DIY Compact Mirror With a Fabric Insert

Posted on December 5, 2010 by admin

DIY Compact Mirror With a Fabric Insert Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

* Mirror compact with space for fabric or a photo Light spray adhesive Fabric of your choosing Scissors Embroidery supplies

How to Make a Compact Mirror with a Fabric Insert

DIY Compact Mirror

DIY Compact Mirror

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Step 1:
Purchase mirrored compact blanks.
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Step 2:
Cut a 4-inch-by-4-inch fabric square from a piece of fabric. Trace the opening in your compact mirror onto your fabric square. Embellish the center of the square with embroidery or other accents, if desired–keep all embellishments in the space of the opening for your fabric insert. This is an ideal place for a hand-embroidered monogram.
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Step 3:
Add thin interfacing or a lightweight lining if your fabric is too sheer. Light iron-on interfacing can provide the structure and stability required, as can a layer of thin muslin under your fashion fabric.
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Step 4:
Cut the square of fabric into a circle, allowing an adequate margin to secure the fabric to the top of the compact mirror. Spray your fabric with an adhesive or apply a bit of lightweight fabric glue. Lay your fabric insert into place in the mirrored compact. Trim the edges of the fabric as needed in your compact mirror with a fabric insert.
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Step 5:
Reassemble your compact mirror, securing the fabric insert into place. Make sure there are no loose threads visible and that the fabric is quite secure. Clean the mirror and the outside of the compact to remove any smudges.

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About Stress Balls

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

 

Anxiety and stress are rampant in our society, and feelings of stress can hit at just about any moment, leaving you tense and in need of relief. One convenient and effective solution to treat this anxiety comes in the form of a pliable, handheld ball. Stress balls have been used for centuries, particularly in Chinese culture, to help relieve anxiety and improve hand coordination. These days, people still turn to stress balls for reliable anxiety relief.

Stress balls take away the focal point of stress, allowing the body and mind to calm and relax. Increasingly, many stress balls are not globular as the name implies, but obtainable in a range of shapes and styles. Malleable in the hand, stress balls are a safe means to unwind in a fast-track world.

Function
The balls are an effective stress management tool to relieve stress and decrease tension and anxiety.
Effects
Stress balls facilitate hand muscle straightening. They also help with arthritic joint pain and relieve piled up mental energy.
Considerations
The stress ball should fit comfortably in the palm of your hand.
Benefits
Stress balls help exercise the hand, stimulate blood circulation and alleviate emotive pressure. Ones containing essential oils reduce tension using aromatherapy.
Types
Varieties of balls include round, shaped and vibrating. Various textures, such as popcorn or cheerios, soft rubber spikes to flexible rubber points, are also available.

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Choosing a Manicure Set

Posted on August 5, 2010 by admin

Truly beautiful nails with a lot of  care on a regular basis, from manicure sets beautifully crafted what better way to indulge. What time requirements – please mind your manicure sets nail reefs, often choose to bear?

Are they growing? Do you have brittle nails? They may require slightly different application of different types of nails, it is worth buying a product before you take this into consideration. A standard manicure sets are nail scissors always tweezers, nail files, must be included with the device set off the extra luxury and a lot of nails in a nail cleaner and tweezers.

As a small curved blade angle to create a more rounded tip to nails, manicure scissors are ideal. This means the natural shape of the nail is easy to follow with nail scissors. Nail scissors another important benefit is you can see the nails are cut and sometimes difficult to determine. Good investment for people with brittle nails are nail scissors –  it is ideal to keep them.  Nail scissors can generate much less pressure on nail  than nail clippers.  Thus, they are fine to use on nail that are less brittle, but  for thick nails scissors  should be avoided especially on toenails.

In many cases, scissors and nail clippers are normal enough, to cut toenails and fingernails.  In addition, it gives the appearance of nails smooth impression, it can actually promote the growth of nails. Lush nail plate covers, which prevent growth, it can help the short nails. It is often to draw the nail cuticle also benefit people to create beautiful nail shape and applying manicure will be good and more easily on the nail.

Because they are designed to reach under the long nail to remove any debris and dirt collected.  Make sure you file in one direction only smooth edges. It implements a variety of finishes come manicure: stainless steel, chrome, gold. Professional Quality Implementation is quite expensive, needs to carry a lifetime warranty. Manicure case has a variety of styles and finishes. One neat little handbag is to keep the your manicure set clean and safe.

