editing software it has become easie...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Randy Wilson
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More Than A Memory- A Legacy
Everyone has that box of pictures either in a close or in a garage. Even worse yet in a magnetic album. Years go by and unless there is a date notation from the picture process, the dates and places fade into the recess of time.
Maybe we have inher...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Linda White
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Crafts & Hobbies: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The song says it all, "Hot Fun in the Summertime.” Our summer was certainly full of fun: outdoor barbeques, neighborhood cookouts, making ice cream, 4th of July parades, a trip to grandpa’s house, sleeping late, moving my oldest daughter into her f...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Rondi Davis
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Marking Tools and Laser Marking Machines for Marking on Metals
Marking tools are used for marking metals and non-metal surfaces. Mark can be a company logo designed with alphabets, numeric pattern or any graphical shape. It distinguishes one company from others. Marking also keeps you ahead of your competitors...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Bob Jonathan
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Be Your Own Way, but Still Use the Safe Tools
It is so often that people are not aware with the tools they use when doing their home improvement. Sometimes they use wrong tools just because they want something quick to be done. Well, you must change that attitude. You have to understand that ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Tony C. Gevano
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Why Do You Need to Have Your Tools Blade Sharpen After Work
If you like to do wood carving or making sculpture as your hobby, you surely need tools to make your creation. If you just starting this hobby, knowing your tools and how to treat your carving tools probably the best way to make everything easier f...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Tony C. Gevano
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Why You Should Race RC Cars, and Not Just Bash
For those of you who have been racing your RC cars for years,
and have a friend or two who you have been trying to get out to the
RC tracks, this article is for you. Feel free to forward it to
them.
For those of you who are fanatical bashers, and ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jay Turner
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Leather Work Tips
For leather work, consider the basics: an awl and spare point, a retractable X-acto knife
and spare blades, a retractable knife with a break-off blade and a rotary punch. In
addition, you’ll need needles, a lump of beeswax and some waxed linen t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Dwain Berlin
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Blown Glass: They Do Still Make It Like They Used To
Blown art glass is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America... and it is about time. Glassblowing has been around since 27 BC in Syria, though the first evidence of manmade glass products occurs in Mesopotamia in the lat...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Allen Shaw
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How to Clean Your Jewelry at Home or Work
It looks like a million dollars but after a couple of months it doesn't have the same 'Sparkle' or look it once had (a bit like me really).
So what are we to do?
The first thing is to make sure it is SAFE to be cleaned!
Naturally, delicate items sh...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : David Foard
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How to Invest in Antique, Vintage, or Modern Jewelry
As Antique Jewelry is 'Really' based on the 'Collectability' and Style of an item, it is hard for clients to appreciate the 'Craft' involved in Handmade work, as they only see the Gold value or Diamond Value fluctuate over the years.
If Gold goes u...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : David Foard
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Jewelry and the Art of Selling
Two of the most frequently asked questions we get at the Online Jewelry Appraisal Center is:
"How do I sell an item of Antique or Estate Jewelry?" or...
"How much should I ask for it?"
Very often people receive an item as a 'Hand Down' or 'Bequest'...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : David Foard
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Jewelry Insurance - Hints and Tips So You Dont Get Ripped Off
As crime and drug use increases, the risks involved in having Antique and Estate Jewelry just lying around your home seem to treble. It becomes a nightmare and you find you are just not sure what to do.
Here are some timely pieces of advice, but by...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : David Foard
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Ideas for Making Gift Baskets
Do you want to give gifts to your friends or family for birthdays, Christmas or some other holiday, but you just don't know what to get them?
Just take a decorative basket and you can create a gift basket filled with great items that either your fr...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Fern Kuhn
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Tips for Flower Arranging at Home
Floral design is an art and for some it comes easy. If you have tried and failed or never tried at all, take heart, all is not lost. The beauty of learning at home is that if you make mistakes, it does not matter if it looks a bit funny. With so...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Willie Jones
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Civil War Uniforms: 5 Tips on Making Your Trousers Last Forever!
Are your pants wearing out too fast?
Does it look like you are expecting a flood because your pants are too short?
Make your Civil War Uniform trousers last forever by following these 5 tips!
1. Cut your trousers long, so when you first start weari...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Paula McCoach
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What is a Battle Ready Sword?
You’d think that the term “battle ready sword” would be pretty much self explanatory wouldn’t you?
Unfortunately, many of the swords being described as “battle ready” are anything but. And to quote Adrian Ko from Sword Forum International, “a lot o...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Paul Southren
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Amish Quilts – A Dying American Art
Amish quilting has been a tradition for more than a century here in rural Pennsylvania. Amish women create quilts, often in groups called quilting bees. This “bee” affords them the opportunity to gather in a social setting as well as give a rare...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Maggie Prichard
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