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How To: Bonsai a garden shrub

Turn a garden shrub into a beautiful Bonsai Tree.

How To: Make dried flower arrangements

This is a how to video on making dried flower arrangements. It is presented by John white along with Virginia podmenik, Master Gardener from southwest yard and garden show. John white and Virginia podmenik, Master Gardener from the Dona Ana co. walk us through the various types of plants used for dried floral arrangements. Virginia podmenik shares her garden collections for the dried floral arrangements. Mexican sage is an excellent plant to choose for dried floral arrangements. These are pop...

How To: Get the Poison Ivy Uma Thurman inspired makeup look

Poison Ivy is a villainess in the Batman comic books, a seductive femme fatale with poisonous blood and the ability to control plants. She makes excellent inspiration for a Halloween costume. Make you sexier and more beautiful. Hair: Poison Ivy is portrayed as a beautiful redhead, contrasting with the green of her outfit. Buy a red wig or use hair dye to dye your hair red. Body: Purchase a cheap green leotard, bodysuit, or swimsuit, along with 30 or so fake ivy leaves. Using a needle and thre...

How To: Install KDE 4.3 Plasma on [k] Ubuntu Linux

New to Ubuntu Linux? This computer operating system could be a bit tricky for beginners, but fret not, help is here. Check out this video tutorial on how to install KDE 4.3 Plasma on [k] Ubuntu Linux.

How To: Customize sneakers in Photoshop before you paint them

Basketball shoes are expensive, so if you want to use something like Dunks (a big, beautiful white leather canvas) for a custom painted sneaker project you better know what you want to do before you start. Enter Photoshop. This video will teach you how to use Photoshop to plan your kick design out before you paint, helping ensure that you kicks come out the way you want.

How To: Create a sophisticated curly bridal updo for short hair

Short hair is a breeze to take care of most of the time. Minimal shower time, minimal styling - you get up out of bed and you're good to go.

How To: Create a simple feminine bridal makeup look

As a bride to be, your makeup should strike the perfect balance between ravishingly beautiful and extravagant and elegant and slightly reserved. The makeup look presented in this video is vixen-licious but doesn't overdo any particular feature.

How To: Fold a mini spring origami flower for beginners

What to you announces spring's arrival? For us, it has to be how all the flowerbuds in our garden seem to awaken at the same time, calling forth a beautiful opening ceremony of bright lilacs, hot pinks, and blues.

How To: Fold an origami star flower for beginners

These star flowers look complex and difficult to fold, but they're actually customized for beginners to the art of origami. Check out this tutorial to learn how to crease and fold several beautiful star-shaped flowers. Stick them in a terra cotta pot for a cute tabletop centerpiece.

How To: Fold an origami narcissus flower

Narcissus the boy was always looking at his own reflection in the pond, pondering his own beauty. Didn't work out so well for him, given that he was so enraptured with, well, himself, that he wasted away to death because he was never able to leave his own reflection.

How To: Fold an advanced geometric origami bride/princess

Now that spring is approaching swiftly, it's officially going to be wedding season. That means lots of fanciful soirees, the Wedding March played so often you can hear it in your sleep, and beautiful, princess-worthy gowns strutting down the aisle.

How To: Fold a geometric origami gift box with an abstract design

This beautiful geometric box, which reminds us of midcentury abstract expressionist paintings, is a wonderful handmade way to showcase a Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart.

How To: Fold an easy origami broken Valentine's Day heart

Love isn't all butterflies and roses. In fact, most of the time it kind of sucks, and you may even get your heart broken. Made from white a red paper, it evokes the beauty - and sometimes pain - of love.

How To: Fold a two color origami Valentine's Day heart

Tell your sweetheart he or she has stolen your heart by giving them this adorable two color Valentine's Day heart. Made from white a red paper, it metaphorically symbolizes two parts of a whole coming together.

How To: Craft a super easy quilled Valentine's Day heart

We know you probably haven't quilled anything since fifth grade, but that doesn't mean you should leave this paper curling skill to your tender elementary school years. In fact, quilling adds quite a lovely feminine touch to any project.

How To: Create a frosty, glistening snow inspired winter makeup look

If you're lucky enough to have snow outside your front door right now, then you know how beautiful it can be to just take a walk around the neighborhood, watching as the soft snow glistens quietly. Mimic that same surreal magic by creating a makeup look inspired by snow.

How To: Craft cometa flower wedding favors

These cometa flowers are made from Italian cometa ribbon. Velvety and smooth, they are easy to craft with and can be quickly turned into beautiful blooms that can adorn your wedding favors.

How To: Sew a blouse to match an Indian sari

The sari is a beautiful dress, traditionally worn by East Indian women, involving a length of fabric draped over an under blouse. This tutorial shows you how to draft your own pattern for a sari blouse and then sew it together yourself. Always iron your fabric before you start working with it!

