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DIY HALLOWEEN PAPER CENTERPIECE!

  Another one of my finds while looking for some Halloween Ideas and inspiration.  I even made some of these and my wife, took it  to work and put them on her desk.  I really like these, the are also a good idea at Christmas time.  Brought to you by www.littleluna.com .  These are really simple and are a nice gift for someone special. Misc. Monday - Halloween Paper Centerpiece Hi Friends! In case you didn't get to see it over at Eighteen25 last week, I thought I would post on here my tutorial for the Halloween Paper Centerpiece This project was SOOO much fun and would be an awesome craft nite with the girlfriends. I hope you like it. SUPPLIES: - Box/Vase/Cart to use as Centerpiece Base -Floral Foam (Found at the Dollar Store) -Spanish Moss (Found at the Dollar Store) -Skewers -Paint -Foam Brush -Scrapbook Paper -Hot Glue -Embellishments INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by picking out your Halloween Paper (BEWARE: there are so many stinkin' cute ones at the Scrap

COLUMBUS DAY ORIGINS AND FACTS!

   Columbus day is celebrated amongst great fanfare and enthusiasm on the date of every year. It is also a national holiday now, dedicated to the man who presented America to the civilized Europe and hence rest of the world. Though there is a controversy on whether this day should be celebrated or boycotted, it seems that the weight of celebrations is more at this point. History    Columbus Day is a holiday in Colorado since 1906 and it became the federal holiday in 1937. Americans celebrate the Columbus Day dedicatedly. Soon the Columbus Day became a ritual to spread the patriotism all over US. Teachers, preachers, poets and politicians were determined to outline the patriotic rituals around the themes like support for war, faithfulness and devotion to the nation, restrictions that each and every citizen of the nation should follow. Overall, the objective was to make the nation successful and progressive .    In the mid-19th century, immigration became a problem. A number