tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233058132826750062024-02-28T18:43:43.987-05:00Crafty Moods - Free craft and lifestyle projects resource for all agesCraftymoods.com features low budgeted lifestyle projects that are fun, QUICK, and so easy to do. I use clear, easy to follow photo instructions on every page...Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-48892574854334325792012-12-08T22:14:00.001-05:002012-12-08T22:18:29.102-05:00DIY Mood Lighting-In Under ONE Minute!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I bought this night-light lamp about 4 years ago for the kids room, I always bought colored bulbs in yellow or orange for it. Those bulbs added a warm and cozy mood to the room. As the years went by I realized that they were not always so easy to find and they can get pretty pricey. </div>
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Recently, the bulb blew and I asked hubby to pick up a new one at the local hardware store. Not knowing that I needed a warm and cozy bulb, (of course) he bought a <b>bright</b>, (brighter than the sun) LED bulb. He said they were energy efficient so I didn't bother to have him return it. For about a week or so we had to place a sheet over the lamp to dim it's glare. It was so bright I was afraid it would wake the kids from their sleep. </div>
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I realized I had these <b>awesome</b> paints in my craft bin. This was exactly what I needed to solve my issue. This stuff is great on glass, ceramic and tiles. You can find them at Michaels craft stores. </div>
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Remove the LED bulb and wipe off any dust with a dry cloth. Be sure to unplug your lamp when you are removing or replacing the bulb...<br />
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I used two colors of my glass surface paint. I played around with the yellow first then decided to add red to make it more orangey...<br />
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How pretty. It definitely made the room waaaaay cozier. No more sheets needed over the lamp...</div>
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This was so easy to do and it literally took me less than one <b>minute</b> to paint. Such a small task with such a huge impact. It can't get any easier than this folks. This would work great in the garden also with outdoor lighting. Use any color to set a tone or mood for your next gathering, party or event.</div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-23422365948273591102012-12-01T23:54:00.003-05:002012-12-02T01:29:16.376-05:00DIY Ring: Great Holiday Gift Idea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Love DIY jewelry? So do I. I featured a few holiday jewelry crafts before and I get great responses from them so I decided to do another one. This is a very simple tutorial but it has a great impact as a final piece.<br />
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Measure the wire around your finger. Does not have to be exact...make a loop at the end of the wire, mainly so that it does not poke you :)<br />
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Thread' the wire through the fabric trim as shown below. You can <b>barely</b> see the metal wire between the trim...On thicker trims you will find that they have a clear stitch under the trim as seen below. This does not show on the other side, don't worry!<br />
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I used about 2.5 inches of the trim and about 5 inches of wire. Those extra inches of wire will wrap your frayed fabric ends and can also be your closures for the ring.</div>
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Measure the trim piece around your finger and decide how you would like the design or curves of the trim to look. Cut off the extra fabric if needed without cutting the wire. Wrap the extra wire as shown. Then make a loop as shown.<br />
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Make a loop at the other end and close with your needle nose pliers. The wire is really soft so i'm sure you can just use your fingers to close it.<br />
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Check out my other <b><a href="http://www.craftymoods.com/2012/10/diy-sparkly-holiday-earrings.html#.ULry3JjOBSp" target="_blank">DIY Sparkly Holiday Earrings</a></b></div>
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Looking for a cool kid craft to entertain your little ones? We've been facing some serious cold weather lately, so our weekends are mostly spent indoors doing lots of reading, playtime and of course, <b>crafts</b>. Today we made a snowball family to display for Christmas. It's super inexpensive and so much fun for the kids to be creative. At first, I wanted to cover the foam balls in white, clear glitter but I realized how sparkly they were <b>as</b> is. I saved my glitter! They looked like crushed ice snow cones. </div>
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Of course I brought out the googly eyes! I almost started to glue them on but realized that if I pressed the eyes really hard into the surface of the foam, that they actually stayed nestled pretty well. Nice! I saved some glue!<br />
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I cut about 3/4 of an inch of felt. The sheet was 9x12 inches so my strip was 9 inches long. This was kinda short to wrap around my largest foam ball, so I stretched it. See the comparison below. Both 9 inches in length but one is pulled and stretched out...</div>
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I didn't end up using that dark brown color, so I used yellows, red and green instead. More festive.<br />
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Wrap the scarves just so that it covers their mouth area with one knot.<br />
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You can even cut out cute little mittens for them...(didn't end up using them but CUTE).<br />
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If you want to stack the little snowball family for display, you can skewer them together...<br />
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Place the large ball on a votive glass holder. Skewer them by size, tilt them if you want but either way, it is adorable...<br />
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If you want to hang them on your christmas tree, use thin rope, ribbon, thread or what ever you have available.<br />
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To insert the hanging rope: Make a loop. Make a hole on top of the foam ball and insert the knotted portion into the hole. Fill with hot glue or any glue so that it is secure.<br />
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Tadda!<br />
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Oh yeah, stick little twigs in their sides for hands...(try not to tickle them).</div>
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Happy Holidays Everyone! Enjoy & Please leave me some comments!</div>
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If you have small children, you kinda know what it is like putting up a Christmas tree in your home. It becomes a challenge to keep your most precious ornaments safe from curious little fingers. Our babies are now almost 3 and 4 years old but we have had many ornaments broken to pieces in the past years. They are only materialistic things I know, but some can break and hurt them. Last year I sat with our youngest son in front of our tree for almost an hour guiding his little hands carefully over the fragile ornaments. That was my way of getting him over his curiosities for each ornament. The more you prevent them from going anywhere near the tree or touching anything on it, the more it becomes a fascination to them. It's the whole forbidden fruit thing ya' know? </div>
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Anyway, I saw a few posts online that featured <a href="http://www.thingsforboys.com/2012/11/play-felt-christmas-tree-no-sewing.html" target="_blank">Christmas felt trees</a> that are placed on the wall. The ornaments are made from felt also and they are attached with velcro. They can be removed and attached all day long. It is a way to keep young kids away from the big tree and all it's precious, heirloom ornaments. I think it is the cutest idea ever. I figured I wanted to make that for the kids this year also but I wanted to use an actual tree instead. An artificial one that is. I saw a very cute one at a nearby discount store for $5.99 Not bad I thought. It came in white or green...</div>
