<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Hobbies</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</managingEditor><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:34:07 +0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>Fishing Locations in Bali</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2011/02/fishing-locations-in-bali.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:20:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-534000392272125909</guid><description>In Bali there are many good fishing locations. Especially in the coastal areas of Tabanan. Types of fish that can dpancing is nuts, lemujung, freshman, bengkuku, sengulu, sulir, and much more. The fish are usually a lot out in certain seasons. So we should try fishing every week to find fish in season or not.&lt;br /&gt;
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Incidentally for this month is the season-KIIS KIIS and lemujung. This fish comes in many coastal areas soka - tabanan. Many anglers have harvested fish there, especially KIIS-KIIS. The size of this fish is quite large (size can selengan adults). Bait used was sepingan. KIIS KIIS-fish tug pretty strong, not too quickly attract fish, should enjoy the sensation of attraction of this fish .. For those interested, please just come immediately to Soka Beach before his fish in the sea to escape to the middle ..</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>A Wild Shop Bar</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/05/wild-shop-bar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 12:02:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-1884504694796398482</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;if you type your e-mail, you'll have to write "soapgranny," and when you get an answer, it will list its title as a soap Barman. It is clear, Maggie Hanus, the brain behind A Wild soap, knows (and loves!) His soap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surf on its website, and you'll find soap made with everything under the sun Texas: sunflowers, yucca root, wildflowers, pecan pralines, wild carrots, Mesquite, and much more. Maggie We asked to tell us more about the importance of all natural soaps, and it gave us a wealth of resources we are pleased to convey to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-op America: Where are you and what your company?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie Hanus: A Wild soap is a family-owned micro-enterprises spread over 20 wild and wooded acres near Austin, Texas. I taught myself to hand soap in 1995, in the kitchen of our owner-built log house and have not been able to stop since! Our passion is to provide you with truly natural products that are safe for all living beings and a joy to use while awareness of the environmental necessity, economic value, natural beauty and therapeutic properties of wild plants. To do this, we donate a portion of our profits each year at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and United Plant Savers.&lt;br /&gt;Five Soaps&lt;br /&gt;Five shades of green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes Green your business?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: Unlike many so-called "natural" soapmakers, we have never used toxic synthetic fragrance oils to scent our products. We only use pure essential oils, the way Mother Nature. Each original recipe also includes wild plants, organic plants, natural dyes, healing the earth and clay. Our products do not contain sodium lauryl sulfate or Laureth, synthetic dyes, antibacterial triclosan, parabens, phthalates, TEA, preservatives, artificial foam booster, or other petro-chemicals. With all the good things, and none of the bad. . . we make it easy to be clean and green!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We strive to run our business in an environmentally and socially responsible. We re-use all the boxes and packing material that we receive and use of biodegradable cornstarch packing peanuts. All publications and product labels are printed on recycled ink-100% post-consumer waste paper. We recover the steam that accumulates in our room drying soap and use this pure distilled water as the basis of our liquid soap. Our natural products are biodegradable, without cruelty, for most vegans (we use raw wild honey, goats milk and unbleached beeswax in a few formulas) and the least packaged or unpackaged at all. In addition to reduce, reuse and recycle, we offset 100 percent of our manufacturing and shipment of carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org and encourage other companies to do so. Our employees enjoy a peaceful, safe, rural working environment, flexible hours, a living wage, and creative input in company policies.&lt;br /&gt;Maggie's Workshop&lt;br /&gt;Maggie's Mixology studio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What were you doing before you became a green business owner?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: Before diving into the soap business full time, I ran a YMCA Afterschool program for about 80 children in our local primary school. I really enjoyed working with children, but I must say that soapmaking is generally less stressful and much quieter for sure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What were some of the greatest challenges to maintain high standards of social and environmental responsibility?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: One of the biggest challenges we face is the local and sustainable supply of raw materials and we are constantly looking for ways to improve the situation in this area. Another problem that I face is trying to wear too many hats. Building a successful business from scratch is an incredible amount of work and I warn people to take a cold hard look at all that it implies before thinking that you create your own small business and pleasure get rich quick . I work a minimum of 60 hours per week, usually more. Good thing I love what I do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What was your moment of glory as a green business owner?