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1. Christmas on a Tight Budget Our civilization has hyped Christmas up to the point where we're made to feel guilty if we don't spend every bit of savings we have to buy gifts for other people. Many of us don't have the money to spend, so what will we do to show our lo...
2. ☃ Simplify the Holidays It's so easy to get caught up in the hectic shopping season during the holidays, that often the true meanings of Thanksgiving, Christmas and other winter celebrations get lost. Here are a few ideas to help us all slow down, relax and enjoy the spirit...
3. What-I-Found - Sewing Patterns! I sell a nice variety of Sewing Patterns including Vintage and Current Sewing Patterns from Vogue, Butterick, McCalls, Simplicity, Folkwear and Burda with patterns for Weddings, Theater, Historic Costumes, Renaissance Fairs, Halloween, Maternity, Inf...
4. Fun With Cans: Creative Crafts for Kids Most households have plenty of cans. Soup cans, veggie cans, spaghetti sauce, fruits. Add to the list other canned products--pet foods & coffee, for instance, and you have enough cans to start a small crafting supplies corner. Remember when people u...
5. Modern Costume Patterns for Medieval Clothing Here is a list of costume patterns that will make reasonably good-looking medieval clothing. I haven't tried making most this stuff up, but have found that Butterick, McCall's and Simplicity are reasonably easy to construct and pretty accurate to fit...
6. Colleen Corby, Sixties Super Model Colleen Corby was a cultural icon of the sixties, at least in the teen girl crowd. She was on the cover of Seventeen magazine 15 times and also on the covers of American Girl, Teen Magazine, Ingenue, Co-Ed, Glamour, and Mademoiselle. She modeled for...
7. Using Google Docs to become an Effective Toastmaster I worked on my project speech from home last night, but today I could not access the file from office - it was stored on my home computer. I captured a few good ideas for Table Topics, but I could not find that file - my files are scattered across 3...
8. Attitude Psychology Attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual's like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are positive, negative or neutral views of an "attitude object": i.e. a person, behaviour or event. People can also be "ambival...
9. Dan Price The Hobo Artist Dan Price is a fascinating and inspiring human being. He is striving to live a "simple" life. He wants us to leave the world better than we found it. A self-described "hobo artist", Dan is a former news an...
10. Recipes for Life One of my most treasured possessions is a faded pink recipe box that belonged to my mother. Whenever I pull a recipe from that box, I see my mom's handwriting and the years roll back. My family was large - eight of us in all. My parents made sure we...
11. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Tsoknyi Rinpoche was born in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1966. His father was Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche a high tantric yogi from the Tsangsar family lineage. Tsoknyi Rinpoche practices both the Nyingma and the Drukpa Kagyu lineages. His great great grandfather w...
12. On Writing Well By William Zinsser This was one of the first books I read when I made the decision to become a serious writer. It answered a lot of the nagging questions I'd always had about using those big '50 cent words', and some authors' (and English teachers') notions that you MU...
13. The Spiritual Discipline of Simplicity The word simplicity is almost like the word love. Everyone has an opinion on what the exact definition is. From Answers.com we get this definition: n., pl. -ties. The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.Absence of luxury or...
14. Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Blog Leo Babauta is the author of Zen Habits, a productivity blog that is really so much more than that. Leo blogs about simplicity, organization, exercise & healthy living, family life, eliminating debt, procrastination and more. He has outstanding guest...
15. Todoodlist Todoodlist is an adventure. Todoodlist, an eBook written by Nick Cernis (see www.putthingsoff.com), is an adventure into a person's life when they are stranded without the most important of organizational equipment - their PDA. Todoodlist is written...
16. Zen Habits - Handbook For Life Zen Habits: A Handbook For Life is full of practical tips for improving your life. The book is divided into three major sections: Simplicity, Productivity and Happiness. Simplicity and Productivity caught my attention right away, but a section on Hap...
17. Gospel Poverty - Simple Living to Help the Poor Gospel Poverty is a term first coined by our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters is finding greater acceptance among evangelical Christians as well. With all of the talk about the prosperity gospel, Gospel Poverty seeks to bring the Christian life b...
18. Couture Vintage Sewing Patterns Vintage sewing pattern collections for couture fashion is enjoyable and interesting. Using them allows you to create your own unique antique or vintage haute couture fashion style. You can create for yourself a one-of-a-kind dress style, and enjoy t...
19. Frugal living Frugality is a topic which has gotten a bad name over the years.  Many people equate it with being cheap, living a boring life, or being overly concerned with how much things cost.  While monitoring the prices of things can be a key aspect...
20. Circle Art - Healing Your Inner-Self with Mandala Art Words from the Artist - I love to make holistic art in tune with the Earth.  This helps to create a home environment of warmth and harmony.  I create stunning window mandalas and simple inspirational signs to influence mood and mo...