Hobbies Articles
1: Making a Tote Out of Kids Clothes
Here is a great project that will make for a very creative gift…a homemade bag out of an old pair of jeans. First you are going to need those old pair of jean…the ones that no longer fit
2: Do It Yourself Baby Shower Favors
There are so many great ideas out there for baby shower favors. It just makes sense if you are on a budget to make your own and it can be a lot of fun as well! One my favorites homemade favors out
3: Using Swarovski Crystal Beads for Making Beaded Jewellery
Swarovski crystal beads add a new dimension of sparkle to any jewellery making project. Fun, simple to use and producing spectacular results for very little cost, these delicate glass crystals are spe
4: Soldering Jump Rings Using Sterling Silver Solder
If you're serious about making good quality jewellery, learning to solder is an essential skill. Not only will your jewellery look better and more ‘finished', but your clasps and fastenings will
5: Making a Swarovski Crystal Bead Bracelet
Swarovski crystal beads have been a popular item in jewellery making for over 100 years and still retain their charm and attraction today. Simple to use and capable of creating a dazzling effect for v
6: How to Make a Silver Clay Ring using Precious Metal Clay
Precious metal clay (PMC) was developed in Japan in the 1990s as a malleable, easy to use product that produced fine quality precious metal results. PMC is a combination of binders and fine material p
7: License Plate Frames - Affordable Christmas Gifts
Christmas is right around the corner. Everyone is on a tight holiday budget this year. How do you give a really thoughtful gift without spending too much money? You give a personalized license plate f
8: How To Get Custom Handmade Jewelry Bracelets
A tendency to the creation of custom jewelry has got great popularity recently. The formula of a perfect piece of jewelry includes precious metals and gemstones plus a well-engineered design project a
9: Making Charms using Swarovski Crystal Beads
Swarovski is the brand name for the range of precision-cut lead-crystal glass and related products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria. These beautiful beads were first created in 1892 and tr
10: Places to Walk, The Cheviot Hills And The Cheviots Challenge
For some people, walking is a chore. For a lot of people, though, walking is a sport and a hobby. They enjoy it and they want to find new places that they can walk. If you're looking for new areas to
11: Bookbinding: How traditional book binding is done.
Bookbinding is a term used to explain the skill of fastening loose pages together inside a cover to make a book. This is explained in the following five stages:
Stage 1. The start point of traditiona
12: The Best Family Cycle Trails In Pembrokeshire
If you live in Pembrokeshire or if you're planning on visiting there on your holidays, you might be interested in spending some time cycling with your family. If that's the case, you can find some gre
13: Maloof Beyond 90 - An American Woodworker
How do you commemorate the life's work of a craftsman who is considered both a legend and a national treasure?
For Gene Sasse, author of Maloof Beyond 90 - An American Woodworker (www.sassebooks.com)
14: Don't Buy An Outdoor Fire Pit Until You Read This!
No question that purchasing an outdoor fire pit can add warmth, style and drama to your backyard, patio or deck. That uniquely relaxing and captivating feeling of sitting around a campfire with friend
15: Read All About It: 21st Century Book Clubs
As the emergence of the Kindle and other portable e-books really begin to scare the humble paperback, and whilst more publishing houses fall to the popularity of digital media, it is a wonder that boo
16: Criteria That Effect Value Of Silver Money
It is difficult to define precisely how much a silver coin values today. Silver dollars were first minted in the USA in 1794. However, not all coins are of exceptional value in spite of the fact that
17: Making Your Own Personalized Baby Gifts
For the last baby shower I went to I made a diaper cake. It took many tries and a few hours but the result was well worth it because it came out adorable! And once I got the hang of it, it was not
18: Argentium Silver - How silver is meant to be
Argentium Silver is composed of pure silver, copper and germanium. This composition gives Argentium Silver its unique qualities: it is purer, whiter, stronger, harder and more versatile than tradition
19: Jewellery making project ideas - using Sterling Silver Findings
In jewellery making, one of the most essential and most often overlooked items that links your piece together is the humble sterling silver finding. Silver findings are the seemingly insignificant but
20: How to Solder using Silver Solder and a Butane Torch
The technique of soldering is an essential part of jewellery making and not as intimidating or difficult as beginners often think. Silver solder is used to make findings such as jump rings more secure
21: Applications for Jewellery Making using Gemstones
The inclusion of gemstones into your jewellery making is much easier than many people think. A vast array of semi precious and precious stones exist that can perfectly compliment any piece of jeweller
22: Coated and Stain Resistant French Table Linens
Since the early 1800's many of the finest imported table linens and home accessories have come from France, and in the modern day the glorious damask style meets an updated simplicity for an end resul
23: The History of Motivational Posters
They cropped up in the late 1980's like waters stains on walls. They generally had eye-catching black background, bright white lettering framing a deeply inspiring photograph. This became one of the m
24: Strictly Comes Dancing Boost For Malta
The British reality show "Strictly Come Dancing" has given rise to more dance holidays. One popular tourist area that is benefitting from the show is Malta. Some travel groups are actually packaging d
25: Guide to Pliers - the Essential Jewellery Making Tool
Of all the jewellery tools available, pliers are possible the most frequently used. There is now an almost bewildering range of pliers available to the jeweller, all with their own character, and use.
