Every cook knows that it is necessary to have at least one big pot. The Cuisinart Classic Stockpot will fill that gap. The Cuisinart Classic Stockpot is a 12 quart stockpot and your precious liquid will not boil over when you are using this stockpot.
The Cuisinart Classic Stockpot is made of professional quality 18/10 stainless steel with a mirror finish that will not fade. It is dishwasher safe and even oven safe up to 550 degrees Fahrenheit! So, no worries there, your Cuisinart Classic Stockpot will stay as pretty and shiny as it starts out.
To ensure the even distribution of heat your Cuisinart Classic Stockpot has an aluminum base encased in the stainless steel. It will not wobble as it is good quality and you will really get years of use from your Cuisinart Classic Stockpot.
The Cuisinart Classic Stockpot has solid, riveted stainless-steel handles so the handles are strong and they stay relatively cool to prevent accidents. There is nothing more annoying than a pot's handles that start to wobble!
Part of the excellent features of the Cuisinart Classic Stockpot is the tight fitting lid and the drip free rim. The tapered rim of the Cuisinart Classic Stockpot also allows easy pouring.
These are only a few of the features of the Cuisinart Classic Stockpot.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tattered Angel –Glimmer Kit – Girl
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The Tattered Angel – Glimmer Kit – Girl is a wonderful scrapbooking kit. Everything you need to create a fantastic looking Glimmer Glass Window Album is provided within the kit. Glimmer Glass Window Albums are archival-safe windowed and tabbed albums with glimmer glass accents. It is fun to work on and a very creative way to store your favorite photographs, poems, drawings etc.
The kit features:
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The Tattered Angel – Glimmer Kit – Girl is a wonderful scrapbooking kit. Everything you need to create a fantastic looking Glimmer Glass Window Album is provided within the kit. Glimmer Glass Window Albums are archival-safe windowed and tabbed albums with glimmer glass accents. It is fun to work on and a very creative way to store your favorite photographs, poems, drawings etc.
The kit features:
- One Glimmer Glass Window Album – Frosty
- Three Bottles of Glimmer Mist: Mustard Seed, Candy Apple Red, Peach Delight
- One Set of Glimmer Chips
- One Glimmer Screen Stencil – small flourish
- Red pearl and flower embellishments
- Ribbon
- Two Coordinating 6”x6” Papers
- Tags or Mini Envelopes
- Step-by-Step Instructions
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Craft Ideas For Beginners - How to Make a Winter Sun Catcher
Winter is most often associated with cold weather and snow, this gives you a unique opportunity for fun Craft Ideas For Beginners such as this winter sun catcher. Even though it's chilly outside, the sun still shines beautifully on some days. This frozen sun catcher takes advantage of both the sub-freezing temperatures and the sunshine to add beauty to your porch or lawn. This is one of the Craft Ideas For Beginners that will fascinate any child!
You may also be interested in Beginner Scrapbooking and Mosaic Crafts For Beginners. Go and have a look at these pages for more craft ideas for beginners.
What You Need
* Water
* Food coloring in a color of your choice
* Shallow disposable aluminum pan (pie pans work nicely)
* Round orange slices
* Dried flowers
* Pressed pine needles
* Small pine cones
* Cranberries
* Sturdy twine
* Scissors
Instructions
1. Run enough water into a pitcher or bowl to fill the aluminum pan. Add food coloring until the desired color is achieved.
2. Pour colored water into the pan until it is about a quarter of an inch deep. Keep the rest of the water for later use. Place the pan in the freezer or outside overnight so that it freezes solid.
3. Cut two pieces of twine, each about a foot long. Place the end of one piece about halfway down one side of the ice, and run it along the side up to the top, leaving the remainder outside of the pan. Do the same on the other side with the other piece of twine.
4. Arrange the orange slices, flowers, pine needles, pine cones and cranberries on the surface of the ice. When you have arranged them to your liking, slowly pour another quarter inch of the colored water into the pan. The pieces might move around a bit when you pour the water in, but if you pour the water slowly, they shouldn't move too much.
