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Choosing the cross stitch frame that suits your style of working is worth taking time over. It is important to find one that you are comfortable with as wrestling with an unsuitable frame could put you off embroidery all together. Do not be tempted to work without one as a…
Let’s have some teeth talk. By now you know that you and an increased amount of blood and hormones surging through your body when you are pregnant. This has an effect on your organs and soft tissue areas, including your mouth and your gums. These become softer, more swollen and…
Cross stitch is a simple stitch that is the key to counted embroidery. Cross stitches can be worked singly or in two journeys but you should always keep the top stitch facing the same direction. It does not matter which way it faces but it should be the same for…
One of the most contested areas of parenting is the subject of how to discipline our children. We can receive advice on this subject from everyone from child psychology "experts" to Great-Aunt Emma (who didn't actually have any children of her own, but still considers herself an expert). Experts and…
Ensuring your cross stitch design is neat from start to finish will make for a more professional end result. The following information aims to provide useful tips and techniques that will help you to achieve a perfect start and a perfect finish to your cross stitch project.
Starting To Stitch…
What to Buy? Crib or Playpen?
Being first time parents, you will encounter a lot of problems and challenges. One of the most common if not the most common issue is whether to buy a crib or playpen. So are you confused? crib or playpen? Each has its own advantages…
What’s really a normal weight gain during pregnancy? There is so much conflicting information out there, and normal weight gain in the United States can be so very different than what is expected in other countries. For example, my doctor told me that I should gain anywhere from 25 –…
Been a huge fan of Tim Burton, his countless movies, his weird crazy excellent poetry book “The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy” it is only fitting that costume companies have jumped on to his movie mind madness and produced some outstanding and at times, outrageous looking costumes fit for Halloween…
The first mistake new organic gardeners make is actually to try and control pests. They should be asking "How to attract pests" rather than "How to control pests in an organic garden". The reason is that most pests aren’t really pests at all they are eating the true pests. A…
The Aster is one of the best flowers to grow for late summer and fall blooms. Asters come in blue, purple, red, pink, and white each with a yellow center. The name Aster comes from the ancient Greek word for “star.” There are numerous varieties of Aster, from Dwarfs that…
Run! Zombies are attacking our clothes! The new campaign launched by Woolite with Rob Zombie to portray how some laundry soaps "torture" your clothes through fading, shrinking and damaging the fabrics has without a doubt been a huge hit. Or has it? The video on YouTube simply indicates that it…
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Tim Hooper in
Home and Family
Jun 29, 2011
Two of the least appreciated symptoms of many pregnancies are nausea and vomiting, aka morning sickness. About seventy percent of pregnant woman suffer from morning sickness, with nausea and vomiting. But for about two percent of these, morning sickness can turn into something horrible, something much worse than your normal…
When you go out at Halloween or to any fancy dress party over the year as a couple, you seek to get the maximum fun out of your costume choice and some people really go all out to find the funniest and most ridicules costumes they can find.
Searching the…
So many teethers, so little time! How do I choose the best baby teethers for my baby?
Watch your baby play, what toys do they like, do they have a few that they just love? With so many options available, you should be able to find a teething toy that…
Fabrics for cross stitch include aida cloth, cotton evenweave, linen evenweave fabrics and plastic canvas. Note when cutting your fabric, you should add an extra two to three inches around the entire outside to allow for securing your edges as well as for framing.
Aida fabric or aida cloth is…
Many women when they become pregnant wonder whether it is still safe to wear high heels. They don’t want to cause any harm to their baby or themselves, but many also don’t want to sacrifice their normal choice of foot wear. So can you wear high heels when you’re pregnant?…
I am writing this today because this is something I really needed to do when I was in labor. I did not know all about the breathing to cope with labor, it is really simple and powerful. Apparently this is one of the most profound ways to manage your labor.…
Okay, you’re pregnant! Congratulations! Hmmm. What to eat? How much can I eat? How much should I eat? Am I eating for two? What are the good foods for my baby?
All right, for the bad news: you are not technically eating for two—meaning, you don’t get to eat two…
You don't have to "let go of yourself" when you become pregnant. Staying fit during pregnancy doesn’t have to be hard. With just a few simple exercises that you can do at home and eating a balanced diet, you can still look fit and feel fit during those nine months.…
Teething baby won’t sleep? A grumpy crying baby? Baby won’t eat?
Sound familiar? When my daughter started teething, her sleep went from “awesome” to “awful”. The days could be challenging, but the nights were the worst. It’s so hard to watch you baby in pain, and if this has been…
There are several reasons why you might need to find immigration records for yourself or for those that you are considering hiring. We all remember the scandals in the recent past when immigrants were hired by high ranking officials in domestic positions.
To protect yourself or to prove you are…
By:
Christy Gee in
Home and Family
Dec 10, 2010
Although your pregnant changing body may be difficult to adjust to, there are a few nice ways you can enjoy every moment.
Especially if you are a new first time mom, your growing blooming tummy can be terrifying and you may feel oversized and ugly. You might also be afraid…
When my husband and I got engaged some 40 years ago, we agreed we wanted to have a large family. And so we did. We ended up having 11 children of our own over a twenty-year period, and we are now raising three of our grandchildren. With so many people…
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Grandma Shellie in
Home and Family
Mar 17, 2011
Lots and lots of people are searching for a coupon for laundry detergent. Why? I am willing to bet it is because laundry detergent is expensive! It is very expensive. We all do laundry and some of us do a lot of laundry. Now in my case, I own a…
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Tim Hooper in
Home and Family
Jun 28, 2011
A bad diet can wreak havoc with your fertility and what you consume is so important that it can make the difference between a successful pregnancy or not, whether via the medium of IVF or conventional methods. If you are about to undergo IVF treatment then you will want to…
In the early months of life, a baby is completely dependent on breastmilk to fulfil its dietary requirements. During breastfeeding many mothers find that it is possible to eat exactly as they choose, without suffering ill effects on themselves or their baby. Although highly seasoned foods, or foods with intense…
Wedding Candy Buffet: the mere sentence conjures up dreamy images of wonderful candy displays, shiny hard candies spilling from beautiful glass vases, chocolate balls sitting proudly in their old fashioned jars and lollipops as big as your head providing the perfect backdrop. It is a picture that Willy Wonka would…
One thing most people believe when they think of buying a mascot costume is that they are really expensive and hard to get delivered. Though this may be true in most cases it is possible to find mascot costumes which are cheap and that can get delivered to your door,…
One of the most important steps when beginning any cross stitch project is to prepare the fabric. Just like you would prepare a wall for painting, preparing fabric for cross stitch saves you a lot of time, energy and frustration. Removing a whole row of stitches because of just one…
Ever wanted to dive in the world of RC Airplanes?
Well now is the perfect time to embark on one of the most popular hobbies in the World. In recent years the industry has really changed up the game so to speak by designing more forgiving type models of rc…
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