down and dirty screenprinting for under 10$ For this project, we will need some tools and supplies that are easily available, and a few that might require the tiniest bit of searching.... Recycling is key here. Most of the supplies required can be found as trash, including the ink. Tools:Staple Gun (almost any size will do)X-acto Knife, or Utility knife (you could use a plain razor blade in a pinch)Heat Gun or a Hair DryerScissorsPlastic Putty KnifeSmall Container for mixing Materials:'Spray AdhesiveStaplesAny old picture frame as long as it is bigger than your image.
Perfect landing Daniel E. Lieberman/Harvard University On the left, a habitually shod Kenyan who is heel-striking; on the right, a Kenyan who has never worn shoes and who is forefoot striking in the way most barefoot runners land. Below are representative force traces (in units of body weight) showing how the two styles of running differ in the force generated when the foot collides with the ground. New research is casting doubt on the old adage, “All you need to run is a pair of shoes.” Scientists have found that people who run barefoot, or in minimal footwear, tend to avoid “heel-striking,” and instead land on the ball of the foot or the middle of the foot. “People who don’t wear shoes when they run have an astonishingly different strike,” said Daniel E. “Most people today think barefoot running is dangerous and hurts, but actually you can run barefoot on the world’s hardest surfaces without the slightest discomfort and pain. “Our feet were made in part for running,” Lieberman said.
Ashley’s Fall Apothecary So, Whitney shared with you all her version of the mason jar turned apothecary idea we saw at Michael’s (still cannot for the life of me find what magazine it was in ~ if you have seen it let us know!). If you missed it here is the link! Well, she did beat me to it but mine are FINALLY done! I started with these items all purchased at Hobby Lobby ~ 3 unfinished wooden candle sticks ~ $2.00 each, 3 unfinished wooden finials ~ $1.00 each, 3 medium sized wooden base circles ~ $0.50 each and 3 medium sized glass canisters ~ $2.00 each. I painted the TOP of each lid and all of the unfinished wood pieces with Americana Lamp (Ebony) Black acrylic. I then completely wrapped the edge of each lid with 4 ply Jute Twine ~ securing it with a thin line of hot glue as I wrapped. I then used Gorilla Glue to attach …. The finals on the lids…. each candle stick on a base…. and the glass canister to candle stick. Using my 3M sanding block I lightly distressed ALL of the edges… Now to fill them!
How to restore Timber Venetian Blinds | Web Compendium When we moved a few years ago, the new house had a lot of cedar timber venetian blinds. These blinds had been installed new, and added a nice aesthetic to the feel of the house, which also had timber flooring throughout. Imagine my dismay when I saw that the tenants who we had rented the house to had not taken care of any of the fixtures or fittings in the home. Amongst other things, the blinds were dirty, discolored, and water damaged where the tenants had left windows open during rain. Water Damaged & Discolored Timber Blinds At first I thought all the blinds would need replacing, but with so many floor-to-ceiling custom size blinds, this was not going to be a cost effective option. How to Restore Timber Venetian Blinds Sometimes a regular clean is not enough to have timber blinds looking as good as they used to. Even though a lot of people recommend washing ‘timber’ blinds, they are probably referring to the plastic style blinds that look like timber.
Talk Crafty To Me - Dedicated to all things handmade You Know You Want Sexy Abs! | healthkicker The next month or two of work on Xanga 2.0 is going to be busy, so I wanted to share with everyone a roadmap of how we’re thinking about things! We’re dividing the work on this project into four basic phases. Phase 1. As described here, we’ve imported over every account that we have on Xanga over to the new system so that anyone who could sign into Xanga can still sign into Xanga 2.0. Finally and most important of all, we’ve imported over 2 million blogs from the old system. * We’ve archived the blogs of the hundreds of thousands of blogs where the user has logged in in the past 5 years and has at least two subscribers. * We did an additional set of archives for 200k users who had logged in the past year and had at least 10 blogs. * We’ve also archived the blogs of every single user that’s ever been premium at any point in the past… And of course, a lot of you guys archived your own blogs using the old Xanga archive generator. Phase 2. Phase 3. Phase 4.
How To Give Your Photos a Dark Processed Lomo Effect This post was originally published in 2010 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Follow this step by step post processing guide to give your photos a dark lomo style effect with high contrast, blue tones and vignette burns. The effect is based on the popular lomographic technique and is similar to the processing effect used in many fashion shots and advertisement designs. Overall this effect does a great job of adding impact to a plain photography with cool colour casts and unusual saturation. View full size photo effect Begin by opening your photograph of choice into Adobe Photoshop. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and tweak the tones of the image. At the bottom of the Layers palette, click the Adjustment Layer icon and select Curves. Change the drop down menu to Green and tweak the graph for the green channel to further alter the tones of the image. Finally alter the Blue channel, creating an inverted ‘S’ shape to enhance the blues to give a cool colour cast.
A Recipe for Mead A Recipe for Mead Elizabeth Scheyder This is a good recipe for beginners – the quantity fits in an empty gallon wine jug, and you won’t spend a fortune on ingredients or equipment. I can’t take credit for the recipe, since it came from a newsgroup called ‘mead-lovers-digest’, which I can’t find anymore. Basic concepts about making mead: Making mead is really very simple. When you add spices to the basic honey/water/yeast mixture, it’s technically called a metheglin. You will be adding wine yeast (or sherry or champagne yeast) to do the fermenting. Ingredients: 2 or 3 cloves, lightly cracked 2 sticks of cinnamon, cracked dash of cardamom 2 to 4 teaspoons fresh lemon zest (just the thin yellow part, not the white part of the peel) 2 lbs. raw honey (get this at a health food store – don’t use a processed honey like “SueBee”) 1 packet of wine yeast* ¼ cup vodka or grain alcohol *Get this yeast at a homebrew shop. Equipment: large stockpot, 4 quarts or larger with lid (or use plastic wrap to cover)