Found this great tutorial that shows you how to make a screenprinting press for under $10.

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For any of you who aren’t familiar with the show, Dexter is about a serial killer of the same name, who works by day as a forensic analyst for the Miami police department, and by night, cleansing the city of the evil criminals who slip through the cracks of our faulty judicial system.  Every serial killer has to keep his mementos and Dexter’s trophy case, consists of a box of slides, each containing one drop of blood from each victim.

Here’s how to make your own slide treats!

Biohazard Blood Slides

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 2 Tbs water
• red food dye
• bamboo skewer or tooth pic Read the rest of this entry »

Adam Lambert embroidery… click here to see some closeups and instructions.

The secret to this inexpensive home whitening method is malic acid, which acts as an astringent to remove surface discoloration. Combined with baking soda, strawberries become a natural tooth-cleanser, buffing away stains from coffee, red wine, and dark sodas. While it’s no replacement for a bleaching treatment at your dentist’s office, “this is a fast, cheap way to brighten your smile,” says Adina Carrel, DMD, a dentist in private practice at Manhattan Dental Arts in New York. “Be careful not to use this too often, though, as the acid could damage the enamel on your teeth.”

You need:
1 ripe strawberry
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions: Crush the strawberry to a pulp, then mix with the baking soda until blended. Use a soft toothbrush to spread the mixture onto your teeth. Leave on for 5 minutes, then brush thoroughly with toothpaste to remove the berry–baking soda mix. Rinse. (A little floss will help get rid of any strawberry seeds.) Carrel says you can apply once a week.

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Above is the patent for the shoes that enabled Michael Jackson to lean at a full 45-degree angle when doing the Smooth Criminal dance. Over at BB Gadgets, Joel has the details and a video of the late King of Pop rocking his dancing shoes. “Michael Jackson’s patented “Smooth Criminal” leaning shoes”

Although I despise the color red, for some reason I’m drawn to it as an accent color for my garden.  I was shopping around at the plant nursery and found “Sum and Substance” hosta, which is one of the largest hostas and only paid $6 for a quart sized plant.

I came up with the idea that I wanted a huge terra cotta pot painted red to really contrast the color of the hosta and show it off.  First I had to shop around for the best deal on pots and ended up at Garden Ridge.  Everything there was 25% off so I got a 24″ pot for $20.  Next, I went to Ace Hardware and got a gallon of exterior high gloss paint.  I bought a gallon because I expect to do tons of pots in this color, but a quart should be enough to complete 1 pot.

With 2 coats of paint, I ended up with this….

Pots like this usually retail for over $100.

$99 @ Amazon

Breakfast is never all that interesting or humorous.  Then again for me that’s partially because I’m a bit of a zombie in the morning.  Well if you’d like to spice up your boring eggs, now you can.  You can turn your eggs into the shape of a gun.  Which if you have a son that’s stubborn with eggs, it might be the one way you can get him to eat them.  What’s even more exciting is that this can also be used to cut cookies and sandwiches.

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Wearable makeup inspired by chola girls

The Rubik Cake

Ingredients:
9 eggs
18oz butter
18oz self raising flour
18oz caster sugar
1 jar apricot jam
2 boxes of royal icing
1 black liquid coloring
1 red liquid coloring
1 blue liquid coloring
1 yellow liquid coloring
Box of icing sugar

Click here to learn how to make this wonderful cake.

Need a biodegradeable pipe in a hurry? that’s right, don’t be jabbing holes in a beer can like some frat-boy, do it the old fashioned organic way!  Play with your veggies, kids!

See how to make it HERE

A pinhole camera uses a very small hole to create a lens for the light to enter and expose the film. These cameras can be downloaded and printed at your computer, built, and used to make your own pinhole camera!

You will need:

* A printer
* Some good printer paper
* One thin cereal box for the light-safe interior
* A razor blade for cutting
* Some double-sided tape or glue
* Thin needle for making a pinhole
* Small piece of aluminum foil or soda can to puncture with the needle
* One new roll of film, preferably ISO200
* One film canister from which the film has been removed. You can empty a new roll, or get an empty canister at any photo supply store.
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Some genius has created the Ultimate Pleasure and Sex Training Machine using a vibrator and a ThighMaster, that weird legs exercise spring-based contraption that invaded the ’80s like a plague of Galaga space aliens with a Spanish Fly overdose. The how-to seems quite simple, but the best thing, other than the looks (which indeed is like a Galaga alien spaceship), is their description on how to exercise in seated, lying and upper body positions (NSFW):

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I know what you’re thinking: “What if I attached a faucet to a watermelon and filled it with spiked watermelon juice so party guests could serve themselves right from the melon?”

Click here to see how it’s done

I recently got into gardening when my therapist suggested that I get a hobby. I love it so much that I’m now planning gardens and since the Ice Storm of 2007 caused alot of damage to the landscape and our house, I get to plan a few gardens around our house.

Here’s a pic of the front yard after the damage.

My daddy says that we’re gonna start with a “clean slate”…. on some HGTV shit. So step #1 was to clear as much of the old landscape as possible. We had the tree stomp removed and cleared all the other plants. Here are some pictures I took a few days ago.

I also ordered a small flowering tree called a Lavender Twist Redbud. My daddy saw it as being my tree. It only grows about 6-8″, the bark twists and zigzags and it blooms lavender (my fav color). It should look like this when it gets older.

Funky lil tree ain’t it!?!

But here’s a picture of it now.

I put it in the middle of the garden and it’s already 2″ high. I also put monkey grass about a foot away from the edge of the garden. LOVE LOVE LOVE monkey grass.

For the back of the garden I decided to go with poppies. I should be making more changes soon so I can be ready for Spring.

Happy Gardening!
Get the look:

“Lavender Twist” Redbud from SoonerPlantFarm

(I had a very pleasurable experience ordering from them and they’re located here in Oklahoma)

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Liriope Muscari “Variegated’ from SoonerPlantFarm

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Order some poppies for just .99 + shipping and handling from any of these stores.

Water Sun – Sunset Mixed Poppies

ValueSeed – Pink Poppies