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Blown Glass: They Do Still Make It Like They Used To


Blown art glass is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America..

Why You Should Race RC Cars, and Not Just Bash


For those of you who have been racing your RC cars for years,and have a friend or two who you have been trying to get out to theRC tracks, this article is for you. Feel free to forward it tothem.

Leather Work Tips


For leather work, consider the basics: an awl and spare point, a retractable X-acto knife and spare blades, a retractable knife with a break-off blade and a rotary punch. In addition, you'll need needles, a lump of beeswax and some waxed linen thread.

Be Your Own Way, but Still Use the Safe Tools


It is so often that people are not aware with the tools they use when doing their home improvement. Sometimes they use wrong tools just because they want something quick to be done.

Why Do You Need to Have Your Tools Blade Sharpen After Work


If you like to do wood carving or making sculpture as your hobby, you surely need tools to make your creation. If you just starting this hobby, knowing your tools and how to treat your carving tools probably the best way to make everything easier for you, thus make efficient time when doing your work.

Marking Tools and Laser Marking Machines for Marking on Metals


Marking tools are used for marking metals and non-metal surfaces. Mark can be a company logo designed with alphabets, numeric pattern or any graphical shape.

Kona Cotton: The Quilters & Embroiderers Dream Fabric


What, Exactly, Is Kona Cotton?Kona(R) cotton is a premium, 100% cotton broadcloth from Robert Kaufman Fabrics in Los Angeles. The company introduced the fabric in the 1980's in response to the then rapidly emerging quilting industry, an interest that continues unabated today.

Starting Your Own Scrapbook Club


Before I discovered the world of scrapbooking, I was inexplicably drawn to my local office supply store. I loved to stand in an aisle surrounded by the different colors of copy paper.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation


The song says it all, "Hot Fun in the Summertime." Our summer was certainly full of fun: outdoor barbeques, neighborhood cookouts, making ice cream, 4th of July parades, a trip to grandpa's house, sleeping late, moving my oldest daughter into her first apartment? It never seems like the season is long enough to do everything we want to do.

More Than A Memory- A Legacy


Everyone has that box of pictures either in a close or in a garage. Even worse yet in a magnetic album.

Scrapbooking Those Memories!


You will find scrapbook supplies for photos and pictures in a craft store or online. Scrapbooks are used to combine photos and pictures to make a picture story album.

Working With Leather


This can be as simple & basic Or advanced & professional.There are many books, booklets, pamphlets, reprints, even articles describing how to assemble a simple article cut from a basic design which is purchased as a kit from a supplier.

The Surprising Popularity of Cigar Smoking


The practice of cigar smoking has been on the rise in the U.S.

Preparing For a Leather Craft Project


Once you've decided on your leather craft project, you'll need the right tools and room to do the work. Being prepared ahead of time will make your task more enjoyable and give you a sense of satisfation when you're done.

How To Make a Pinata


MATERIALSA Large Round or Oval BalloonNewspaper, torn into 1 inch by 6-8" inch stripsWhite computer paper or paper towels,torn into stripsFlour and water mixture for paper mache pasteSaltVegetable oilPaintTissue paperCrepe paperString or yarn for hangingINSTRUCTIONSPrepare:Prepare your work surface with a layer of newspaper you can discard, or an old plastic tablecloth you can wipe clean of goop and glops which are part of this messy project!Tear several pages of newspaper into strips, approximately 1 inch wide by 6-8 inches long. Don't try to be neat and cut them with scissors; the torn edges will adhere more closely and give a smoother overall surface to the finished pinata.

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Go fish: Anglers dedicated to hobby
El Dorado Hills Telegraph, CA - 13 hours ago
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Restoring old military tanks is hobby for Texan
KRIS-TV, TX - 19 hours ago
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New Book, Collecting Sports Legends, Is Hobby Fun For All Fans
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New `Idol' judge says male contestants hold edge
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Benton charged with hobby shop break-in
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Porsche publicist, ex-MN writer Bob Carlson dies
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Farmer's love of trains sprouts into a model hobby
Warrnambool Standard, Australia - 14 hours ago
"As a 10-year-old I bought a Hornsby train set from Peter Robert's Hardware Shop in Nullawarre and the hobby developed from there," he said. ...


City may reduce trash pick-up
Post Searchlight, GA - 7 hours ago
Speaking before the Bainbridge City Council Tuesday evening, City Manager Chris Hobby proposed reducing the city’s trash pick-up days from two to just one, ...

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