DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This diy comes from www.thedesignercoop.net  .  Now go out there and make something! I’ve had many requests to know how I am able to add custom foils to my projects. The good news is that it’s pretty easy if you have the right tools, or at least have access to them. The basic principle to this technique is that these special foil sheets will transfer onto laser printer toner through heat and pressure. Beyond that it can get a little tricky. Tools needed (clockwise starting with the artwork): - Artwork - Carrier Board - Heat Gun or Hairdryer - Small Laminator - Foil transfers All of the above can be purchased from  PulsarProFX . Tell him John sent you and he’ll… have no idea who I am. If you don’t have access to a small laminator or for some reason don’t want to drop $130 on getting one then you can try using a clothes iron. I’ve never tried it myself but I’ve heard of people doing it with varying levels of success. There are...

The red or pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of the turkey is called  'caruncle' . The bright red appendage on the neck of the turkey is called ' wattle '. The black lock of hair found on the chest of the male turkey is called ' beard '. Frozen, fully stuffed turkeys, ready to cook, were introduced in 1955. Long before the Europeans came to America it were the Aztecs who used to domesticate turkeys to use them as food. They also used turkeys for religious sacrifices and their feathers for decoration. The turkey was considered a sacrificial bird in Mexico. Turkey is the state game bird of Alabama. The Wild Turkey is the official state bird of Oklahoma. The Wild Turkey was designated the state game bird of Massachusetts on December 23, 1991. Turkey eggs are tan with brown specks. Domesticated turkey hens that are artificially inseminated, lay around 8...

   I don’t know about you, but when it comes to picking a Halloween costume I am not the most proactive. Whether it be shopping for a costume or even deciding what I want to be that year. Out of the past three years I think I have only had one costume selected before the night of, and it was only the day before that I had one that year. However not everyone procrastinates their costumes like I do.    At the afterschool program I work, as soon as October started the kids began asking what costume I had chosen to wear for Halloween. Some of the better suggestions I was offered included robot, skeleton, dinosaur, and some others. Department stores start their preparation way before any of us are even ready to accept the Summer is over and soon after Thanksgiving is shoved down our throats. Don’t get me wrong I love holidays, but the way they are commercialized these days just takes the joy out of them. Today’s infographic A Costume for Every Era: 500 years of cultura...

   This was found at www.ohparty.net .  It would make a nice Christmas party ice cream or treat bowl. Do you like hot cocoa with marshmallows? We love it and for this, we have fallen in love with this fantastic (and very simple) idea of chocolate snowman bowl for the marshmallows. Blow up a balloon in small size (one per snowman), spread a little butter on them and dip in melted white chocolate chips (microwave defrost function). Act fast and create a layer thick enough. On a parchment lined baking sheet create a base for the snowman and place the balloon on it. Melt the black and orange chocolate chips (not so much) with the same procedure as above, and draw the eyes, nose and mouth with a skewer. Put them in the freezer for at least half an hour. To finish them, bring them out, separating the balloon a little sideways, pop it and you'll have a beautiful edible chocolate bowl!

   The ship ' Mayflower ' has played a very significant role in the history of Thanksgiving, because it was the historic ship that took the Pilgrims to America in 1620. The pilgrims were basically the fortune hunters, bound for the resourceful 'New World'. And the 'Mayflower' was a small ship crowded with men, women and children besides the sailors on board. The first record available about the ship 'Mayflower' is somewhere in 1609. At that time it was a merchant ship, which traveled to Baltic ports, most notably Norway.    At that time, that is around 1609, Christopher Nichols, Richard Child, Thomas Short, and Christopher Jones owned the Mayflower. The weight of this ship was about 180 tons and it rested in Harwich. Initially this ship was employed for the purpose of transportation of goods such as tar, lumber, fish and possibly some Greenland whaling. But later on this ship was employed in Mediterranean wine and spice trading.    In 16...

   Rhetoric is only as potent as its source material – this is why any allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so effective. What comes immediately to mind is the hideous and completely unfound legal proceedings – based mostly on superstition, irrational paranoia, Puritanism-fueled mass hysteria, and deception–which resulted in 19 wrongful executions, each one hanged, burned, or drowned for some ill-fated finger-pointing. The imagery evoked is just as barbaric and painful as the means by which these accused “witches” were tried and ultimately “proven” guilty. (In actuality, most of the “afflicted” were just suffering from some mental illness medical science hadn’t quite caught up to at the time, “evil” being amongst the worst know epidemics.) Here are ten ways their verdict was ascertained: 10. Spectral Evidence    This type of evidence is based on claims by accusers that they would see the individual accused of witchcraft i...

   This recipe comes from julesfood.blogspot.com  .  Make some this holiday season. I hope they taste as good as they look! MILLIONAIRE BARS ahhhh...i'm back in the kitchen! not that i was ever out of the kitchen with the holiday madness and all, but i'm back in the kitchen cooking up pretty little things that don't have to feed the masses or conform to everyone else's taste likes and dislikes. you  alllll  know what i mean i hope you all had a great holiday with all kinds of sweets and savories... now let's get on with the show !!!!..the 2010 show...new stuff, re-do stuff, same ol' stuff, but different stuff..just lots of good stuff. and don't forget the weird stuff. i'll do my best to try to find some new good weird stuff. well, here ya go..my version of the Millionaire Cookie Bar. basically a shortbread cookie covered in caramel and then dipped in chocolate..EASY...IMPRESSIVE, kind of a candy bar but still a cookie. ...