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By Benetta
Scorpios are born between October 23 and November 21. They are credited with being resourceful, brave, and passionate. Their weaknesses include being distrustful, jealous, and secretive. The Scorpio symbol is the scorpion's stinger. Have fun coloring this page created for your sign.
These Christmas pinecone decorations are a cute way to use up fabric scraps. Learn how to make them in this short video.
Head in a Jar Halloween Decoration
By Donna
For a unique, fun and personalized decoration, use cut out pictures of faces in magazine or take your own head shot photos of each family member (making a face or looking scared or scary). Print them out full sized and place them in Mason jars along with grasses, rope, leaves, or any other filler around the face.
Wicker Plate Holders for Crafts
By Louise B.
There are quite nice wicker plates that are made to hold paper plates. I have found lots of them at yard sales, and never pay more than 25 cents each for them. I use them for craft projects, but of course, they work well for their original purpose.
By Bella Blue
I buy baskets at Goodwill to use as harvesting baskets for my garden. While they work awesome, not all baskets are meant to be used this way because they are not sealed. They are easily ruined by being set on the wet ground or from holding damp vegetables and fruit.
By John
Old picture frames can have a new life when transformed into an attractive jewelry display piece, the big, the better. All you need is some 1/4 hardware cloth, a old picture frame, a hand stapler, and some small "S" hooks from your local hardware store.
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