In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to reupholster the seat of a chair. Begin by taking the seat off the chair and remove the staples on the back of the fabric. Remove the fabric and cushion, leaving you with the wood base. With polstry foam, cut the foam out 1/8" larger than the board. With wool batting, cut the batting 4" larger than the board and then staple it to the board. Finish it by covering it with some decorative fabric. Cut the fabric 4" larger than the board and staple it on...
This video illustrates how to draw a roman soldier cartoon.Here are the following steps: Step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and pencil and start drawing the face of the soldier in oval shape and then within the face draw a pair of eyes and then a big nose .
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a ribbon covered pinch clip. The materials required for this hair clip are 4 1/2" x 3/8" of ribbon, glue gun and an alligator clip. Open the pinch clip and place the ribbon inside it. Align it to the clip so that it is straight. Then apply some hot glue onto the surface of the pinch clip and then fold the ribbon to glue it. Alight the ribbon to the top of the clip and flatten the ribbon. Now apply some more glue on the ribbon and push it into ...
Salt dough can be used like clay for craft. This video demonstrates how to make salt dough. The ingredients required to make salt dough are a cup of salt, two cups of flour, a cup of water and food coloring. Make sure to cover your working surface with old newspaper and use a painting apron as this can get messy. Add the salt and flour in a bowl and mix with a spoon. Then measure one cup of water and add quite a good amount of food color to get the desired color and mix it into the salt-flour...
This Food Channel video demonstrates making a pumpkin pie martini. Erica Muse from Martini’s in Las Vegas starts by pouring portions of Stolichnaya Vanilla vodka, chai liqueur and pumpkin spice liqueur into the glass part of a Boston shaker. Then she adds half and half, whipping cream or heavy cream. She shakes the mixture over ice using the stainless steel portion of a Boston shaker as the cover, and strains into a martini glass that has already been rimmed with sugar for serving.
In this tutorial, Scott Atkinson shows us how to identify different types of bulbs. Common types of bulbs are: tulip, daffodil and lily. These are most easily identified but there are many that appear in flowers. A core looks similar to a bulb but it is a solid tissue and doesn't have an leaves, just a hard core with a protective covering. There is also tubers which are what potatoes and other foods grow from. These cause eyes to form and create different types of things to grow. You will now...
In order to make Shooting Stars for Cakes made from Fondant Icing, you will need the following ingredients and supplies: fondant cookie cutters, wire cutters, gumpaste, a pastry brush, icing spatula, glue (or gumpaste with water), a paint brush, a fondant rolling pin, powdered sugar, floral wire, and a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
Sandra Lee in this video shows how to make triple orange angel food cake. She takes a pack of angel food cake mix in a bowl and adds the juice of mandarin oranges with water to it. A tablespoon of orange zest is added to the bowl and mixed well. This goes into a pan sprayed nicely and generously with cooking spray. Half a can of the mandarin oranges are popped into the cake batter. This is baked in a pre-heated oven to 350 degrees. The uneven top of the cooked cake is removed. The rest of the...
This video shows us the method to make a spinach omelet. First put about half packet of spinach in a pan and heat it. Cover the pan with a lid and let the spinach reduce. Heat the pan until most of the water in the spinach is gone. After cooling the resultant spinach, put it in the egg and mix it. Put this mixture on the frying pan on a very low heat. After one side of the omelet is ready, flip it into half. Press the omelet from the top so that the uncooked egg comes out and seals the omelet...
In order to prepare an easy Lasagna, you will need the following ingredients: oven ready lasagna noodles, mozzarella, cheddar cheese, tomato sauce, and ground hamburger.
Jim demonstrates how to make salt dough,in this video.Take 2 cups of plain flour and a cup of salt and mix it well.Next add half a cup of water slowly into the mixture and make a dough out of the mixture.Knead it thoroughly.Then add some wallpaper paste to the dough in order to make it more elatic.Also,add some vegetable oil and knead the dough into the shape of a ball.Now take a polythene bag and cover the ball of dough neatly with it.Put it in a refrigerator and let it rest for an hour.Once...
In this tutorial, we learn how to grow pineapple almost anywhere. First, buy a pineapple and cut the top off of it. Let the top of this dry out for around a week. Now, pull off all the dried up dead stuff from the bottom of the pineapple head. You will now need a large pot with soil and you will dig a hole in it. In that hole, place your pineapple head inside of it and place dirt around it, but not covering the leaves of the top of the pineapple. Now, water your pineapple and let it grow. Alt...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make distilled water. Begin by pouring some water into a kettle pot and heat it at medium temperature. Then make a hole in the side of a plastic cup and insert a tube into the hole. Now cover the top of the cup with plastic wrap and insert the tube from the cup to the kettle pot spout. Seal the gaps in the spout with some paper towels. Leave the cup for several minutes to steam. Then take off the plastic wrap and wait 10-15 minutes for the water. T...
