Crayon Art=New Favorite Pinterest Project

post from Suburban Spunk on 21 September 2011 10:34:29 PM. © Suburban Spunk

I've been seeing lots of melted crayon art all over Pinterest ( Click HERE for original source) and thought I'd tackle my own. It was so quick and easy!
First, I picked up 4 boxes of Crayola crayons (for just $0.40 a box thanks to back to school specials!) and a blank canvas from Joann's at a 50% off sale.

I pulled out the white, black and brown crayons and then stuck the crayons I was using on the board with a hot glue gun.
Be sure to lay down a drop cloth before you start melting the crayons, because the crayons DO splatter!Then, turn on your hairdryer and watch the crayons quickly melt.

The whole project (both gluing and melting) took just 15 minutes and the total cost was under $10. Not bad for a 10x16 custom piece of art!
love, S

*Don't forget to check out my MyMemories Giveaway for your chance to win free digital scrapbook software. Click HERE to enter:)

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How to Make an Oral Rehydration Salts Drink (ORS)

post from How to of the Day on 21 September 2011 10:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Oral rehydration salts (ORS) is a special drink that consists of a combination of dry salts. When properly mixed with safe water, the ORS drink can help rehydrate the body when a lot of fluid has been lost due to diarrhoea. A child with diarrhoea should never be given any tablets, antibiotics or other medicines unless these have been prescribed by a medical professional or a trained health worker. The best treatment for diarrhoea is to drink lots of liquids and oral rehydration salts (ORS) properly mixed with water.

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Guest post series | Waste not

post from whip up on 21 September 2011 09:32:53 PM. © whip up

Rohan Anderson is a Ballarat based Dad, Husband and self confessed modern Hunter Gatherer. He’s often found pottering in his vegetable garden, in the kitchen or out embracing the food that nature provides. His blog ‘Whole Larder Love‘ documents his approach to food, fun and life in general. Waste not A few unseasonably warm days [...]

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Hookin Up with HoH #67

post from House of Hepworths "hoh" on 21 September 2011 09:10:00 PM. © House of Hepworths "hoh"

Are you new here? I throw the Hookin’ Up with HoH Party every week to give all of you a chance to find other awesome blogs to read. Below you will find several hundred mini links to other people’s blog posts. Have fun browsing through the links in search of new ideas. Also, if you [...]

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Preview: Milwaukee’s New ProPEX/Tubing
Cutters

post from Toolmonger on 21 September 2011 06:33:56 PM. © Toolmonger

Milwaukee tells us that the single biggest problem they discovered among handheld PEX cutter users was handle strength: eventually end-users would squeeze hard enough on the cutters to snap the handles. After seeing lots of jobsite guys modifying the handles themselves to make them stronger, Milwaukee came out with the all-metal cutters you see above, which they claim are “virtually indestructible.”

Another cool feature: the cutter’s V-shaped blade. Unlike common flat blades, the V-shaped blade pierces the PEX first, requiring less grip force to cut tubing. And when the blade wears out, just swap in a new one. The cutter’s jaws open wide, too, accepting up to 1″ tubing. Milwaukee also touts a “rework groove” that’s design to strip ProPex couplings, but we’ll have to wait ’till we dig into one of these suckers in person to see what they’re talking about.

In the meantime, though, this looks like a pretty decently upgraded tool compared to the PEX cutters we’ve seen to date. We’ll update you with pricing when these are available. We bet it’s cheaper than the old Milwaukee 12V powered tubing cutter, though.

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In pictures: Maker Faire NY 2011

post from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on 21 September 2011 04:05:00 PM. © Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

The Yellow Drum Machine, above, finds and makes music with a glass beaker and an empty juice bottle: Just one of an amazing number of amazing things going on at Maker Faire NY this past weekend.

Trying to get a flavor of the whole fair(e), we've put over 250 other photos from Maker Faire into a slideshow (embedded above), or you can view the individual photos in this flickr set.

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How to Fold a Shirt with the Department Store
Method

post from How to of the Day on 21 September 2011 04:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Have you ever been in a store where the employees fold their shirts in such a neat way that it's tempting to try it back home, only to find it hard to replicate? If you want to make your dresser become a haven for these nicer-folded shirts, or maybe you want to be nice and refold tried on shirts at the department store, use the steps provided below.

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Everything You Wanted To Know...

post from DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting on 21 September 2011 03:30:34 PM. © DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting

OK, I'm busted, it's not everything you wanted to know. But...

Everything You Wanted To Know...

There are a few topics that come back and again to DIYP and each post that deals with any of them is super popular. With more than five years of posting on Light Painting, Shaped Bokeh and obscure ways to get your camera high (pun intended), I thought it would be a good service to create resource pages about those topics.

Consider those pages your entry ticket to each of the topics.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Light Painting, where we discuss the magic science / art of light painting with lots of vivid examples and a broad overview of tools, techniques and light painting hacks.

Everything You Wanted To Know About The Magical Shaped Bokeh, where we show how much fun this simple technique can be. starting with the super simple card and scissors hack and moving up to more advanced and creative ways of using shaped bokeh.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Getting Your Camera High (Aerial Photography). If you ever wanted to get your camera high in the air, this resource page will provide all the options to doing so. Hopefully You'll get it back once it lands.

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Tipnuts Weekly Update: {September 21st, 2011}

Time to check out what’s new on Tipnut this week! Today you’ll find a Candle Making Guide (loaded with free project ideas), Baked Brie How-To, Tips For Washing Down Pillows & Comforters, Fixing Crystallized Honey plus lots more, have fun! Candle Making Guide: Free Project Instructions & Tutorials: Everything from embellishing ready-made candles to candle [...]

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Faux Finish on a Knock Down Texture Wall With
Coffee

Um…Okaaayy. I’ve never heard of this before…but… none the less… I got the question. A newsletter subscriber wrote in with this question: “Could you give instructions on how to stain a wall that has a knock down texture on it. I saw on TV that you could stain them with coffee. To me that would [...]

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