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Manicure Set Uses

Posted on August 3, 2010 by admin

 

Getting a manicure can be good for your appearance as well as for your health. By applying vitamins to your fingers and nails, manicurists help keep your hands healthy and clean. But professional manicures can be expensive. A simple home manicure set has several different uses that can take the place of costly manicures at a salon.
Clipping
Many of the tools in a manicure set are provided for clipping. Most sets include a basic set of nail clippers to cut fingernails. Another clipping aid is nail scissors, which shape and cut the nail, as well as a cuticle pusher and cutter to cut away cuticle skin along the base of the nail. Hangnail clippers make it easy to cut away cuticle skin lower on the finger before it tears away.
Cleaning
Cleaning is another use for a manicure set. Nail cleaners, which are blunt points for removing dirt and dead skin below the tip of the nail, keep harmful bacteria from growing under the fingernails. Manicure sets also include files and buffers for removing debris or scratches from the surface of fingernails.
Filing
Manicure sets are useful for filing, which can have several effects on the nail. Using a coarse file, you can alter the shape of the nail. Finer files are useful for softening the shape of the nail and making the edge of the nail dull and smooth by removing sharp edges. Finally, filing can remove scratches from the surface of the nail and leave a textured surface for applying polish.

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LED Flashlight

Posted on August 2, 2010 by admin

 

Many flashlights can be easily converted to use white LEDs instead of regular incandescent bulbs. The flashlight can quickly be returned to its original bulb and battery configuration later if you wish. Of course this procedure will void the warranty on your flashlight, but the only permanent modification made is increasing the size of the hole in the reflector assembly.

• Take off the flashlight head and remove the incandescent bulb. Save the bulb for future use if you ever decide to return your flashlight to its original condition.
• Trim the tabs off of the LED leads using nippers. A flat needle file or sandpaper can help smooth the lead.
• Trim the LED leads off to 1/4 inch in length.
• Insert the LED into the bulb socket. If does not light up, reverse the LED and it will. If not, check your batteries, and also make sure the LED leads are not touching each other.
• Remove the reflector, and using a 1/4 inch drill bit carefully widen the hole for the bulb to 1/4 inch. Our LED bulbs do not need reflectors since they emit light at a set 20° angle, but the reflector assembly is needed in a MiniMaglite® for the switch to function properly.
Now try your flashlight with the original AA batteries. It should light up, but somewhat dimmly. If you run it like this, the batteries will last for weeks of continous on-time. It’s not very bright, but it is enough light to find the keyhole or make your way to the bathroom. To run the LED at full brightness you’ll need to use 3 N cells.
Next,
• Install the 3 N-cell batteries.
• Install a spacer (containing an internal current-limiting resistor)
You’ll need to build a spacer to hold the resistor and make the whole battery pack come out to the right length. Our prototype used a 3/8 inch length of 1/2 inch diameter wooden dowel . We drilled short holes at the ends of the dowel for battery contacts made of small machine screws. We then drilled an off-center hole all the way through the spacer for the resistor, and wrapped each resistor lead around the contacts.
This conversion was a quick, easy project. The LED version of this flashlight gives over 100 hours of bright, broad light from a full 12 volt NiMH battery pack. We started with a 6-LED circuit using 2 parallel strings of 3 white LEDs, each string with its own 50 Ohm resistor. I simply used a voltmeter to determine which lamp terminals were positive and negative, and soldered the leads from the LED circuit board to the normal lamp terminals. The LED assembly is held in place on the concave surface of the reflector with dabs of epoxy .

Larger flashlights can also be converted.  We are currently experimenting with some different versions of this project. These conversions also need a current-limiting resistor in the circuit. Our experiments have shown that a 15 ohm 1/4 watt resistor is about right for this…it gives an LED current of around 30 milliamps when the batteries are fresh. Because of the extra power available from these larger batteries, it is possible to mount 2 or 3 white LEDs at once, increasing light output. We are currently experimenting with this by breaking the glass of a burnt-out bulb and soldering in 3 LEDs. The easiest way to install the resistor is to use a 4-cell flashlite with only 3 cells, plus a dummy spacer that contains the resistor. More on this project soon!
It was a dark and stormy night. We couldn’t find a flashlight anywhere in the house, the kids probably lost all of them in their rooms…and something was on the roof! It sounded big, possibly a mountain lion or a bear. So I dug up an old NiCad computer battery, gave it a 5-minute quick charge at 1000 milliamps, took a spring clamp and clipped 3 LEDs directly to the battery. Let there be light! It was only a packrat, and of course this story is mostly fabrication, but the resulting flashlight was pretty neat .

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keychain

Posted on August 1, 2010 by admin

A keychain or key chain is a small chain, usually made from metal or plastic, that connects a small item to a keyring. The length of a keychain allows an item to be used more easily than if connected directly to a keyring. Some keychains allow one or both ends the ability to rotate, keeping the keychain from becoming twisted, while the item is being used. A keychain can also be a connecting link between a keyring (a.k.a. “split ring”) and the belt of an individual.

A keychain can also be a short chain used to link together a number of keys or other items. Sometimes keychains are even hung on walls.

In the 1950s and 1960s with the improvement of plastic manufacturing techniques, promotional items including keychains became more unique. Businesses could place their names on promotional keychains that were three dimensional for less expensive than the standard metal keychains.

Keychains that currently hold keys are an item that is never long misplaced by the owner. Many keychains also offer functions that the owner wants easily accessible as well. These include an army knife, bottle opener, an electronic organizer, scissors, address book, family photos, nail clipper, pill case and even pepper spray. Modern cars often include a keychain that serves as a remote to lock/unlock the car or even start the engine. An electronic key finder is also a useful item found on many keys that will beep when summoned for quick finding when misplaced.