26: How to Become a Doll Collector
Anyone can become a doll collector. All that's required is a love of dolls. This hobby can begin at any age. Many young girls become collectors because they own a special doll given to them in chil
27: Funny Thing About Poster Collectors
Poster collecting has emerged as one of the most popular hobbies in the world. The funny thing about poster collectors is that they can be anyone: everyone from homemakers to businessmen, farmers, and
28: The Pride of Leeds - Leeds United
The city of Leeds has a long and proud sporting history and non more so than the cities top football club Leeds United. The club is one of the most fascinating in English football and its life has oft
29: Top Jewellery Making Tips for Silver Soldering
Learning how to silver solder is an essential skill in making good quality jewellery. The application of silver soldering is one that should be approached with a little caution at first, as you are us
30: Jewellery Making Supplies - Gemstones Explained
The inclusion of gemstones in jewellery making has been part of the craft for thousands of years. Precious gemstones are of course the most highly prized, but the myriad of semi precious gemstones mea
31: Jewellery Making Applications of Silver Findings
No jewellery workbox is complete without a selection of silver findings. Essential to any form of jewellery making, silver findings are cheap, plentiful and have a huge range of applications in every
32: Silver - The Magical Metal
If Gold is the sun, then Silver is the moon. Mystical, cool, sacred. Since ancient times, Silver has been closely associated with lunar influences. Indeed, for some civilizations, Silver had more valu
33: Wind Energy Catches on in Chile
It would a great exaggeration to say that Chile is "big" on wind energy. This renewable source of energy -- which is now one of Europe's biggest energy producers -- currently accounts for only 2 Megawatts (MW) of Chile's 12,700 MW of energy production capacities.
34: Be Smart and Buy One of The Power Generator
Generators are becoming common industry equipments these days. Electricity or power should be constantly flowing in a manufacturing zone; else, revenues may be lost.
35: Types of Silver Clay explained – Precious Metal Clay and Art Clay
Metal clay is a suspension of tiny particles of metal in a clay binder, which can be used to make jewellery, beads and small findings. The beauty of metal clay is that it can be manipulated in the sam
36: Jewellery Making using Sterling Silver Findings
Sterling silver findings are the essential components that link together the parts of a piece of jewellery and give you that professional finish. Without jewellery findings it would be very difficult
37: Jewellery Making Tips – Soldering with Silver Solder
Soldering is the process of fusing or joining two or more metal items together using a flux and solder and incorporating heat as the catalyst. But before you can begin soldering, there are several thi
38: Ideas for Jewellery Making using Gemstones
The Earth has produced a veritable rainbow of precious and semi-precious gemstones and through the ages mankind has taken these beautiful stones and incorporated them into jewellery making. Certain st
39: Overview and History of Pens
According to statistics put forth by the U.S. Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 2005, retractable ball point pens were the most popular writing utensil with 26%. Standard ball point pen
40: The History of Stained Glass Windows
The art of stained glass windows has changed greatly over time, from the Greco-Roman civilizations to the most recent American style. It can be traced back to the Greco-Roman civilization. Based on
41: Gemstones for Jewellery Making
The Earth yields up a rich variety of gemstones that can be used in jewellery making, with every hue and colour imaginable available to incorporate into stunning pieces that will compliment any outfit
42: What are Jewellery Findings
The most common jewellery findings – earring wires, crimp beads, eyepins, headpins and clasps – are usually made of either silver wire or sterling silver. There are a plethora of other, mo
43: How to use Precious Metal Clay in Jewellery Making
Precious metal clay (brand names are PMC and Art Clay) is modern-day alchemy. PMC is a clay base with tiny pieces of silver suspended within it that, when heated, burns off the clay leaving a solid si
44: Essential Jewellery Making Tools for Beginners
Like any other craft, jewellery making has a list of essential tools that will make your hobby much more enjoyable and your results much more professional. For the beginner it can be confusing as the
45: About Traditional or Online Bingo
Bingo is a social event among the young and old alike. It takes very little skill, other than to be able to read numbers and letters. Bingo originated as a lottery game in Italy in 1530. The game morp
46: TV Deal or No Deal
Turn on the television during prime time, on some of the largest networks and you will find a rather entertaining game show called “Deal or No Deal.” The last major game show to create suc
47: Craze of Online Bingo
It is obvious that the craze of online betting games is sharply on the rise in America and all over the world. Men and women are being drawn into the online version of many games like bingo because of
48: Bingo is an interesting game
Bingo is an interesting game. Many were introduced to bingo in their youth, in school classrooms, at churches, or at other events. Today, traditional bingo is often used as a fundraiser, either as a o
49: A Brief History of Bingo
BINGO A classic game dating all the way back to 1530 in Italy. Where it was called “lo giuoco del Lotto D’italia”. In the 1770s the game made its way to France, where they called it
50: Fun Bingo
BINGO! Why is this activity so much fun? We all know that bingo can be fun and it can be boring to some people. But over the last few years there has been an increasing amount of bingo sites popping u
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