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Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY

Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY

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Multi Strand Finger Loop Braiding In this Instructable, I'm going to teach you how to make Finger Loop Braids. With this technique you can make braids with just your hands that have 10 or more strands each. They can be used for anything. Bracelets, chokers, belts, hat bands, as trim on clothing, or furniture... If you need a strong lacing, a finger loop braid will multiply the strength of your string/rope by 10. Finger Loop Braids were popular from the 15th to the 17th Centuries in Europe, There are still some forms of similar braids made in isolated areas of South America, Asia and the Middle East. This is the style of braiding that was done in Medieval Europe and all the patterns are translated from Medieval manuscripts by the great folks at Fingerloop.org. Supplies: some kind of rope, string, yarn,...Tools: HandsTime: Depends on the length and pattern of the braid but the ones I'm making only take a few minutes to complete an entire braid. It is difficult to describe and annotate the patterns. Lets go.

Craftynest Society for Technical Communication not martha - to make : marble magnets I finally gave in and made marble magnets. Not surprisingly they are quite fun, smooshing the glue out to make a perfect little magnified image is very satisfying. Here, in order of appearance, are the places I referenced: paper candy instructions with pictures (this is the first place I saw this project) dogmestic with instructions and pictures photogeek pictures ugly green chair cute ladybug magnets – pictures with packaging threads at Glitter:onetwothree I bought all of these supplies at Michael’s, including the glue I went back for since I got the wrong kind to start with. I bought 1/2″ and 3/4″ round (strong) magnets (in with the frames, near the corks); 1/2″ and 3/4″ clear flat glass marbles (in the fake flowers aisle, check the mosaics section too); silicon sealer made by the Crazy Glue people (in the glue aisle). These are great packaged in those Altoid-sized tins, I’ve seen them in office/gift shops like that.

FreeMyPDF.com - Removes passwords from viewable PDFs Bloomin’ Handmade Greeting Cards You Can Plant You’ve might have seen seed paper recently. It is homemade paper with flower seeds in it. When it is planted in the ground and given lots of TLC it will bloom into beautiful flowers you can enjoy. First, you need to make the paper. Use paper you have around your house. When your paper is nice and evenly blended you can add your seeds. Now it is ready to be shaped. Place a towel on the counter and if you have a piece of felt, place the felt on top of the towel. Take another towel and press it down on the paper pulp to help dry the excess water. When your paper is dry, cut it out into a flower shape. Make sure you add a message somewhere on your card to let the recipient know they can plant it! Little Birdie Secrets are regular contributors to Make and Takes and was born from the crafting obsession of three friends living in the Pacific Northwest. Tagged as: card, fun with paper Written by Little Birdie Secrets

InWords - the open documentation company 30 Useful (and Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmark - Page 6 We'll wrap up this list with 5 web apps that aren't exactly unknown, but are so awesome they still deserve to be included: Gmail As far as web apps go, it’s hard to get more famous than Gmail, the favorite webmail client of the technologically in-the-know. When it launched, it was immediately famous for its immense storage provisions (1 GB at a time when Hotmail offered a whopping 2 MB of storage), revolutionary thread-based email display, and controversy surrounding the privacy ramifications of advertisements based on your emails’ contents. Now, the novelty’s worn off, but Gmail is still best webmail client around. Meebo If you’ve ever used omni-IM service Digsby, you know that its greatest feature is the ability to log in to all your IM accounts from any computer with Digsby installed. Pandora No list of webapps is complete without everyone's favorite internet radio service, Pandora. Remember The Milk Remember The Milk is an online to-do list app, with a remarkably convenient interface.

30 Useful (and Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmark At Maximum PC, computer hardware is our bread and butter. We review it, preview it, and just generally love to talk about it. Unfortunately, hardware becomes less important with each passing day, as more and more software moves onto the internet. So to help you prepare for a future in the cloud, we've put together a list of 30 of our favorite web apps and services. ScreenToaster ScreenToaster is a web app designed to make life a whole lot easier for every family’s “computer expert.” OpenTable If you like to eat out, you’ve probably heard of OpenTable. Readitlater Have you ever found yourself wanting to read an online article or blog post, but without the time to actually read it? ConvertCenter Did you know that one bushel is equal to 101.9716 hectoliters? Issuu We may be a print magazine, but we all know the future is digital. Keep reading for more great web apps!

Internet Resources for Technical Communicators Please send me email at keith@soltys-DELETETHIS.ca if you find something wrong in these pages, if you have an interesting site that you think that I should add, or if you have something you'd like me to publish. If you find a link that isn't working, please try it more than once -- connection problems are not unusual. Feel free to link to this site. If you do provide a link, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know about it. New additions are marked with the date in front of the link. I occasionally use a free web-tracking service to track hits on this site, because my web hosting service doesn't give me access to web server logs. I've munged my email address to deter spambots.

Eco Homes: Sustainable Tree Houses | Home and Gardening Eco Factor: The tree houses that are made from the wood capable of being sustained will be catered by the inexhaustible energy.Benoît Fray, who is an industrial designer, has discovered a sustainable tree house, which can be built by using the locally obtained wood. Benoît Fray, who is an industrial designer, has discovered a sustainable tree house, which can be built by using the locally obtained wood. It is also known as Dans mon Arbre. This ‘Tree House’ is an existing space that is capable of spreading out and developing according to the existence of its occupants. It is also adequate to adjust to their requirements at the same time. One of the best advantages of this tree house is it is powered completely by the renewable energy. This is a tree house that is particularly designed for the campsite use. More at Benoît FRAY at Coroflot, and ecofriend , dansmonarbre .

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