&lt;br /&gt;Dog Soap&lt;br /&gt;For cleaning Spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: See our family of products on the shelves of major health products and grocery chains is certainly gratifying, but how our natural products have helped countless people with skin sensitivities and the problems of chronic skin is the real repay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When they realize that synthetic chemicals in the products they have been slathering on themselves are actually causing them harm and they make the transition to truly natural, though. . .. you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that you helped so many people (and environment) in a meaningful way. We are also proud of our natural dog shampoo bars. They have helped a large number of dogs with chronic skin problems and their owners are always very grateful. When people return to keep more, you know that you have a good thing going.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the most hopeful sign that you've seen recently of the green economy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: The tendency to integrate natural and organic products body is exciting. At the same time, there are many unscrupulous businesses that are hopping on the bandwagon by adding a pinch of herbs biological and botanical-a poll to name their conventional toxic synthetic products, so buyer beware . Your best defense is to read labels and to inform you. Learn what ingredients are safe, those who are truly natural, what it means to be USDA certified organic, and what products to avoid. Some useful resources are www.naturalingredient.org, www.cosmeticsdatabase.com and www.organicconsumers.org / body / index.cfm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What advice would you give the green starting entrepreneurs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: My best advice for budding entrepreneurs green is to think big but start small. You're unlikely to integrate all the greens in principle of your business off the bat. Take steps to babies, do what you can feel good about your achievements, and make all business decisions with sustainability and the bigger picture in mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's next green you are working on right now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: The next step for A Wild green soap is to develop a line of USDA-certified organic products and to obtain organic certification for our manufacturing plant. Organics are the wave of the future, and we expect to be a part of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What green product can you not live without?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maggie: I simply can not live without my Lafe Natural Crystal Deodorant Stick (any more than anyone I want)&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/04/easy-earring-pearls-designs-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:55:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-8290689828346052768</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Easy earring pearls Designs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You sometimes need instant gratification? I like the immediate "warm fuzzies" I have when I do something delicious for myself, like taking a long soak in the tub or get a facial. But in addition, I I do something wonderful to wear when I'm having one of those mornings when my hair stands on end and the cat has eaten my last pair of pantyhose. These days, I need earrings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like earrings. I wear a uniform in my daily work, so I can not bear all costs pearls I own, but I can always wear earrings! Alas, if I can not wear posts, because I spoke on the phone a lot and posts delve into the side of my neck and irritate the devil on me. I became ingenious with earring as those drawings that work on the cables, thus saving me unintentional body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the earring in obsession began for me when I was working in a very stressful.&lt;br /&gt;When I go home, I have too often been wound up and insisted that the time to work on a draft seed beads, so I began making earrings. We all have a little leftover beads other projects, and the head pin is a "plateau base" in my studio, just as the pasta is in the kitchen. Earring be worked to relax me, and I could make earrings while watching television with my family. What could I ask for? Let me share some ideas for making earrings that I use whenever I need a little gift or a quick lift.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The Ultimate storage box - Bead storage boxes and Flip</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/04/ultimate-storage-box-bead-storage-boxes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:45:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-2038104673852007071</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;These storage boxes pearl out on a whim are perfect for keeping your beads organized and orderly at hand. Small beads storage boxes are virtually indestructible, and the variety of pearl storage flip-top containers held up a pearl imaginable size balls 6 mm. Your pearls remain organized and contained in small boxes enough to make them portable and easy to remove, unlike larger storage bins that may become too heavy to be sorted easily.&lt;br /&gt;The most beautiful pearl storage boxes everywhere!