Keychains are one of the most common souvenir items. They are very inexpensive and small to store both while traveling home and don’t take up much room in a home. Keychains can act as a reminder of the trip since they can be carried around during everyday life. They also are gender and age neutral and can appeal to many types of vacation shoppers.

The costs of keychains vary widely depending on their purpose. Advertising keychains begin at only a few cents a piece to a few dollars each. They are normally purchased in large quantities often over 500 at a time.

Souvenir keychains are one of the most popular keychains that sell. These are keychains that represent a trip or a location that a person is visiting. These most commonly range from under a dollar to 10 dollars.

Unlike most collections, keychains don’t hold their value as well as other collections. A standard keychain that was purchased for five dollars new is often only worth a quarter once it has been owned regardless of condition.

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Can Stress balls Really help

Posted on July 22, 2010 by admin

Stress and stress related problems are on the rise. When stress occurs regularly it cause harm to body. Stress relief balls are the latest in the stress relievers group. Whether stress balls really help is a matter of dispute.
How stress balls help in stress reduction?
Will stress results in anxiety?
Stress and its related problems is the number one health problem in the United States and around the world. Necessity is the mother of invention and new stress relievers are the need of the hour. Stress relief balls are the latest in the stress relievers group. Imprinted stress balls, vibrating stress balls and so many other types of balls are available even online and they all claim to relieve stress. But whether stress balls really help is a matter of debate.
Stress Relief by Stress Balls -Theories
Stress is said to occur in a person when he faces a hostile environment. He reacts to the hostile environment by the ‘Fight or flight response’. There is an increase in the blood levels of stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol resulting in
Increase in the heart rate

Increase in the blood pressure
Anxiety
Sleeplessness
Memory disturbances
Concentration disturbances
Mood swings including anger outbursts
Loss of appetite
Stress balls are being used by many people for stress relief. But text books are yet to mention the role of stress relief balls in relief of stress. Not many researches have been done to confirm the effectiveness of stress relief balls in relieving stress. A few unreliable theories are available which gives a few explanation regarding the role, mechanism and effects of stress relief balls.

Stress relief balls are said to better stress relievers especially at workplace. Shouting, cursing and throwing the office equipments are some of the reactions when a person is under stress in his workplace. These are unwanted reactions. It could be avoided and at the same time relief from stress can also be achieved by squeezing stress balls at the workplace at the time of stress.

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Compact Mirror – A Woman’s All-Time Companion

Posted on July 21, 2010 by admin

A woman feels complete when she has her fashion kit with her, and a compact mirror is an indispensable part of that kit. Since it gives them the flexibility to check out their face for a touch up anytime, anywhere, they just love it even more. Being small in size, these are carried inside small handbags, which you generally find with every woman.

When it comes to a gift or present, you can rely on this item, which makes a style statement for women. You can present it to any woman, may it be your wife, girl friend, bridesmaid, daughter, sister or mother, since they use it without doubt. In addition, there is no limitation of any occasion for this kind of gift, birthday, festival, or just any other day is fine.

Though compact mirrors come in various styles, shapes, designs, materials, models, brands and colors, yet women have their personal preferences. If you present a personalized one to her, she will be overwhelmed since you gave a thought to her liking. She might like some picture on its casing or their name imprinted. Some women like it personalized while others just go with the trend without any additional touch.

There are various methods to personalize the mirror. You can paste some crystals or beads, use spray paint, or engrave something, fix a stamp or anything that you think might please her. Rather than a costly mirror, a woman would prefer something that has the touch of creativity of her loved one. Personalized compact mirrors are far more appealing than a direct-from-the-shop one. Gifting an engraved one, which has her name on it, will take her over cloud nine.

There is a wide variety of options you can choose from depending on your budget, such as a silver mirror, crystal compact mirror, and so on. Though mirrors come in various shapes, like circular, oval, etc, yet a heart mirror is something that women always find appealing.

A compact mirror generally has two circular sides in the casing. Sometimes both the sides have mirrors, while at other times the other side could have makeup items or something else glass. You can explore various options available online and avail of the discounts that you might not get at other stores. Since these mirrors are last long, you can be sure that your gift is serving its purpose while reminding her about you every time she uses it.

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Compact Mirrors

Posted on March 10, 2010 by admin

The round Compact Mirror in Silver Plate is beautifully decorated with the Lyte Flower. Its compact size makes it the perfect accessory for your purse or handbag. This can be personalised with initials to make a unique gift for her.

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Baseball cap

Posted on January 28, 2010 by admin

Port Authority New Horizon Baseball Cap

The original New Horizon cap. Only New Horizon offers the patented poly-weave spandex to assure you get the perfect fit.

  • 63/34/3 poly/cotton twill/spandex
  • Structured 6-panel construction
  • Mid-profile
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