tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44608192658890408402024-03-13T00:53:11.997-04:00Tools Are For Women Too!Tool Reviews, Tutorials, Projects, Link Parties, and Advice For Today's CraftswomanRory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-12193535026870941662011-01-30T20:59:00.000-05:002011-01-30T20:59:36.859-05:00Link Party Time! - And A Contest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TUYKgXo_TGI/AAAAAAAABkk/3Iqp6NPYGL0/s1600/button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TUYKgXo_TGI/AAAAAAAABkk/3Iqp6NPYGL0/s1600/button.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to yet another Tools Are For Women Too link party. This time I am adding a contest to the party, for a little added fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the past week I bought a 6 qt crock pot and have been fooling around with some recipes. I would like to make something special in it on Super Bowl Sunday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.) In the comment section, give me your best crock pot recipe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.) Whose ever recipe I fix on Super Bowl Sunday will be the winner of the contest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4.) I suppose since it's a contest I should have a prize of some kind too, huh? How about one of my handmade pens? I don't have a particular one in mind, but below are a couple sample pics of ones I have made in he past.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.) Link back to the party somehow. However you do it is fine. Taking out an ad for the party on The View will not get you extra consideration for your contest entry, but I might send you a pen anyway. Give it a shot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.) I would appreciate it if you would link back to the party somehow. Show some love and publish a post about it, grab one of our yummy pink buttons, or invite your Etsy friends to come over for some free advertising. Or.......you could start a grass roots movement of women wearing pink hardhats and holding hands around the world ( with a <em>very </em>long TAFWT banner). Whatever you do is fine. Just link back somehow for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My apologies for not writing more feature posts lately. It has been sort of a challenge with the the recent weather we have had. I have been spending most of my time doing things like shoveling the driveway, scraping windshields, cutting up firewood, and stoking the fireplace. To my dismay I didn't even get the enjoyment of building my snowman this year. The snowstorm was followed by an ice storm and things just did not work out. I would to see however pics of snowmen, snow sculptures, and the like from around your neck of the woods. Feel free to post a few in this week's party.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here they are all glued! Just play around with the location of the branches until it looks like what you want. The holes are small enough that if you choose not to use that hole, you can't see it. No one will know :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used burlap but really you can use whatever fabric you want. Or, you don't have to use any at all. You could add pebbles or moss to the pots to cover up the plaster.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Set the pot on the fabric and then bring all the side up around the stem. Since burlap frays so easily, I just pulled off a few of the strings and used those to tie the fabric. You could also use ribbon or jute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, this is Brooke from </span><a href="http://www.sunsetandvine.etsy.com/"><span style="color: #993399; font-size: large;">Sunset & Vine</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and I hope you are all enjoying the start of 2011! Today I am going to review BeadSmith's Liver of Sulfur oxidizing gel. This is a product that I use quite often in my jewelry designs. Creating jewelry with the oxidized or antiqued look has become quite popular and many suppliers even sell oxidized chain and findings now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Liver of Sulfur is an agent made with potassium sulfide and turns metals brown or black depending on how long metal is left in the solution. Liver of sulfur usually comes in a rock form which you break into smaller pieces and dissolve in hot water. There are many downsides to using the rock form. It has a very short shelf life, is flammable, and poses inhalation hazards from the dust that is created when breaking the rock form into pieces. There is a more organic method that can be used to oxidize metals but one would need to use quite a few hard boiled eggs and results vary. The egg method requires heating hard boiled eggs and placing them in a bag with the metal. This method can be timely and creates a mess from the egg yolks that would need cleaned off.