How To Prepare Craft Sale
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January 6, 2010
Craft Shows can be an exciting time. You’ve created a product and now youre ready to promote and sell it at the local craft fair. However, it can be challenging to pack, load your vehicle, drive to the sale and then set up.
An organized system with a good check sheet is essential.Keep the check list on your computer and update and print it whenever you need it. If an item is forgotten, it may result in a poor display and a loss of income. Load your vehicle a day in advance so you have extra time to think of last minute items. Pack as compactly as possible, and arrive early so you can unload before the vendor parking area is congested. Use a dolly or cart to move your load quickly in and out of an event.
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What are some great, simple Easter craft ideas for kids to make?
Posted by craft on
November 19, 2009
I want to know some simple Easter Craft ideas that young children can make.
Are there any ways of making a simple easter basket out of cardboard or any other recycled material that can be filled with easter eggs?
Any ideas would be welcomed.
Are Your Brakes Safe?
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March 14, 2009
CHECKING THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL:
Check your car manual to determine the location of the brake fluid reservoir. Once you locate the brake fluid reservoir, usually marked with specifications regarding which brake fluid to use (e.g., DOT 3) make sure the brake fluid level isn’t lower than the ‘min’ line and that it’s as close as possible to the ‘max’ line. Also, make sure the brake fluid is clear or slightly yellow in color; if it’s not, you will need to do a brake fluid flush. Visually inspect the brake fluid container to make sure it’s not leaking and if possible, park the car over a piece of cardboard and tap the brakes to see if any fluid leaks out. If you find a leak, have your car checked by a mechanic as soon as possible and know that whatever part is leaking will probably need to be replaced.
CHANGING THE BRAKE FLUID:
Adding brake fluid will usually solve problems like the brake pedal being too soft and the brake warning light coming on, but the brake fluid should be changed every once in a while to ensure it’s working efficiently. According to trustmymechanic.com, the brake fluid should be changed every 30,000 miles or whenever the brake fluid becomes murky and dark.
When it comes to changing the brake fluid, you can flush the system manually with the help of an assistant or let gravity bleed the brake fluid if you’re working alone. Both of these options involve jacking up the car, removing the tires and opening the bleed screws to let the brake fluid and any trapped air run out. Check your car manual for specific instructions and recommendations; doing any of the above mentioned techniques could result in internal damage to your car if not properly done.
For an illustrated step by step guide to flushing your brakes, please visit: http://www.popularmechanics.com/how_to_central/automotive/1272446.html?page=2
CHECKING THE BRAKE PADS:
When you press down on the brake pedal, the brake pads cause enough friction on the tires to bring the car to a stop. If the brake pads are worn, you have less control over stopping and can end up in a fender bender. The brake pads are located between the calipers and the tire rotors of each tire. According to edmunds.com, a leading provider of car related information, if the brake pad depth is less than ¼ inch, it should be replaced soon. If it’s less than 1/8 inch, you’re getting close to damaging the rotor and the brake pad should be replaced as soon as possible.
CHANGING BRAKE PADS:
The easiest way to change your brake pads is to have a mechanic change them for you. If you have some extra time and access to a toolbox, a tire iron, a jack and a jack stand, you can try changing the brake pads yourself. The process of changing brake pads involves jacking up the car, removing the tires, removing the caliper assembly, replacing the brake pads and putting it all back together again.
For a detailed step by step guide to changing brake pads, please visit: http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/howto/articles/43787/article.html
Whether you have your brakes tuned by a mechanic or you do it yourself, it’s important to have it done regularly. As with most things, out of sight is out of mind and it’s easy to neglect the brake fluid level and brake pad condition until a problem arises. If you perform regular maintenance on your car, it will increase its lifespan and reduce the likelihood of serious and expensive problems later on.
Amazing of Paper
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January 15, 2009
Wrapping present during holidays is really fun. I loved learning how to perfectly measure and fold the paper, conceal the tape so that paper looked nearly seamless, cut fancy tips on the ribbon, and make ordinary items into bright, mysterious parcels that glittered with enhancement.
Of all the materials we use to craft (which is just about anything, really), paper seems the most magical to me. Paper dolls and cardboard forts were ingredients for many of my childhood make believe worlds. There is durable white paper pants and airbrushed paper hoodie in the 80s seemed surreal (paper clothes that didn’t rip). Even now a blank piece of paper, with its limitless possibilities, inspires in me a strong eagerness to create. Read the rest of this entry »
Recycled Ornaments
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December 22, 2008
In this simple project craft for Christmas gifts you can use old greeting, birthday, or holiday cards and leftover cardboard to make ornaments. This activity promotes fine motor skills, recycling, scissoring, painting, planning, and design skills.
Cut the cardboard into simple geometric shapes, circles and diamonds work well. Cut the pictures from the cards and glue onto the cardboard shapes. Use a ribbon or yarn around the edge of the cardboard, secure with glue or pins. These can be very simple to very ornate. Feel free to bring glitter, ribbons, and other odds and ends into the fun.
Lacy Candle Effect Ideas
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July 24, 2008
Lacy Candles Effect:
This is a neat effect of create the art candle making project. Just use a milk carton or other cardboard mold. Fill the carton with ice cubes, and then pour in your melted wax. For a solid base, pour about an inch of melted wax into the bottom of the mold, wait until it hardens just slightly, then add ice cubes and wax to fill the rest of the mold. When the candle cools, peel the cardboard off carefully. Now, let’s do the finished step by take dripping candle effect. Read the rest of this entry »
Ideas Create Cardboard Paper Bag Basket
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June 13, 2008
If appropriately create cardboard bag baskets & cardboard baskets could prove to be agitated to make. Take some colored papers, choose a nice arrangement and the aftereffect from agee and axis the cardboard would accord a cardboard a new absolutely tasteful appearance. This can be done either by cardboard bag craft folding ideas or again by aberrant a cardboard to create a basket. But to actualize both these things afar from accepting a cardboard what you would crave is instructions on how to go about architecture a cardboard basket & a template for it.
Cardboard basket authoritative could be simple or boxy solely depend by the affectionate of design template you pick. You can accomplish use of these cardboard baskets on any break but make sure that they are fixed acerb so that it can authority a brace of things and not abatement apart. Cardboard Basket generally abatement in the class kids crafts but they are for your use as well. If you can accomplish these baskets well and presentable again you can simple easily use them on any occasion from Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and Birthdays. So would you be absorbed in authoritative one such cardboard bassinet that is simple to learn, let’s started to create this simple handicraft. Read the rest of this entry »