&lt;br /&gt;I use two different methods to store the ball in my studio. The Ultimate Box of pearls and Flip Top Tubes by Out on a Whim (Whimbeads.com) are one of these two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I am a sticker quality. With the Ultimate box and flip-top tubes out on a whim, I know that my storage boxes will be the best quality available. The flip top tubes are excellent; size cutting with precision, low pieces properly fused, tight-fitting lids with almost unbreakable hinges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I like the Ultimate Box logs for storage even more, I think that the storage tubes. These magnificent plastic boxes may contain a series of flip-top tube sizes and are so well done that I've never had a hinge or break a crack cover, not even after the fall of my work on the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boxes have two sets of hinges on each side of the lid, and a precise clasp holding tight, but does not require a pair of pliers to open. The angles are precisely aligned and plastic is thicker and heavier than other storage boxes of balls that I saw the same size. This means that the Box Ultimate held up longer and stay together much longer than the lighter boxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boxes and tubes are also reasonably priced, and make an ideal gift for a new beader or an excellent investment for a heel-organisation of the revision. They last for years and you pearls separate, accessible and most importantly, security. If you want durable, quality ball storage, I strongly recommended the Ultimate storage boxes and Flip Top Whimbeads.com tubes.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Some Fun chopsticks from reading pearls Bear</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/03/some-fun-chopsticks-from-reading-pearls.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:50:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-7352980835735233127</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Some Fun chopsticks from reading pearls Bear, the house Sigrid Wynne Evans, heel Plan Designer&lt;br /&gt;Take the time to take a look around the Sig site, check its models, books and other fun things. The purchase of a kit, a model, or a book, Sig is one of the most beautiful ball model deisngers beading in the world. It offers wonderful kits, and its motives are not to be missed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before leaving, loaded with shopping, take a few minutes to spend enjoying the last payment of the Sig occasional series of pearls, beads world, heel design model, beading book author, and the lives of professionals and amateurs in beader General, in his fantastic parody series called The Cracked Bead. Click on the small red box with the word "new" in the left navigation bar, the second link on the page, to reach the page on the site of Sig. The link is titled "Chapter 6, the Cracked Heel" and takes you right to the main page Introduction to the series of The Bead Cracked so you can read the story behind the articles and the establishment in each entry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The various columns are in PDF format, you'll need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to access inputs, but Sig thoughtfully provided a link for you so that you May install it on its website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapters so far are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter One: I want to become a millionaire by designing and chopsticks!&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter Two: You wish you could have my talent!&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter Three: If this is not free, I'm not Gonna Buy&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter Four: I have not done what I paid&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter Five: A Field Guide to the genus and species class students pearls&lt;br /&gt;      * Chapter Six: Chapter 6, creative design and rich, artistic perfect, and Incredibly Yummy (CRAPPY) Patterns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If they do not leave you with tears of laughter streaming to your face, then May be no hope for your Beady sense of humour.&lt;br /&gt;of course, it could be that you are fairly new in the world of beading that none of this makes sense for you yet. Do not worry - make enough beads, pearls doing enough, enough on hand beaders, and it will meet very soon. And it will leave you laugh in retrospect, that some things mentioned columns are starting to make sense suddenly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New beader or long-time, you will see that you identify with more than you might think you are reading this insightful, articulate and incredibly fun columns, or, to quote Sig itself, "a commentary on the spirit of deformed Sig . "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy, and do not forget to come back here and post comments. I read what others think of this wonderfully funny, fresh, and politically incorrect review Sigrid Wynne-Evans, who should know. Or perhaps I should say, who should know better!&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>How dry roll-on perfume</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-dry-roll-on-perfume.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:01:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-5545715711964626073</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Cyclométhicone is a silicone oil, which is incredibly versatile in a number of bath and body recipes. But one of the easiest and most surprising, uses it as a "dry oil spray or roll-on. Looking for easy portable aromatherapy? This will do. Are you in love with a perfume or essential oil mixture that you want to bring with you all day? Perfect! As I said ... it is quite surprising.&lt;br /&gt;Difficulty: Easy&lt;br /&gt;Time needed: 15 minutes&lt;br /&gt;Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    1. Using it is easy.