</span><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PlT3KtuMzbk/TSPr8ip_j8I/AAAAAAAAAX0/M9MUoB6QImc/s1600/egg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558545790432939970" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PlT3KtuMzbk/TSPr8ip_j8I/AAAAAAAAAX0/M9MUoB6QImc/s400/egg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 163px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 161px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Because of the drawbacks of the other methods I decided to use Liver of sulfur in a gel form. With the gel form the shelf life is much longer and there are no risks of flammability or inhalation hazard. The main problem with using the gel is the nasty rotten egg odor that permeates the air when mixed with water. As long as you use the gel in a well ventilated area there shouldn't be too many issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To achieve best results with the gel make sure that the metal you are using is cleaned with a method that doesn't leave behind a residue or it will effect the process. If metal isn't clean first sometimes the piece you are oxidizing will have different shades and won't have a uniform patina. You can play around with the formula for lighter or darker oxidizing and with the amount of time you leave your metal pieces in the formula. The gel can also be applied directly to metal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This product is very reliable and is also very easy to do. The gel makes oxidizing metals very quick and safe. Cleaning up is a breeze and storing the product is effortless because it is not effected by light or air. This product offers users a wide variety of patinas from rainbow to black and can be used on silver, copper, bronze, metal clay and fine silver. I would recommend this product to anyone and I love using it myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am giving BeadSmith Liver of sulfur Patina Oxidizing Gel 5 out of 5 hardhats. Have fun on your next project and hopefully this review helped!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.) Please become a follower if you are not one already. It's free and it's a nice thing to do for your host.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought a board that measured 18" by 36". I measured, then drew a line down the middle so I would have 2 table tops measuring 18" by 18". You obviously only need one, but I was planning on making a bunch for my Etsy store. I used a jig saw to cut the wood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I used 1"x4" boards for the front. I wanted there to be a 1 inch lip or overhang so I measured and cut 2 boards 16 inches long. That is one inch taken off for each side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, since 2 of the boards will go inside the other two boards to form a box, you need to minus the width of 2 boards together. In this case, 1 1/2 inches. So the second 2 boards I cut were 14 1/2 inches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you see how 2 of the 1x4s fit inside the other 2? That is why 2 needed to be shorter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next step is to determine how high you want your table. I wanted mine 2 feet tall. I cut some 2"x2"s for the legs. Add some wood glue and then nail them into the corners of your box. It is very important to make sure it is flat before nailing on the legs. If the legs are not flush with the top of the box then your table top will not lay flat on your base.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Years to all! This is Brooke from </span><a href="http://www.sunsetandvine.etsy.com/" style="color: #663333;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunset & Vine Jewelry</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and I hope you are all having a wonderful, stress free holiday season. Believe it or not it is almost 2011 and if you haven't started making a list of resolutions you still have a few days left. Fret not because I have a great idea for you to consider adding to that list. Many of you </span><a href="http://toolsareforwomentoo.blogspot.com/" style="color: #003300;"><span style="font-size: large;">TAFWT!</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> readers are involved in crafting and possibly run an online store yourself. If you create something and you don't sell online I encourage you to check into it. Thanks to the economy more women and men for that matter are finding themselves unemployed possibly for the first time in their lives and wondering "what comes next"?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Many of you may already be running a business in your spare time to supplement your income. There is a difference though between operating a small scale internet business part-time and on the weekends to quitting your day job and becoming your own boss. After reading an article in <span style="font-style: italic;">Glamour Magazines</span> October issue, I decided to share with you what experts believe it really takes to work for yourselves, unfortunately it isn't all passion, talent, creativity and love for your product!</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Most importantly you need to do some major soul searching to figure out if you can cut it as an entrepreneur. Ask yourself some basic questions, do you enjoy the security of working for other people, like the structure of a normal work day, enjoy vacation time, insurance and having sick days and personal days? If the answer is yes than you may want to stick with your 9 to 5 and consider running a business part-time. If the answer is no than ask yourself, are you good at time management, do you like to take risks, can you come up with solutions in times of stress, and will you be able to handle working around the clock without breaks? If the answer is yes than you will most likely be able to handle the demands of operating your own business. Being the boss does have its downsides. Sure you can set your own schedule, and you are "the boss" but you have lots of stresses too! My father has owned his business for thirty years and he didn't take a family vacation until I was 13 because he didn't feel he could leave the business for a week. He also has to pay very high monthly premiums for very crappy health insurance, he is responsible for eight employees and their health insurance and in the beginning he worked from dawn till past dark. Owning your own business can be very demanding but very rewarding. If you are looking for more information on how to get started with your business check out the </span><a href="http://sba.gov/" style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-size: large;">U.S. Small Business Administration</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. They provide assistance on how to get started and it is free!!