How To: Make Your Mom Flowers Using Q-Tips or Cupcake Liners, Just in Time for Mother's Day
Why is it that Mother's Day is the second biggest commercialized holiday when there are so many different DIY projects out there?
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How To: Make Buttercream Icing Cherry Blossoms
Make Beautiful Cherry Blossoms Out of IcingDecorating a cake or cupcake with cherry blossoms is easy - I'll show you how. First gather what you need:
News: Flower (Not Flour) Tortillas
From Chow's "perfect series", Chef John Sedlar demonstrates how the perfect tortilla is made.
News: Turn trash into flowers
Plantable paper? America throws out 49 million tons of paper annually. That's almost a third of U.S trash!
How To: Hang Dry Herbs
Harvest your herbs Harvest your herbs before they flower (unless you are harvesting chamomile or any other herb flower)
How To: Make a La Adelita cocktail out of blood orange juice and tequila
Colorful, with complex flavors and an aromatic scent, this cocktail is a treat for all the senses. You will need: 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water and 2-3 crushed cinnamon sticks to make the cinnamon syrup; and then 6-8 sage leaves, 1 ounce of cinnamon syrup, 3/4 an ounce blood orange juice, 1/4 ounce lemon juice, 1 1/2 ounces tequila, a dash of Peychaud's bitters and ice to make the cocktail. Make a La Adelita cocktail out of blood orange juice and tequila.
How To: Knit a Decorative Flower
This beautiful flower can be used as decoration on a hat, scarf, headband or purse. You name it. There are many uses. On the photo above, I added it to a hat. I have also used it as a decoration on a napkin ring. The flower is knit in three parts. Check out the instructions below. And see the closeup photo of the finished flower at the bottom of the page.
How To: Cook Italian zuppa di pesce (shrimp, fish, and lobster stew)
There's nothing that can warm you up better during a very chilly, snowy December night than a steaming hot bowl of soup. Give your Campbell's chicken noodle soup a rest tonight and instead prepare this simple Italian dish called zuppa di pesce. Made from many types of sea creatures, including lobster and shrimp, it's savory and warming.
How To: Decorate and build a vanilla Christmas tree cupcake
You've probably seen Christmas tree-shaped cupcakes before, but how about tiered Christmas tree cupcakes? So rather than getting only one cupcake during your nomming session, you'll have three!
How To: Create a string figure Flower
Did you play Cat's Cradle as a kid? Well, there's more to string figure art than just Cat's Cradle or Jacob's Ladder. This string art video demonstrates how to make a string figure flower. Song: The Shadows - Apache.
Vibrant Photography Challenge: Wet Flowers
Place: Wayanad, kerala, India
News: Wedding Favours
Hi All, These little flowers took ages to make, but was well worth it
HowTo: Eat Berries in the Wilderness
DO NOT eat a berry if you cannot identify it. I decided not to include the obvious blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, but this guide will assist you in identifying which wild berries are, in fact, poisonous.
RECIPE: Pretty Spring Flower Croquembouche
Just imagine you're on the French Riviera..
How To: Fold an origami rose out of a paper napkin
Looking for an easy way to impress your date (when at a not-so-impressive restaurant)? Make a rose from a paper napkin using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own paper flowers from folded paper napkins. For more information, and to get started making paper napkin flowers yourself, take a look!
How To: Make a baby sock rose
This video shows how to use baby socks to make cute decorative roses. Take one sock and lay it flat on a table. Roll it up starting at the toe. When you get to the end of the sock fold the ankle opening over the rolled up part of the sock, then arrange the "flower petals." You could make a whole pile of these baby sock roses in just a few minutes. They would work great to decorate a baby gift, or to decorate a baby shower. You can tie them up with ribbons or add stems and make a "flower" disp...
News: Spot the Ant
An ant camouflaged atop vibrant flowers
How To: Arrange flowers in a large vase
Trish Horrington shows how to arrange flowers in a large vase. Using long-stemmed flowers, she shares tips and tricks to assembling the large vase in a quick and efficient way. Watch video for best results. Arrange flowers in a large vase.
