Trying to get your item photos to stand out from the crowd is a goal many artists find challenging to achieve. Although, I’ve learned a few things, I still struggle to find that perfect picture now and then. While having a professional photographer on call would be nice, hiring a camera person can be quite ...
If you have a loved one who is incarcerated, you might want to consider creating a parole packet on his or her behalf, especially if you know they will be going before the parole board. A parole packet helps the parole board to understand what kind of support – financial, emotional, and spiritual – a ...
Making a Rubik’s cube is difficult, but the same colors become boring. The simplest way to create a new Rubik’s cube is to remove the stickers and add your own designs to the faces of the cube. Printable sticker paper makes this easy to do. The hardest part is to remove the stickers already on ...
Need a great meaningful gift idea that won’t cost a ton of money or take a lot of time? The possibilities are endless for gift giving when you use a little creativity with picture frames. No matter what the occasion is, or who the recipient is, you can’t go wrong with choosing one of these ...
It’s that time again…time to plan another birthday party. This year, why not treat the cowboy or cowgirl in your life to a good, old-fashioned western birthday party. Regardless of age or gender, people seem fascinated with horses, cowboys, and the Old West. Plus, there’s just something fun about eating outdoors, adopting a southern drawl, ...
Travelers aren’t always the same people as tourists. Travelers explore the places they visit, tourists just �see’ those places. In my travels, I’ve come up with 5 �can’t do without’ items, and if you are shopping for a holiday gift for the world traveler in your life, these suggestions may be just what you are ...
Glass etching can be done with chemicals bought from a hobby store. Kits are available. How-to books are sold. Patterns can be bought of mass produced prints for use in glass etching. Anyone who can trace a picture can make their own stencils for glass etching. However, I like to use my trusty electric, hand-held ...
Growing up I had always had a fascination with the black and white photographs of my family that stretched back to the turn of the century. I have always found black and white photography to be richer and classier, but I never knew how, in a world of Polaroid cameras and color photography, to take ...