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GI Joe - The Real American Hero
In 1964, Hasbro played with the idea of creating a new toy figure for boys to play with. The G.I. Joe action figures were created with the intention of creating more than just another " green army ma...
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Five steps to success with Saltwater Coral Reef Aquariums
Do you dream of watching the natural beauty of the undersea reef life while sitting in your living room? Whether your goal is a nano reef tank or a 150 gallon aquarium with an ecosystem of coral a...
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Getting Your Craft Show Business Off The Ground
For years, family, friends and even people who you just meet, have really liked the crafts you produce. They are the centerpiece for conversation at holiday dinners, or the, “that’s a great idea” th...
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How To Save Your Fruit Tree Blossoms From A Spring Freeze
In most parts of the country it's still dead of Winter. However, in a few spots like here in the Desert Southwest, the warming weather starts to play tricks on Spring budding trees and plants. They t...
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Whack 'em Back: Pruning Plants For More Flowers
Plants such as fuchsia and geraniums can be pruned back the end of Februray to early March. The long lanky growth of winter’s low sunlight should be pruned back hard. This stringy growth is not str...
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Read a Good Book Lately?
Reading has not yet gone out of style. In fact, millions of people around the globe count reading as their number one way to relax, learn new things, and share ideas with others in discussion forums ...
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The Art of Letterboxing
It's a lazy Saturday afternoon and you're bored. Or maybe your kids are bored. Why not go on a treasure hunt? A hobby that many families are taking up these days is something known as letterboxing...
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Four Must Have Musical Art Objects for the Music Box and Antique Collector
There are other lovely pieces of musical art objects in addition to ballerina music boxes, music figurines, wooden jewelry boxes, and other types of music boxes and antiques that the music box and an...
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Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement
Maybe you’ve never heard the term vermiculture, if so don’t feel bad, many experienced gardeners are unfamiliar with this organic practice. I think vermiculture is fascinating; simply put it’s the pr...
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Award Winning Shade Garden Plant
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens. This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall ...
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Wabi-Sabi Savvy
Just when we have all learned to correctly pronounce Feng Shui, the Chinese art of appropriate placement of objects in our living spaces, along comes another ancient Oriental aesthetic philosophy, "w...
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How To Mount Chinese Embroidered Painting
Chinese embroidered paintings are entirely hand embroidered with silk threads by embroidery craftswomen in Suzhou, China. The embroidered paintings are comaprable oil paintings in colors and are as r...
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How to Create A Music Box, Part III
Creating wooden keepsake boxes, children's jewelry boxes, inlaid music boxes, and other types of musical movements can be a joy, especially when one is doing it himself or herself. However, there is ...
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How to Paint Abstract Art
Do you want to create abstract art, but feel that you don't know where to begin? Here are some ideas to get you started: Begin traditionally by copying from life and gradually move into abstraction....
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How To Get Started Flying RC Airplanes
For thousands of years man has dreamed of flight. Nothing has amazed people as much as flying machines have in the past century and there is still more to come. What is even more amazing though, is t...
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Creating Music Boxes, Part IV
Creating inlaid music boxes, wooden jewelry boxes, musical jewelry boxes, children's jewelry boxes, and other music boxes is an enjoyable hobby for some people. Here are seven hints to help the proce...
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Stamps Collecting has Never Been So Easy
Collecting stamps has been a popular pastime ever since there were stamps to collect. Collecting stamps has never been easier and collecting isn’t just for the gray-haired gentleman who spends his da...
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Creating Music Boxes, Part V
Creating carousel music boxes, ballerina music boxes, wooden keepsake boxes, musical jewelry boxes, and other types of music boxes is a relaxing and creative activity. Here a few general directions f...
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Start Your Own Coin Collection
Coin collections can be prized possessions that can be handed down from generation to generation. There are even coin collections today that can fetch a prize up to hundreds and thousands of dollars....
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How To Make a Candle That Smells Strong When It Burns (The Secret Disclosed)
Making your Candle Throw (or cast its fragrance over a wide area) is the primary goal of making a Fragranced Candle. This is not hard to achieve if you understand the basic parameters. There are 5 th...
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