DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night. These can be purchased ready-made in a variety of colors (yellow, blue and red) but they can also be built at home. A simple, less-technical approach involves buying a conventional solar-powered yard lamp and then essentially harvesting it for key pieces to put in a jar. This is simply a way of taking an existing solar lamp design and appropriating its parts to make something more attractive for display around a house or home. A more electronically-savvy individual can take the more complex route and built a solar lamp from the ground up using small solar panels – though the aesthetic result may not be as impressive. Whatever route you choose to go, these are fun and sustainable gadgets that make it easy to go green, automate the process of turning on lights at night and can add some color to your porch, patio, garden or windowsill.
DIY Picture Tiles - You Will Never Buy a Photo Frame Again Lately I’ve been having this huge urge to decorate the house. This is big news. I do not decorate. Arguably, one of the reasons why is because I. absolutely. hate. to. buy. mass. produced. decor. (Also, I can’t ever remember if pink and purple go together or not.) Anyway, this extends to photo frames. Nope. Long story short, I discovered this method of transferring my photos cheaply, quickly, and beautifully to something uncommon and unique. Tiles. The only thing that’s not particularly crunchy about this is that it uses Modge Podge or similar (and I’m not sure what’s in Modge Podge). It’s just grainy and doesn’t dry clearly. Boo. BUT, if you can overlook that one minor issue, I think you’ll love this. And it will be glorious. Here’s how you do it. First, you need to go to Home Depot, Lowes, or something like it. (FYI, I found that Lowes prices on tiles were cheaper than Home Depot. I like the stone tiles, because they have texture. So you pick out your tiles in the sizes you want. Go go go!
Tailored holiday planning to help plan hassle free holiday with personal printed guide for your uk holiday. Unique holiday cottages and luxury self catering houses. Cosy Remote character cottages and romantic honeymoon retreats as well as large self cater Handicrafts Handicrafts 2013 All entries must be unused and previous entries in Cilcain Show are ineligible. Judge: Mrs Val Shields, Gresford. Steward: Mrs Margaret Edwards, (Tel: 01352 810395) Awarded to exhibitor with most points in Classes 61- 66. Class 61 An item of hand knitting Class 62 A cushion in any medium Class 63 An item of jewellery Class 64 A pincushion in any medium Class 65 A greeting card in any medium (not artwork) Class 66 A sewn item for the kitchen 2012 Winner: Glen Simkins, Cilcain Please label your entry with age of exhibitor as this will be taken into consideration at time of judging. Prizes will be awarded as follows: Winner £5 Runner-up £2 Class 67 Age under 16: Any item of handicraft 2012 Winner: Florence Bigglestone, Cilcain MOOD Interiors Looking for furniture, lamps, vases, mirrors, photo frames or perhaps hand made solid oak furniture? Visit our shop at 1A Earl Rd. Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm.
The Community Café is back next weekend – and so are Blackheart! | Cilcain Village Hall /Neuadd y Pentre Cilcain The Community Café is back next weekend – and so are Blackheart! Following the break, the café will be woken from its summer slumber by a flurry of activity on Saturday 7th September 2013! 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm : COMMUNITY CAFÉ The Community Café is back next weekend – hooray! The first one is being hosted by Cilcain Craft Group; there will be craft stalls and demonstrations as well as a raffle for the chance to win a beautiful knitted jacket made by the Craft Group. As usual, there will be a warm Cilcain welcome and cuppas and cakes galore to be enjoyed! 7.30 pm : BLACKHEART In the evening our old friends, Blackheart, return to the Hall as part of their ‘Songs from a Satellite Tour’, performing numbers from the album of the same name. It’s a 7.30 pm start – tickets are £10.00 each and are available from Judy at Cilcain Village Shop, from Bernard Gibbs (01352) 740718 and from Sonia and Jon at School House (01352) 740675. Don’t forget to bring your own drinks and nibbles. Like this: Like Loading...
Walks, Runs, Mountain Biking and Car Tour / Teithiau y car, cerdded a rhedeg, a beicio mynydd | Cilcain Village Hall /Neuadd y Pentre Cilcain Cilcain is at the heart of Clwydian walking country: the Keyholders would be delighted to advise on walks in the area. Offa’s Dyke Path links directly to the village path network via the Clwydian Way, by the reservoir path or by the green lane past Plas Newydd. Moel Famau Country Park is over 2000 acres of important upland landscape and one of the largest country parks in Wales. The Park has an impressive landscape of colourful heather moorland changing to greener grassland pastures on its lower slopes. The central feature of the Park is the seven mile stretch of the Offa’s Dyke National Trail running along the ridge. Moel Famau Country park website: Mountain Bike Routes Downloadable walking routes For the Loggerheads to Cilcain walk, click here For the Cilcain to Moel Arthur walk, click here For a Moel Famau to Moel Arthur Walk, click here Like this:
Moel Famau from Cilcain | Walk4Life Creating your walk To begin creating your walk, find the general location of where you would like to create the walk route. Map controls Pan controls To do this you can use the map controls to pan across the map and find the general region you want to create your walk in. You can also use the hand icon to click and drag the map to move the map at a faster pace. Zoom controls Once over the area, use the zoom controls to zoom in on the area until you have the general area you want to plot covered by the walk. You can also zoom into a specific are of the map by holding down shift and drawing a box on the map. Creating your walk To begin plotting your walk click on the pencil+ icon and click on the map to add your first point. To create a loop click on the close loop icon to join the first and last points together. To undo this loop, click on the delete last point icon and this will return the route to the previous form. Editing your walk To clear all points and start again click on the X icon. Added!