&lt;br /&gt;       You can mix with scent of essential oils or anywhere around 1:3 to 1:6 ratio - depending on the strength you want. I recommend usually 1:5 on roll-on perfumes.&lt;br /&gt;    2. I had these small deployment on bottles of Bramble Berry. They hold about 10 grams of each liquid.&lt;br /&gt;    3. So ... a ratio of 1:5 perfume cyclomethicone would give you:&lt;br /&gt;           * 1 gram of perfume&lt;br /&gt;           * 5 grams of cyclomethicone&lt;br /&gt;       To keep the calculation easy, we are going in Figure 6 filling bottles full. To do this, you will need:&lt;br /&gt;           * 10 grams fragrance oil&lt;br /&gt;           * 50 grams of cyclomethicone&lt;br /&gt;    4. Important note: Measuring cyclomethicone first, then add perfume or essential oil. For some reason, do so in the other direction is mixed with sunny. Measuring cyclomethicone first and add perfume, he wished to clarify.&lt;br /&gt;    5. Measuring cyclomethicone, then add perfume or essential oil. Mix gently and pour it into your bottles.&lt;br /&gt;    6. That's it! See ... I told you it was easy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tips:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    1. Cyclométhicone may stain some fabrics. Take care of it on certain clothing or linens.&lt;br /&gt;    2. Make sure the skin you ask the mixture is clean. The cyclomethicone acts as a protective layer on the skin, the closure of all the good oils ... but also "bad" stuff in&lt;br /&gt;    3. If you use a particularly strong smell of oil, use a higher ratio. If you use a light mixture of essential oils - or if you want a strong product - a higher use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will need:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     * Cyclométhicone&lt;br /&gt;     * Fragrance or essential oils&lt;br /&gt;     * Bottle to put in. (use glass, PET or HDPE).&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Africa Helix pearl necklace</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/02/africa-helix-pearl-necklace.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:52:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-1647508870834588934</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;I learned this pure point beading Carol Wilcox Wells' book Creative weaving beads but I think it was first described in the book "The Pearl Bad Bad". Blakelock Virginia. These are two excellent books must-haves for any beadwork library.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The point is unique because it is the only one I know where the ball went through only once, during the first pick them up. All staff weaving is done by a loop on the wire. This makes it a very flexible, comfortable, tube, which made a beautiful necklace embellished or plain. I will include links to examples of work done using this point at the bottom of this article so you can get a better idea of what it looks like and what can be done with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, you'll need support to work around. An old ordinary pencil should be the perfect size for the number of beads we will use. Now choose two colors of size 11 seed beads that look nice. One for the "thorns" (the lines that spiral around the outside of the propeller) and one for color background. I used a mat of dark green and thorns for the red-green bordered to the background. The dark green turned black pearls in the analysis and they look better this way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;String of 4 to 3 repeats the background color and 1 spine color for a total of 16 pearls. Attach the marbles in a circle and roll the circle of beads on a pencil. It should be quite tight, because the first line is smaller than others and if it is not tight, it does not much support for lines. Be sure to bring your beads on the pencil, as illustrated with color sequence from right to left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take 3 pearls color background and 2 pearls of the spine. Take your needle and drag down behind the wire between the 4th and 5th beads in the baseline. Make sure you always go down behind the wire from top to bottom, it does not work in the opposite direction. Keep up with your thumb while you pull your thread. Your tension should be very strong throughout. Ideally, it should be tight enough that you can feel the thread pop up between the beads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The white dot marks the first heel on the baseline. Complete the second line by adding more than 3 points in the same way, the information gathered up 3 beads, pearls 2 of the spine and going under the wire between the 4th and 5th pearl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next illustration shows the finished 2nd row and the first point of the 3rd row. The white dots mark the first beads on the 1st and 2nd ranks. I turned the pencil a little so you can see the first point of the 3rd line clearly. Take 3 beads basis and 2 pearls of the spine. Go down behind the wire between the 3rd background color heel and the 1st spine of marbles in the left corner of your wire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, choose an increase of 3 basis pearls and beads spine 2 and get behind the wire between the 3rd background color heel and the first spine of marbles in the next item on the left. Continue to add points in this manner until your propeller reached the required length. Some people take the tube off the support after a couple of inches, but it does not work for me at all. I kept on the pencil all the time and just pushed to the place that I went that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To complete the end of the match early, add a final round 4 points using only 3 basis beads and a spine of balls in each point. Then, run through the four stitches final and tighten. Then weave in the