This Fourth of July, go beyond cherry pie, strawberry shortcake, and those gimmicky red, white, and blue cupcakes. Instead, wow your friends and family with this delicious, patriotic honeycomb cake made of puff pastry, whipped cream, and fresh fruit — no artificial coloring needed! Don't Miss:
I regularly use my Nexus 7 to wake up in the mornings (well, sometimes afternoons), but it's pretty minimal in what it does. I shouldn't have to open multiple apps when I wake up to figure out my schedule for the day or what the weather is going to be like.
The new year is just around the corner so it is the perfet time to make an easy DIY calendar that will keep you organized on 2014!
The holiday season is here, and most people have already started counting down. Advent calendars are a very traditional way to keep track of how many days are left, but most of the ones you see are either boring, made for little kids, or just plain ugly.
How many king slimes do you have? Watch this Terraria mob trap guide video to learn how to get four king slimes. King slimes drop a lot of items, so if you want to be able to harvest from them, learn how to build this trap.
The key to building a great Minecraft world is efficiency. This video will show you the most efficient way to kill mobs, a four-way mobvator that attracts mobs to spawning pads and elevates them to a killing mechanism so you can capture the loot. This is up to date for Minecraft beta 1.6.
Modern weddings can be expensive. Old-time weddings could be held outside barns with simple stools found around the house for seating and the bride would wear a dress passed down along generations of women from her family.
In Korea and Japan a special holiday called Children's Day is celebrated. Like Mother's Day or Father's Day in the United States, the occasion honors one particular family member, or members, with gifts and special parades or events.
There are eight stars hidden throughout the game Braid, and you can earn a special achievement or trophy if you uncover all of them. This tutorial shows you where the first four of these stars in this game can be found.
Machinarium is a fun little indie game where you play a robot in a point and click puzzle adventure. This tutorial is a walkthrough for part four of the game, where your robot ventures from the castle into the city of the robots.
This video has been made in the ten player normal mode for this raid. If you want to defeat teh Conclave of Wind boss when playing the Throne of the Four Winds raid, here is how you and your guild can do it.
Dream of one day becoming a world-famous pastry chef, or simply want a quick yet impactful decoration to put on your next cake? Then take a look at this cake decorating video to learn a quick and easy way to make frosting roses.
Make a fun little toy swing! This video gives you the plans to make a swing for your dolls or other toys. You'll need to assemble five pink rods, two red rods, one green rod, two blue spools, four yellow spools and four orange washers to make this item.
In the mornings when we wake up it seems like our hair is our own worst enemy. It just won't style right, it frizzes out, it won't hold the curls. But getting your hair ready for school or for work doesn't have to be a chore.
In this penny-pincher's guide from Mahalo, you'll learn how to make dinner to serve a family or four or five for 5 dollars or less. For all the details, and to get started capitalizing on cheap eats yourself, take a look.
In this tutorial, we learn how to understand special quadrilaterals. A quadrilateral is a shape with four sides. Three figures of these are: kites, parallelograms, and trapezoids. Two types of parallelograms are the rhombus and the rectangle. Rectangles have four right angles. A square is also a parallelogram, which has four right angles and two congruent sides. A square is always a rhombus a parallelogram is always a quadrilateral and a kite is always a quadrilateral. The parallelogram is so...
We love bohemian hairstyles: The loose, beachy waves, pretty curls, and sprinkling of braids look princessy and oh so feminine. But when you have to get up at 5 AM in the morning to get ready for school it's not as easy to muster up the patience to plait, pin up, and curl your hair.
In this video, we learn how to play pool by kissing forward. To set it up the nine ball will be in the corner pocket and the other four close to the rail. Kiss the cue ball off of the four using a maximum follow with a lot of speed. Follow is going to remain on the cue ball after it hits the seven full. Now the cue ball will spin back in the nine. This will suggest that over-spin on the cue ball does exist even after it kisses off the four. When finished, you will be able to kiss forward and ...
In this video, we learn how to play "Detroit Rock City" by KISS on electric guitar. Start out with Eb, Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, and Eb. Pull of the first fret and go to the second, then do this over four times. Once you have finished this, do it over three more times until you reach the end. Now, you will place your fingers on the fourth string fourth fret, then do these chords over again three more times. There will be another guitar playing Eb, Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, and Eb as you continue on playing this,...
After a long, grueling day at work and a grueling commute home, the last thing you want to be doing is prying yourself away from the couch to start an hour-long dinner prep session. While we totally get that, it actually doesn't take much to make a meal at home.
Whatever happened to the mix tape? A few years back, there wasn't a better and more meaningful gift to give someone than a mix tape full of jams specially tailored to his/her tastes. But with MP3s and internet streaming being the most popular forms of music listening these days, we suppose it's no surprise the mix tape has died out like the dinosaurs.
As kids, we had dreams of becoming a fighter pilot, menacing enemies and saving the day with our stealth fighter plane. Needless to say, our pipe dreams kind of went bust, but that doesn't mean we still don't dream of piloting one of those things!
