Home & Garden: Sewing - A Beginner's Guide

Sewing - A Beginner's Guide

Sewing - much like any other hobby, takes time, effort and practice to perfect. You get that initial excitement and of course want to take on any and every project you can think of.

Home & Garden: History of the Old West Train Station and Reliving It Through Miniature

History of the Old West Train Station and Reliving It Through Miniature

This article covers the history of the Old West Train Station and talks about available miniature kits that can help you relive the old west. An Old West train station brings to mind a very dramatic period in American and Canadian history. A railway station was sometimes the only island of modernity

Home & Garden: Are You a Western Guns Replica Collector?

Are You a Western Guns Replica Collector?

When people use the terms "West", "Wild West", or the "Old West", they more often than not refer to the way of life, concepts and people of the United States way back in the later years of the 1800s, where since then the states of California and Oregon (which have enter

Home & Garden: Using Cricut Cutting Machines For Your Craft Projects

Using Cricut Cutting Machines For Your Craft Projects

More and more people are choosing to make their own scrapbooking materials, invitations and holiday cards. These do-it-yourself options allow much more room for personalization than their mass produced alternatives. Not only are homemade invitations more customizable, they also cost far less than st

Home & Garden: Beach Gridding - Land And Water Metal Detecting Technique

Beach Gridding - Land And Water Metal Detecting Technique

Many people ask what metal detectingmethod works best at the beach? Without question, I always reply, "beach gridding". This technique allows a detectorist to cover a small area of a beach and find far more coins, jewelry and other beach treasures than individuals who zig- zag all over the

Home & Garden: Model Railroad Structures

Model Railroad Structures

People who are not interested in model railroads and don't enjoy model trains often just see the basics of the railroad, the tracks, train and scenery. These people just see a train running round the track and wonder what all the fuss is about. They often don't see or understand the time a

Home & Garden: Sea Shell Vase Magnet Craft

Sea Shell Vase Magnet Craft

Find out how you can create a lovely little refrigerator magnet using a sea shell and tiny flowers.

Home & Garden: Why You Need to Do Embroidery Right

Why You Need to Do Embroidery Right

It can be a real challenge to get a good embroidery project to work out right. However if you follow the right steps you can get a good project ready. Here are a few things to do with regards to how to do embroidery the right way in order to get a better look project.

Home & Garden: Number One Dad Ribbon

Number One Dad Ribbon

Print out this certificate and present it to a special Dad.

Home & Garden: Antiquing Pine

Antiquing Pine

Pine can be finished to look like antique wood. The process requires a number of materials and techniques available at most paint and hardware stores to the do-it-yourselfer. Regardless of your level of experience, you can antique pine in four to eight hours, depending on the size and scope of the p

Home & Garden: A Peek At A Couple Of Safe Youngsters Woodworking Projects

A Peek At A Couple Of Safe Youngsters Woodworking Projects

Children woodworking jobs could be a large amount of fun for more mature kids, as long as you exclusively let the adults implement any electrical power tools. There are lots of wonderful children's woodworking plans that you may get rolling with, and of course you could formulate your personal

Home & Garden: Chinese Culture Commodity

Chinese Culture Commodity

Manual paper-cut commodity. Paper-cut is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated from the 6th century when women used to paste golden and silver foil cuttings onto their hair at the temples, and men used them in sacred rituals. Later, they were used during festivals to de

Home & Garden: How to Appraise Antique Sewing Machines

How to Appraise Antique Sewing Machines

Appraising an antique sewing machine is not an exact science. The value of a machine can be affected by circumstances ranging from the date it was made to a collector's preference. In addition, making an appraisal will require taking time to study the sewing-machine industry to familiarize yourself

Home & Garden: Collector's Introduction to Rare Golf Clubs

Collector's Introduction to Rare Golf Clubs

Collectors of rare golf clubs and most golf enthusiasts will concentrate on some aspect of golf and a form of collecting. One of the most coveted pieces of collected by collectors are rare golf clubs, which are prized for their heritage and their usability.Collectors may find that rare golf clubs ar

Home & Garden: Making Art with Recycled Circles

Making Art with Recycled Circles

For today’s artistic adventure we decided to take circular objects and one box lid from the drawer and use them to stamp paint circles and squares on the painted canvas board.

Home & Garden: Determining the Authenticity of Cast Iron

Determining the Authenticity of Cast Iron

Resilient to abuse and versatile by nature, 'Cast' iron was so named because it is made by 'casting' (pouring) molten iron into a mold. The 1830's through the middle of the 1850's was a period when cooking vessels - and the stoves on which to cook with them - were made

Home & Garden: Materials That Truely Make Dollhouse Furniture Shine!

Materials That Truely Make Dollhouse Furniture Shine!

mahogany is a great pick for its strength and scratch resistant nature.It not only is strong, mahogany has a very rich color that attracts the eye in any dollhouse ensemble.To be honest, no dollhouse feels complete without