Macramé: The Art of Creative Knotting (Book Review).
The book that started it all (published in 1967). When Virginia Harvey wrote this book, she remarked that macramé was almost a lost art...
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How To: Switch Between Multiple Outputs with a One-Button Redstone Relay in Minecraft
Relays are simple redstone devices that allow you to switch between multiple outputs with only one input. They're incredibly useful in the right situation!
How To: Easy DIY Fire Starters, Plus 9 More Ways to Reuse Old Wine Corks
Always downing a glass of red wine in the evening? Don't be ashamed. Red wine has some great health benefits when consumed in moderation, including improved memory, lower risk of heart disease, and even bone strengthening. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
How To: Save Over $30 on Kleenex with a Personalized Tissue Dispenser
So, this idea was born from a necessity to save. My household uses tissues a lot. I have two small kids, so they are extremely useful. The problem with tissues is that they seem to disappear in no time. So, whenever we ran out in-between shopping visits, my family would just use toilet paper.
How To: Install vertical blinds
First measure the window to decide if you would like the blinds inside the frame or outside on the casing. In most cases inside looks the best plus it gives you the added feature of adding curtains.
How To: Fold an origami royal crown napkin design
Treat your guests like royalty with this cool origami napkin idea. Watch the short video tutorial to see how to fold an origami royal crown napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami royal crown.
How To: Fold an origami red rosebud napkin design
Nothing brightens up a table like origami napkin flowers. This short video tutorial teaches how to fold an origami red rosebud napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami red rosebud.
How To: Fold an origami pyramid napkin design
Make your table setting an Egyptian theme! This short video tutorial teaches how to fold an origami pyramid napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami pyramid.
How To: Fold an origami lily napkin design
Impress your party guests with origami napkins on the table. Check this short video tutorial out to see how to fold an origami lily napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami lily.
How To: Fold an origami flower blossom napkin design
Origami napkins are a great way to pretty up and table setting! This short video tutorial shows how to fold an origami flower blossom napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami flower blossom.
How To: Fold an origami fan napkin design
There's no better way to prepare a table setting than with origami napkins! Check out this short video tutorial and see how to fold an origami fan napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami fan.
How To: Fold an origami candle napkin design
Prepare your table with style! Watch this short video tutorial and see how to fold an origami candle napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami candle.
How To: Fold an origami bishop's cap napkin design
Napkin origami! With this short video tutorial, you'll see how to fold an origami bishop's cap napkin design. Decorative origami napkins are perfect for any table and any occasion. Folding napkins into 3D objects is not only beautiful on the table, but fascinating. Origami napkin folding should be a trick up every table decorator's sleeve. Celina Table Linens shows you the simple steps involved in the napkin origami bishop's cap.
Market Reality: HoloLens 2 Hits Primetime TV, Qualcomm Unveils XR2 Chip, & Magic Leap Tops 2019's Biggest AR Investments
Investment in augmented reality remained robust in 2019. For the third consecutive year, we looked back on the biggest funding deals in the AR industry this week, and a familiar name came out on top.
News: Tougher Than Steel — Tardigrades Will Survive Until the Sun Explodes
Forget the rise of the machines. Tardigrades are set to outlive everything — even the bots. When the last echo of a whisper in a cell phone has long dissipated into space, the water bears will still be hanging out.
How to Be an Intern: Start Your Day with a Cold Shower
When you think about preparing for an internship, I'm sure your first thought is to go shopping for professional outfits or to brush up on technical skills. While that's all important, there's so much more for you to think about.
How To: Woke Up Before Your Alarm? Stay Awake, Don't Go Back to Sleep
There's nothing more jarring than the sound of your morning alarm. Even hearing it on others' phones, hours after your own abrupt wakeup, can cause you to flinch in fear. Though we depend on that shrill sound to get up each morning, it's actually better to wake up naturally—so don't even think about hitting that snooze button.
How To: Fix a Huge Dent in Your Car at Home Without Ruining the Paint Job
There are two options when it comes to a dent in your car — live with it, cringing each time it enters your view, or get rid of it. While the latter is obviously the best option, most of us will probably just live with dents and dings since spare money is better spent on the actual functionality of the vehicle. However, there is a way to knock out automobile dents yourself with relatively little cash in the bank.
How To: 10 Beautiful DIY Ways to Declutter Your Closet
Your closet is an area that holds important things such as keys, glasses, clothes and shoes. However, for some reason, it's always messy. Why is this? I know my closet is messy because I don’t have a lot of time to sit down and organize every little thing in there. I have never really even given much thought into organizing it.
How To: Build Wonder Woman's Armor for Halloween
Wonder Woman has always been a Halloween and cosplay staple. It's a costume that's both dependable and stylish — just like the Amazon who wears it. This year's reprise with Gal Gadot offers a fresh take on the old standby, with more muted colors, a tougher demeanor, and a decided lack of stars or stripes. Tahnee Harrison from CineFix's DIY Costume Squad has come up with a compromise between the old and new costumes. It's got the cut, styling, and details of Gal Gadot's 2017 costume, but the b...
How To: Save money on your scrapbooking
The cost of scrapbooking can really add up. You can still create wonderful scrapbooks to artistically document your memories by shopping smart and cutting costs by being resourceful. You can use things you already have around the house.
How To: Draw architectural landscape
This video, which is part of series of videos that teach drawing, shows how to draw a complex drawing of beautifully landscaped buildings. This video shows line by line drawing of an architectural landscape and would be easy to follow along. After drawing buildings, stairs with railings, trees, planting boxes, walkways, courtyards, decorative garden items and people, the artist then adds color. By using a few colors, texture and detail is added to this complex drawing. This video makes drawin...
