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| Cutting PVC: What Would Susan Do?
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  Recently, I needed some white plastic shelves put back together in a closet. However, I had a gap that didn't reach the top, but the full height of the shelf was too high. So, I decided to use my trusty dusty little 3.97 hacksaw and cut the PVC like supports down. But, without a vise, it's hard to hold them.
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| Posted on: 01/09/2009 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Gingerbread Houses
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 Here is a great tradition that our family has been doing for years now. It all started about 50 years ago when I decide to make a gingerbread house for Christmas. My first ones were fairly simple but over the years have gotten more complicated and quite intricate. Now, as was bound to happen, the kids and grandkids and even my great grandson have taken over.
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| Posted on: 01/08/2009 | 7 Feedback(s) |
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| Garden: Black Swallowtail Butterfly
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 My Black Swallowtail Butterfly friend, she laid some eggs on my dill and the her children hung out for awhile to entertain me. The caterpillars only eat dill or parsley but the butterflies seem to like a lot more, it is enjoying some Oregano in this picture.
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| Posted on: 12/03/2008 | 4 Feedback(s) |
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| Scenery: Albuquerque Balloon Festival
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 Taken at the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, N.M. 2008. The sun was just coming up as I caught this sight. I thought it was awesome.
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| Posted on: 11/26/2008 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Pinecone Bird
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 We love to use "things to make things"! My daughter (9) and I made this bird from 2 pine cones. We made his wings from some wide cloth ribbon, eyes from broken necklace beads, beak from scrap ribbon and the tail from braided jute.
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| Posted on: 11/19/2008 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Christmas Tote Bag
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 This is a Christmas tote bag made of quilting scraps. I made this tote bag from two squares of 30 by 30 inch material with batting in the middle. You then quilt them together and put a binding around the raw edges.
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| Posted on: 11/13/2008 | 7 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Organizer from CD Cases
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 Recycle your old CD cases and make an organizer. We made a Father's Day organizer for my husband. I placed photos of the kids on each side and let them decorate their own page.
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| Posted on: 11/11/2008 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Recycled Camping Lanterns
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 Our Cub Scout Pack is involved in Fall Camping. We made lanterns out of recycled plastic peanut butter jars. We used modge podge and affixed the Scout Promise to the outside. We used glow sticks to light their way. Loads of fun in the tent or outside after dark.
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| Posted on: 11/03/2008 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Craft: Jade's Mending Jar
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 This is Jade's Mending jar. Jade is my niece who has just left school, aged 16 and is now commuting to college everyday. She is studying to become a veterinary surgeon.
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| Posted on: 10/27/2008 | 9 Feedback(s) |
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| Use Dried Greenery In Your Fall/Winter Displays
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 Although the outdoor flowers are dying, you can still use lots of garden items for decoration, inside and out! I like to make fall and winter arrangements in antique milk jugs that I got from auctions of relatives. In one, I have just filled with corkscrew willow.
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| Posted on: 10/23/2008 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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