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I wanted to use a small sized version of our big tree just so that they would get used to an actual tree-like structure. I even bought miniature gift boxes to place under it on Christmas morning.<br />
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I was supposed to set it up and place it in their room for an early morning surprise but the kids found the boxed tree in my room way before I had a chance to hide it. I tried to show them how to set it up but they wanted to take over. So, I let them...<br />
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I let them use the safe, plastic ornaments. It's genius. Looks like the real thing but they are virtually indestructible. Each had a wide enough string loop for little hands to hang and unhang. Remove and replace etc.<br />
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I think they were pretty proud of it. They demanded more and more ornaments...<br />
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This lasted HOURS...<br />
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They napped...<br />
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They awoke and went straight to the tree.<br />
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When they tugged too hard and the tree falls, I no longer have to panic thinking something would break...<br />
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How cute.<br />
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Hang <b>NEW</b> little toys on the tree on Christmas morning for them to find. They would love it!</div>
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Please leave me your wonderful comments and questions...</div>
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Have a safe and happy holiday season all!</div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-26845682281655500272012-11-24T18:09:00.002-05:002012-11-24T18:11:13.750-05:00DIY Holiday String Lights <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey all. I am in full swing of all things Christmas and Holiday'ish. I have been working on all Holiday crafts. It's the best time of the year! I get all cozy and creative with just about anything. I made these strings lights for our dining room table. Check out the ones I made a few years ago-<a href="http://www.craftymoods.com/2010/11/make-your-own-party-or-holiday-string.html#.ULFJ-5jOBSo" target="_blank">String Lights</a>.</div>
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Grab your tissue paper and cut them into (roughly) 4x5 inch squares. Fold a bunch of them at once into four. See first pic below. Cut a leaf shape out as shown. Use a coffee filter if you want. Fold and cut into any size leaf...</div>
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Take two of the sheets and offset the leaves so that they look like shown below. I guess they can be called petals now.</div>
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Remove the bulb from your LED string lights. <i>LED lights does not get hot like the other kinds of lights do.</i></div>
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Place the bulb in the middle of the petals as shown.</div>
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Place the bulb into the socket as shown.<br />
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Fit it in all the way until the bulb lights up. If it does not, that means that the tissue paper did not rip while being pushed in. Remove it and check. Make sure the little copper wires on the bottom of the bulb are completely exposed and is NOT touching the tissue paper.</div>
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You can avoid all the pushing in and removing by just cutting a tiny opening for the bottom of the bulb to go through but I find doing this avoids making too big of an opening. That can cause the leaves be too floppy.<br />
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You can use colored tissue paper. You can use all white lights. The possibilities are so exciting.</div>
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Place this on your table curled around your centerpiece vase and candles...it is really cute.<br />
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For some reason I am very exited about Christmas this year. The kids are at an age where they are really looking forward to it. I dug trough my Christmas storage in the attic and found lots of things that I forgot I even had. It's amazing how only a year passes and we forget what we have stored away. I found these fun colorful string lights that I have not used in a few years. I still love the old school colorful lights. It brings back so many memories from my childhood.</div>
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Anyway, while the kids were sleeping today, I placed the string lights in a deep clear Plastic bowl. I didn't even bother to untangle them. Just stuff em in there and leave a portion out (enough to reach the outlet). You can leave as is or place the lid on the bowl and turn over. When the kids woke up they were very excited to see their new night light...it's a really simple thing to do but these kids get excited about anything shiny or anything that lights up! </div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-54157447560446756422012-11-16T23:01:00.000-05:002012-11-16T23:01:21.818-05:00Budget Friendly Christmas Decor <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Like making cone trees? I can never get tired of seeing them. They are so expensive looking but so <b><i>inexpensive</i></b> to make. These two cone trees cost me <b>nothing</b> to make. I had everything I needed right at home. </div>
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<li><i>8.5x11 inch printer paper</i></li>
<li><i>Used tissue gift paper</i></li>
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I was inspired by these trees from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/gold-silver-bay-leaf-tree/?pkey=e%7Ccone%2Btree%7C64%7Cbest%7C0%7Cviewall%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=NLASEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-" target="_blank">potterybarn.com</a>. Aren't they adorable? I love walking into that store and feeling like I can make almost anything in there. Hah, well except for the furniture...<br />
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<a name='more'></a>So here it is. I used printer paper to make my cones. I wanted the cones to be tall so I had to figure out a way to keep the height plus have them wide at the bottom...Notice how the cone below is the same height of my paper?<br />
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Fold or roll your paper at one corner (lengthwise).<br />
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As shown...<br />
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Roll the tip of your cone tightly and notice how the bottom can either be narrow or wide as shown below.<br />
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Secure the tip with scotch tape.<br />
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It's OK if it looks like this below. Just keep in mind we are looking to keep the height and have a tall TREE.<br />
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Make another one but <b>DO NOT</b> secure the tip with tape.<br />
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Place that cone inside the other...<br />
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Rotate it until the opened spaces are filled as shown below...Since the one inside is not taped it will open and fill into the outer cone exactly.<br />
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Tape the two cones together so that it does not slide and fall apart.<br />
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It should look like this...<br />
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Cut the pointy tips off.<br />
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It should stand straight and even as shown below. Make another one the same height or shorter. For a pretty landscape of trees, they should all be different heights and widths.<br />
