Summer Dessert Recipe: Caramel and Vanilla Flan

This flan is of the creme caramel variety. It couldn't be easier to make. Nice sweet but light-on-the-stomach dessert. Ingredients Serves: 8 Caramel base: -200g caster sugar -3 tablespoons of water Flan mixture: -1 (397g) tin evaporated milk -milk -4 eggs -4 teaspoons vanilla extract -4 tablespoons caster sugar Preparation method Prep: 20 min | Cook: 1 hour 15 mins | Extra time: 1 hour, chilling 1. Preheat the...

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Coolest Father's Day: Personalised Keychain Tutorial

With Father’s Day right around the corner, We’ve been thinking about easy-to-make gifts for Dads. This one is really funny and can be personalized with photos of your family members. Using a Shrinky Dink Kit, we turned Moses and Roman into miniature pins and keychains. Materials:  -Shrinky Dink Kit -Photo of Your Child -Super Glue -Tie Tack Backings -Keychain Key Rings Step 1: Size the photos on your computer.  You want it...

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4 Beautiful DIY Coasters

Whether you are a coffee drinker or a beer drinker, having a good coaster is necessary to prevent watermarks from forming on your table. How about making your own fabulous DIY drink coasters? 1. Tile Photo Coasters Perfect for any special holiday, a set of these tile photo coasters will cost less than $5 to make. The square tiles from your local home goods store makes this DIY a unique way to showcase your favorite Hipstamatic and Instagram...

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Twisted Headband Tutorial

Update your hairdrobe with this beautiful velvet elastic headband! It's easier than you think to create it with this great tutorial we found on ohsoprettythediaries.com . To create this headband, here is what you need to do: 1. Gather your supplies- Velvet elastic (22 inches), Embroidery String and Baker's Twine. 2. Cut your elastic to at least 22 inches. Cut your string and twine you about 5 feet. This may seem long but you...

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10 Reasons to Start a Craft Blog if you Sell Online!

source: ukcraftblog.com Are you still unsure whether to start a craft blog! You won't be after you read this! Promote your shop for free! Focus your ideas - write it down for everyone to see, this really makes you think hard about each descision. Motivation - having people eager to see what you do next helps you get on with it!   Display more detailed information, images and background for your craft work than can be displayed...

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Tutorial: Super Simple Reusable Sandwich/Snack Bag

Warm weather is here & that means taking food to the park, beach, in the car and everywhere else on the go.  Why not transport it in a fun, reusable bag?  My Super Simple Reusable Sandwich Bags are a quick project made extra practical by using laminated cotton for the interior that makes them easy to wipe clean or just toss in the wash.  Perfect for sandwiches, cookies and other small snacks.  And so much cuter...

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Make Your Own Lip Balm

Lip balm is truly one of the easiest and most inexpensive products to create.  Once that you have created your own homemade lip balm, it is almost impossible to muster up $3.00 for a tube of inferior stuff at the store. Plus, you can even make special blends with your favorite oils, butters, and other luxurious ingredients.  You seasonal lip balms, and unique lip balms for friends and families. Lip balm may be made within 10-15...

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Tips to Grow Your MISI Shop In Spring!

I know the spring is generally considered the ‘slow time’ of year for many crafters and artisans. Craft shows aren’t as bumpin’, and it’s really hard to sell as much as you would during the holiday season when shoppers are loading up on gifts. Although this is true, I think this time of year has a lot more potential than meets the eye. Spring is the time when cherry blossoms bloom, electric green leaves appear and everything is shiny and new....

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Photo Taking Tips For Your MISI Shop

Great photography is a necessity when you have a handmade jewellery website. Unfortunately, handcrafted jewelry is very difficult to photograph. Many jewelry artisans cannot afford to go to a professional and so they want to do it themselves. There are some simple techniques that even amateur photographers can use to obtain better results with minimal effort. The following suggestions should allow anyone to achieve results they can be proud...

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4 Ways With Doll Pegs

Add a little girly charm to your big day décor with these 4 easy and lovely ideas : 1. It's got your name on it Paint your peg with acrylic paint to match your colour scheme, then write your guest’s name on using a thin marker pen. If you’re feeling even more creative, play around with colour combinations or write just their initials for a quirky take on place cards.   2. The bride & groom For the groom: use a black marker...

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5 Everyday Uses Of Nail Polish

Everywhere we look, it seems like a new nail art trend pops up. But aside from creating beautiful manicures, did you know that polishes can be used for a bunch of other non-nail tasks too? Here are five unexpected (and super handy!) ways to use them in your everyday life:  1.) Organize your keys: For those of you with a jumble of keys on your keychain, this is an easy trick to help you distinguish which key goes where. Unhook the keys...

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How To Recycle All The Things

Below are some of the more perplexing Can-I-Recycle-This? items with tips for safely recycling them. Plastic Bags — When you go grocery shopping, it’s generally considered eco-conscious to bring your own tote bags. However, there are times when you don’t have your own bags on hand. What, then, can you do about those pesky plastic supermarket bags, aside from using them for garbage and dog poo? You can recycle them! Some municipalities accept...

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4 Lovely DIY Camera Straps Projects

1. Leather and Chain Link Camera Strap Supplies: -Purse strap with attached snap hoop -Jump rings -Cable-Ink chain -Swivel lobster clasp Step 1: Cut two 9-inch lengths of cable-link chain with jewelry wire cutters. Step 2: Using pliers, link two 8-millimeter jump rings, then attach one of them to an end of one chain. Repeat with two more jump rings at the other end of the chain. Step 3: Repeat Step 2 with four more jump rings...

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How to Organize Your Craft Room

It's time to get those craft supplies organized, ladies! If that seems like an insurmountable and extremely expensive task, just check out these easy tips for getting it all together in a creative way that's sure to appeal to the crafty gal.   1. Get it together First things first — before you can organize the supplies, you need to organize and sort them. While you're sorting, toss anything you know you won't need. Once you have everything...

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