Feeling calmer and happier is at the tip of your nose: It’s just a matter of using your common scents. Check out this Howcast video tutorial on how to use Aromatherapy's Essential Oils to improve your life.
Does gardening with exotic flowers interest you? Learn all about South African flower bulbs with tips on planting and growing these beautiful flowers in this free gardening video series.
How to grow Mexican sage; get professional tips and advice from an expert on growing your own plants and flowers in this free gardening video series.
In this video series, Rachel Dayan teaches you how to make flower and bear shaped cookies. Rachel shows you all the steps: ingredients, shaping the dough, and decorating.
Preparing ground for a garden bed entails some hard labor, but it truly is a labor of love. This video shows you how to take a piece of lawn and convert it into a garden bed. But before we do that, we have to decide on a location. If the area receives more than six hours of sunlight a day, it's going to be a sun-loving garden. If the area receives less than six hours of sunlight a day, it's a shade garden. In our case, we're going to be building a shade garden.
Don't serve your guests a plain old cake. Jazz it up with these decorative borders. You will need a cake stand, piping bags, round and star pastry tips and a coupler. These cake decorating items can be found online or at a specialty food store. You will also need some room- temperature icing for easy piping. This video shows you how to do pearls, stars, flowers, shells and a bottom cake border.
In this series of expert videos, you’ll learn about different flower arrangements and uses of flowers for your wedding. Our expert will introduce you to the variety of projects that you can incorporate into your wedding. Watch as our expert gives expert tips on choosing the right flowers and greenery for your event. Get tips on caring for flowers and bouquets before and after the wedding. Watch as our expert makes beautiful hairclips and head wreaths for your flower-girls and bridesmaids. Lea...
With this two-part painting lesson, you'll learn how to paint "Three Friends of Winter," a traditional Chinese motif depicting pine, plum and bamboo — three plants admired for their beauty and, in Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, said to be representative of good virtue.
It’s time to celebrate! What better way than with a bubbly brunch? You Will Need
To grow beautiful flowers and plants in an outdoor garden, you need to feed your soil the right plant food – a fertilizer that will help your plants thrive. Watch this video to learn how to choose plant fertilizer.
Spruce up your vegetable party trays with edible flowers! Learn how to make a vegetable flower arrangement in this free video series about unique party platters.
Pruning roses is one of the hottest trends in container gardening is using flowering shrubs. Of course, the king of flowering shrubs are roses. Mindy has several different examples of roses in containers. One was beautiful last year, it bloomed all season long, but this season is out of control. It's too big and gangly. Eric tells us roses bloom on new growth. If cut back it would have blooms again in 6 or 7 weeks. Be bold when pruning, take it back. Mindy doesn't have the nerve to cut so dra...
Plants all around us capture sunlight every day and convert it to energy, making them a model of solar energy production. And while the energy they make may serve the needs of a plant, the process isn't efficient enough to generate power on a larger scale. So, scientists from the University of California found a way to treat bacteria with chemicals that turned them into photosynthesis machines, capable of generating products we can convert into food, fuels, and plastics.
This card is totally gorgeous, it has a bit of everything and I can't say it is going to be a quick card but I can say it is a 'Humdinger!' and anyone who receives it will keep it forever.. The card has a paper folded quilt style background made from the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks2 kit and this creates something stunning for the 3D flowers and sentiment to sit on, as well as the glitzy bow & embellishment.. perfect for something large and if you ever wanted a card to make a statement, then thi...
This demonstration show how to make this card that looks like it could be quite time consuming and complicated but after watching this you will see how easy it is. Step 1: Items Used
This cardmaking tutorial shows how to make a truly elegant and quick card, that could be made for so many special occasions. The card looks amazing in the Ivory tones and has the look for being embossed, however it is a simple die-cut. Step 1: Items Used
In this cardmaking demonstration I make a very unusual but beautiful card using a paper technique from the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks 2 Kit and with papers from the Anna Griffin Madison Paper kit. The card is 3D is style and very easy to make even though it looks complicated, when you see the steps to make it, I am sure you will agree its easy.. Step 1: Items Used
I have made this Valentines Day card in a classic vintage Victorian style and I think it looks amazing with so much detail that all co-ordinates together. Once you see how I have made it you will see how easy it was and quick.. Step 1: Items Used
In this cardmaking tutorial I use a Anna Griffin rubber stamp to make a repeat pattern in a very easy way, so if you have trouble repeat pattern stamping this could be for you. I make a lace edged card with 2 pretty flowers and a stamped sentiment. Step 1: Items Used
In the Card making tutorial, I show you how I have made the Nifty Layers Fancy Doily Card, using Anna Griffin Nifty Nesting Layers, papers and a Anna Griffin Say it Anyways stamp as well as the Tim Holtz rosette die. You see how I put it all together and it make a fabulous looking card that could be adapted so you can use things from your own 'crafty stash' Step 1: Items Used
Hops have always been known as the driving force behind beer, but now they're starting to grow their own culinary wings. Slowly but surely, this bizarre and bitter plant is showing up on more and more menus across the country as it catches on as a trendy and up-and-coming ingredient. What Are Hops?