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Grab any used tissue gift paper. Smooth it out. Fold neatly into squares and cut out tiny leaves. </div>
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For easy, fast application, pour the glue out onto a clean surface and dip the leaves into it. This saves a lot of time believe it or not.</div>
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Start at the bottom of the cone and glue your leaves kinda hanging off as shown.</div>
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After the first row is complete, offset the next row so that the leaves are between the last row.<br />
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Continue towards the top of the cone. It's already looking so pretty.<br />
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This was honestly so easy and fun to do. It's great craft idea for kids and teenagers to do.<br />
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When you get to the top, just fold one leaf over and glue neatly.<br />
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I was curious to see what would happen if I sprayed glitter all over my tree...Make sure to spray at a distance. You don't want a wet tissue paper tree. Not cool.</div>
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For the second cone, I decided to cut it half its height.<br />
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Cover it with leaves-I should have used a darker green of tissue paper for the second tree but I had lots of light green leaves left over from the first tree. You can do multiple colors of green on one tree to add contrast and interest.<br />
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Pretty. Not bad for free huh?<br />
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Hello all. I just wanted to share a quick recipe with you all. My all time, favorite thing in the entire world to eat. Guacamole. I learned how to make this about ten years ago while visiting a cute, little latin restaurant in Queens, New York. Hubby (boyfriend at the time) and I watched the waiter/chef prepare this amazing appetizer at our table. I insisted that he explained all the sprinkles and dashes of <i>this</i> and <i>that</i> as he went along. From then on, I was known to make a pretty mean guacamole. It's a simple yet super tasty concoction I must say...Here's how.<br />
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<i><b>My Recipe</b></i><br />
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<li><i>Three ripe Haas avocados</i></li>
<li><i>Two plum tomatoes</i></li>
<li><i>Two or Three jalapeno peppers</i></li>
<li><i>One large tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves and stems</i></li>
<li><i>One teaspoon red onion</i></li>
<li><i>One teaspoon olive oil</i></li>
<li><i>One teaspoon dried oregano</i></li>
<li><i>Half teaspoon sea salt</i></li>
<li><i>One lime, juiced</i></li>
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Start by slicing your avocado vertically until your knife hits the seed inside. Then rotate the fruit until you have sliced it all around...</div>
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<a name='more'></a>Twist open as shown.<br />
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To properly remove the seed, chop your knife into it as shown. Make sure it is sitting on the counter or chopping board when you do this. Don't hold it :) When it is secure on the knife (deep into the seed) hold the bottom of the fruit and twist it off. It's an old trick I know, but it's cool!<br />
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Use a butter (dull ended) knife to slice vertically through the fruit as shown below. Be sure not to slice through its' skin.<br />
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Next, slice horizontal lines. This should make cubes!!<br />
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Use a tablespoon to scoop the cubes out.<br />
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Pretty neat huh?<br />
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I started mixing the <b>stems</b> into my guacamole recipe. It adds way more flavor and crunch to the dish than just the leaves alone.</div>
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Slice and dice your jalapeno peppers. Use one, two or three depending on how much heat you crave. Remove the seeds also if you want less heat.</div>
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I used a tablespoon of diced red onion--add more if you wish.<br />
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Choose firm plum tomatoes. They dice really well and have less pulp.</div>
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Remove all the pulp if any...<br />
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To get the MOST juice out of your lime you can use a juicer OR...<br />
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...use my <b>lazy</b> method. Use a tablespoon (because its big) and insert it <b>deep</b> into your lime half as shown. Rotate and twist the spoon until all the juice falls into your bowl below.<br />
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It's VERY efficient and no juicer to clean up :)<br />
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Add a teaspoon of dried oregano. If you do not have that you can use ground oregano (half teaspoon).<br />
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Add one teaspoon olive oil. This makes the guacamole's texture extra creamy...<br />
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I love this stuff.<br />
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Use one flattened (leveled) teaspoon of sea salt. Start out with half of a teaspoon. Mix in well, taste, then add more if necessary.<br />
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And that is it. I'm very sure you will absolutely <b>love</b> this recipe. Serve it with long plantain chips...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Here is a very <b>useful</b> avocado <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILpWk8A3UQQ&feature=fvwrel" target="_blank">video</a>.</span></div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-63575193566028975372012-11-03T23:57:00.001-04:002012-11-04T09:10:54.143-05:00Never Buy Organic Scallions Again...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This past summer, I started incorporating more and more organic produce/vegetables in my diet. One of those are scallions. I use <b><i>a lot</i></b> of scallions. I use it in scrambled eggs, soups, fried rice, sautรฉs, mashed potatoes, sandwiches...you name it. It is used for it's amazing flavor and also for garnishing your dishes beautifully. I found myself buying this green onion almost every week or so. Usually, to save time, I would buy a good amount of it. Dice it up and freeze it-- but of course, nothing beats having it fresh. I certainly couldn't garnish my meals with frozen scallions...</div>
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One day, after cutting and using the green, leafy parts of my scallions. I decided to save the white, rooted portions (as shown below). I cut them down to about four to five inches and placed them into a glass of water by the sink. In less than a week I started noticing that the roots were getting longer and shoots of new scallion leaves were peeking out!<br />
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I planted them right away. About six or seven bulbs of green onion went into that pot and that was it...I had fresh, <b>organic</b> scallions all summer long. </div>
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When you are ready to use, cut them down to about three inches high. This way they shoot back up quicker.</div>
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See below? those are new shoots that appeared within days...</div>
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This also works for many vegetables and produce from the supermarket with roots. I bought <b>lemongrass</b> from the asian supermarket (below). <b>Fresh</b> lemongrass is so difficult to find when you need it. This did not have visible roots but it did have a knot at the bottom of it which can produce roots! I cut them down to about five inches and placed them in water to form roots.</div>
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When it started forming roots and new shoots of leaves, I planted them in a pot (below).</div>
