Ever wonder what to get that special lady in your life who has everything? The Beadin’ Beagle has a great selection of unique beaded jewelry for the holidays. Each piece is one of a kind created from natural stones such as turquoise, coconut beads, coral, amazonite and more. Not only is this [...]
You have to be sensitive in showing heartfelt greetings to clients and be much more directive when choosing Holiday Business Cards. See to it that business greeting card recipients observe Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa. Make sure your message is appropriate for each individual or else it will add more insult and may affect you very [...]
Artificial flowers are copies or imitations of real and natural flowers and are often used in floral arrangements. The use of artificial flowers lessens the distress of watching live flowers wither away and ultimately have to be thrown away. Today, artificial flowers are so life like that many people at first glance do [...]
Floral arrangements can be created in many styles and sizes, from simple one to five flowers to a full bouquet of a dozen or more. You can create flower baskets, wreaths, holiday floral arrangements, as well as centerpieces. With a floral arrangement, which you created, you are free to send to friends, neighbors, [...]
The digital photo key chain is a hot item right now for good reason. This holiday business present is a prime choice for the serious professional. Many businesses are clamoring to add this item to their wish list and there are plenty of features that are certain to make a lasting impression.
One of the most [...]
Home Wine Making Kits For As Little As £19.99
SOLOMON GRUNDY – GOLD. A range of commercial style wines which are ready to drink in just 7 days. A quality wine with subtle flavours and body. Sales are rapidly catching up the standard range. These are all designed to produce a ‘Style’ wine, using addbacks. Solomon [...]
We all use soap to clean ourselves everyday. Soap gets you unblemished by bonding the oils in the soap to the matter on the skin and rinsing away the oil with the trapped matter off of the skin. If there is still residue on your skin, then the soap you are using is worthless and [...]
Russian nesting dolls were created in the 1890 in Moscow. Sava Mamontov owned the Abramtsevo estate. This estate housed the Children’s Workshop where the nesting dolls were dreamed up by Mamontov and then painted by local artists. Mamontov was both an industrialist and patron of the arts. His plan was to create a new form [...]
Spanning a Continent
America is a big place. And the native American culture is not one homogenous culture, despite the fact that items that predate European settlements are usually lumped together under one label.
Perhaps this is why Native American beadwork is so various and divergent in style. Much of the best examples are based on [...]
Scrapbooking now has a new and interesting twist to it. This process is called Computer or digital scrapbooking. You can do this by using photo or image editing software. Scrapbookers can now use their computers to upload their digital photos and graphics to create fun and exciting digital scrapbook pages.
They can use their image editing [...]
Create your own style, give your home charm with mosaics or ceramic pottery also they make great give-aways. Gifts of all sizes colours and shapes are available for you here at beauty of ceramics. We have a wide selection of fabulous pottery GIFTS for you to choose from. These are not your ordinary kind of [...]
Now that you have all your supplies and tools for your hooked rug together, lets get started. We need to get your pattern onto the backing. This can be done in a few ways.
1) If you are able, you could draw the design for your hooked rug straight onto the backing, (if [...]
It’s funny how naked a Christmas tree looks without any sort of ornamentation. Having a Christmas tree in your house without decorating it is like having a Barbie you don’t dress- stupid. Christmas ornaments are a tradition as old as the Christmas tree itself. For generations people have been decking their halls and their trees [...]
Oh how I love my coffee. Not just in the morning, but also at lunch time and especially after supper. There is nothing more relaxing to me then sitting in my easy chair sipping coffee from my favorite mug.
Upon first thought, a coffee mug seems like such a basic item. It has a [...]
Locker Hooking, also known as anchored loop, is similar to Latch Hooking and Rug Hooking. In Locker Hooking the same kind of canvas is used as for Latch Hooking and as in rug hooking the yarn is pulled through the backing to the front leaving loops.
Learn more about Locker Hooking.
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You will need to start the design for your Latch Hook Rug about 5 rows in from the edge as you will need to finish off the edges. When you begin fold these 5 rows up and double them over so that you are working these first five rows through the double thickness. When you [...]
If you’re looking to do something your family will cherish forever…a quilt is your answer! When you make a quilt, you are creating a memory that will last generations. Something that can be handed down and remembered for a very long time. With the personal touch, you can add pictures, signatures and other [...]
Learning how to quilt can be frustrating and a losing proposition. Many people have had the desire to start quilting, but after a few feable attemps gave up. This doesn’t have to be the scenario with you! You can learn how to quilt easily with the right resources. Some of the [...]
Traditional Rug Hooking is a craft that has been around for many years. It is believed to have begun in Yorkshire, England where the workers in weaving mills were allowed to collect thrums. Thrums were scraps of yarn about 23cm (9 inches) long and were useless to the mills. These thrums were used to make [...]
If you are going to make your own potpourri you will have to realize that the fixative is the most import part of the recipe. It is what brings everything together and it is what keeps your potpourri smelling good. You can use powered prris root, oak moss, cellulose, ground gum benxoin, or fiber fix.
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Should you design your own Latch Hook Rug you will first need to decide on the pattern and the size of the rug, remembering that your canvas will need to be slightly larger than your finished rug. Once you have purchased your Latch Hook Rug Canvas, using a permanent marker, you will need to transfer [...]
Going to the quilting store can be fun, rewarding, and you can spend a lot of money doing so, but want you really want is to stay focused on the main reason you are going and get the most out of that individual visit. You obviously have a project you are either currently working on, [...]
Dazzling Mosaic Marble bringing to you this wonderful art. Give your home some style elegance and beauty ranging from mosaic medallions, carpets, flowers, landscape, animals, figures and many more.
Mosaic Marble was created in 1968 to fill gaps in the mosaic market and to fill homes with beauty and art. The marble mosaic tradition is a [...]
There are many methods of Rug Making but one of the most simple and enjoyable is the Latch Hook method. It makes a great pastime for the whole family as it is easily learned by children. Latch hooking has become a popular hobby. It is usually done for pleasure and relaxation with the finished article [...]