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  • Making Small Changes to Your Cross Stitch Pattern Or Cross Stitch Kit For a Big Difference
    Sometimes you pick up a cross stitch chart or even a cross stitch kit and even though you love the design you just want to make a few changes to it or give it a bit of your own pizzazz! I don't think I've personally ever stitched anything exactly to the charted key, I always add some little something, whether it's a floss change, a bit of blending filament, or maybe a few beads here and there for texture just to give it that little extra bit of me.

    So, let's talk about a few things you can do to jazz up that new project to make it a little more your own.
  • Top 3 Mistakes That Most Cross Stitch Enthusiasts Make
    There are a handful of mistakes I see a lot of cross stitch enthusiasts making from newbies or novices. I'm not a super picky stitcher by any means, but these few things can make a huge difference in your finished project and if you're mindful of them while stitching your next project I think you'll be happy with the results.
  • Easy to Make Ahead - Beef Stew
    This quick and easy beef stew is so simple to throw together and has become a staple recipe for our family. I love that it only take a few fresh ingredients and very little prep time to come out with a great tasting dinner. Comfort food, no hassle, and a toasty stew for dinner. What more could a girl want?
  • Work at Home Typing Jobs Are a Reality
    If you've been looking into working at home you've probably seen plenty of ads that claim you'll make hundreds of dollars per week typing from home. Unfortunately, many of these ads turn out to be ad typing scams that ask you to spam places like Craigslist and other free databases online.

    The reality is that you can make money working from home with a typing job, by offering transcription services. This doesn't require experience or a lot of funding. In fact, you can get started with little or no start up costs at all.
  • You Can Start Your Own Transcription Business From Home
    There are hundreds of ways to make money on the internet these days. Providing services may be the most popular and fastest way to get money coming in quickly.

    The problem many people face with providing services is they require training or previous experience to get started. A transcription business can be started on the ground floor with little or no experience at all, and more importantly almost no start up costs are involved.
  • 7 Quick and Easy Tips For Building Backlinks to Your Website Or Blog
    It has been said that links are the currency of the internet. While many marketing and traffic building methods come and go, this seems to hold true. Links make the internet go around. So, naturally you want to have as many incoming links to your site or blog as you possibly can. The more relevant they are the better.

    There are many kinds of links and link programs out there on the web today. You'll hear terms like one way links, three way links, do follow links, no follow links, SEO backlinks, .edu links, link wheel, and so on and so forth. It can be overwhelming and confusing to say the least.
  • Freelance Graphic Design Work Can Pay Your Bills
    Providing a service on the web freelance can be a great source of additional income for anyone with the skills to put together eye catching graphic designs. This can be as simple as creating e-covers, headers, and banners in the evenings and on weekends.

    The best part about providing this type of service freelance is that you can get started for little or no cost at all with all the free resources available in this field. Let's look at a quick overview of what you need to have to get started making money working as a freelance graphic designer today.
  • Choosing the Right Fabric Colors For Your Quilt
    One of the first steps in creating a handmade heirloom quilt is choosing the fabric. This beginning step can make a huge difference in the end product that you create. If the color scheme is wrong you can end up with a quilt that isn't so nice to look at in many cases. The exception there, of course, would be scrappy quilts where you can use any and every piece of fabric you can find.
  • Creating a Blog Schedule For Your Knitting Or Craft Blog
    Whether you've been blogging for a long time now or you're completely new to blogging one thing that can really help focus your efforts and make things less stressful is to create a basic blogging schedule. This way you know what you're going to write about ahead of time, or at least have a basic idea. It also helps your readers to know what to expect and when.
  • Taking Your Craft and Hobby Blog to a Profitable Adventure
    Writing about what you love tends to come pretty easily for most of us, especially in the craft world. Whether you've been blogging for awhile now or you're completely new to blogging you might be wondering if it's worth the effort to make a go of it in this fickle hobby niche. The great news is that it is completely worth every minute of your time.
  • Finding Inspiration to Craft in Books, Magazines, And the World Around You
    Crafters are always considered among the creative and imaginative, but the truth is even the best crafters need a little inspiration now and then. Some days you can turn toilet paper tubes and tissue paper into a beautiful work of art, and other days you just don't know what to do with your hands. Inspiration is hiding in lots of corners of the world these days, it's just the matter of finding it and using it to your advantage.
  • Customer Service Matters in Any Business, Online and Offline
    Customer service can make or break the buyer's experience.
  • Knowing What to Avoid Online When You're Looking to Work From Home
    If you've watched the news at all in 2009 you've probably heard that the economy has taken a turn for the worse. A lot of people believe that internet and online business is the thing that is going to turn the economy around. For a lot of people that has already proved to be true. People everywhere have turned to the internet looking for solutions to their income problems, and they've found them.

    Of course, there is no magic answer to everything and you can't wave your hands and instantly make 10,000 dollars a month, no matter what that ad on television told you. While there are hundreds of ways to make a living online, there are also hundreds of ways to lose your money online. It is of crucial importance that you take the time to research before you make any big decisions online.
  • Avoiding Work at Home Disasters and Learning to Earn a Living Online
    It's a common dream that leads to a common problem. Many people want to work from home or are looking to make a new career for themselves and they begin surfing the internet for information on working at home.