How To: Fill a paper piping bag with icing

The way you add icing to a baked good shows whether you're an amateur baker or one with professional cake decorating chops.

How To: Sew a simple adorable ruffled black strapless dress with Gianny L

A strapless dress is a smoldering, make-'em-weak-in-the-knees choice for any glamorous occasion. But getting both a beautiful dress and one that fits you to a tee is rather difficult.

How To: Fold a geometric origami butterfly easily

Butterflies are delicate and beautiful creatures, which is why many people enjoy collecting them post mortem to stash like collectibles under glass. But we personally find that a little creepy.

How To: Fold a simple origami hummingbird

You'd never be able to catch a real hummingbird and keep it as a flitting, beautiful pet, but you certainly can call this origami hummingbird your own.

How To: Craft a Valentine's Day "I Love You" scrapbook layout

If you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, then Valentine's Day is truly a beautiful, memorable occasion filled with lots of dining, wining, and hearts popping out of your heads like those cheesy cartoons.

How To: Craft springtime candy boxes with scrapbook paper

Take your mind off the dreariness of winter by crafting for spring! These sturdy and beautiful candy boxes can be made in any color and design you'd like with simple - and inexpensive - scrapbooking paper.

How To: Craft an intricate lacy paper snowflake decoration for Christmas

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree...how beautiful would a Christmas tree be, though, without any ornaments? If you've finally hit the tree lot and picked out the perfect grand fir, make sure it shines bright by decorating it with several of these intricate lacy snowflake decorations.

How To: Craft a simple folded paper flower ornament for Christmas

Have your Christmas tree up finally but have very little time to adorn it? Not a problem. Instead of resorting to those cheap shatterproof ornaments you can get at any drugstore, put a more homespun - and beautiful - touch on your tree this year by crafting your own ornaments. Check out this video to learn how to make paper flower ornaments.

How To: Wrap a Christmas present professionally

We totally get it if you're a present wrapping procrastinator. Thinking about what presents to get your friends and family is hard enough, and then actually going to the store and shopping around for them for hours on end is exhausting. By the time you have everything in front of you, the thought of wrapping them is just painful.

How To: Create a stunning day or nighttime look for the holidays

The holidays are all about beautiful, jewel-tone colors and richness in all facets of dressing up, from sequined cashmere scarves to warm wool coats. The same richness should be appled to makeup looks.

How To: Decorate swirled Christmas holly cupcakes

These cupcakes look almost too good to eat...ALMOST. These would still disappear in a heartbeat if left alone with us. But anyhow, these glittered holly berry cupcakes are so gorgeous and beautiful for the holidays.

How To: Create two romantic braided hairstyles for the holidays

Even if you haven't watched "The Nutcracker" before, you're sure to be pleased with these two braided holiday looks inspired by the character of the Arabian from the time-honored play.

How To: Create a Victoria's Secret Alessandra Ambrosio bombshell makeup look

Victoria's Secret is a company that prizes a woman's right to feel sexy and beautiful at any stage of life. And one of its veteran ambassadors, supermodel and mom Alessandra Ambrosio, is one of the prime examples of their drop-dead gorgeous philosophy.

How To: Using the gradient mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator to make a realistic guava

Want to figure out that illustrious feature in Adobe Illustrator that everyone's talking about? The gradient mesh tool? This Illustrator tool can help create beautiful and photo-realistic vector images, like this example of a guava fruit. Learn how you can master the gradient mesh tool, which isn't easy— it requires patience and passion, so just keep practicing until you've got it down pat!

How To: Wash your windows quickly with white vinegar and dishwashing liquid

Don't let your window pane become a window pain in the ass to look at. Windows should give us clear views of the beautiful world outside, but without regular maintence they can become splotchy and muddled. Check out this video for a quick way to clearn your windows.

How To: Create a "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Hufflepuff look

With the first installment of the last "Harry Potter" movie coming out in just a few days, now is the time to break out your "Harry Potter" paraphernalia and paint your face with the colors of your favorite house.

How To: Make upcycled stenciled water glasses with Evette Rios

Don't have a matching glass cup set? No problem. If you have a bunch of variously shaped and sized water glasses, you can make them match easily - and stylishly - by painting on some easy animal patterns.

How To: Create a fall wreath with acorns and leaves

Fall means an abundant supply of beautifully colored autumnal leaves, acorns, walnuts, and other nuts. Harness the natural beauty of this season and also preserve it for years to come by crafting this beautiful fall wreath.

How To: Create two curly Greek goddess hairstyles

Greek goddesses are known for their bronzy, youthful skin that seems to glow from within, but according to artistic depictions they also have very beautiful hair, too. Check out this hairstyling tutorial to learn how to create not one, but two Greek goddess hairstyles: