This list features several card-making projects appropriate for beginning paper folders.

All the free jewelry boxes you see here include all the instructions that you need to build it. There are diagrams, photos, building directions, material lists, and cutting lists. You’ll just need to gather everything together and do the building. This is a great woodworking project for the beginner or intermediate builder, and you can build a jewelry box in a matter of hours or days depending on what plan you choose to use....

We used only two colors for the Scottie Dog but change fabrics in any way you wish. Make the little Scottie in realistic colors or try a small scale dog-themed fabric for either the body or background. Finished block size: 12-inch square Scottie Dog Quilt Block Cutting Chart Beginning quilters—learn how to cut patchwork shapes before you work on the quilt block. Grey or black for dog body one 6-1/2" x 8-1/2" barthree 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" squaresfour 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" squaresone 3-1/4" square...

Some of these patterns will use a single pair of jeans while others use a dozen or more. It’s a great way to give new life to old jeans and you’ll be finding yourself raiding your own closet and even your spouse’s and kids’ closets. If you need more denim than what you have, consider stopping by garage sales or thrift stores. Look for large pairs of jeans with wide legs so you can get as much denim fabric as you can....

Don’t forget that some garlands also double as home decor. Children love to have beautiful banners decorating their rooms. You can even use some of the garlands in other areas of your home. Burlap and Doily Banner from Ribbons and Glue Pineapple Flamingo Banner from Giggles Galore Free Printable Whole Alphabet Banner from Shanty 2 Chic DIY Paper Geode Garland from Lia Griffith Simple Spring Banner from The Happy Scraps This DIY paper banner project is an excellent way to use up all those bits and pieces of leftover scrapbook paper from your other projects....

Luge action in Vancouver will be at Whistler Sliding Center. The track for the men’s luge competition is 1,450 metres long, and 1,198 meters for the women’s and doubles luge events. The official track speed record is a mind-numbing 153.98 kilometers per hour! There are three divisions in the luge competition: men’s singles, women’s singles, and doubles. Luge doubles can be contested by either sex but the teams are almost always made up of two men....

Each design is simple enough that you can stitch it in a few hours. They’re perfect for kids, those who are new to cross-stitching, and anyone who just wants a quick and relaxing project. To make it easier to stitch, work with 14-ct or 16-ct Aida. Use 2 strands of embroidery floss for all of the stitches. And there’s no need to worry about learning different kinds of stitches because the patterns only use whole cross stitches....

Most GPS, also called personal navigation devices (PNDs) when used in personal vehicles, allow you to select routing preferences, the shortest or fastest routes, and roads without tolls. In addition, a few portable devices include specific routing instructions that help bicyclists avoid main roads or pedestrians choose the best “by foot” routes. Some devices even propose the best routes for fuel efficiency. As a bonus, GPS devices can quickly locate a number of points of interest (POI) including hotels, ATMs, gas stations, and more....

We’ve rounded up some of the best free Thanksgiving place cards that can be printed from your home computer. Tackle this project ahead of time, or put your kids on it while you’re cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Then, round out your display with other free Thanksgiving table decorations, including printable centerpieces and leftover labels, to make your table and buffet pop. Wrapped Thanksgiving Place Cards from Fantabulousity Fall Leaves Place Cards from Elegance and Enchantment Watercolor Thanksgiving Place Cards from Natalie Malan Thanksgiving Place Cards from Gwenny Penny Thanksgiving Place Cards or Food Tents from Made By a Princess Kid-Created Thanksgiving Place Cards from Primary Games Turkey Day Printable Place Cards from Parents Magazine Fall Leaf Place Cards from Eab Designs Thanksgiving Tent Cards from The Sweetest Occasion

All of these calendar templates can be opened in Microsoft Word or another word processing program and then customized with your own events, text, and sometimes even photos. You can spend a lot of time creating the perfect calendar or have a simple one ready to go in a few minutes. There are a few different types of calendar templates at WinCalendar. You can choose a template that is a specific month out of the year, select to get a whole year at once so each page of the template is a different month or get one that’s an entire year that flows together by week....

First of all, you should know that backup ads are the images created by you. You create an image and upload it on your website through FTP. Then, while creating a new ad unit, you should choose “Show other ads from another URL” option instead of “Show blank space”. Google will ask you for a URL where from it can fetch an alternative ad if it does not have any suitable ads to show....

Well, using Google AdSense is pretty easy. Apply, get approval, paste ad code in your website and you’re in the online business! AdSense ads will being to appear on your webpages. But harvesting the full potential of these ads requires a bit of more work and tweaking. You need to do a few things in order to optimize your ads and maximize revenue you get from them. Today, I will talk about the importance of the first Google ad in your webpage....

Most people just open a particular file from Windows Explorer –but the above mentioned demand is a sensible one. So, here I am to tell you how such an objective could be fulfilled. There are two ways to do this. Lets have a look: Click on the Start button and then type the following command in the “Search Programs and files” box: winword.exe /mFile1 Press enter and MS-Word will open with the most recently opened document....

Robots.txt is a simple text file that informs web crawlers (also known as spiders or bots) about which parts of a website or blog to be crawled and which parts should not be crawled. Why Robots.txt File is Important? Well, the success of any professional blogs usually depends on how Google search engine ranks your blog. We store a number of posts/pages/files/directories in our website structure. Often we don’t want Google to index all these components....

Aaliyah, singer and actress Ira Aldridge, American actor Debbie Allen, dancer-choreographer, actress Angela Bassett, actress Harry Belafonte, singer and actor Shari Belafonte-Harper, model and actress Halle Berry, actress and model Brandy, singer and actress Andre Braugher, actor Avery Brooks, American actor LeVar Burton, American actor Diahann Carroll, singer and actress Bill Cosby, actor and comedian Scatman Crothers, actor Dorothy Dandridge, singer, actor Ossie Davis, actor, director, writer Sammy Davis Jr....

If you are just starting out, then antique buying and selling can seem daunting. However, great bargains can be found if you learn some tricks on how to find them. Take a look at some tips that savvy collectors use for deciding on whether to buy an item and how to sell it. Buying Antiques on eBay Looking for bargain buys online is a fun way to snag items for resale....

Alternate Spellings CAM Minting of Proof Coins Some people think that “Proof” is a coin grade. Actually, Proof is a method of manufacturing high-quality coins for collectors. However, the amount of cameo contrast is graded. In order for a coin to qualify as Proof it must meet three basic criteria: The planchet must be specially prepared (cleaned and polished/burnished) The die that manufactures the proof coin receives special treatment in order to create high-quality coins When the coin is struck in the coining press, it must receive two or more blows to bring up the finest details of the coin’s design....

Making carnival glass, which was created by many different companies such as Dugan, Fenton, and Northwood involved a combination of chemicals that were applied to the pressed glass before its firing. The resulting swirly sheen that sometimes looks like an oil slick was much less expensive to produce when compared to other iridescent art glass popular at the time such as Tiffany and Steuben. It is sometimes referenced as the “poor man’s Tiffany....