This is a piano rendition of "Gold" by British superstar band Spandau Ballet. "Gold" was a huge hit in the 80`s. Dino 5254 presents a piano solo in this video which visually shows us the melody and chords on the keyboard. Instead of the pulsating electric guitars, drums, vocals and keyboard in the original number, this particular cover version is a slow one with pauses and gentle lapses that go from one section of the melody to the next. Even the jungle drum beat section of the original pop s...
In order to make starter years, for home brewing beer, you will need the following ingredients and supplies: water, sanitizer, DME, scissors, refractometer, a magnetic stir bar, aluminum foil, yeast, and a funnel.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make homemade pecan pie. First, whisk 3 eggs and put into a large mixing bowl. Next, add 3/4 c of sugar, 3 tsp vanilla extract, 1 c dark corn syrup, and mix thoroughly. After this add 2 tbsp melted butter and mix it together again until it's all combined. Once it's well combined, add 1 3/4 c of pecans and mix together until pecans are well combined and covered in liquid. Now, preheat your oven at 350 degrees and place this mixture into a pie crust. Cook for a...
In this how-to video, you will learn how to create a drawing of a palm tree setting. First, you will need two pieces of paper, charcoal, and cotton. Use the one piece of paper to add charcoal to your cotton. Next, cover the piece of paper you are using for the drawing with a wash of charcoal. Next, use an eraser to create images of clouds. Next, draw the palm tree with the charcoal on the lower half of the paper. Add as many palm trees as you feel necessary. Finish the drawing by doing the fi...
The video shows how to pan for gold using the backwash and tap method. Take about a quarter cup of Georgia concentrate and add to a panning tray (looks like a shallow bowl with ridges). Add some water to cover and gently move the mixture around to wash off the lighter sand and dirt particles (gold is heavier and will sink to the bottom). Resettle the mixture at the bottom and start over, continuing to wash off the sand until you start to see specks of gold along the side. Keep resettling the ...
Grapes, raisins and pomolo are placed in jars and spring water is added to them. The jars are tightly covered and left for 5 days to a week; until fermented. The jars are shaken once daily and the lid is opened to allow air to get in. After maturity, where they made fizzing sounds and they started to swell to the top . They are strained and the liquid is put to back into the jars, closed and left for a week. An amount of the liquid is poured out of the jars and flour is placed in each and sti...
This how to video shows you how to make a pocket card. You will need a trimmer with scoring blade, fiskars corner boarder punch, circle squeeze punch, 3 pieces of 12" x 12" card stock, small pieces of patterned card stock, tape, and embellishments. First, score the stock at 4" and 8". Next, trim about 1/4" off. Now apply adhesive down to the sides of the card. From here, use the circle punch on the edge of the card stock. Fold the stock together to create a pocket. Next, trim unwanted strips ...
How to make a Prima "Pastiche" Paperbag Album. The demostrator shows us how to make a Prima "Pastiche" Paperbag album. Take a french paper, apply fix some pearls, old keys, artificial flowers, key mantle, all this for the back cover of the album.
Check out this video and learn how to draw a very cool graphic using Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to draw a vector heart without having to download anything extra. All you need is Adobe Illustrator and some time!
If that old chair is covered in holes or stains, or boasts a pattern that can best be described as "70s chic" it may be time to update it a bit. In this video learn how to save your favorite comfy chair and recover or reupholster it like a pro. By recovering your furniture yourself you can avoid the cost of buying a new one or paying a professional, with the added bonus of holding on to a long-loved piece of decor.
In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to stamp & heat emboss on a card. First you rub in a powder on the paper on which you are going to emboss, because embossing powder is really sticky. Then you select the stamp that you want to emboss and apply sticky transparent ink on the stamp. Make sure you do a through job of this. This will make the embossing powder stick to it. Now stamp the card and press it evenly to ensure that the impression is complete. Then pour embossing pow...
Hayley P. shows her viewers how to apply makeup with a foundation brush to reduce the appearance of dark circles around the eyes. If you follow her instructions, you will reduce the appearance of dark circles and you will look more awake.
preparedpantry describes the process of covering sugar cookies with fondant.
In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make a red cabbage pulao. Ingredients for this recipe are ¾ cup finely chopped red cabbage, ¾ cup basmati rice, one teaspoon each of ginger, garlic and chili paste, olive oil and rice seasoning vinegar. Heat up two tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and add the red cabbage. Add one teaspoon each of ginger, garlic and chili paste. Stir well so that all the ingredients are mixed well. Wash and drain the rice, add it to the pan and stir it. Add ...