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Once you have the basics figured out the next step is making a business plan of sorts. I say this loosely because you don't need to have a 300 page proposal but you do need to know what your goals are for your business and it wouldn't hurt to write them down. I am a journal keeper, not because I actually keep a diary that would require consistency, but I like to keep lists and that is a great start for a business plan. Make a list of your to-dos. Are you going to need a sales license so you can buy wholesale? What about basic no-brainers such as why does your business exist, who are your customers going to be, how will you make your company successful over time? As silly as they may or may not sound you will want to be able to answer these questions fully, and with competence, you never know when a potential buyer or investor is in your midst. You will also need to be able to modify these conditions over time as the economic climate, your customer base and your business change. One thing I have found in operating a business is that just like any job you will learn as you go but there is one thing you will want to have clear guidelines about from the word go. Customer service is something that is increasingly harder and harder to find and when you stumble upon a company that delivers great customer service it is the exception not the rule. With that in mind you have the power to make sure your company will be one of those that goes the extra mile and you'll never regret making that decision. Go out of your way to make your customers happy and they will remember and it will reflect in your bottom line!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of the bottom line, what about all the money you are going to make, after all the whole point of owning your own business and working for yourself is so you can have cash flow and a lot of it, right? Wrong, well probably wrong, at least in the beginning. Most people are lucky to break even the first year between investment and the time it takes for a business to get off the ground. I started on Etsy eighteen months ago and have just now began to realize a profit. Often you have to spend money to make money, which I never took into account when I was first starting out. Between my initial investment and money I pour back into my business, advertising and product that I give away I am probably still just breaking even but the great thing is that there is finally a buzz! When you decide to start a business you have to go into it with a lot of patience and determination. I knew that I was doing this because I loved it and that helped a lot and I knew no matter how long it took I was going to stick it out because I believed in my product and I wasn't doing it for the money. Now that the sales are coming in it makes it just that much sweeter!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Network! Network! Network! Did I say networking yet? Networking is probably the single most important thing I have done since joining Etsy. There are endless ways to meet up with other artisans, and bloggers who are friendly and helpful and will help you build and boost your business. Make treasuries and include your friends and fellow etsians that have put you in a treasury. Join in on the forums and contact a team and apply to become a member. If it weren't for blogs like </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/toolsareforwomentoo.blogspot.com" style="color: #003300;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tools Are For Women Too!</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> I wouldn't have quite the traffic in my site or the number of great friends. Browse blogs and join in on the link parties and start your own Facebook pages and blogs if you enjoy writing. Just don't forget that while it is great to gain something from a relationship you also want to remember to pay it back. Help out your fellow etsians, bloggers, and Facebook friends when they need it and you will be blessed by these awesome networking relationships!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Glamour article points out that it is important to build and maintain an online presence. With </span><a href="http://etsy.com/" style="color: #330033;"><span style="font-size: large;">Etsy</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><a href="http://ebay.com/" style="color: #009900;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ebay</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><a href="http://1000markets.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">1000 Markets</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://shopify.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">shopify.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> maintaining an online presence is easier and more manageable than ever. I would counter that building and maintaining a physical presence in our communities is the challenge for some. Having a real brick and mortar shop where our fellow community members can come in and shop our wares is a goal I have for my business. To get started you could strengthen your presence in your community by doing craft shows and art exhibits when they are offered. Scout out locations in your community and see if a lease fits into your budget. Check out your competition and do some research to determine how your product would fare in that particular market. Most importantly don't give up and believe in yourself, it also doesn't hurt to have a little faith!