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<b>Note</b> the brown short leaves? Those were the original lemongrass stems from the supermarket that I cut and planted.</div>
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Lemongrass is so fragrant and delicious. It can be used in many thai foods, soups and teas...</div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-38681833312906081232012-10-27T20:17:00.000-04:002012-10-29T10:05:05.772-04:00DIY Framed Silhouettes in 5 Minutes Tops!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Love doing funky silhouettes of the kids? I sure do. I recently did a more advanced version of it in Adobe Illustrator. This powerful software allows you to do traces of photos that are then turned into vector art as shown above...I will explain all the photos shown by detail. This takes about 5 minutes tops. I promise. </div>
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Open Adobe Illustrator (I'm using the CS5 Version). Go to the <b>window</b> tab and select <b>tools</b>. You should then see the long <b>tool box</b> on the left (below). Click on the arrow on the left (black arrow) and click the image with it. </div>
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See my little <b>RED</b> arrows throughout the tutorial. Take notice that the frame selection around the image looks different with the white arrow and the black arrow.</div>
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Once the image is selected with the black arrow, go to the <i>><b>Object</b> </i>tab as shown below-then select<i> ></i><b><i>Live Trace</i> </b>then ><b><i>Tracing Options</i></b>.</div>
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This window should pop right up. Click the <b>Preview</b> box...</div>
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Without doing anything at all, this is how your image should look. Pretty cool huh? The default <b>Threshold</b> is 128 (see red arrow).</div>
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Change the <b>Threshold</b> and play around with the numbers. As long as you have <b>Preview</b> selected, you should be able to see the drastic changes in your image.</div>
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Depending on the shadows and highlights in your image-every photo will be different with different settings needed. Once you get the hang of the Threshold selection and the other 3 buttons (red arrows below), this is a piece of cake. It really is that simple to achieve...</div>
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See these boxes highlighted below. Mess around with it. Find the look you want to achieve for your image. When you get the look you want, hit <b>Trace</b>. </div>
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By hitting the black arrow, you will select the entire image...</div>
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By hitting the white arrow, you are able to select only parts of the image. Take advantage of this by selecting and deleting any sections that you do no want or need (like unnecessary background particles etc.).</div>
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This is what it looked like after I deleted all my unwanted parts...</div>
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I wanted to print and frame this in a 6x4 inch frame so I had to make sure my settings where correct. </div>
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Go to the menu bar and click on <b>> File > New. </b>A New Document window box will pop up (see below). </div>
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Just spent the most amazing day with the kids-It was such a beautiful autumn day...I took them trick or treating at the children's museum and boy did they have a <b><i>blast</i></b>. Just as we were leaving the museum, I spotted an office building that had the prettiest heap of colorful leaves. We pulled over and had the kids play with the leaves. I remember doing the same thing as a kid in Queens, NY.<br />
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Below is a photo from an iPhone my hubby took while I was snapping the kids. You don't always need a big fancy camera to get great photos. You can use your simple point and shoot camera or camera phone and still get an <b>awesome</b> photo. Daylight, again, is key. </div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-45176197830795451592012-10-19T07:51:00.005-04:002012-10-19T07:55:32.621-04:00FUNNY Marshmallow Teeth Jacko-Lanterns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This has got to be the most easiest and <b>effective</b> craft ever...I didn't plan on making this a craft for the blog but it turned out so cute and it was soooo easy to do. This was actually the very first time I have <b>ever</b> carved a <i><b>real</b></i> pumpkin. <b>Ever</b>. I was surprised at how easy it was. I always feared the mess and the pain it would cause my wrists while cutting the features out because I suffer from pain and numbness in my wrists. I purposely bought an older, stale pumpkin just so that it would be easier to carve out. Ha...It worked! Go ahead and carve out your features and any design you want. The kids had fun watching me make a silly, happy face pumpkin.</div>
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Grab small marshmallows and place them in the mouth of the pumpkins...I stacked <b>two</b> on top of each other and placed it in the mouth. It depends on how much the pumpkin's mouth is opened. I made a one inch <b>high</b> mouth and by chance it held the two stacked marshmallows perfectly. </div>
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<li>Use large pieces of carrots for pumpkin ears. Check out our <a href="http://www.craftymoods.com/2012/10/our-adorable-pumpkin-family.html#.UIE-gpjOBSo" target="_blank">Adorable Pumpkin Family!</a></li>
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Ever wonder what you can do to upcycle those <i><b>old, mis-matched</b></i> tea cups? Below is a teacup that was once part of a 16 piece dish set. It was our very first dish set as a married couple and it kinda hurt to just toss it away. It was the only item left out of the <b>entire</b> set so I decided to keep it. The cup is <i>very</i> small so I don't even use it since all of our new cups are much larger and white.</div>
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Roll a piece of Super Sculpey into a smooth thin log and cut into three or four pieces. It depends how many feet you want your teapot to have.</div>
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Roll the three or four pieces into balls and place evenly spaced onto the bottom of your cup. Press them firmly and shape them if you wish...Place the cup standing <b>upright</b> and press the cup firmly down with even pressure to flatten the 'feet'. See photos below. I decided last minute to add a fourth foot...Place the feet evenly spaced out and inline with the handle of your cup and eventually, your 'spout'.</div>
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I couldn't resist. I love putting googly eyes on everything and this was just another opportunity! I also wanted to add ears and feet to our lovely pumpkin family. I choose cute little pumpkins that represented us in size order.<br />
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Grab those baby carrots and scrape the outer layer off to get an even tone of orange (pumpkin color). Cut one in half lengthwise. This will be one pair of feet.<br />
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Break a toothpick in tiny pieces and use to attach the carrot ear to the pumpkin...</div>
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To help attach the ear to the pumpkin easily, slice out a portion with a sharp knife. Do this on the opposite side as well.</div>
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For the feet, slice off tiny triangular pieces to form toes...<br />
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Add your googly eyes with hot glue or any strong glue. Add mustache and mouths with a black sharpie.</div>
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I added lashes to my mommy pumpkin (me). I love wearing lashes so why not...I cut one lash in half and used it for both eyes. It really depends on how big the googly eyes are...I used hot glue to adhere it to the top of the eyes.</div>