work of security. You want to run from May each thread spine-end to strengthen the tube. To make ends meet for a loop, you must first remove the first line of sixteen pearls you've added (not to add the finishing additional row of balls 4 stitches if you plan to do so). You'll probably need to extract more of the first row to get enough wire to work. Try to delete items in groups of four at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then you have to match the thorns and then weave the ends together. It is much easier to do if you put two ends on your support. Use a pencil short for that. If the ends do not correspond correctly, May you have to add another point or two. When you have the spines aligned, out of the end of one of thorns and descending on the end of the spine correspondent. Then use a group of 3 beads basis through the next spine and go until the end of it and in the end of the spine on the other side. Continue to do so until all the thorns are connected.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/02/beaders-worskstation-by-euro-tools-too.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:49:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-1002493741892800647</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Beader's Worskstation by Euro Tools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too often, I find myself giving up a draft of frustration because my beloved, but small beads table is so cluttered with tools, son, other projects, beads, books, and little almost everything else I do not need immediately. Glues are absconding, coils outcome, beads rolling around and it is generally chaos. But with the Beader work, you can make a mess on your way and keep what you need at your fingertips, making your local store instantly, and to focus on your pearls, not on the congestion.&lt;br /&gt;A great way to organize and congestion on surface of your chopsticks&lt;br /&gt;I discovered that congestion is a waste of time for me. My beading table will be the worst of it, and seems to attract objects, no matter what I try to do to keep the household. Ah, but this is more a problem with the addition of Beader work of the euro Tool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beader labour is much more than just a tool cart or a set of shelves, it is the perfect beading bench-top organizer, providing an incredible amount of easily accessible storage space. , Measuring 22 "x 16" x 7 ", the combination of shelves, perch tool, and strategically placed hooks have more than doubled my workspace, which allows me to use the whole table while I'm beading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Beader work was in place, I could see and touch all my tools, beads, son, adhesives, snips, results, and all I needed to heel! These articles are no longer buried under all the other clutter on the table, they were suspended well in front of me, or placed on a shelf where I could see and reach them with ease. The top bars hold tools, hooks to keep everything they need to take, including the end of a project macrame, and there is even a built in good standing at the bottom. The two shelves doubled my table space with the top shelf right at eye level. Each shelf is equipped with an edge lip to keep loose beads fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're sick of pearls keeping clutter you really enjoy your beading, or if you just need more storage and organizing space, try to Beader work and see the difference in your beading area. You'll be amazed.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Spiral rope chain</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/01/spiral-rope-chain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:53:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-2051824081558640784</guid><description>Simple and versatile for sewing collars, bracelets and more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The spiral rope is a chain of the simplest and most versatile of the points that we have. It can be used on its own, like a bag strap, or as a basis for a necklace, bracelet or anklet. Once you have the beginning base down, does it work in no time, and you can do while watching television. It is a simple, two balls, same size piece, so no need to hunt different beads around the waist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what you need to do to get your own rope chain spiral started:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size 11 / 0 seed pearls - approx. 5 grams, in two different colors. Use contrasting colours for your first spiral, it is easier to see what you are doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nymo Thread - Size "D" in a color corresponding to the base beads on the spiral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size 12 baguettes needle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coil french (aka gold or gimp) - 2 parts, 8 mm in length, each piece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fastener and ring for finishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 3 Cut a piece of foot Nymo, muscle and the state with beeswax or Thread Heaven. Thread your needle beading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Place 4 beads in your base color (white photos) and 3 beads outside the spiral of color on your wire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Attach the marbles in a circle. leaving about a 6 "tail. Take the needle through the 4 core beads, and come out on top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Add 1 heel in the basic color (white) and 3 pearls in a spiral of color (blue). What pearls drop down to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Take the needle 3 of the first four beads base 4 (white) and the heel 1 heart that you just added. You must go through a total of 4 beads. Do not pass through the