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Take a quick look at your scrapbook pages. Does your scrapbooking journaling revolve around marrying photos to the right events and occasions? Have you missed out issues that hold even greater significance in your and your loved ones' lives even though these issues don't come attached with photos? Like how your kids gave out happy squeals and jumped up in joy as daddy announced that you'll be buying a bigger house that comes with a garden? Or how relieved and touched you were when your sis ...
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HOBBIES is a word that has such a pleasurable and contented ring about it - hobbies, something that you enjoy doing and adds to the quality of your life. Perhaps like me, you envisaged retirement as a time to at last indulge yourself with all the hobbies and interests which had to be pushed into the background during the hectic years of working and looking after the family, only to discover that retirement is just as hectic and that it is still a job to fit in hobbies. I was surprised to read ...
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Now that you grasp the importance of scrapbooking yourself and see how it can add value to your life, you've decided to go ahead and do it. The next question would be, "What's there to scrapbook about me? I don't have a fabulous or most interesting life like Rosanne. I didn't live my life as a grand adventure like Judy." If you really didn't, then by all means scrapbook your life as one big adventure. It's a matter of looking for interesting angles under all the trapped layers of ...
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Watch yourself struggle, sweat, collapse as you turn your video game console into a personal trainer. Here are ten ways the latest development by Eye-Toy technology is doing away with the couch-potato stigma that's commonly attached to gaming, and developing the hottest new innovation moving the video game industry right now. 1. Dubbed Eye-Toy Kinetic, the game assesses your weight and your height to devise a workout for you. In some cases it will even devise a certain number of calories to ...
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10 Tips for Great Flower Photography Flower photography is not only a great way to spend your time learning different photography techniques it is also a great way to add to your home decor! Flowers are a fantastic subject, not just because of their beauty, but also because of their availability. If you don't have any flowers in your own yard to photograph you don't have to go far to find some. You can easily photograph flowers at your local park, the Mall, a restaurant, a friends garden, a ...
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Golden Christmas Tree Several Years ago while I was shopping for Christmas I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the holiday arrangements at the department store I was in. I was dazzled by the sight, golden branches wrapped in twinkling white lights. The idea was so simple but yet absolutely beautiful. Within a moment I decided I would re-create it at home. Once home, I took a walk in the woods to gather the necessary branches and the other materials were easily found at my local craft ...
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Many industrial concerns have workshops of their own. For the repair of worn shafts, the lathe machine is excellent. Keyway slots can be machined by using a milling machine, while a shaping machine can do machining of large flat areas. A drilling machine does drilling of holes.  A skilled Maintenance Engineer should know how to use all these machines in order to make his own repairs in a safe manner. Very often he has to supervise machinists. The information below should be useful for that ...
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There are many reasons why you might want to dry your roses: Many people want to keep a memento of a special moment, perhaps from a wedding they went to, a special holiday or maybe the flowers were a gift from a mate, a friend, or family member. Whatever your reasons for doing it, this is the section where you will learn to dry your roses properly. There two ways that you can dry your roses that are a cheap and relatively easy. Air Drying Air drying is by far the easiest and most inexpensive ...
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These natural-looking flower pot wind chimes will add a touch of charm to any porch or breezeway. They are simple to make, and can be left out in all weathers. Best of all, they cost you nearly nothing! Here's all you need:

Five clay flowerpots in varying sizes, none larger than 4 inches diameter (you may already have a few of these lying around the yard!)

Wooden beads (from the crafts store). For a complete set of chimes, you will need five beads of 3/4 inches diameter, and ten beads of 5/8

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Let these festive glass jar party lights set a magical mood at your next outdoor gathering! They cost very little, last for years, and are so quick and easy to do, you'll want to make several, all in different colors. Here's what you'll need for each:

• empty glass jar
• approximately 7 feet of 20-gauge copper or brass wire
• short length of 22-gauge wire
• electric drill
• pliers
• large cup hook with long shank
• glass stain paints
• short, fat candle
• approx. 1/2 cup of sand

How to Do It:

Loop the

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