Simply learning words in Mandarin Chinese is not enough for being able to speak the language fluently. The Mandarin Chinese language, like many Asian languages, is tonal. This means that a word can have various meanings depending on the tone used to pronounce it. There are four tones in Mandarin Chinese which are represented by the four tone marks over the vowels in pinyin. This video covers these tones and will hopefully help you better understand their uses.
Hard drive space is cheap and abundant these days, and it's probably a great time to upgrade to a huge one. Now all you've gotta do is clone all of the data from your old drive to the new one. This video will show you how to use a program called Aconis Migrate Easy to do the whole process quickly and easily.
Unlike its name suggests, beachy waves aren't an easy, carefree hairstyle you can achieve simply by hitting up the beach for a day and letting the sun and surf do its work. In fact, if you did just that you'd probably end up with fried, damanged, and dry hair that doesn't look the least "beachy" and pretty.
These days, faucets are incredibly easy to install (removing old faucets is the hard part). And if you have a Delta brand single handle kitchen faucet with DIAMOND seal technology, this video will show you the steps to installing it. This is also very similar to other brands of single-handle faucets. This video from Lowe's and Delta will help you with your installation. You'll need a screwdriver, adjustable wrench and allen wrench.
In this video, we learn how to scream sing properly through your stomach. A great method to do this is to fill your stomach with air and practice making a deep throat sound while you are breathing out. Make sure you are in the right mindset, then open up your throat and make a deep sound on it. You want to use the power of your voice and work hard at making the scream as deep or as high as you want it. It's hard to do this, so don't expect to do this over just one day. It takes several months...
A lot of girly accoutrements we let go of in childhood: pigtails, Barbies, our beloved Easy Bake Oven. But there's something about bows that makes them eternally pretty, whether you're five or fifty. But these days, rather than putting bows in our hair, we're more about attaching them to cakes and cupcakes.
In this tutorial, we learn how to do interval cardio training. Start off on the treadmill going at a pace that is easy for you. Increase the intensity of the treadmill every two minutes. After two more minutes go back to normal. Continue doing this raising your intensity each time you start a new two minutes. You can increase it by doing a higher speed, higher incline, or anything else. When you feel like you can't do anymore, log what speed or intensity you were at. Continue to do this exerc...
One of the most annoying things about installing a new car audio system is the constant rattle sounds your hear. Always driving around sounding like a car full of metal junk can be quite annoying.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a four leaf clover pattern. First, fold your paper in half, then fold it in half in the other direction. Next, fold the edges making a point and then cut a half an inch along the edge, making a cone shape. end the shape on the right side, making a heart shape. When you unfold, you will have a four leaf clover! You can use any size of paper to make this, just make sure you use green paper to keep the theme Irish. This is a great project for kids to learn ...
When working on your car, it's always important to know how things work and what can be removed. If you can remove a certain part easily, in order to get to another part, it makes the day much easier.
It's annoying to come home each day and see that your fridge's doors are uneven with everything else. Although it may seem like a difficult task to fix, it's actually quite easy.
Technology nowadays, helps make life easier for people by providing them with gadgets that can be used during any time of the day. One gadget that all drivers cannot be without, is a gps or navigation system. These nifty little devices help people get to and from location that they couldn't even find on a map. They're easy to use and can even be pretty fun to program. So check out this quick tutorial on how to use the navigation system in a 2010 Ford Sport Trac. Enjoy!
Is your wedding coming up in a few months? If you're like the greater population of brides, whittling yourself away with all the planning, decorating, and selection of dresses isn't enough to match your standards.
Having an irrigation system installed in your back or front yard, can be an easy way to not only water your plants, but add investment to your home. Asking a professional can put you back thousands of dollars, so doing it yourself it a much better option. It will only take a few days to complete, the right tools, and some sweat and labor. So check out the tutorial above to find out what else it will take to have a great irrigation system in your yard. Enjoy!
Building a water feature in your yard can not only be relaxing for you and others, but possibly add value to your home as well. But this is no easy task. It can take days to complete, but can be done with the right tools and equipment. So in this next tutorial, you'll be finding out what you'll need in order to create your own water feature in your yard today. Good luck and enjoy!
There's nothing worse than preparing to work on your yard and finding out that one of your most important tools is busted. A broken starter on your trimmer can lead to a bad day for anybody. But with this tutorial, replacing it can be easy to do and will have you out in the yard in no time. So check out this tutorial for how to replace the starter to a trimmer easily. Enjoy!
Painting may sound like a tough task, but in fact is really easy to do. Yes it's hard work, but in the end, you're left a beautiful looking room that makes your home feel more welcoming. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to paint a home's interior walls. It's something that can be done in less than a day so good luck and enjoy!
Petit fours are excellent substitutes for hors d'oeuvres, combining chicness and appetite piquing sweetness for a wonderful treat that all your guests will enjoy.