Those ordinary green zucchini you see in the market are hiding a lovely, delicious secret: Actually, all summer squashes produce these delightful blooms, but the zucchini's are most frequently used for eating since they taste the best: fresh, clean, and zucchini-like, but with a little something extra. They used to be a rarity at supermarkets, so you had to have a garden or a gardener friend who would generously share the bounty with you.
Video: . Learn how to make a paper modular origami magic rose cube instructions.
This Square knot design feature picots, which are small loops at the sides of the knot. Picots are simply loops along the edges. Picot Designs are vintage Macrame techniques. They are often used to make the edges of craft items to look like as flower petals. This is a good project for children and beginners to learn one of the basic knots frequently used in Macrame. To this pattern you can add pearls and have an interesting look.
The very first banknotes were used by the Chinese in the 7th century, during the Tang Dynasty. Before it was used as an actual currency, paper money was part of a deposit system in which merchants would leave large amounts of coins with a trusted associate and receive a paper receipt for the transaction. The reason was simple — the copper coins used as currency then were heavy.
Buying flowers for a wedding can be very expensive. This how to wedding videos shows you how to make your own wedding flowers to save money on the big day. Learn to make buttoniers for the groom and groomsmen using carnation flowers. Don't forget to add the baby's breath and green foliage to make the buttoniers extra special.
This Japanese brush painting demonstration shows the technique used to draw small flowers using sumi-e ink and a brush. Pay careful attention to the line. Balance is important.
Orchids are beautiful but delicate flowers. By keeping a few tips in mind, you can help your orchid enjoy a long and healthy life. Watch this video to learn some great tips for keeping your orchid plant beautiful, fragrant, and happy.
Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make an elegant hand-tied bouquet using calla lilies with this flower arrangement tutorial. This is a classy bouquet for a bride or a bridesmaid. Watch this how to video and you can make this hand tied calla lily bouquet in no time.
In this tutorial, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a vibrant hand-tied gerbera daisy bouquet. This is an adorable, cheerful flower bouquet for a wedding or formal event. Watch this how to video and you can make a hand tied gerbera daisy bouquet in no time.
Want a change from the usual door wreath? In this flower arrangement tutorial, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a swag for your door. This is a great decoration to add to any door. Watch this how to video and you can make a door swag for your own home.
In this flower arrangement tutorial, Jane from Afloral.com shows you the different calla lily stems available, as well as how to make a calla lily boutonniere or corsage. This boutonniere is a great accessory for the prom, a wedding or any other formal occassion. Watch this how to video and you will be creating your own Calla Lily boutonniere or corsage in no time at all.
Learn how you can make these unique and beautiful centerpiece for your holiday table with this how to video. In this flower arrangement tutorial, Dave gets pointers on how to put together a beautiful centerpiece for the holidays with a mini-wheelbarrow, candles, and more.
In this how to video, Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to use accessories for corsage and boutonnieres. There are several accessories that you can attach a corsage to such as the wristlet and a bracelet. Watch this tutorial and you will be wearing your flowers with style in a corsage or a boutonniere.
Silk corsages and boutonnieres are great keepsakes to remember your special occasion. Learn how to make corsages and boutonnieres with silk flowers in this free crafting video series.
In this video from nmsuaces we learn about choosing the right evergreen tree for your landscape. Upright Junipers are very good for the landscape. A topiary pruned juniper is something that the homeowner can maintain in the spiral form it is. An Austrian black pine is good for lower types of settings and low end soils. A Tanyosho pine can get to be about 10-12 feet and that would fit many landscapes. A Japanese black pine is a fast growing tree, and grows twisting an irregularly. Deodor Cedar...
Not going turkey this year for Thanksgiving? We understand. It's a lot of work for just one meal, but this year's most anticipated family meal can still be as satisfying with something a little simpler— ham! A nice honey baked ham is sure to please even the hungriest of bellies this holiday season, and the best thing— this is so easy you can enjoy a Thanksgiving-quality meal year-round!
Even if you've put aside your percolator and have gone the way of the pod coffeemaker, there are still dozens of ways to use your leftover coffee filters. Incredibly cheap, absorbent, and shaped with a ruffle, coffee filters are useful in the kitchen, garden, and around the house.
Looking to add a specimen to your paper garden? Make a 3D paper lotus flower using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own lotus blossoms from folded paper. For more information, and to get started making paper flowers yourself, take a look!
Plants propagate themselves through the structures we know as flowers. At the base of the flower, one finds developing seed. The plant will eventually shed flowers and the seed with be propagated on its own. Or we can harvest the seed, dry them down, and germinate them. For more information on the propagation process, watch this green video tutorial.
