Articles about Hobbies
The History of Kali and Escrima
Filipino Kali is the martial art of stick fighting. Hard, bamboo sticks are used for defense and to attack. They have made this particular fighting style into a unique and deadly martial art form. K...
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How to Make Your Own Swimsuit
Summer is nearly here, and it is time to ensure the maximum amount of fun and relaxation for those fun, warm months. You have your pool and/or spa ready to go, but do you have that ideal, flattering...
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Collecting Movie Posters Today
Just like collecting stamps, collecting movie posters is a fabulous way to either decorate a place or keep a piece of the movie with you for a long time to come. There are really no set rules as to w...
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Copyrights, Patents & Trademarks for Selling at Craft Shows
Copyrights, are common concerns for craftspeople. If you've invented a unique product, you will more than likely want to protect it from others who can create knock-offs of your craft show gem at che...
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How to Create Your Reputation as an Artist
Creating Your Reputation! Make your name a household name! Easier said than done. But that's what will create the "sought after" effect. Now, there are a few steps that you can get started to do this...
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Training Beautiful Flowering Shrubs into Unique Ornamental Trees
There is nothing more beautiful than a flowering shrub in full bloom, except maybe a flowering shrub in full bloom that has been trained to grow as a single stem tree. Imagine having a fragrant Vibur...
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Be An Exhibitionist: How to Show Your Roses
Now that you have a rose garden you are proud of, it's time to take the next step and let others see the beauty of your roses. Rose shows and exhibits are exciting events where you get a chance to se...
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Building a Wood Ladder
This is a simple project that should only take a couple of hours to complete. Start by clamping the two 12' - 2x4's. The rungs are notched into the 2x4 upright 1-1/8" so we need to mark out notches. ...
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From Old T-shirt To New Cushion in 5 Easy Steps
Are you going to throw away that old t-shirt? Don't do it. You can recycle that old tee. You can make a comforable cushion out of it. With your trusty needle, thread and scissors, you can sew up t-sh...
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The Problem with Autograph Authentication
As recently as 1997, the FBI estimated that between 50% and 90% of all collectibles in the marketplace are not authentic. Everyone that cares about the hobby agrees that something must be done. And m...
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Inexpensive Christmas Gifts
Christmas is a time of joy, piece, and giving. It is also a time of being broke. Adults often think that the idea of making Christmas gifts is only for children who do not yet have their own money to...
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Make Your Own Decorations
Fall, with all its spectacular colors, is finally here. Halloween is just around the corner, followed by Thanksgiving and before we know it; Christmas. Don’t you just love decorating your house and...
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Practice -- The Art of Selecting Cave Walls to Canvas
As an oil painting instructor I'm used to all sorts of questions from students learning how to paint on the materials of our illustrious craft. In fact, one of the all time biggies is about what pain...
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Embroidery Around The World And Through The Ages
From the earliest times man has appreciated delicate and beautiful things. In fact, it is evidenced that as early as 3000 BC man began to decorate and embellish personal belongings using intricate ne...
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Invite Butterflies to Your Garden
With the huge growth that many cities and towns are experiencing we see the dwindling of Natural Meadows. With the absence of natural meadows, the habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife a...
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Fertilizing to Create More Blossoms on Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs and Trees
The secret to making your flowering trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials bloom more is in the numbers. All fertilizers have analysis numbers on the package. These numbers represent the percentage o...
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Practice -- The Art of Selecting Cave Walls to Canvas
As an oil painting instructor I'm used to all sorts of questions from students learning how to paint on the materials of our illustrious craft. In fact, one of the all time biggies is about what pain...
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How Do They Make Them Hollow?
The mining, ranching, and farming town of Franklin, in the Gila (pronounced Hee-Luh) Valley of eastern Arizona, is just six miles from where Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was raised. Ever...
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How to Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees from Seed
Flowering Dogwood trees can be easily grown from seed, however 99.9999% of the seedlings that sprout will be Cornus Florida, which is White Flowering Dogwood. It doesn’t matter if you collect the see...
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Comic Book History, Fascinating!
The origins of the comic book are somewhat controversial and perhaps the jury is still out on comic book history. So lets go back to the cartoonish broadsheets of the Middle Ages, which were parchmen...
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