5. Place the pan back in the freezer or outside overnight so that the new layer of water will freeze into ice, locking your design in place.
6. Sit the sun catcher out in your home at room temperature until you can easily remove it from the mold. Or if you prefer, run warm water over the back of the pan until the sun catcher is released.
7. Find a nice spot outside, and tie the pieces of twine together to hang your sun catcher!
Tips
* For best results, use a light color of food coloring. Darker colors could soak into the orange slices and change their color.
* Keep in mind that the sun catcher will eventually melt. Consider putting it in a spot where it will be in the shade for at least part of the day to keep it looking good longer.
* If it's nice and cold outside, consider doing the entire project on the porch or patio. That way you won't have to move it after adding the decorations and the water, and the items won't shift around as much.
So, get the supplies and have a look at this amazing winter sun catcher. In South Africa it is summer now, and even our winters will not be cold enough for this, so enjoy. This is one of our Craft Ideas For Beginners for all of you to have fun with in the winter. As we are seeing extreme cold and snow this year, I think this is just the right time to give you this craft, one of our really fun Craft Ideas For Beginners.
You may also be interested in Beginner Scrapbooking and Mosaic Crafts For Beginners. Go and have a look at these pages for more craft ideas for beginners.
What You Need
* Water
* Food coloring in a color of your choice
* Shallow disposable aluminum pan (pie pans work nicely)
* Round orange slices
* Dried flowers
* Pressed pine needles
* Small pine cones
* Cranberries
* Sturdy twine
* Scissors
Instructions
1. Run enough water into a pitcher or bowl to fill the aluminum pan. Add food coloring until the desired color is achieved.
2. Pour colored water into the pan until it is about a quarter of an inch deep. Keep the rest of the water for later use. Place the pan in the freezer or outside overnight so that it freezes solid.
3. Cut two pieces of twine, each about a foot long. Place the end of one piece about halfway down one side of the ice, and run it along the side up to the top, leaving the remainder outside of the pan. Do the same on the other side with the other piece of twine.
4. Arrange the orange slices, flowers, pine needles, pine cones and cranberries on the surface of the ice. When you have arranged them to your liking, slowly pour another quarter inch of the colored water into the pan. The pieces might move around a bit when you pour the water in, but if you pour the water slowly, they shouldn't move too much.
5. Place the pan back in the freezer or outside overnight so that the new layer of water will freeze into ice, locking your design in place.
6. Sit the sun catcher out in your home at room temperature until you can easily remove it from the mold. Or if you prefer, run warm water over the back of the pan until the sun catcher is released.
7. Find a nice spot outside, and tie the pieces of twine together to hang your sun catcher!
Tips
* For best results, use a light color of food coloring. Darker colors could soak into the orange slices and change their color.
* Keep in mind that the sun catcher will eventually melt. Consider putting it in a spot where it will be in the shade for at least part of the day to keep it looking good longer.
* If it's nice and cold outside, consider doing the entire project on the porch or patio. That way you won't have to move it after adding the decorations and the water, and the items won't shift around as much.
So, get the supplies and have a look at this amazing winter sun catcher. In South Africa it is summer now, and even our winters will not be cold enough for this, so enjoy. This is one of our Craft Ideas For Beginners for all of you to have fun with in the winter. As we are seeing extreme cold and snow this year, I think this is just the right time to give you this craft, one of our really fun Craft Ideas For Beginners.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Crafts For Beginners - How to Create a Winter Splatter Painting
Crafts For Beginners should be fun and easy to complete. On such crafts for beginners is mosaic crafts for beginners using pumpkin seeds and here is another craft the little ones will love, Splatter painting!
Painting is a great way for kids to express themselves. And just like many of the other activities they enjoy it can be quite messy! Splatter painting is especially messy, but it creates a very interesting effect.
