приспичело мне давеча сделать пресловутый тыкво-фонарь, аля-пампкин.благо тыковка быа подходящая, да и не делал я ничего подобного, а всеновое - интересное. по рыскав по сети толковых мануалов я не нашёл...и садим нашего чела на неё, вуаля! времени - 40 минут, а радости на несколько Хэлоуинов - тыква должна высохнуть от пламени свечи за пару дней, и будет служить верой и правдой силам страха и ужоса :)

This is for flowerppot . Then you can start typing your post, etc. etc. etc. and the text will be on this side, the image will be over there. If this text makes no sense to you, here's a link to the video explanation so you can see what I did.

The following description is a entry summary of a Zazzle custom shoes contest that runs through November 14, 2008. It is listed here . How to enter: •Go to Zazzle.com, create an account...on the Zazzle site. Enter as many times as you like. del.icio.us Tags: contest , zazzle , shoes , keds , custom , entries , deadline , rules , tikitoon , tikitoons , tiki toon

Today I used baking soda to scrub my toilet, and then I used it to de-tarnish my silver jewelry!  Sodium bicarbonate, how I love thee. I used to think (i) a sweet-talking salesgirl ripped me off in China...sterling and (y) a cup of boiling water, one tablespoon each of salt and baking soda, a piece of aluminum foil, and about 10 seconds will do the job.  No scrubbing necessary...it's a spectator sport.

Help! I've Been Buried in My Mail Avalanche We've all felt that way from time to time, haven't we? We've all struggled with a way to dig ourselves out from under the piles that can come from...to it when it arrives. It may seem like a daunting task but you'd be amazed at how much you can get done in a small chunk of time--15, 10 or even just 5 minutes will make your life so much easier!

" In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and... don't confuse being humble with being sycophantic (being overly-praiseful of someone for your own profit). This is a common misconception, but the two attitudes are completely different. Source

I know someone mentioned this recently, but are there any online websites that have kits for framing on your own? I'm wondering because I want to frame my Oregon Trail/Firefly piece (when I'm done with...because it's a simple piece and not worth the $100 or so to frame it professionally. I thought there was a site where you could get the whole kit, complete with instructions, or am I imagining things

To have an effective blog, you need to post frequently. People forget about you if you're silent. The minimum effective activity is about once a week; once a day is ideal. If your current frequency is...material onto LJ. Look for memes that don't take long to answer. Short quizzes and networking memes are terrific for this. Here are some meme resources: ljmemes Ashamel Memes Blog Quiz

i just finished a piece for my grandmother that has perl cotton variagated threads, linen, and metallic threads in it.  all the threads used are by DMC.  my usual cleaning routine is warm water plus Dawn...to run? i'm lousy with uploading pics, but i do have a couple i'm going to try to upload tonight/tomorrow - i'm really please at how this piece came out, and would like to share the squee. :-) -b

I devour books in general on a pretty massive scale and I just can't resist a 'how to' book, especially when it comes to writing. I like learning so I pick these up in the hope that I can glean something...a month? That's kinda scary!! So I have my fingers crossed and, hopefully Rockstar will be out of the way by the weekend so I can have a week plotting (read doing buggar all) before nano kicks off