Do you remember
the Lava Lamps as a child? Well, you will find below a link on how to make them
these days. Really very easy to do.
One of my favorite
things is Home Bubbles!
To make your own
bubble mixture, start out with 1 1/2 cup of warm water. Add 3 tablespoons of
light corn syrup or glycerin and stir well. The corn syrup or glycerin
helps the bubbles stick together better and last longer! We used Dawn dish soap
instead of the light corn syrup when I was a child but now since a lot of children
would swallow the bubbles the new way is a safer method. However, if you do
use the store bubbles you can put some water when you have used some of the bottle so that the remaining amount lasts longer.
If you are into
crafts like me; I found some great You Tube Tutorials on different kinds of crafts
by Craft Adventure on the “The Crafts Channel. Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheCraftsChannel?ob=0&feature=results_main
I saw the
following project on one of the crafts site I subscribe too and I really like this idea for several different reasons. The first they call it upcycling instead of
recycling; which sounds better to me. The project uses empty water bottles and you put two wooden spoons into the bottle at different levels. Then you fill with bottle with bird seed. The second is we seemed to break a lot of wooden spoons when
we used to buy them. Furthermore, we go
through a lot of water bottles. Thirdly, feeding the birds and watch eat is very relaxing.
Year
ago Carol Duvall was on HGTV and her shows were interest and very informative. She was known as “The Queen of Crafts". Carol
used to upcycled a lot of items. I got the CD from the library. which, I learn
a lot of different mediums or as they call it “Mixed Media” in “Art Unscripted
Retreat with Carol Duvall."
Furthermore,
I have been to several of the Half Price Book stores in our area to the find
her book on “Wanna Make Something Out of It?” [Hardcover]. I have not been able
to find it. I tried to get it at the library
and could not. If I inter library loan
the book it will now cost me $3.00 to inter library loan the book. I could get it on Amazon or Half Price Books
on-line store for that same price. I
feel like I really want to look at the book to see if it is worth owning it
before I just go out and buy it.
Previously, I have gotten books from the library and they were not worth
the paper it was printed on or only a few things worth it in the book. A scanner is a wonderful tool.
I
am not into scrap booking or card making; but, she does have a book called “Paper
Crafting with Carol Duvall”. In
addition, there is one on Polymer Clay titled “The Art of Polymer Clay Creative
Surface Effects: Techniques and Projects Featuring Transfers, Stamps, Stencils,
Inks, Paints, Mediums, and More.”
I
wish I could find a CD of her Christmas projects. Carol used to do a Christmas
project show each year which had a lot of different mediums and project to do.
They all seemed not to be very difficult.
I found a VHS tape untitled “Christmas Crafts” but they want $25.00.
Again,
on Amazon they had a VHS titled "Carol Duvall's Holiday Crafts”. But again, I cannot get it from the library.
This VHS tape seems to have different Holiday not just Christmas which costs approximately
$3.00 plus.
You
still can go to the HGTV website and view HGTV - Carol Duvall - Episode SNAP http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv160/videos/index.html?affiliate=blocker&omnisource=SEM&c1=Shows_Computer&c2=Google&c3=TheCarolDuvallShow&c4=HGTV%20carol%20duvall&s_kwcid=TC|23863|HGTV%20carol%20duvall||S|b|15905405326
Time
to get Crafting!!!
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