    Unfortunately, there is so much false information out there these days that it can be confusing and frustrating to find what you're really looking for. Even television ads are leading people in the wrong direction and more often than not people that started out encouraged are finding themselves scammed and wondering if it was all just a pipe dream.

    Working from home is not a pipe dream, it can be done, and it's not some mysterious myth or special club that you have to be a part of, there isn't even a secret handshake. All you need to work at home is your computer, an internet connection, some time and the willingness to learn.
  • Popular Japanese Cutlery and the Shun Elite Knives
    The most important thing a chef can do is choose a proper set cutlery. They usually have their favorite knives that they use most often. It can be an overwhelming task, especially if you're looking for one that best meets your needs.
  • Get a Cutting Edge Knife Set With Shun Knives
    The Shun Kaju Fusion knives are constructed to meet every kitchen need. The wavy pattern on the blades is called the Damascus look. It has the pattern because of the 16 layers of SUS410 High Carbon Stainless Steel pounded to 3/1000th of an inch. It is then clad on each side of the VG10 core. The combination of element gives the blade strength, stain resistance, and incredible cutting edge performance. It was designed to deliver, especially for those who put cooking on top of their list of priorities.
  • The Technology and Steel Used in Shun Knives Makes Them the Best Available
    The type of technology used with the Shun Knives is divided by the varieties of cut required from chefs. The first type is the clad construction. This basically consists of thicker stainless steel used to cut thicker foods and objects. There are also the Cutting Edge and the Super Steel designs in the line. These were both designed with a thicker stainless steel and a specific angle so that you are able to cut your food more effectively. The other designs of the line always hint of Japanese inspired shapes and styles. Because the Japanese are known for making great blades, you know that you can chop, cut, and slice your food easily.
  • What Makes Shun Knives So Popular Among Chefs?
    Recently it seems that Shun knives have gained popularity worldwide. Of course, they are of great quality and make kitchen tasks such as chopping and slicing as easy as opening your front door. Many chefs swear by the effective and perfectly sharp knives that Shun creates. In fact, they've become so popular that NSF has declared them the official knife used by chefs. The brand originated in Japan and comes in a variety of sizes and sets to meet the needs of any chef, whether you're looking for one knife or a dozen.
  • Nut Horns Holiday Cookie Recipe
    In a recent discussion about favorite cookie recipes I shared that my favorite holiday cookies were nut horns. A few members of the group had not heard of them before, so I wanted to share the recipe.

    Being from Pittsburgh where the language tends to be all it's own and having a Slovak grandmother I figured that might not be what they're called in the rest of the world, so I also poked around a Google search and found that they are also sometimes called Polish Foldovers or Kolaczki, and I've also heard them called rolled-doughs.

    Holiday Nut Horns Recipe
  • 5 Ways to Enhance Your Cross Stitch Project With Different Floss and Fibers
    The basic design element of any cross stitch project is the embroidery floss used to create the pattern itself. The DMC and Anchor cotton floss lines provide a beautiful palette of colors to work with, and most designers are, of course, going to use these. But, sometimes you want a little something special in your project, maybe an added touch or two to make your piece different from everyone else's.
  • Purchasing a Cross Stitch Kit Versus Purchasing Chart & Supplies Separately
    Many new stitchers wonder what the difference is between purchasing a cross stitch kit and purchasing the chart and supplies separately. Many cross stitch designs come in both kit and chart only forms. There are several things to consider for this popular stitcher's dilemma.
  • Tasty Halloween Recipes for Kids
    Halloween time is that time of the year surrounded by goblins, wizards, witches and ghosts. The kids love the holiday especially and therefore you need some great Halloween recipes for kids to go with the holiday. At this time of the year, the fun begins when the scary is increased, that is the more scary, the more the fun.
  • Halloween Party Fun Recipes for Adults and Kids Alike
    Halloween party recipes can be prepared for the kids or for the adults too. Even if you are hosting the Halloween party for your adult friends or for the kids, it is always best to come up with new scary looking foods to see whether it will be loved by your guests.
  • How to Find Free Cross Stitching Patterns Online
    If you're a fan of free cross stitch patterns but you're not all exactly an online guru or a technical computer genius, then there's no need to worry. The internet is a wonderful place and literally you can find anything you want on there if you know where to look and how to look for it. You must also be careful though, because a lot of websites out there were designed to harm your computer or steal information from you, but they're not hard to spot.
  • 3 Reasons to Have Your Audio Or Video Transcribed by a Transcriptionist
    Having a transcript made gives you a new format. You've just repurposed your content without doing anything new or different. You've got something new that you can give your audience in the form of a PDF as a short report. This could be free viral content or it could even be a report that you sell for small fee, depending on the content and your goal with it.
  • Halloween Recipes to Die For
    Whether you're having a Halloween party or just trying to celebrate the occasion yourself, Halloween should be scary and fun even when it comes to eating. In any and every party, what there is to eat, is usually the main discussion of the night during and after the party and this is why it's one of the most important things.

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