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Check them out-Awesome! It's a DIVA pumpkin!<br />
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Look at hubby checking my lashes out ;)<br />
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As for the carrot <b>feet</b>, I just had the pumpkins <b>sitting</b> on them but you can attach them the same way as the ears <i>(using toothpicks)</i> if you wish.<br />
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<b>Tip:</b> To rid hot glue strings-use a blow dryer on the <b>hot</b> setting to instantly melt away.</div>
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<li>For the <b>smaller</b> pumpkins (kids) place the two googly eyes really close together. This makes them appear cute and innocent. Place the <b>adult</b> pumpkins eyes a bit further apart.</li>
<li>I used two different sizes of eyes for all of them. Again, it looks cuter. </li>
<li><i><b>Before</b></i> placing the eyes and ears, turn the <b>curved</b> stems towards each other. It shows endearment and body language...see above pic and below pic.</li>
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Hello! I just wanted to share a quick fashion <b>trick</b> that I did for an upcoming party. I have a pretty tan dress with hints of gold and I wanted to accessorize it with the perfect gold hoop earrings. I have <b>tons</b> of faded jewelry that I absolutely love and can't seem to throw away...I hate when they live such a <b>short</b> golden or silver life! Here is what I did to fix one pair...</div>
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Using your thin jewelry wire or thread, wrap the frayed ends onto the earrings on one end of the hoop and tie tightly. Wrap the trimming around the hoop until it covers the entire hoop. Cut off the extra trimming and secure it with the jewelry wire at the other end. I didn't have gold jewelry wire so I used silver instead. I ended up using gold paint to blend it in with the gold trimming.</div>
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<b>TIP</b>: Wrapping a wider trimming requires less in length. The thinner the trimming, the more you will need to cover your hoop etc. This hoop was large, so it required less than half of a yard to cover it. I was truly amazed at how fast half of a yard was used up!<br />
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This took me about twenty minutes to complete and it came out so pretty! I cannot wait to wear it :)</div>
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To cover one pair of large faded hoops, I used less than one yard of shiny, sexy trimming for both. It cost me only $2.99 per yard and they look amazing. Share this tutorial with all your <b>Diva</b> friends who love DIY beauty and fashion tips. Think of all the possibilities!!</div>
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Trish@CraftyMoods.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394961025148291014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123305813282675006.post-56695492879782506312012-09-21T10:11:00.001-04:002012-09-21T10:15:09.919-04:00"NEAT" Way to Store Hair Tools! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello all. You would never know what is hidden behind this sink on the other side of it (above). I have to give credit to my hubby for this one. He noticed the mess my hair tools and his hair trimmers were making. Wires and cords were everywhere, tangled, and in a complete disarray. He attached a few curved screws into our sink vanity and saved the day. Now, passing by or walking into our bathroom, you would not see the mess that was once there. Instead of putting away the curling irons, hair dryers, trimmers and flat irons every time we used it, it is hung neatly for quick, easy access. Believe me this saves me so much time!</div>
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It helps big time that I have an outlet right on the sink vanity but If you do not have one, you can still hang your tools there for easy access. Tie a knot on the cord about 10 inches from the handle and hang. This prevents the tool from sliding off the hook and hitting the floor. </div>
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Use these removable hooks if you are renting or own your home and do not want to drill a hole into the vanity's surface...I am<i><b> 'hooked' </b></i>on these things. They so are easy to apply, remove, rehang and can hold heavy items.</div>
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These are the hooks...they can be found almost everywhere.<br />
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<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/3M-Command-Hook-Designer-Large-2-Count/19898058?findingMethod=rr" target="_blank">Walmart</a> has all kinds and designs... </div>
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<a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop/hooks/adhesive?productId=10030485" target="_blank">Container Store</a> has the designer looks -silver finishes that looks classy enough to match your decor at home<br />
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Hello everyone, I wanted to share my weekend project with you. I fell in <i>LOVE</i> with these pottery barn <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/faux-aspen-spooky-branch/?pkey=e%7Caspen%2Bbranch%7C46%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=NLASEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-" target="_blank">aspen branches</a>! They are so SPOOKY!! As you can see they are no longer available online but no worries...you can make them yourself! All you need is a branch from your backyard, white spray paint and a black garbage bag. Yes, here's how...</div>
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Grab a store bought branch or one from the yard and spray paint it white.</div>
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They should look like this - if it's not perfect thats OK!</div>
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Don't they look like mustaches?<br />
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Tie the leaves around the branch and pull into a <b><i>TIGHT</i></b> knot. Then squeeze to fold over as shown...</div>
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Looks like spooky leaves to me!<br />
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You can tie the leaves unevenly around the stems. This way it creates two different size leaves. It's more realistic...<br />
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And there you go...your very own EASY to make, spooky branches. Just in time for those halloween parties and entry way decor.<br />
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Check out my other project <a href="http://www.craftymoods.com/2011/10/spooky-diy-ghosts-for-halloween.html#.UFe_M5jOBSo" target="_blank">SPOOKY DIY GHOST</a>!</div>
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With that being said, I discovered clear zippered vinyl bags about 6 years ago. I have always kept the zippered vinyl bags that sheets, bedding or curtains came in. They are just so useful. Besides being a borderline hoarder, I kept them for numorius usage around the house.<br />
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Ready for the <i>millions</i> of things I used these bags for?<br />
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<li>Pampers and wipes kit (car)</li>
<li>Kids emergency outfits (car)</li>
<li>Tiny toy pieces (home, car)</li>
<li>Books (home, car)</li>
<li>Picnic blanket (car)</li>
<li>Emergency kit (car)</li>
<li>Cosmetics/toiletries (traveling, home)</li>
<li>Shoes (traveling)</li>
<li>Each child outfit per bag (traveling)</li>
<li>Swimwear (traveling, home)</li>
<li>Kids swim gear (traveling, home)<br />
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<li>Wet clothing (traveling)</li>
<li>Accessories (traveling, home)</li>
<li>Beach toys (traveling, home)</li>
<li>Kids activity sets (traveling, home, car)</li>
<li>Sheet sets (home)</li>
<li>Odd pillow cases (home)</li>
<li>Seasonal curtains (home)</li>
<li>Seasonal towels (home)</li>
<li>Seasonal decor (home)</li>
<li>Nail polish/nail tools (home)</li>
<li>Puzzle pieces (home)</li>
<li>Craft fabrics (home)</li>
<li>Craft supplies (home)</li>
<li>Hobbies by the bag (home)</li>
<li>Marbles (home)</li>
<li>Ribbons, ropes, ties, wires, tapes (home)<br />