How To: Make a toy boat and water mill
In this video series, our expert Katalin Toth will teach you how to do crafts with children. She will show you how to make a toy boat including how to paint the boat, glue the popsicle sticks, cu the popsicle sticks, and test the boat out in water. Katalin and her children will also teach you how to make a toy water mill including how to cut the popsicle sticks, how to add soil, and how to make a decorative star for the toy water mill.
How To: Make a homecoming mum
Heather DeHoyos shows you how to make a homecoming mum. There's a lot of parts and pieces that need to be added: ribbons, a base, trinkets, but there is a flower in there somewhere! See how to make these decorative homecoming mums in this series.
How To: Make chocolate mousse
In this mouth watering video series, you will get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a delicious homemade chocolate mousse. Our expert chef will show you how to whip and add the eggs, cream and chocolate to create this classy dessert. She will also demonstrate how to decorate your chocolate mousse with homemade whipped cream and decorative chocolate hearts for a dessert that is not only delicious but also quite beautiful.
News: Newborns Contract Potentially Fatal Legionnaires' Disease from Birthing Tubs
Legionnaires' disease is named after 1976 outbreak in Philadelphia that sickened 221 people and killed 34. More often striking adults over the age of 50, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported two cases where newborns contracted the often fatal disease — at their moment of birth.
Get Creative: Make Dumplings with Cheeseburgers & Kielbasa
Dumplings have been around for centuries in various forms; spätzle, as well as chicken and dumplings, are dough-y dumplings with no filling, whereas Russian pierogis and Chinese jiaozi are dumplings that contain meat, vegetables, or both.
Christmas Food Hacks: 9 Edible Wreaths to Deck Out Your Holiday
Christmas is just around the corner, which means holiday wreaths are decorating many doors across the nation. While we're always fans of a practical DIY, we especially love the edible kind, which are great for last-minute decorations.
Food Tool Friday: The Moroccan Tagine Is the Best-Looking Slow Cooker You've Never Heard Of
Tagine is both the name of a cooking vessel and also the dish that is cooked within it. In fact, some might say tagines are the national dish of Morocco. These slow-cooked stews and braises, often combining meat, vegetables, spices, and dried fruits, have a character unlike anything I've ever eaten.
News: Things to Do on WonderHowTo (07/11 - 07/17)
WonderHowTo is a how-to website made up of niche communities called Worlds, with topics ranging from Minecraft to science experiments to Scrabble and everything in-between. Check in every Wednesday evening for a roundup of user-run activities and how-to projects from the communities. But don't wait—start submitting your own projects to the most appropriate World now!
How To: Stage a theatrical set
In this video series, watch as school theater expert Peggy Charlton teaches theatrical staging basics. Learn how to build sets, the location of he different areas of the stage, what a cyclorama is, how to use the curtains on a stage, how to design a set, how to identify the apron area, and how to break down a set.
News: Skip the Antibacterial Soap — It Isn't Helping & It Could Cause Problems
The best go-to method for reducing your risk of infection is to wash your hands. Next time you reach for the soap, here is some news you can use.
News: Bed Bugs Are in a Lot of Hotel Rooms — Here's How to Spot Them
Bed bugs are brown and creepy. Could you spot one in your hotel room? A new study reveals most people are freaked out by bed bugs, but only about 35% could identify one.
How To: 10 Ways to Get Rid of a Migraine Fast Without Any Medicine
When a migraine strikes, it can be crippling. Intense and sharp pain not only at the temples, but radiating throughout the entire head; feelings of nausea and digestive discontent; an unbearable aversion to light, sound, and even the smallest of movements.
How To: 11 Clever Candy Wrapper Crafts You Can Do After Binging on Halloween Chocolate
Halloween night for most people with kids means tons of candy. That translates into tons of trash from candy wrappers. But even though you probably wouldn't think it, there's no shortage of alternative uses for those wrappers, from clothing and accessories to home decor.
How To: Make ceramic flower pots
In this video series, our expert potter will demonstrate how to make ceramic flower pots and vases. You will get easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to wedge and prepare clay, and how to throw a variety of flower pots on the pottery wheel. You will also get tips and advice on flower pot designs and decorations. If you have some experience with pottery, this video will give you the tools and advice you will need to make a beautiful and decorative flower pot.
How To: Crochet a scarf
In this video series, our expert Elissa Marie Rodgers will demonstrate how to crochet a scarf. You will get step-by-step instructions on how to pick the right yarn for your scarf, and how to crochet each stitch to create your own homemade scarf. Our expert will also show you how to make a variety of decorative fringes for your scarf and even give you tips on how to wear the scarf you crochet. A crocheted scarf makes an excellent gift for family and friends, and is a wonderful winter weather a...
How To: Be as Angry, Bald & Blue as Nebula from 'Guardians of the Galaxy' for Halloween
Karen Gillan must have had an absolute blast chewing the scenery as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, seeing as how Nebula is a ball of pure, seething fury pretty much 24/7. Combine that larger-than-life personality with her iconic blue and silver cyborg look, and you have a guaranteed hit for cosplay or Halloween.
How To: Using the Right Bakeware Is the Difference Between Baking Fail & Baking Win
For so many of us, bakeware is bakeware. As long as it's oven safe and able to tolerate the high heat, it's fine to bake in, right? Wrong!
How To: Make Amazing Dessert Art Using Bubble Wrap
The internet was blowing up recently over this mind-blowing, mouth-watering video of a woman making a cake decoration out of… wait for it… chocolate bubble wrap. Yes, that's right: she turned the ubiquitous packing material into the mold for an absolutely gorgeous cake embellishment that, deservedly, went viral. You can watch the video below.