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- Elegant French Memo Board from Thrift Shop Picture Frame [singlepic=73,226,300,left] This project provided an attractive way to post incoming sewing orders without causing our home to resemble a warehouse or factory. It took very little time and cost about $3. I started with a fancy picture frame from the thrift shop and cut a piece of black velvet slightly...
- What To Do With $75,000? Ask the M-Network Earlier this month, I announced the M-Network's new Ask the M-Network feature. In brief, we'll do our best to provide feedback on personal finance questions (several members of the network answer each one). We are not financial professionals, so this is not professional advice. It's our opinions as people who write about personal finance. Today, I'm answering the following question from Mr. CM: I am 67, retired, only debt is $400,000 mortgage on a $2 million home. Just got $75,000 and want to know what to do with it. I want to MAKE money not lose it. I don't want to pay my mortgage down, I don't want to put it in the bank, I don't want to buy mutual funds. So what do I do to make money? Thank you.
- Friday Link Love - Surprise Earthquake Edition I'm a Midwesterner - always have been. I've never lived outside of a 200-mile radius centered on St. Louis. Needless to say, the only thing I've ever known about earthquakes is the back-of-the-mind fear of the New Madrid fault (which I lived directly over for about 6 years). So waking...
- Antique Mirrors Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Mirrors Antique mirrors are a highly collectible item, with many of the frames boasting decorative carving and detail much like elaborate, wooden picture frames of old. A mirror itself is little more than glass covering a reflective surface and not very impressive—many of us carry...
- Antique Goblet Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Stemware How do you tell an antique goblet from an antique cup or mug? Goblets are stemware, with the earliest goblets made from earthenware and then expanding to other stronger materials as the years passed. The use of goblets pre-dates the Roman Empire, though the...
- Changing a placeholder picture Many publication templates include placeholder graphics that provide suggested sizes and locations where you can insert your own pictures or alternate clip art images. When you insert the replacement picture or clip art graphic, Publisher automatically resizes the replacement image to fit within the frame for the existing image. To...
- Antique Lighting Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Lamps Whether you are trying to restore an older home and would like to keep it in the period style, or you just appreciate older light fixtures, antique lighting has much to offer. There are many different styles from Victorian, to Art Deco to Modern...
- Antique Lamps Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Lamps There is a huge market right now for collectible antique lamps and these functional decorative collectibles can brighten any home. If you’re looking for a collectible that is not only beautiful but also functional, antique lamps are the perfect answer. There are literally hundreds...
Japanese Art Collectibles -> Cultures-Ethnicities -> Asian Japanese art is a type of art that has a very distinctive look. If a painting, a vase, a sculpture or some other type of art is Japanese, particularly if it’s antique art, it usually only takes a quick look for you to recognize the...
Frugal Home Dec Tip: Electrical Outlet or Light Switch Frame Here is simple home decoration project to spruce up your walls or sides of cabinets that have an electrical outlet or light switch plate. This electrical outlet pictured to the right is in a conspicuous place in our house and I found the yellowish white plastic color rather offensive,...
- Overriding the slide master formatting for a layout You can apply formatting to a layout in almost exactly the same ways as you apply formatting to a regular slide or to a slide master. Only a few things are off-limits: You cannot apply a different theme to one layout. To use a different theme for some slides, create...
Working with pictures and OLE objects .OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) objects are objects not part of an Access database. These commonly include pictures but an OLE field can also contain links to objects such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets,and audio files such as .mp3, .wav, or .wmv files. You can also include video files such...- Walking Bangkok I've finally cleared the big backlog of updates I had stacked up from my travels, and with the arrival of cool weather in Bangkok I decided to re-visit some old places in Bangkok to see what's new. I started at Wat Po to check out a report that the entry...
- Bali Arts Festival 2008 I just received news that the dates for this year's Bali Arts Festival have been finalized. The festival will run from June 14 through to July 12. The festival celebrates 30 years this year, with eight countries sending troupes of performers, along with 22 provinces of Indonesia. You can find...
