Articles for tag: Do it Your Self, Homemade Peanut Butter, Thank You Gifts, Wood Crafts

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A Guide for DIY Thank You Gifts

Sometimes you need more than just a card to let someone know how much you really appreciate what they do for you, but where do you find a personal gift that says more than just, “I picked this up at the store”? The answer is that you make the thank you gift. A DIY (do ...

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Simple Woodworking Projects for Kids

Working with your children making wood projects is a memory in the making. Children will remember the good time they spent with you while making something they can use and save for later to show their kids. It’s a great learning experience of skills and communication between parent and child, grandparents or siblings. Woodworking projects ...

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The Forest Discovery Center

The Forest Discovery Center is one of southern Indiana’s neatest attractions. It is a center attached to a rough mill that informs visitors about woodlands and lets them observe the process at the Koetter Woodworking rough mill. It is a beautiful and informative way for Indiana or Louisville tourists to spend a day. The Forest ...

Home Décor Craft Ideas: “Live Laugh Love” Tin Art

If you have seen decorative wall art with fun sayings throughout home décor stores, you know how expensive those little pieces of decoration can be. Thankfully, it is just as easy to make your own! This ‘Live Laugh Love’ tin art is simple, and can be completed by even the most beginning of crafters. Make ...

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Solvang, California: Shop ‘Till You Drop in the Danish City

Directions and Little known Facts Solvang is a little known town located in southern California, between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, it is approximately three to four hours from Los Angeles. From San Francisco it is about five hours away. Take highway 101 South and turn off on the highway 246 exit, turn east ...

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The Fryeburg Fair: A Maine Tradition

As a Mainer, or “Mainah” as the local tongue would have it, I was a sort of oddity in that I had never, until yesterday, gone to the Fryeburg Fair. Going to the fair is one of the things you’re just expected to do if you live in Maine, at least once in a while. ...

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How to Engrave and Etch with Wood Burning

If you are looking for a craft project that will cost very little and still provide hours of fun, this might be just the thing to try. Etching and engraving wood is fun and can be used for numerous projects. The supplies are inexpensive and easy to find. To get started, the first thing you ...

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How to Apply Varnish to Your Crafts

Many people enjoy making new crafts or trying new craft ideas. The problem that a lot of people face is what to do with it now; do you put it outside or leave it indoors? Well, once that is established, then we will know what kind of varnish to use to seal your new masterpiece. ...

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Holiday Gifts for the One You Love

With the holidays fast approaching, husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends begin the ultimate quest of the year: the search for the perfect gift. For some, it’s off to the mall. For others, shopping outlets, independent merchants and superstores like Wal-Mart, Target and the like. For still others – the lazier, or more time efficient, ...

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Things to Do at Land’s End, Cornwall

Land’s End is the far south-westerly point of the UK. Situated in Cornwall, Land’s End is literally where the land ends in Britain and as such, it is a very popular tourist spot. Not only does it boast some of the most gorgeous views in the whole of England, it is also a fun, family ...