Splatter painting works very well for winter scenes. When you do the splattering with white paint, it looks just like falling snow. Here's how you and your child can create a winter splatter paint masterpiece.
What You Need
* Construction paper in a variety of colors
* Scissors
* Glue
* Paint in white and other colors
* Bowl
* Toothbrush
* Silver glitter
* Newspapers
* Easel
* Smock
Instructions
1. Using construction paper in black or another dark color for the background, create an outdoor winter scene. A simple village looks nice, or you could create a Christmas scene with Santa and his reindeer. You could cut shapes out of other pieces of construction paper and glue them on, use paint to create a scene, or do a combination of both. If using paint, let dry completely.
2. Since this craft is so messy, it's best to do it outdoors. If attempting it indoors, make sure to cover the work area thoroughly with newspapers. And dress children in old clothes and/or a smock.
3. Hang the picture on the easel with some newspaper behind it. (If you don't have an easel, tape some newspaper onto a wall and tape the picture onto it.) Pour some white paint into the bowl, and add a little water if necessary to thin it out to a “splatterable” consistency.
4. Dip the toothbrush into the paint, and sling it onto the picture to make snow. Use as little or as much paint as you like.
5. If you want to add some sparkle to your painting, sprinkle a small amount of sliver glitter onto it while the paint is still wet. Shake off the excess over a pie pan. (Keep in mind that the paint will not hold as much glitter as glue would.) Let dry and hang up for all to see and enjoy.
Tips
For best results, do a test splatter before splattering paint onto your picture. To do this, simply hang up a blank piece of dark construction paper and splatter the paint onto it. If the paint runs, it is too thin. If it's hard to splatter, add a little bit of water and try again. Keep working with it until it's just the right consistency.
If you're making your scene out of construction paper cutouts and don't want them to have “snow” on them, glue on only the background items before you do the splatter painting. Let dry, and then glue on the figures in the foreground.
Painting is a great way for kids to express themselves. And just like many of the other activities they enjoy it can be quite messy! Splatter painting is especially messy, but it creates a very interesting effect.
Splatter painting works very well for winter scenes. When you do the splattering with white paint, it looks just like falling snow. Here's how you and your child can create a winter splatter paint masterpiece.
What You Need
* Construction paper in a variety of colors
* Scissors
* Glue
* Paint in white and other colors
* Bowl
* Toothbrush
* Silver glitter
* Newspapers
* Easel
* Smock
Instructions
1. Using construction paper in black or another dark color for the background, create an outdoor winter scene. A simple village looks nice, or you could create a Christmas scene with Santa and his reindeer. You could cut shapes out of other pieces of construction paper and glue them on, use paint to create a scene, or do a combination of both. If using paint, let dry completely.
2. Since this craft is so messy, it's best to do it outdoors. If attempting it indoors, make sure to cover the work area thoroughly with newspapers. And dress children in old clothes and/or a smock.
3. Hang the picture on the easel with some newspaper behind it. (If you don't have an easel, tape some newspaper onto a wall and tape the picture onto it.) Pour some white paint into the bowl, and add a little water if necessary to thin it out to a “splatterable” consistency.
4. Dip the toothbrush into the paint, and sling it onto the picture to make snow. Use as little or as much paint as you like.
5. If you want to add some sparkle to your painting, sprinkle a small amount of sliver glitter onto it while the paint is still wet. Shake off the excess over a pie pan. (Keep in mind that the paint will not hold as much glitter as glue would.) Let dry and hang up for all to see and enjoy.
Tips
For best results, do a test splatter before splattering paint onto your picture. To do this, simply hang up a blank piece of dark construction paper and splatter the paint onto it. If the paint runs, it is too thin. If it's hard to splatter, add a little bit of water and try again. Keep working with it until it's just the right consistency.