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<li>Sewing items (home)</li>
<li>Sweaters (home)</li>
<li>School supplies (home)</li>
<li>Crayons, paints, brushes, markers (home)</li>
<li>Old Christmas photo cards (home)</li>
<li>Scrapbook items (home)</li>
<li>Missing socks (home)</li>
<li>Priceless first outfits worth keeping (home)</li>
<li>Baby blankets (home)</li>
<li>All medications for kids in one bag (home, traveling, car)</li>
<li>Adult medications (home, traveling)</li>
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<a name='more'></a>Besides using the bags I kept from sheet sets, I purchased some more wholesale. I bought these zippered vinyl bags online. I wanted all my bags to be similar in design but have different widths, lengths and depths. This really makes a difference when it comes to making things look organized and neat... </div>
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I bought 5 different sizes ranging from 9x11 to 12x15 inches...4 of the sizes were just different in depth. </div>
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The <b><i>12x15x4</i></b> held Lego pieces and train tracks perfectly...Imagine these track pieces all over the house? Not cute! Have the kids play with one type of toy at a time instead of all at once...Lego pieces, train tracks, cars, or puzzles etc.</div>
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I use these bags in my craft room also. They hold fabric scraps, tissue papers, sewing items, marbles...</div>
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Use them for seasonal items such as curtains/towels that can be stored away until next year...</div>
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I used up most of my bags organizing the linen closet. It was a nightmare as you can see and no matter how many times I packed it neatly, this happens again and again! It's a sliding avalanche of towels and sheets...just waiting for disaster.<br />
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So...this is a scene I have not seen since we moved in. A clean, awesome looking linen closet...I took everything out. I separated towels, hand towels, sheets, duvet covers, flat sheets, pillow cases, blankets, baby blankets, curtains, beach towels, crib sheets...</div>
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All towels are neatly stacked...jeez I have way too many for just 4 of us!</div>
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After using up all 5 sizes (10 bags each size) I ordered more online. I am hooked!</div>
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<a href="http://www.theboxdepot.com/index.html" target="_blank">www.theboxdepot.com</a> offers amazing products of all kinds. You can definitely find what you need to organize your life on there. I would recommend calling them for a better price for shipping however. They have the best prices online. It starts at $5 for 10 bags. At most stores you can expect to pay about $10 for just 2 bags- what a rip off.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theboxdepot.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?search=action&keywords=vinylzipper&template=Templates/vinylzipper.html" target="_blank">The Box Depot</a> <b><i>Clear Vinyl Regular Bags(Pouches) </i><span style="color: red;">I used these for sheets/toys/craft items etc. </span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.theboxdepot.com/vinylbags.htm" target="_blank">The Box Depot</a> <b><span style="color: red;">All other kinds of Bags</span></b><br />
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<li><i>Dollar store natural colored sponge pack of 4</i></li>
<li><i>Eight Felt sheets- pink, green, light green, yellow, light yellow, white, off white, dark red</i></li>
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I have always wanted to make my own play food for the kids. They love pretend play and I thought this would be a great opportunity to finally make this for them. I wanted to mix my textures by using felt, sponges and tissue paper. It may be tough to find but I found these sponges at the local dollar store hidden under all the other fancy colored sponges. I wanted that natural 'bread' looking sponge color. Here's how...<br />
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This pack had 4 sponges that were 4.75x3 inches in size. Perfect size for little hands to play with. Take two of them and cut into squares as shown.<br />
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Cut off the four edges as shown then continue to snip until you get a round 'bun' shape. On the right, snip off the top of your 'bun' edges to form a dome shape.<br />
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Dome shape taking form...do both sides of your 'hamburger buns'.<br />
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Cut out a third piece of sponge, slightly smaller or bigger than your 'buns'. Paint it a darkish brown to resemble a beef hamburger patty.<br />
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After the beef patty dries, use a black sharpie to create grill marks. Oh yeah, make a chicken patty too! I made the chicken patty oblong and narrower than the beef patty...more realistic right? Snip off the edges of the beef patty to make it more dome shaped and rounded. Doing this after it dries with the brown paint, as you can see, shows a lighter brown on the edges...</div>
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Below, I measured the size of my 'bun' then cut out a piece of yellow felt the same width. That would be my cheddar cheese...Use this cheese size as a <b>template</b> for the rest of your burger ingredients.</div>
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For the lettuce leaves, cut squares the size of your <b>template</b>. Cut out any form and shape of lettuce you want. Somehow my lettuce ended up looking like oak tree leaves but I would like to think they look more like arugula salad leaves :) Use a green sharpie to draw in the details of your lettuce...<br />
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For the onions, cut out a circle the same size of your <b>template</b>. Cut out rings of all sizes... </div>
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I made tomato slices from sponges instead of felt because I wanted them to be thicker than the felt was. Paint them red and yellow if you wish...<br />
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Another way to make lettuce is with tissue paper instead of felt. Use the brightest green you can find. Cut into wide strips. Crumble to create texture. Open up and rip apart. Do not cut with a scissor because you want that shredded, ripped look. </div>
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After you shred the pieces, glue together if you want. For me, it was easier and neater to have the kids play with it this way...</div>
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It looks like crispy iceberg lettuce...It's just another option to using felt. This is a great way to re-use all those old tissue gift paper.<br />
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Now. Lets play with our food!! Lets make a burger- How would you like that??? Beef of chicken?<br />
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Onions?<br />
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Tomatoes?<br />
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Swiss or cheddar cheese?<br />
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How about another burger using 'arugula' lettuce this time?</div>
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No matter what the choices are, this is fun. Fun for the kiddies and fun to watch them play with their food.<br />
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Make eggs for breakfast sandwiches...Cut out a white square from your <b>template</b> and a small square for your yolk.</div>
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There is no right or wrong way to cut out an egg. As long as your child is able to recognize what it is supposed to be. Cut out ham (pink felt) bacon (dark red felt with white paint stripes) Make fries (from left over sponge pieces).</div>
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Bacon cheddar cheese burger? Yum.<br />
