The Triffle World of Knowledge

All you ever wanted to know, and lots of other stuff as well!

7th March 2008

Holiday Gift Baskets

Holiday gift baskets are a preferred choice for most occasions, Christmas, birthday, anniversary and Thanksgiving.
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25th February 2008

Make Money Creating Wedding/Memorial Scrapbooks

If you’re familiar with creating scrapbooks then you have a work at home business waiting to be opened in your lap. Scrapbooks are a wonderful way to treasure wedding memories or the memories of a lost loved one.
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14th February 2008

3 Little Known Tips For Shopping For Craft Supplies Online

Let me ask you a question. Did you ever think that the internet would become so powerful and pervasive, that even craft supplies would turn into big business online? Neither did I. But it’s true. You can actually find just about any type of craft supplies that you are looking for if you look hard enough through the different search engines (or your local retail store). However, there are a few big sites that you might want to peruse the next time you are considering buying craft supplies.
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5th February 2008

Balloon Animals for Kids

Why kids like balloon animals and where they can learn to make the basics.
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27th January 2008

Custom Embroidery Tips

There are important considerations you have to bear in mind before creating or ordering your own, custom embroidery designs. For D-I-Y (Do-it-yourself) people, it is easy to get yourself a hi-tech embroidery machine complete with digitized programs, but the quality of your work will depend on your own artistic instincts and knowledge of specific embroidery techniques.
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17th January 2008

Russian traditional porcelain Gzhel - location and history of production

Gzhel is name for well known Russian national porcelain - usually blue and white, hand made and hand painted according ancient traditions.
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12th January 2008

Making a Child’s Hand Print on a Ceramic Tile

This is a fun craft for mom’s and their kids. This article includes a list of materials and step-by-step procedures. In the end you will have a family heirloom that will last virtually forever.
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5th January 2008

Acrylic paints can be diluted with water

Acrylic paint comes in a tube, just like oil paint. However, since acrylic paint is water-based meaning it dissolves in water instead of oil-based meaning you need to dissolve it in oil or turpentine, it’s much easier to clean up after. You can soak your brushes and clean your hands in plain tap water, instead of smelly and flammable chemicals.

Another advantage to acrylic paint is that it dries much faster than oil paint usually overnight. If you’re working on a painting that needs to be done on time, that’s important.
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3rd January 2008

What’s a Lanyard and How it Can be Used

What is a lanyard in fact? I can tell you that you can see lanyards every day because they are used in almost every domain. Many people haven’t even heard about lanyards although they all know what they are. So basically people just don’t know what they are called.
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2nd January 2008

Create Pretty Recycled Notepads From Junk!

This is how to turn brown paper, paper bags and any other paper scraps into cute and useful notepads and scribble pads. It is simple to do, so even little children can help! They make great little presents and if you start to save your paper now, you will have a good collection in no time. Set aside a box for collecting half-printed pages from the desk, paper shopping bags, scraps of pretty wrapping paper or wallpaper samples, and put them to good use!
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