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m om ents. Solder w ires tosw ivel a sparkly hula hoop.And knit to play w ith a

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Sew a set of Japanese juggling toys.Dunphy ttlrns art Into m odern pla!/ By Diane GillelandBy Garth Johnson

W lre up a hoop for a flashy swlvel.Knlt a reverslble plulshle By Brookelynn MorrlsBy Anna li rachovec

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LET YO U R C REATIV E JUIC ES

GO W ILD W ITH THESE UNIQUEM IX-A N D-M ATC H M O N STER

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TA K E TW O C O M PLEM EN TA RY I

FABRICS AND SEWTHEM INTO ONE . ktW RA PA RO U N D. REV ERS IBLE SK IRT. -

The 7Os had their fair share of fashion

statem ents, including platform shoes, I

bell-bottom s. and caftans, to nam e a s...L...,etk-.,e....IcI-e.tfew O ne of the m ore creative fashions ' iretu.tetlo, .E.I--. .-'I-t''s '

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w rap skirt. It gave w om en aII the style x .

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m odern variation is reversi bIe w ith a b.'d''''''-'-' '''-''-''''-'k-'

scoop pocket and bold ribbon waistband.

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H A N G K ERO SEN E LA N TERN S O N

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it under the stars w ithout the threat

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e juxtaposition of the craggy birch tlkolklt,vb

ranches and banged-up kerosene

Ianterns w orks w ell w ith the self- r. .y 'c7 ovz

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of sleek contem porary Italian design o'''''r'''''.'''' ''p.''- and w hat better thing to reek of ?

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've always been a sucker for those bIg oI' dusty glass cases

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f you want a chlc. affordable kld's chalr that doesn't Iook Ilke

It's from a catalog, try Foldschoollng It. Thls chalr Is unlque.

styllsh. and totally m ade of cardboard! W here can you buy It?

You ca n 't Foldsc hoo I f urn Itu re I s a 100% D I Y co ncept a nd t he re .

fore avallable only to crafters. Thls tutorlal elaborates on the baslc

manuai f rom the Foldschool slte (1 oldsch lool cor ' )) There you'll jflnd helpf ul tlps as well as som e great suggestlons on how you can Eplm p your chalr once you've f Inlshed bulldlng It Even If you don't 2

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have d Iscovered You can m ake a secret pocket easlly

enough for one of your spare jackets. Better yet m ake a secret

sleeve pocket that provldes qulck access and Is custom m ade

for your personal Item s such as a pen, calculator m lnl cam era

volce recordeq flashllght anlm al repellent or personal alarm.â . ..) Th Is project shows how to make a compact pocket for anT Ipod. f rom materlal that matches the jacket color. It's afflxed.J' w lth velcro stlck.ons allow lng for easy rem oval prlor to travel Ingi and for cleanlng purposes Your secret pocket can be any slze

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BY M ARY BETH KLAT'T

n the 1950s . wom en had to w ea r hoslery to the off jce or

rlsk belng flred. Natural Iy. these Iadles ended up wlth a Iot of

rlpped and snagged pantyhose. Although som e tossed these

ru I n ed p a I rs . t h e c raf ty o n es coo ked u p b ea u t I f u I ways to

reuse them M any wom en ended up dyelng and cuttlng them

up to create f Iowers for w edd I ng veI Is corsages. a nd hats.

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ntll the Iate 19th century, brldes generaily bought the

fancl est d ress they cou Id afford and then w ore It

throughout thelr m arrlage as an evenlng gow n W lth

the rlse of m ass.produced clothlng. w hlte becam e the popula r

color - m axlm a I Iy lm practlca I It slgnlf Ied the ow ner wou Id

wear the d ress only once Efflclent wom en often m arrled I n

wh Ite and then dyed thel r d resses to wear agaln. jI n the 21st century, there's no need to choose between antl. M

consumerlst values and Iooklng cute In whlte on your weddl ng jday. Learn how to m ake an adorable. versatlle dress uslng w hlte Z'

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ra pe w l ne Is f Ine and good but for som ethlng you ' 11

never flnd at the grocery store sIp thls fIg wl ne

The thlng Is. you've got to m ake lt yourself.

I 've m ade w lne from several varletles of f Igs. fresh and drled

but I 've m ade It best from drled organlc Calirnyrna flgs. taw ny

brow n frults that corne crusted In a th Ick layer of natural suga r

(Turklsh Smyrna f !gs are a flne. If not Iocal, stand.dn ) The wl ne#) these flgs produce - of rlch amber shades and whlskey. caramelT and tobacco flavors - can be drunk In Just 2 or 3 m onths. and the.t; w ord on the web says that fIg wlne has the potentlal to Im prove Ini the bottle for years.

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tlnky and stlcky. natto would be dlsgustlng pf It weren't so

dellclous - or so good for you. Though stll I hard to f Ind

In the Unlted States. thls ferm ented soybean recently hIt

food fad status In Japan. where It has been m ade for centurles

Research suggests that eatlng natto and Bactllus subtllis. the

bacterla that creates It, breaks dow n blood clots to encourage

clrculatlon boosts the Im m une system helps prevent osteoporosls.

and encourages healthy dlgestlon. Thanks to the m aglc of ferm en. '1tatlon, the bacterla produces funglcldal antlblotlcs that defend the (y

preclous. sllm y jewels from spollage. whlle It breaks dow n protelns .J

and soluble sugars Into easlly dlgestlble forrns that cancel out i1.unwanted performances by the m uslcal frult

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here are Iots of thlngs to Iove about sewlng: the pleasure

of chooslng Just the rlght fabrlc for just the rlght pattern.

the feel of sharp sclssors carvlng out the pattern pleces,

the hlss of the hot Iron presslng a perfect seam . .. but there are

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Is hem rnlng. and I 'm always Iooklng for ways to m ake It easler

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song Iyrlcs I 've m ade Iots of m lstakes. I 've gradua I1y Im proved

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Ie.dye, glorlous tle.dyel The brlght sw lrl of colors can

Ilghten the drabbest day. But w hen you start to m ake

your ow n patterns questlons em erge. This prq ect

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I Ilved In Oregon for 20 years and Austln Texas for anotherhandfu I befo re I ever ow ned any tle.dye. The only reason

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