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How to Create Your Own Invitations on a Website
Creating digital invitations online is becoming increasingly popular, especially if you're looking for an environmentally-friendly alternative to paper invites. There are several websites available that take users through the process of designing invitations for parties and can be set up by anyone w
Japanese Jewelry Tools
Jewelry designers as well as crafters have favorite hand-held tools, which are regularly used during design work. Japanese-inspired jewelry is mostly recognized by silver wire work as well as glass bead designs. Wood and stone beads are also carved into different shapes. Tool brands like...
How Do I Dye Cotton Balls Black?
Dying porous materials like cotton balls is easy and quick to accomplish. Colored cotton balls are great accent pieces to arts and craft projects and also work as a filler for stage props and curtains with tears or holes. Using basic home dying techniques you can create dyed cotton balls for many u
Elements Used to Make X-Rays
X-rays are produced through a simple process.atom image by Oleg Verbitsky from Fotolia.comX-rays are created through a process called Brehmsstralung. It involves bombarding elements with electrons. When an energetic electron hits an atom, sometimes it ejects one of the electrons orbiting...
How to Make a Baby Blanket With Fleece and Flannel
Fleece and flannel baby blankets make great handmade gifts for baby showers, and you can personalize them for babies and parents alike. Fleece is super soft and provides an excellent source of warmth for babies. Flannel is smooth and provides an interesting texture difference when paired with the fl
Kayak Clubs in Michigan
Michigan offers many kayaking venues.kayak image by saidin b jusoh from Fotolia.comMichigan is a great state if you love kayaking, as it offers so many options for paddling, including the Cut River, Seney National Wildlife Refuge--where you often see bald eagles--and Lake Michigan, just...
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree With Ribbon
Many fabric stores sell holiday ribbons in a variety of patterns, colors and styles. You can use holiday ribbons as garlands and as a substitute for tinsel, and you can even use a ribbon bow to top the Christmas tree instead of a star. Garlands add a festive look to a tree, and help fill in gaps bet
How to Lower the Action on an Epiphone Guitar
Lowering the action on an Epiphone guitar brings the strings closer to the fretboard. The results are a guitar that's easier to play. But there can be technical issues with lowering the action on a guitar, such as the potential for creating a buzzing noise coming from certain frets. The adjustment f
How to Use a Borders Rewards Card
A Borders Rewards card offers you the ability to earn "Borders Bucks" when you make a qualifying purchase at Borders online or at a brick and mortar location. Borders Bucks can be redeemed by applying the amount earned to a subsequent purchase at a Borders store.
How to Enjoy the Art of Georgia O'Keeffe
American Artist Georgia O'Keeffe, born in 1887, said "making your unknown known is the important thing." O'Keeffe engaged in the process of painting the mysterious in the exterior landscape so she could understand her unknown inner landscape. Following the steps below can help you to know and unders
How to Put a Pitch in Bone Whistles
Because bone whistles are not consistently the same diameter, adjusting the pitch of a bone whistle is something of a hit-or-miss affair. You can, however, estimate the separation of the holes in the whistle and then bore them again to flatten or sharpen the note. Put pitch in bone whistles as the
Different Types of Silk Flowers
Silk flowers, known in the floral industry as permanent botanicals, are now available in an astonishing array of botanically correct blooming and foliage forms. The best of them are manufactured with the same tiny flaws as the blossoms and leaves from your own garden, making it nearly impossible for
Natural Treatments Of Gout
Gout is an inflammation of joints. It causes painful swelling in bodys joints. Some of these affected joints are the big toe, wrist elbow, finger, knee, ankle, heel and the arch of the foot. For patients of this ailment, any form of movement is a Herculean task.Dietary changes can alleviate gout sy
Texture By Means Of Oil Colour
Oil colour, with its standard, lends well with the glazing techniques with a smooth polished finish. Though, there are a huge variety of texture effects that can be attained in oil painting using customary techniques like impasto, or just through trialing, this article will glance through some admir
How to Add Multiple Colors Inside the Outlines of Hand Drawn Comic Art
After completing line art by hand, you have several options for coloring your drawing. Some illustrators enjoy starting their drawing by hand and then scanning outlines into a photo-editing program such as Adobe Photoshop. This method is advantageous because you can try many different color schemes
Newcastle: Fine Destination For Hen Weekend
If you have never been to Newcastle then choose it as your hen weekend destination and prepare yourself for a lot of surprises to come. Your friends are going to thank you for choosing this place as there is whole lot of activities to do in this angle’s own land.
How to Make a Paper Plate Tambourine
So, the kids are bored and want an afternoon craft project. Why not transform those paper plates in your kitchen cabinet, into musical instruments? Chances are, that you already have everything they need, and you can even recycle old magazines, holiday cards and Christmas ribbon to decorate these ea
How to Make a Crayon Caddy
Kids can never have too many crayons and markers to use to create everyday artwork. But the problem with all those crayons are the boxes--it's difficult to see the colors when they're inside the original box, and once they are taken out, they're in danger rolling out of reach. Putting crayons in a p
Book Making Art Projects for Children
Kids will get great ideas from their own book collection.little boy reading a book image by Renata Osinska from Fotolia.comThere is nothing children like more than a good book, so what better way to spend an afternoon than letting them create a book of their own? There are many ways to do...