Meyer lemons and lemon meringue pies are the staples of summer, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the zesty sweetness of lemons year round if that's your thing! Check out this cake baking and decorating video to learn how to decorate delicious glazed lemon cupcakes.
Origami art is in and of itself an abstract art form. Instead of realistic depictions of bunnies and trees and cars you have geometric interperatations of them, which means they're highly angular and schematized.
Wreaths traditionally go smack dab on your front door, but that doesn't mean you can't get a little creative with them. Turn a wreath into a table centerpiece by laying it down, sticking a candle in the center, and adorning the wreath with ornaments and ribbons.
Whether you'd like to think about it or not, the moment a Christmas tree or boxwood sprig is cut, it begins to die. This means that maintaining its beautiful dark green hue as well as the fragrant Christmasy smell requires work on your part.
The winter months may not seem like the best time to be growing much of anything, but the amaryllis thrives from October to April, which means its bright, cheery petals can adorn your table top during the holiday season.
You probably haven't heard of shirring fabric before, but we can bet you've either seen it or have several pieces of clothing with shirring. Shirring means adding bumpy, ruffled waves to a fabric using scrunching and sewing.
Living in a small space doesn't mean you have to forego hosting a holiday get together! This tutorial gives you some great tips on how you can not only host a party in a small house or apartment, but how you can do it on a budget, too.
While it's true that Christmas wreaths are traditionally meant to go on your front door, you needn't think so inside the box when it comes to the donut-shaped Christmas decor.
It's Christmas season, and that means it's time for holiday parties! This tutorial shows you how you can make a fun and festive dress for your upcoming holiday celebrations. You will need approximately two and a half yards of fabric, in addition to a sewing machine and the regular notions.
Isolations are basically isolating single body parts - the hands, one leg, even one knee - to perform a dance move focused on that one body part. This means you can perform an isolation by popping your knee or gliding your arm up and down, for example.
If your preferred means of showing that you're smarter than others is to trick them with elaborate and tedious puzzles, then Brian Brushwood is your man. This video will teach you two easy bar tricks with matches and drawing that might get you a free drink with the right crowd.
You may have been born with good hair (ie. manageable, easy to curl, thick and shiny), but that doesn't mean you don't have to put in maintenance to keep it looking good.
You don't have to spend a fortune on expensive gift wrapping when the means to make them yourself are right at home! This tutorial shows you how to take a collection of old envelopes and recycle them into fun and cute gift bags for small holiday gifts.
"Scene" bangs is just a fancy way of saying cool-looking, hipster bangs. You can't rock the hipster trend the way it was meant to be rocked if you only have the skinny jeans, loose organic cotton top, and bangles, right?
Just because it's Thanksgiving doesn't mean you're obligated by law to serve turkey at dinner. In fact, if you have a smaller family, or guests who just don't dig turkey that much, a smaller piece of meat, like ham, may be a much better choice.
Dal is a thick, creamy stew made from dried lentils, peas, and beans that have had their outer hulls removed. "Tadka" means "tempering," which is achieved by adding spicing agents like curry powder and garlic.
Serve more than one kind of turkey this Thanksgiving by offering up your guests this sweet turkey cupcake. Made simply from a marshmallow and some colorful candies, this turkey cupcake is quite possibly one of the easiest desserts you will ever assemble.
If you manage to shoot the head off every mannequin in the Nuketown map when you're playing Call of Duty: Black Ops in multiplayer mode (which means you're going to have other things to worry about), you can find a great little secret!
Just because you're only headed to school or for a Starbucks run doesn't mean you shouldn't look absolutely fabulous. Make sure your hair is always sleek and polished without spending hours doing it by creating this simple messy updo.
Learn what it means to root a Google Android smartphone. Whether you're interested in rooting your own Android phone or just want to learn more about the process, you're sure to be well served by this video guide. For more information and detailed step-by-step instructions, watch this phone hacker's how-to.
Let's face it, gals: Not all of us were born with those covetable beestung Angelina Jolie lips. In fact, most of us have average sized lips or even thin lips.