If you're making your scene out of construction paper cutouts and don't want them to have “snow” on them, glue on only the background items before you do the splatter painting. Let dry, and then glue on the figures in the foreground.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tie Dyeing 101
Tie Dying is an easy craft very suitable as a beginners craft, such as the beginners crafts ideas you can get for silk painting on the page Silk Painting Is Fun. Most of us associate tie dyed clothing and décor with the late 60s and early 70s. But did you know that there are samples of tie dyed fabric that date back as early as 800 A.D.? The techniques used to produce these ancient garments produced results somewhat different from what most of us see today, but they are certainly recognizable as tie dye.
Tie dyeing is simple enough that a child can do it with a little assistance.
Here's a step-by-step tutorial.
1. Choose a fabric that will hold dye well. 100% cotton is one of the best choices, and it's very easy to work with. But other natural fabrics such as silk and rayon can also be successfully tie dyed. For best results, wash and dry the garment before you dye it.
2. Get your materials together. You can buy pre-packaged tie dye kits if you don't want to purchase everything separately. If you buy your materials individually, you'll need dye, rubber bands, rubber gloves, squeeze bottles, urea and soda ash. You should be able to find all of these items in your favorite craft supply store.
3. Mix soda ash with warm water according to the directions on the label. Soak the garment for about 10 minutes. Then put on some rubber gloves and wring it out thoroughly, or put it in the washer on spin cycle to get all excess water out.
4. Lay the garment flat on a table or other flat surface. Place a dowel, a wooden clothespin, or even your finger in the center, and start turning it clockwise. Continue until the entire garment is twisted into a circle, pushing the fabric down off of the dowel as you go so that it remains as flat as possible. Remove the dowel carefully to avoid pulling the fabric up.
5. Slip rubber bands onto the twisted garment, taking care to retain its shape. You'll need to use several of them and go in all different directions. Keep the garment as flat as possible throughout the process.
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6. Mix one or more colors of dye in squirt bottles per the instructions on the container.
7. Protect your work area by covering it with plastic and a layer of paper towels. Place the garment on top of the paper towels, and start squirting the dye on. For a rainbow-colored garment, use yellow, fuchsia and turquoise. Squirt each color thoroughly on a third of the garment, overlapping them a bit. Don't leave any white areas, because there will be plenty of those in the wrinkles of the garment.
8. Turn the garment over onto a pile of clean paper towels, and repeat the process on the back, putting each color behind where the same color was on the front if you're using more than one.
9. Place the garment into a ziplock bag, seal, and leave in a warm place for 24 to 36 hours.
10. Remove the garment from the bag, and rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Wash it by itself on normal cycle in the washing machine, and it's ready to wear!
This technique may be used to create a variety of projects. The most common is the t-shirt, but you can also use it on pants, accessories, and even curtains. And once you get the hang of this technique, you can do the twisting and tying in different ways to produce different effects. Have fun!
Tie dyeing is simple enough that a child can do it with a little assistance.
Here's a step-by-step tutorial.
1. Choose a fabric that will hold dye well. 100% cotton is one of the best choices, and it's very easy to work with. But other natural fabrics such as silk and rayon can also be successfully tie dyed. For best results, wash and dry the garment before you dye it.
2. Get your materials together. You can buy pre-packaged tie dye kits if you don't want to purchase everything separately. If you buy your materials individually, you'll need dye, rubber bands, rubber gloves, squeeze bottles, urea and soda ash. You should be able to find all of these items in your favorite craft supply store.
3. Mix soda ash with warm water according to the directions on the label. Soak the garment for about 10 minutes. Then put on some rubber gloves and wring it out thoroughly, or put it in the washer on spin cycle to get all excess water out.
4. Lay the garment flat on a table or other flat surface. Place a dowel, a wooden clothespin, or even your finger in the center, and start turning it clockwise. Continue until the entire garment is twisted into a circle, pushing the fabric down off of the dowel as you go so that it remains as flat as possible. Remove the dowel carefully to avoid pulling the fabric up.
5. Slip rubber bands onto the twisted garment, taking care to retain its shape. You'll need to use several of them and go in all different directions. Keep the garment as flat as possible throughout the process.
