Year: 2011

Plastic Spoon Rose

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Step 1

You can use any colour spoon you want or you can also spray paint them afterwards.

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– cut off the handles using scissors
– when you have 17 (10 for outer petals, 5 for petals around the 2 in the middle)

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    Step 2

    – Light the candle
    – Take your needle nose pliers to hold the spoon.
    – Try not to keep the spoon too close to the flame as it will cause blackening of the plastic.
    – Melt the bowl of the spoon and heat the underside.
    – let it cool down a bit but while it’s still warm and bendable shape the petal by pulling the tip and bending it backwards with your fingertips.

    – You could speed the cooling down up by blowing.

    Repeat- this step for all 17 petals.

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    Step 3

    – Beginning with the 10 outer petals take two spoons and melt what’s left of the handles. Fuse placing them next to each other and smooth out the melt until the handles stick together. You could use the needle nose pliers to do this since the melted plastic is incredibly hot!
    – Repeat this 4 times so that you have 5 sets of 2 petals.
    – Now melt the handles of 2 sets and stick them together.
    – Repeat this step until you have the 3 pieces of the rose.

    This will take a while to figure out which is the right way to assemble all pieces.

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    Step 4

    – Glue the pieces together with a glue gun or by melting the bottom side of the petals.

    – Insert the 5 petals into the 10 petals and the 2 middle petals into the 5.

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    Now that your rose is finished melt the bottom of the rose and push it flat (I used a saucer to push it flat). Once it is flat enough melt the plastic again and push a safety pin into it and secure by laying a small piece of melted plastic over the safety pin.

    Optional:
    Pendant – hang it onto a long jewellery chain.

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Candy Kiss Rose Bud

Instructions:
Use a small piece of tape to hold the two wrapped candy Kisses together, bottom to bottom. Cut a piece of colored cellophane into a 6″ square. Place the tip of one of the kisses into the center of the cellophane and then fold the cellophane up around both kisses. Twist the cellophane to secure.


Hold the wrapped kisses against the end of the wooden skewer and wrap tightly with a floral tape, winding the tape all of the way down the stick. If desired, you can cut leaf shapes out of craft foam or use leaves from silk flowers and attach them to the stem using the floral tape.


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How To E-mail

You think you know how to send and reply to email? This article is from Matt Might, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, USA.

The problem with email is that people think it’s electronic mail. Email is not mail in electronic form. You are not writing a letter. Few send readable email or tap the deliberative potential of the medium. For example, email should be formatted into points – not paragraphs.

And, you should not always reply above the message you were sent. Many of these tips are already widely followed in academia, where debate and discussion over email have been taking place for decades.

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Find Out How Long You Can Expect To Live

How long can you expect to live? The Longevity Game gives you a peek into your future by identifying the factors that can lead to a healthier, more productive life. Through the game, you get some insight into your daily lifestyle – plus tips on how you can make some positive changes.

While no one can actually predict life expectancy, and The Longevity Game can’t take existing medical conditions into account, the factors you’ll encounter do have a significant impact on longevity. Some of the factors tracked in the game are: weight/body mass index, drinking, smoking, how you handle stress, and driving record.

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