- Hello AniMOTO: Jack Has No Competition Guest Post by Fred Hopkins By now there should be no one saying that video isn't an effective means of marketing and communicating online. If a picture says a 1,000 words then video speaks volumes! Now how many of you, knowing the power of video, actually use it to promote...
- Bangkok Art Market The new contemporary art museum may not be opening until later this year, but it's already the center of a new art scene. Beginning today until 28 September, the plaza in front of the museum will host an art market, complete with recent works by new artists and performance art....
Piss Off Louis Vuitton, Become a Celebrity Overnight, And Have Yourself Some Blog Success! Guest Post by Christopher Flores Most know me as a New York City joint venture guy or "that moderator on SMC" or "that college dude". More than being a spectacular person 90% of the time, I'm a scientist of people and cultures, an Anthropology student. In Cyberculture, my thing is...
HDMI Cable Review: Optimized Cable Company HDMI cables is the best way to connect your new HD Television. As more people are buying new High Definition Televisions and now that United States is going all digital with there TV transmission, no more analog, more people are upgrading there TVs to high definition TVs. And also...- Smoother Than Silk Today I'm off to a previously unexplored (by me) area of Cambodia. To get there, I first have to fly to Phnom Penh. I chose Bangkok Air because it was cheaper than Thai, which is usually the case where they're competing on the same route. Although Bangkok Air has its...
The Jungle has 1,000 Lingas Day two in Siem Reap and Angkor Wat. I definitely got my exercise today. It started out easy enough, with a visit to Banteay Srei. Although small, this is one of the most finely decorated temples. It's about an hour's drive from the main archaeological park. We get there early...
Teaching Kids to Fish For many families, fishing is a hobby that is meant to be shared through generations. In fact, many of us develop our love of the water early on, as a result of the fishing trips we went on as kids. Whether or not we enjoyed it at the time, the...- The Investor's Christmas Reading List If somebody on your gift list this year is a serious investor, they probably read investment-related books voraciously. I know I did when I was first learning and although I've slowed my pace a bit, I always enjoy good investing read. Even if nobody on your gift list is an...
- Taking down the Christmas tree I took down our Christmas tree the other day (yes, I wait until January to do so) and got to thinking about traditions. As a kid, my brother and I would beg and beg to be allowed to put up our tree, but we were never allowed to do so...
Gifts Baby Gifts & Gift Baskets specializes in gifts to welcome the new bundle of joy so peruse our baby gift baskets, personalized baby gifts, themed diaper cakes, hand-painted furniture, embroidered baby blankets and pint sized clothing until you find the perfect selection for the newborn little girl or boy.     ...- Back to Basics: Start doing the little money-saving things again I'll admit that when I get a little bit of breathing room in our budget, I get lazy. I'll go out with friends to lunch, or head to the vending machine for a snack. I don't plan finances as much as I should. And it costs me more than if...
Uses for Expired Cosmetics, Lotions and Other Beauty and Personal Products It is generally understood that cosmetics should not be used longer than 6 months because they get contaminated with bacteria and other substances. Instead of throwing away your cosmetics upon reaching a certain date, try some of the following. Uses for Expired Cosmetics, Lotions and Other Beauty and Personal...- Writing Tips - Creating Your Own Website In the United States, many individuals are making money through a process that is known as private label resell rights. Private label resell rights are a special type of business opportunity. It is an opportunity that has a lot of potential; however, to be successful, you must first know what you are doing.
- Link roundup: Quilt's almost done edition I've mentioned before off and on that my wife is an excellent quilter. She blogs about blocks here and we have a few of her patterns up on eBay. She's been working on her first contest entry for a couple of months now, and she'll submit it on Monday. I've...
- Chinese beadwork Valerie Hector has done research on Chinese beadwork and has written a book The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration, Contemporary Design. I also found her website on Chinese beadwork to be interesting. There is a link midway down the webpage to page 10 of her book showing more examples. She...
Beautiful Salmon Catch From Last July [pic] Captain Perry assures me that the tides and the weather are about to cooperate, but until then here is another nice catch he made last July. His deck hand Larry Rivera is in the picture. Fish were caught off of the Duxbury bouy. — Join Captain Perry Kerson of Sea...