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Order a burger from your child and watch him make it. I was surprised to see how much they enjoyed playing with this. My older son is very picky and hardly eats meat. Interestingly he made a sandwich with all the lettuce, onions, cheeses and left out the beef and chicken patties. At least he knows what he likes right? Even in felt/sponge play food!<br />
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Felt comes in so many amazing colors. I just love them...Let your imagination run wild and create all things fun and educational for children. Pretend play is very important and is great for developing those much needed fine motor skills. It's also a great way to introduce different kinds of foods and vegetables to kids. Please share my work with other moms, teachers etc. This is so <b>inexpensive</b> to make and it's a lot of <b>fun</b> to make. Involve them in the process of what to make. Thanks for spending some time with me.</div>
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<b><i>4 pack sponges 4.75x3 inches ($1) </i></b></div>
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<b><i>8 colors of felt sheets 9x12 inches (.29ยข cent each)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Total=$3.32</i></b></div>
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Growing up in Guyana, a South American country, this was a favorite treat of mine. On <i><b>hot</b></i>, sweltering days, my sister and I would run up to our grandmother with the biggest puppy-dog eyes and ask for money to <b><i>buy</i></b> custard blocks from the neighbor. Back in the early 70's in Guyana, only a <b><i>few</i></b> people had big enough freezers to accommodate items other than the bare necessities. Those who had huge freezers made homemade frozen treats such as custard blocks in order to sell and make a living. The word block came from the way it was frozen in shallow pans and then cut into blocks in order to serve or sell. We would buy one block each. The blocks were the size of an ice cube but it was just enough for us and super delicious. We savored every drop of it, even if it leaked all over our fingers and down to our elbows! Ah, the good old days, how I miss you...</div>
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<li><i>Two cans evaporated milk (I used fat free since I don't need the extra fat!)</i></li>
<li><i>Three tablespoon of custard powder (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Custard-Powder-300g/dp/B000JMBE7C" target="_blank">Bird's custard powder</a> works really well)</i></li>
<li><i>Four to five tablespoons of brown sugar</i></li>
<li><i>1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg or powder</i></li>
<li><i>1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) </i></li>
<li><i>1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)</i></li>
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I found this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Custard-Powder-300g/dp/B000JMBE7C" target="_blank">Bird's custard powder</a> on amazon. It is thee best for this recipe. You can also find it in the caribbean isle of your supermarket.</div>
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Pour 2 cans of low fat evaporated milk in a small deep pot.</div>
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Add 3 <i><b>tablespoons</b></i> of the custard powder...1/4 <i><b>teaspoon</b></i> ground nutmeg...4-5 <i><b>tablespoon</b></i> brown sugar. Taste the milk and add more or less sugar. This is a desert so it's <b>ok</b> to make it as sweet as you wish. By using fat free evaporated milk, you should feel less guilty :)</div>
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Whisk all the ingredients together, making sure no clumps are there. Turn on the stove to a low to medium flame. Keep stirring. This takes <b><i>less</i></b> than ten minutes to thicken.<br />
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Remove from the heat immediately and pour into an ice tray, ice pop trays or tiny bowls...I used my condiment bowls of all sizes-You do not have to fill them up to the top if some bowls are too big.<br />
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Place them in the freezer and wait about 5 to 6 hours for them to harden...I can't wait to serve these to the kiddies. It'll be their very first time having this special treat from my childhood days.<br />
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Hope you try making this-It is way easier than making homemade ice cream and way lighter in calories and fat. Make these for a party or the holidays. It is <b><i>different</i></b> and it's an unexpected delight you will surely enjoy...</div>
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Spiked vases/planters are very popular these days especially in white ceramic (see pic below). Most crafters can easily achieve the faux ceramic look with puffy paint (bumps/nails) and white spray paint. It's very easy to get that look with <i>puffy paint</i> but it also means making a trip to your local craft store for that. Nothing wrong with that, since craft stores are my <b>favorite</b> places to go, but sometimes we just don't have the time or extra cash. I looked around in my cupboards and pantry and found the perfect solution. Split peas. Yes, I made this beautiful vase with split peas and glue. Here's how...</div>
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I have these yellow split peas in stock all year round. I often make <a href="http://www.tasteslikehome.org/2007/07/dal-dhal-dahl.html" target="_blank">dhal</a> and rice with it for the kids<i>, </i>they<i> love</i> it. <i><br /></i></div>
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This (ugly) vase has been on my desk at work for about 4 to 6 years I think. It floated around the office as co-workers came and went. No one wanted it so I adopted it. It sat on my desk for <i><b>years</b></i> until I finally decided to take it home and repaint it. </div>
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I grabbed my split peas. Heated up my awesome glue gun and went to work. I just started gluing the peas on in a straight line all the way to the bottom. Make any design you want. Monograms, circles, stars etc. I used split peas because they are flat on one side and easy to apply...</div>
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Place the peas evenly around the vase and work your way down. It's a good idea to have the same amount of peas evenly spaced down inline.</div>
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<b>Very important: </b>Make sure if you are using hot glue, that there are no thin glue strings on the vase. When painted, it shows. Use your fingers to wipe them off or use a blow dryer on the hottest setting to melt them off.<br />
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How pretty!<br />
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I started out making this white but changed my mind and decided to paint it silver instead. You can still see how pretty it would have looked in white.</div>
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Tadda! My beautiful silver hobnail vase. It looks like tin or aluminum doesn't it?</div>
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As you can guess, I am not bringing this back to work. Right now, it is sitting on my dresser in our bedroom. I <i><b>love</b></i> it!</div>
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I wanted to share an amazing experience I had on a trip to the beautiful island of St. Martin. It is one of my favorite places to be on earth. The warm breeze, the relaxed atmosphere, awesome seafood, breathtaking beaches, nightlife etc. </div>
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A group of close friends, hubby and I, make it a point to travel there every year. It's become our go to place to have fun, lay back and relax. The last time we were there, we found this amazing beach restaurant that we couldn't get enough of...The staff was amazing, the food was delicious and the <b><i>drinks</i></b>...wow. After each of our meals (we stayed there many days, alllll day long), we would get a free after lunch, dinner shot of infused rum. The restaurant made their own infused rum with different flavors and fruits. One in particular stood out with our group. It was the ginger infused rum. The taste had just enough, ginger, rum and sweetness to it. It was just so special and I'd like to share it with you.</div>