first base beads on the wire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Pull the wire through the beads 4 basis, then use your thumb to push the ball 3 blue on the side so they sit beside the first series of 3 pearls spiral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Repeat from step 4 until your rope spiral reached the length you want. Keep pushing the beads above as and do not forget to spend only needle 4 on the basis of pearls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. End your bracelet (or necklace or anklet) adding the gimp the tail thread, passing through the fine, and stitching again in the spiral. Make sure to tie a knot very safe, and finish with a drop of clear nail polish. Repeat on the other side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using beads of different sizes, you can accomplish many great things with this point. it looks done much with the size 6 / 0 beads, and made a beautiful play with 13 / 0 or 15 / 0 beads. So, experience, and if you come with something really cool, send me a photo gallery of Beadwork!</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Beader's Worskstation by Euro Tools</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2008/01/beaders-worskstation-by-euro-tools.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:43:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-7559421571803047234</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Too often, I find myself giving up a draft of frustration because my beloved, but small beads table is so cluttered with tools, son, other projects, beads, books, and little almost everything else I do not need immediately. Glues are absconding, coils outcome, beads rolling around and it is generally chaos. But with the Beader work, you can make a mess on your way and keep what you need at your fingertips, making your local store instantly, and to focus on your pearls, not on the congestion.&lt;br /&gt;A great way to organize and congestion on surface of your chopsticks&lt;br /&gt;I found that congestion is a waste of time for me. My beading table will be the worst of it, and seems to attract objects, no matter what I try to do to keep the household. Oh, but this is more a problem with the addition of Beader work of the euro Tool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beader labour is much more than just a tool cart or a set of shelves, it is the perfect beading bench-top organizer, providing an incredible amount of easily accessible storage space. , Measuring 22 "x 16" x 7 ", the combination of shelves, perch tool, and strategically placed hooks have more than doubled my workspace, which allows me to use the whole table while I'm beading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Beader work was in place, I could see and touch all my tools, beads, son, adhesives, snips, results, and all I needed to heel! These articles are no longer buried under all the other clutter on the table, they were suspended well in front of me, or placed on a shelf where I could see and reach them with ease. The top bars hold tools, hooks to keep everything they need to take, including the end of a project macrame, and there is even a built in good standing at the bottom. The two shelves doubled my table space with the top shelf right at eye level. Each shelf is equipped with an edge lip to keep loose beads fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're sick of pearls keeping clutter you really enjoy your beading, or if you just need more storage and organizing space, try to Beader work and see the difference in your beading area. You'll be amazed.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The green tea and lemongrass soap recipe</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2007/12/green-tea-and-lemongrass-soap-recipe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:56:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-5690578921232806131</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;As I was browsing the Sunday paper this past weekend, there were a number of "spa" baskets with specially scented soaps and candles. One of the most popular perfumes was presented "Green tea and lemongrass." It brought good memories of my commercial soap making days, when one of my most popular perfumes is a green tea and lemon grass mixture. I used the oil of eucalyptus to balance the heavy citrus sweetness of lemongrass and green tea used instead of water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I returned to my soap and files dug out my old recipe for you. You can use my combination of oils below, or do with any soap basic recipe.&lt;br /&gt;INGREDIENTS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * 8.3 oz. palm oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 5.5 oz. oil palm&lt;br /&gt;      * 6.4 oz. coconut oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 2.3 oz. cocoa butter&lt;br /&gt;      * 11 oz. olive oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 2.8 oz. castor oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 4.6 oz. soybean oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 5 oz. sunflower oil&lt;br /&gt;      * 6.4 oz. Lye&lt;br /&gt;      * 13 oz. water&lt;br /&gt;      * 4-8 C. tea. imbued with the green tea leaves&lt;br /&gt;      * 1 oz. essential oil of eucalyptus&lt;br /&gt;      * 1 oz. essential oil of citronella&lt;br /&gt;      * The yellow and green oxide turbulence (if desired)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PREPARATION:&lt;br /&gt;This recipe is a little over 4 lbs. soap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Make at least 13 oz. of double-strength green tea. Save the steeped leaves aside.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Let the tea cool completely!&lt;br /&gt;     3. Following the instructions to make soap with liquids other than water, do your laundry solution.