In this video, learn how to make a cute baby blanket with nothing but a piece of fabric and a pair of scissors.
Firstly, keep the bowl over the stove and heat the oil, poured inside the bowl. Here, the Oil is poured underneath so that rice does not stick to the bottom and also the rice will taste good. The washed rice is dropped into the cooker, here 1 pound of rice is been cooked and 1.5 pound of water is poured. Boil it on a medium-high temperature (boiling takes about 3-5minutes). The cooking process takes about 20minutes, while cooking, stir it in between so that the rice does not stick to the bott...
Sandra Lee shows how to make pecan cinnamon angel food cake the easiest way. The ingredients used for this recipe are 8 ounces of whipped cream cheese, half a cup of chopped pecans, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and an angel food cake. The cream cheese, pecans, cinnamon and brown sugar are mixed in a bowl to make the filling for the cake. A one inch top of the cake is cut and set aside. The core is removed from the cake to make place for the filling. The cored pieces o...
In this Fine Art video tutorial you will learn how to make your own duct tape dress form. This video is from www.thunderlily.com. The materials you will need for this project are an old t-shirt, duct tape, strips of fabric to put around your neck and arms and a pair of gloves. Wear the old t-shirt and stand upright. Tape around the chest and waist to keep your shape as shown in the video. Add extra fabric around the neck. Then tape all over the t-shirt and cover the entire t-shirt. Then remov...
HolidayKitchen.tv shows us how to make a perfect pie crust. It's easy and costs just pennies. You will need a food processor and the following ingredients: 1 C flour, 2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 C chilled butter, 1 Tbls chilled shortening, one egg yolk, and 2 Tbls water. Follow the directions in the video for exact blending. When the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl and clings together, you can remove it to a new bowl. Cover and chill for half an hour. Flour your work surface ...
To make a pina colada, start by adding 40 milliliters of Bacardi white rum into the glass portion of a Boston shaker. To that, add 50 milliliters of Koko Kanu (coconut liqueur). Then add cream of coconut, heavy cream, lime juice and pineapple juice. Add ice to the glass. If wanted, add a small amount of sugarcane syrup. Cover the glass with the stainless steel portion of the Boston shaker and shake to mix and cool the drink. To serve put ice in a hurricane glass, and strain the drink into the...
Use three tools to create a simple ponytail. Use a hairbrush, a bobby pin, and a bungee band holder for this look. Using a bungee band instead of a standard ponytail holder eliminates some of the issues typically caused by pulling hair through ponytail holders. Start by using a bristled brush to brush the hair to one location on the head. Secure one hook of the bungee band in the ponytail and wrap the tail around the rest of the hair. Wrap it around again, and secure the other bungee band hoo...
In this how-to video, you will learn how to dismantle an 80GB Microsoft Zune and remove the hard drive. You will first remove the cap at the end. Remove the screws at the bottom. Next, unclip the sides, top, and bottom of the Zune. You can use a prying tool to help you with this. Do this slowly, as you might damage the Zune. Once you can remove the back cover, you will have access to the internal parts of the mp3 player. Remove the tape holding the components together. Next, remove the screws...
In order to prepare A Simple English Toffee, you will need the following: a large heavy pot, a candy thermometer, a spoon, a dash of salt, a baking sheet, 2 cups of butter, 2 cups of sugar, and 2 cups of chocolate.
CadNYC demonstrates how to open the Nike iPod sensor casing. Replacing the iPod Nike sensor battery is easy and low cost with a few simple steps. First, place the sensor in a vice clamp and saw off the casing using a very thin hacksaw blade. then, open up the sensor compartment to have access to the battery. You can now remove the battery and replace it with another battery which will cost about two dollars. After you replace the Nike iPod sensor battery, use a strong adhesive to glue the cov...
In this how-to video, you will learn how to disassemble an Acer Aspire Revo. First, unscrew the screw on the side of the laptop. From here, you must pull the top cover with the logo apart. This will be tough, but eventually it will be come off. A prying tool may be useful for this task. Now you will have access to the hard drive, RAM, CPU fan, processor, and wireless card. Now you are ready to perform any upgrades or repairs on your Acer Aspire. This video shows you the essential steps in ord...
This video gives instructions for making Chicken Korma. There is no audio but the instructions are on the screen and the demonstration is easy to follow. The ingredients in this dish are chicken breasts, oil, curry base, cream, grated coconut and sugar.
How to make hamburger stew
