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Pocket-sized model airplanes are all the rage among model airplane builders these days. There is, however, one drawback to them that you may not have considered.

To fly safely, you need at least two out of these three: altitude, airspeed, or brains. If you like to do high speed passes close to the ground, you only have one out of the three.

So, you want to make those drool-worthy designer bangles in Cosmo instead of dropping a large chunk of change at the mall. Well it is easier than you think. All it takes is four easy steps and you will be the envy of all of your friends.

Quilting and patchwork continue to move forward and develop new methods that both support and enhance traditional patterns and techniques. One of the most recent innovations is using machine embroidery to piece, quilt, and embellish quilts. Machine embroidering a quilt can also free your time for multi-tasking and working on other creations while your embroidery machine takes some of the work out of your quilting.

You may have been wondering how someone would mine with magnets. Well, to do this, you can use a variety of different magnetic devices to search any place you want to for something that you may consider treasure. As long as it is attracted to a magnet, you can find it.

Paper crafters everywhere have faced the frequent dilemma of how to properly use leftover paper scraps. Patterned paper and cardstock are expensive materials that many crafters hate to go to waste. A simple way to encourage yourself to use your leftover paper scraps is by having the pieces organized so that you can find the colors, themes, or patterns that you are looking for quickly and easily.

Findings is a very strange term. It sounds like it must have something to do with finding something. Well, it has. In jewelry making, the term “findings” is given to all the different bits and pieces that go together to make a piece of jewelry. This includes chains, wire, ear hooks, beads and anything else that is used. The term came from fossickers who found gemstones in the creeks and river beds. In this article we will describe some of the basic findings and talk about the different ways that they can be used

Looking for a new radio-controlled model airplane challenge? Wanting something different to try in the new year?

Creating takes the concepts and perception of the imagination and molds and manipulates them into being able to be built or formed into something the imagination conceived. What does it mean to imagine, to create, to build?

One of the most exciting sewing stages is putting the pieces together and seeing the shape the material is making. However, this gratification isn’t always realized until the person designing the masterpiece claims he/she created something uses his/her own hands.