It may be only 20 degrees and snowing outside, but that doesn't mean your face has to look similarly gloomy and dull. Bring some sun from the tropics back home by wearing it on your face.
The bump attack is one of the most effective means that professionals use to open locked doors, but the Schalge Primus lock has been long thought to be immune to these attacks. No longer. Watch this video to find out how to bump attack a Primus and also prevent a bump attack on your own locks using anti-bump pins.
Halloween is all about getting wild and crazy with your makeup kit, but that doesn't mean you can't still look pretty while doing it! If you want to get dressed to the nines this Halloween while still staying in character, check out this makeup tutorial.
The holiday season is soon going to be upon us, which means there will soon be 30 pound turkeys on tables everywhere. Turkey is the centerpiece of a satisfying Thanksgiving table, so it's important to make sure yours is juicy, tender, and roasted just right.
Don't you ever wish you could just get away? You know, just say sayonara to your marketing meeting and take the next flight to Cabo? Unfortunately for most of us those dreams stay dreams, but that doesn't mean you can't transport your taste buds to the Carribean with a delicious tropical drink.
A braided hairband is basically a headband that's made out of your own pretty hair. This means no painful pinching or tightness that comes with ordinary headbands.
Bathing a baby means not only keeping them clean, but also taking care of their skin. This video shows you how to keep your child's skin soft and well moisturized. Make sure your baby doesn't continually suffer from dry skin, and always moisturize after a bath.
Oil-based paint is vibrant and durable, but all that means that getting it on your skin is a major pain. Watch this video to learn about some easy ways, including rubbing yourself with turpentine, of getting oil-based paints off of your skin.
Many consider the skin to be the tastiest part of the chicken. As these things go, that means it's the least healthy part of the whole bird. If you want to make a healthier, low-fat chicken dish, watch this video to learn how to skin a whole raw chicken to prepare it for whatever healthy chicken dish you like!
During the winter the humidity goes way down and the air outside is nippier, not to mention indoor heating sucks all the living moisture from your skin and hair. This means that hairstyles have to survive both dryness and extremes of hot and cold.
The cooling fans on Chrysler cars are not particularly well-made, but that doesn't mean you can assume that they are broken the second the cooling system stops working. Watch this video to figure out how to diagnose problems with the cooling fan relay on a Chrysler.
Roses can easily be passed on to family members and friend by means of root cuttings. Watch this video to learn how to properly root a rose and prepare it to be gifted to someone whose garden your love.
Most crochet projects are going to require you to change colors of threat or join two skeins at some point, and that means changing threads. Watch this video to learn an easy trick to changing thread that will make your crocheting life easier.
There are a plethora of reasons why you should practice yoga, from easier breathing to increased flexibility to clearing your mind. But there's another super important reason you should take up the art of the pretzel-limbed: It helps build strength all throughout your body, which means you'll be less likely to pull a muscle or throw out your back in real life.
Despite what its name may suggest, Italian wedding soup by no means has to be consumed at a wedding. In fact, "wedding soup" gets its name from the "marriage" of ingredients in the dish, specifically the intermingling of meat and vegetables.
From Ramanujan to calculus co-creator Gottfried Leibniz, many of the world's best and brightest mathematical minds have belonged to autodidacts. And, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever to follow in their footsteps. With this installment from Internet pedagogical superstar Salman Khan's series of free math tutorials, you'll learn how to explain what a percentage is within the context of basic arithmetic.
TyTool is a software program you can use on an iPod Touch 2G using the TyTool program. This tutorial shows you how to download the program and run it so you can jailbreak your Apple device untethered (meaning you won't have to turn it off and on again).
The word 'haben' is a very common German word, which means, 'to have' or 'to possess.' Depending on the structure of the sentence in which it is used, the verb changes its spelling in one of several ways. This video explains how to conjugate 'haben' in the present tense, and gives you several vocabulary words to study.
When speaking German, nouns using the s-declension will sometimes have two different endings (-s or -es) in the genitive declension, which does not change the meaning of the word. This lesson teaches how to appropriately apply each ending. The video also teaches you a short list of German travel words.