&lt;br /&gt;        Again, I can not stress enough the fact that tea be completely (chilled is a better option even) cooled before doing your laundry solution.&lt;br /&gt;     4. Measure to all your oils, essential oils and dyes (if you use dyes.)&lt;br /&gt;     5. Make your soap lot as you would normally, following the soap basic instructions.&lt;br /&gt;     6. At the condition of tracks, add lemon grass and eucalyptus essential oils, and add about 1 / 2 - 1 tea. imbued with the leaves of green tea per pound of oils. In the recipe above, is roughly 4-8 v. tea. leaves.&lt;br /&gt;     7. Mix well. Add your colours / vortex, if you wish. In the lot shown on the picture, I made a whirlwind-two with yellow and green oxides.&lt;br /&gt;     8. Pour into the mold of your choice. That saponify overnight. Edge is strong enough to slice.&lt;br /&gt;     9. Let cure for 3-4 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;    10. Enjoy your green tea and lemongrass soap!&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Transfer photos Polymer Clay, beads and cabochons</title><link>http://hobbies-zone.blogspot.com/2007/11/transfer-photos-polymer-clay-beads-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:38:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2829925230666889917.post-3103251231206775881</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Production of DVD Matthew Nix on the use of photo paper transfer with polymer clay to create polymer clay beads and cabochons, plus an introduction over your packaging polymer clay beads and cabochons.&lt;br /&gt;Transfer photos and electrical son in a DVD packaging&lt;br /&gt;I am not experienced a polymer clay artist, and have not done much with the clay itself, much less try more advanced techniques such as photo transfers. So when I received this DVD on the photo and transfer Packaging son, I was ready to learn all about the transfer of photos and polymer clay, and take some new directions on the package over .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To say I was a little disappointed is an understatement. Nowhere on the pendant Create a Web site, and nowhere on the DVD he said that this is destined for a better understanding polymer clay user, it does not specify that the wire techniques are designed for a beginner, but that experience with wire and wire basic handling techniques are a must.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first segment of this DVD focuses on technology transfer photo. Unfortunately, it seems to have been little or no post-production editing this part of the DVD, because long ago, completely unnecessary scenes left, while the rest of this tutorial feels rather rushed and crowded together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The technique for transferring images from paper to clay polymer is shown, however, if you're not already a veteran of other methods for transferring pictures to polymer clay, this is not the DVD lesson for you. There are no background on the photo transfer techniques, nothing on other types of paper or transfer of products, and nothing on how to get the graph and its location on paper transfer. You'll need to know graphics software and image manipulation before attempting this process, and certainly before you try to activate the transfer rather expensive product recommended.&lt;br /&gt;Transfer photos Polymer Clay, beads and cabochons DVD - Wire Wrapping&lt;br /&gt;The wire packing section was better than the first section on photo transfers, unfortunately, although, by much.Again not, it is apparent that the sequence has not been published, and the sound seemed to reduce and places. The camera showed images of wood on the table, instead of work, and gunshots were developed over a number of times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I have a little more experience in packaging over that I do with polymer clay, I think make the most of this section, and I did. However, I could not follow what happens after the first of three lessons had been demonstrated, because there was no image of the finished pieces. It was like watching an animal balloon fact, fascinating, but I would have liked to know what the finished project objective was before the course began. And yet, the pace is too fast, this DVD would be very difficult to keep up with your own work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My biggest complaint about this section, however, has less to do with the wire that the package with the lack of preparation before. No debate over a general template, tools, and absolutely no discussion of the importance of eye protection was done before the launch in the lesson. Perhaps it is assumed that the viewer is an experienced over packaging, however, the lesson focuses on a beginner, so that they would not be safe assumptions.&lt;br /&gt;Transfer photos Polymer Clay, beads and cabochons DVD - Conclusion&lt;br /&gt;There is some valuable information on this DVD, and for someone with knowledge transfer photo in general, including products on the market, how it is done, what it is and how it was created in using other methods, it would be useful information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for a person with at least a little over envelope knowledge, it would be useful because there are a few tips to make it a little easier for new packaging son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, even for someone looks for both basic photo transfer information and coverage over the envelope, the combination in the production of this DVD is not sufficient to justify the cost. Perhaps at a lower price, yes, this would be worth some polymer clay and son envelope public, but the current list price of $ 24.99, I can not recommend this to the average polymer clay and / Or wire packing amateur.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>