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January 31, 2014

Recipe for glistening glycerol skin moisturizer from the book 500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them

Whether your weather report includes a wind chill factor, or Santa Anna Wind directions and burning mountains, this recipe for glistening glycerol skin moisturizer from the book 500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them could really come in handy right now!

I bet just about everyone has some dry skin that could use some of this moisturizer that includes either almond oil or avocado oil.

More about this great go-to source for healthy tips and recipes from Fair WInds Press:

500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them: Ease Aches, Pains, Ailments, and More with Hundreds of Simple and Effective At-Home Treatments

by Linda B. White, Barbara H. Seeber, Barbara Brownell Grogan

Try These Timeless Treatments Supported by Cutting-Edge Science!

Look no further! From insect bites, insomnia, and upset stomach to nasal congestion, stress, and heart health, this authoritative and comprehensive guide offers easy, effective recipes to bolster your resistance to illness, ease aches and pains, and manage minor ailments naturally.

The authors explain the science behind these remedies, debunk common myths, and let you know when to call the doctor. In addition, they provide a blueprint for wellness for you and your family. The book’s 500 recipes contain readily available, inexpensive, and safe ingredients. Many you’ll find within your cupboards or at the grocery store. For instance:

Dab on tea tree oil to clear up acne, Gargle with sage and thyme tea to combat sore throat, engage in mindfulness exercises for weight loss, aat chia seed to help with hay fever, whip up a calendula salve for diaper rash, heal dry skin with coconut oil, lift mood with a gratitude journal, take elderberry syrup for influenza, and apply aloe vera gel and peppermint essential oil to sore muscles.

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January 30, 2014

How to make a cupcake liner poppy from the book How to Make 100 Paper Flowers

I don't know about you, but I am tickled that they are making such fun and cute cupcake papers these days especially since not only do they make cupcakes and muffins a bit more festive, you can craft with them too! And speaking of crafting with cupcake papers, that is just what I have for you today. Here is a great tutorial on how to make a poppy flower with cupcake liners from the book How to Make 100 Paper Flowers: Ideas and Instruction for Folding, Cutting, and Simple Sculptures.

Click on this page from How to Make 100 Paper Flowers to enlarge and read the step-by-step tutorial on haw to make a cupcake paper flower.

More about the bloomin' good paper crafting CPi book:

How to Make 100 Paper Flowers: Ideas and Instruction for Folding, Cutting, and Simple Sculptures

by Maria Noble

Learn how to make 100 beautiful flowers, from lifelike to fanciful, with How to Make 100 Paper Flowers! These creations are perfect for weddings and other celebrations, and this comprehensive guide brings you a wide variety of techniques and styles. Step-by-step instructions are accompanied by color photos and diagrams; techniques include general crafting (cut, shape, and glue), origami, and quilling. All patterns are included! Color your world and satisfy your craft cravings with delightful, handmade, paper flowers.

For Maria Noble, making flowers is a lifelong passion that began as a child watching her mother and aunt run a floral business. Using innovative methods, they made beautiful flowers from fabric, paper, and other materials for weddings and other special events. Maria started her own business ten years ago, incorporating her inherited skills and exploring ideas of her own to create new, distinctive flowers. The business has flourished, and now her exquisite flowers are sought out by consumers and businesses nationwide, including leading event planners in New York and Los Angeles. Her flowers have been featured in various magazines and on popular websites.

Maria lives in Avon, Connecticut with her husband and two children. Find her online at www.stjudescreations.com

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January 29, 2014

$2.99 Kindle Special on the book 51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy

If you have a puppy or know someone who does, for one day only, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 you can get the Amazon Kindle version of Kyra Sundance's book 51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy for just $2.99 to keep for yourself or gift to the puppy parent you know. Kyra is also the bestselling author of 101 Dog Tricks.

51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy

by Kyra Sundance

51 Puppy Tricks gives puppy owners the tools they need to teach behaviors and tricks to their puppy through step-by-step instructions and photographs. Most other puppy training books focus on curbing bad behavior. Some have training, but only the most basic tricks. Kyra’s curriculum differs from that of 101 Dog Tricks in that the instructions are geared for the less mature dog. Young puppies are not yet well-tuned to humans, and respond better to a clicker than to a voice. Also, young puppies have so few skills that everyone benefits from a technique called “shaping” which breaks a behavior into minute steps for easier learning. And, of course, puppies receive extra gentle care when we teach, focused more on instilling a love of learning and a communication pathway rather than accomplishing the goal behavior.

Kyra Sundance is a world-acclaimed stunt dog show performer, dog trainer, and internationally best-selling author. Her dog team performs live acrobatic shows on premier stages internationally; at circuses, professional sports halftime shows, and on movies and television shows such as The Tonight Show, Ellen, Entertainment Tonight, Worldwide Fido Awards, Animal Planet, Showdog Moms & Dads, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. Kyra and her dogs starred in Disney’s Underdog stage show and in a command performance at the palace in Marrakech for the king of Morocco.

Kyra has written numerous popular dog-training books including the international best-selling 101 Dog Tricks, and hosts a line of award-winning dog-training DVDs. She also set-trains dog actors for movies and TV and lectures on positive dog-training methods.

Kyra is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports, having trained, competed, and titled in a great number of dog sports. Her methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing rather than ones fearful of making a mistake. She shows us how to develop joyful relationships with dogs who balance enthusiasm with self-control.

Kyra and her Weimaraners Chalcy and Jadie live with Kyra’s husband on a ranch in California’s Mojave desert. www.kyra.com

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January 28, 2014

Royal Ballet 2014 Diary and Craft Goodie Giveaway

Today, I have another super fun and special Craftside Giveaway filled with all sorts of goodies.

This prize pack includes:

The Royal Ballet Diary 2014
A Card Album
A Christi Friesen kit that includes all the goodies and directions to make a mixed-media heart.
A new Brave Intuitive Painting MakeReady Blank Journal.
A pack of Makeready wrapping paper
A randomly selected bulking dummy (a blank book the publishing industry uses to decide the size, shape and paper a book will be printed in.
And will include but not limited to stuff from my personal stash! Like yarn, quilt fabric, rubber stamps, glue,tape measures and who knows what else! It will be like Chistmas only it's January!

Enter here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

More about this desk calendar filled with beautiful photos from Frances Lincoln:

The Royal Ballet Diary 2014

The Royal Ballet is Britain's largest ballet Company and the Royal Ballet Diary 2014 celebrates its history as well as its world-class status. The diary includes evocative black and white photographs from the 1940s onwards - including images of Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn - as well as contemporary color photographs of principal dancers and the Company today. Also included are posters, designs and costumes thus offering a glimpse behind the scenes of this world famous ballet Company.

This week-to-view diary is illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and is available in desk and pocket format.

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