7. Protect your work area by covering it with plastic and a layer of paper towels. Place the garment on top of the paper towels, and start squirting the dye on. For a rainbow-colored garment, use yellow, fuchsia and turquoise. Squirt each color thoroughly on a third of the garment, overlapping them a bit. Don't leave any white areas, because there will be plenty of those in the wrinkles of the garment.
8. Turn the garment over onto a pile of clean paper towels, and repeat the process on the back, putting each color behind where the same color was on the front if you're using more than one.
9. Place the garment into a ziplock bag, seal, and leave in a warm place for 24 to 36 hours.
10. Remove the garment from the bag, and rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Wash it by itself on normal cycle in the washing machine, and it's ready to wear!
This technique may be used to create a variety of projects. The most common is the t-shirt, but you can also use it on pants, accessories, and even curtains. And once you get the hang of this technique, you can do the twisting and tying in different ways to produce different effects. Have fun!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Clay Handprint Kit - Angel Handprints Keepsake - Baby Handprint
Angel Clay Handprints Kit
Casts of children’s handprints are a wonderful keepsake for parents, grandparents and godparents alike. It’s a nostalgic way to preserve the memory of your baby or child’s hand or footprint.
The Angel Clay Handprints Kit is suitable for children’s hands from birth to about age 12. The handprint clay tile is made from Mexican clay. The clay is self-drying and therefore easy to use at home.
The kit includes step-by-step instructions on how to make perfect impressions of your newborn’s foot or handprint or your older children’s handprints. Also included in the kit are shape clay , wax paper, sponge and twine for hanging up the treasured clay tile. The finished handprint tile measures approximately 9”x8.5”.
Imprint a message and a date and the angel clay handprint will be admired forever by the person who receives it as a gift.
Go and Have a Look: Clay Handprint Kit - Angel Handprints Keepsake - Baby Handprint
Thursday, December 17, 2009
How to Make an Edible Garland for Feeding Birds
Lots of families make garlands out of candy or popcorn to use when decorating their Christmas trees. It's a simple project that the whole family can do together. But did you know that edible garlands are also great for attracting birds and other small animals to your yard in the winter? Here's how to make a beautiful decorative garland that the critters will find absolutely irresistible.
What You Need
* Raffia or twine
* Scissors
* Large sail maker's needle
* Unsalted peanuts with shells intact
* Small pine cones
* Peanut butter
* Birdseed
* Butter knife
* Pie plate
* Unsalted, unbuttered popped popcorn
* Soft dried fruits such as cranberries, dates and raisins
* Sunflower seeds in the hulls
* Plain Cheerios cereal
* Millet sprays
Instructions
1. Cut a piece of raffia or twine to about a foot longer than length that you want your finished garland to be. Thread the needle with it.
2. Securely tie a peanut to the end of the string. This will keep the items you string on from falling off.
3. Using the butter knife, spread peanut butter onto the small pine cones. Place some birdseed into a pie plate and roll the peanut butter-covered cones in it.
4. Thread the treats, including the pine cones, onto the string in a pattern or at random.
5. Use small pieces of the raffia or twine to tie millet sprays onto the garland at regular intervals.
6. When the garland is filled to about 6 inches from the end, tie on another peanut to keep everything in place.
7. Hang the strand of garland on an outdoor tree, and watch as the birds eagerly devour it!
Tips
* You can make clean-up easier by making this project outdoors. When you're done, you can leave anything you dropped for the birds to eat.
* If making this project with small children, close supervision should be provided to prevent injury from the sharp needle.
* Feel free to add more items to your garland. Just make sure they're safe for birds and other small animals to eat. They should be all natural, with no salt, butter or other unnecessary additives.
* If you want the birds to come even closer, try looping the garland around the rails on your front porch.
* Make sure the garland is kept out of the reach of pets and small children. They might decide that they would like a snack and destroy it.
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