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<li><i>One cup fresh unpeeled ginger</i></li>
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Scrub and clean the ginger roots and pat dry. Do not peel-some say the skin have most of the flavors...<br />
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Cut off all the knobs and ugly dark ends of the ginger root.</div>
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I have two cups of sliced ginger because I also infused one cup of it with vodka. Use more or less depending on your love for ginger...cut the pieces small enough to fit through the opening of your chosen bottle.</div>
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<b>This is the vodka version</b>. I would have used an almost full bottle of vodka if I had one but this bottle only had about two and a half cups of vodka in it. Good enough.<br />
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Remove the pourer carefully. The smaller bottles have a hard plastic pourer and it is really difficult to remove. This one below was a soft plastic and flexible enough to wedge out.<br />
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I dissolved four table spoons of brown sugar with distilled water. I used less water as possible because who wants water in their rum right? You can probably dissolve the sugar in a bit of rum. Maybe. Microwave it for 30 seconds or more. It should be completely dissolved as shown below. Add more sugar if you wish. You can't go wrong...<br />
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<b>Vodka and rum version</b>. Here are my recipes for each. Add one cinnamon stick and or lemon peels to the clear rum and ginger mix <b>if</b> you want. It is an amazing combination. Let it sit in the refrigerator for about a month. Shake the bottle every day if you can. You can infuse rum/vodka with almost any fruit-This <i><b>new</b></i> hobby of mine can get very addictive. You can even make these for <b>gifts</b> (for that special host that has it all).<br />
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Make sure to visit this place if you haven't done so already. It is called <a href="http://www.palmbeachsxm.net/" target="_blank">PALM BEACH - Lounge Beach Bar Restaurant - Orient Bay</a> It is calm and relaxing during the day, and on some nights, they have an amazing, casual beach party with great music. <br />
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You know that feeling you get when you're at a<b> spa</b>?...that peaceful, relaxed and serene feeling? I recently managed to escape my busy days to enjoy a much needed, long <i><b>overdue</b></i> spa treatment. I had a combo treatment of a full body exfoliation followed by a massage. I have <i>severe</i> dry skin and I find myself applying lotion all day long. Being in the sun does so much damage to my skin, even if it's just for a few minutes. So as can imagine, I <b><i>really</i></b> needed this exfoliation and massage.<br />
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At the spa, the masseuse used this amazing mineral salt scrub mixed with lavender oil. It smelled unbelievable. I was instantly transported to heavenly <b><i>bliss </i></b>:) The smell of the lavender, the soft meditation music, the deep massage of rock salt on my entire body and muscles. It instantly took away my aches and pain. The body scrub instantly made a huge difference in how tired my body felt recently. I wondered <b><i>why</i></b> I haven't done this in ages...then I thought, <i>oh yeah...It can get pretty<b> pricey</b> that's why</i>.<br />
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Of course being the crafty person that I am, I asked the lady what it takes to make this salt scrub myself-to no surprise she didn't exactly <i><b>want</b></i> to tell me, but she did. I even secretly kept some of the salt that was on me to later inspect it. I noted the size, texture and even wanted to taste it (I didn't-hah). I even inspected the oils used...Here is what I came up with. It's pretty simple.<br />
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I bought this lavender oil from the Whole Foods supermarket. I found the almond oil at a East Indian supermarket. <i>(This almond oil worked really well for stretch marks during my pregnancies)</i> It leaves your skin super soft and moisturized all day.<br />
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As part of my experiment, I wanted to see and <i><b>feel</b></i> the difference between both textures of sugar.</div>
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I mixed equal parts of almond oil to sugar <i>(two tablespoon sugar and two tablespoon almond oil...mix well).</i></div>
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Below, I tested the feel and coarseness of the scrub mixture on my skin and it's perfect! <i>(This is the smaller, softer sugar grain). </i></div>
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This is the coarser grain and it felt the <i><b>exact</b></i> same as the softer grain. Oddly, the softer grain sugar clumped up and therefore produced the same texture as the coarser sugar. Nice.</div>
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Since they were <i><b>both</b></i> good, I mixed them together in a clean, empty, wide-mouth jar. </div>
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For this sized jar, I added half cup of each types of sugar (one cup total), then added one cup almond oil. I used the end of a small paint brush to mix. If you had to use only one type of sugar use the larger grain sugar.<br />
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Mix in a couple teaspoons of lavender oil----more or less depending on how strong you want the fragrance to be. Mix well. <br />
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Let the mixture sit for awhile (maybe a day) then add more almond or olive oil if you wish to have your scrub more on the liquid side. To <i><b>me</b></i>, it is better when it is a dryer mix. After a day or so the sugar dissolves a bit and becomes more liquid. So using less oil is a good idea. You can always add either more oil or sugar to fix it to your preference.<br />
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This was so <i><b>easy</b></i> to do. Use salt or sugar. Almond or olive oil. Lavender or any fragrance you prefer. Add lemon. It is really all up to you and what your senses react to. I absolutely love lavender. It wakes me up and makes all my tension, aches and stress suddenly disappear. You can never go wrong by making this at home. Have a few girlfriends over and make salt and sugar scrubs. Use all kinds of fragrance oils...be creative. Make them as gifts. Enjoy!</div>
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Hello all. I just wanted to share a few of my drawings/sketches that I recently I found in my mom's attic. I dug through all the years of school projects and was pleasantly surprised to find these. Some of these would look great in frames around the house...I love everything about art and drawing. Especially, old school, charcoal and newsprint paper drawings.There is just something so cool and freeing about it. I have been drawing my entire life, for as long as I could remember, and I still love it. Finding these drawings made me feel the urge to get back into the swing of things. I have to find and dust off my tools :)</div>
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I studied fashion illustration and computer animation in college<i> (at the Fashion Institute of Technologies)</i>. I took courses that were heavy on teaching the human anatomy, flow and movement. To this day, I still find myself looking at someone's features while speaking to them and wishing I could whip out the pencil and paper and start sketching them! Maybe that's not such a bad idea...right?</div>
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We all get so busy and occupied with our everyday responsibilities that we forget or push aside the things that we once loved and made us happy. Things such as art, crafting, sculpting, knitting, sewing etc. Hope some of you get inspired to <b><i>make</i></b> the time for what you once enjoyed doing besides being mommy, daddy, homemaker etc. Have a great weekend!</div>
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Hope you enjoyed seeing some of my work...I will be sharing lots more. </div>
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