How To: Style Your Little Black Dress
The little black dress, LBD, is a classic piece that every woman should have in their wardrobe. In this video, Synde Summer of ThinkThruFashion gives us some simple tips on how to wear your LBD to all sorts of occasions. Color
How To: Turn decorated cookies into holiday ornaments and party favors
Got lots of pretty cookies to share with friends and family during the holidays? While it's true you could hand them off in tins as is, it's so much more fun to experiment with packaging and favor ideas.
How To: Make a paper lily pad with a cool pop up flower
In this video, we learn how to make a paper lily pad with a cool pop up flower. First, take a piece of paper and fold it in half, then unfold it and fold the bottom half up to the middle, then fold the top half into the middle. Now take the scissors and cut off the edges, leaving the middle crease. Now, cut down the middle crease and then fold the right half of the crease in half twice. Fold it once more, then flip it over and take half of it and fold it up. Now, take your scissors and cut it...
How To: Install brick edging to your flower beds
If grass is creeping into your flowerbeds or you just want a more finished look to your landscaping, try installing brick edging. This landscaping video and text tutorial from the DIY Network will show you the necessary steps to installing brick edging to your flower beds.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HELLEBORE
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HELLEBORE [n] A hellebore is any of the approximately 20 plants from the genus Helleborus, many of which are poisonous. Hellebores are herbaceous perennial flowering plants from Eurasia related to the buttercup family, having showy flowers with petaloid sepals.
News: Holy Pac-Man! DIY Light Painting Saber Is Pure Awesome
A few months ago, we showed you a pretty awesome light painting project that visually captured invisible Wi-Fi signals around town using a Wi-Fi detecting rod filled with 80 LEDs. With some long exposure photography, the results were pretty amazing. This project was inspired by those crazy Norwegians, but this build lets you do something even more amazing—capture pictures of colorful written text and drawn images, frozen in midair.
How To: Make homemade tarragon-flavored soda with water, sugar, ice & tarragon leaves
Enjoy the taste of tarragon in your own homemade-style soda pop! If you're a soda lover, you can't not make this delicious beverage. This vibrant soda combines fresh tarragon leaves, simple syrup and seltzer water. Served over ice, it's a crisp and colorful presentation that actually sparkles in the glass!
How To: Make delicious pomegranate salad with pistachios
Yum! Learn how to make fresh, delicious pomegranate salad with pistachios. Not only is this absolutely delicious, but it's also so colorful and will liven up any table. It's crunchy, creamy, sweet, savory. A feast for the senses!
How To: Make a tie dye hobo bag
You won't have to jump into a time machine to get the psychedelic bag shown in this how-to video! Watch as Laura and her friends create a cool and colorful hobo bag from scratch! They're great to use for school, sleep overs or just hanging out with friends! You will need 2 pieces of fleece 20" x 20", 1 strip of fleece 36" x 3", a black marker, pins, scissors, a measuring tape, and the step-by-step instructions in this video activity tutorial. Make a tie dye hobo bag.
How To: Glue the wooden hidden box for a bombe secretary
Tommy finally gets to glue this “bad boy together.” After putting glue in the front only, he assembles the drawer dividers, the back and the partition and puts them in the desk to show the viewers. Watch this episode to find out why Tommy calls himself a “colorful guy, just not too bright.”
How To: Arrange flowers for a small vase
Trish Horrington shows how to arrange flowers for a small vase. Using the tools and equipment listed in the video, Trish shows step by step quick and easy tips for arranging the vase. Arrange flowers for a small vase.
How To: Make the Full Blonde cocktail for an aperitif
A great starter cocktail! This particular drink calls for: 1 1/2 ounces of gin, 1 1/2 ounces Pineau des Charentes (1 part Cognac to 3 parts fresh grape juice), a few drops of orange flower water, ice and a twist of lemon to garnish. Make the Full Blonde cocktail for an aperitif.
How To: Make creamy scrambled eggs with goat cheese and spinach
This is a perfect, vegetarian, light breakfast dish. You will need six eggs, 2 tablespoons heavy cream, 1 tablespoon butter, sea salt, chive flowers, roughly torn spinach and 2 tablespoons goat cheese. Serve with fresh orange juice, coffe and toast! Make creamy scrambled eggs with goat cheese and spinach.
How To: Divide asters
Sarah Raven demonstrates how to divide asters to ensure the flower quality doesn't diminish over time.