</span></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have all enjoyed my Easy Wood Tools Review over the past few weeks. It has been great fun. One of my goals in doing this review was to see if a beginner could use these tools easily, safely, and get great results. After several weeks of trying them out, the answer is yes, yes, and yes. Without a doubt, the EWTs are the easiest lathe tools I have ever had the pleasure of using. Their design makes them many times safer than traditional tools, and the results are amazing. They performed flawlessly in every task they were given. I give them (once again), 5 pink hardhats out of a possible 5.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-56639836337013808562010-12-19T19:45:00.000-05:002010-12-19T19:45:56.903-05:00Link Party Time...and the leak is fixed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQ6iKb5eXII/AAAAAAAABh0/m_nOlBvbTbg/s1600/button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQ6iKb5eXII/AAAAAAAABh0/m_nOlBvbTbg/s1600/button.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone that sent me some very nice emails concerning my pipe bursting and flooding the living room. You will all be happy to know that the leak has been repaired, along with the hole in the sheetrock. All that is left is to do some minor sanding and a little touching up of the paint. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, Tools Are For Women Too is back on track with another link party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.) You must be a follower if you are not one already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.) You must link back to the party somehow. Most people link back in a post or grab one of our incredibly attractive buttons, but you can do it any way that your heart desires. Get creative and maybe wear a pink hardhat and tool belt to work tomorrow.</span><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-92019811199136712022010-12-16T23:17:00.000-05:002010-12-16T23:17:17.956-05:00Link Party - Finally!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQrdjB124NI/AAAAAAAABhk/I983eD8PbUA/s1600/button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQrdjB124NI/AAAAAAAABhk/I983eD8PbUA/s1600/button.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, I know I usually kick off the party on Wednesday night but yesterday was one of <em>those</em> days. You know what I mean. The kind of day where a water line in your house breaks and floods your living room. Yep! Really happened. The line that broke was inside a wall, so to repair the leak a hole had to be cut in the sheetrock. So while everyone was anxiously awaiting for the party to start, I was trying to vacuum up water. Sorry for the delay all. Couldn't be helped. Apparently Santa misunderstood when I asked for a jacuzzi for the living room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.) Tattoo "I Love Tools are For Women Too" on yourself somewhere. Okay, this really isn't a rule but be a sport and at least get a temporary one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4.) Link back to the party somehow. Your new tattoo will work fine, or just mention the party in a post or something. That works too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi, this is Brooke from </span><a href="http://tidbitsandglitz.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #663366; font-size: large;">Tidbits & Glitz</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. I hope you are all having a great month and are enjoying the holiday season. It is that time of year again. Depending on where you live snow may be falling, Christmas preparations are rapidly underway and hopefully you are able to spend more time with your family. There is nothing better than crafting during the holiday season and I have the perfect earrings for you to create.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Snowmen earrings are easy to make and are perfect for the entire Winter, not just Christmas. This project only requires a few materials (you can find them at any craft store) and even less steps to complete. The tools that you will need are round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, and wire cutters.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">2-10mm beads, 8mm beads, 6mm beads</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">2-flower spacer beads, between 4-6mm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">2-metal daisy spacers, between 5-8mm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">2-cube beads, between 4-6mm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">2-2" headpins</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">2-ear wires </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I choose to use crystal beads and sterling silver metal pieces but you can use any color combination and metal you like. This is a very versatile design. After you have assembled all your tools and materials it should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. My kids love to help me with these earrings and we have also used the snowmen as a pendant and added it to necklaces. This is a fun creation for yourself or make them for Christmas presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week though, I wanted to try something that required a little more precision than an impromptu wooden wine glass. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week's project is a custom cane. And, while this project may look easy (and in some respects it is), it does require near perfect tenons to be cut so that the handle, connectors, and rubber tip will fit properly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here we go with 2 of the same basic EWT lathe tools that I used last week, the Mini Easy Rougher and The Mini Easy Finisher. That's it this week. I only used 2 tools to do the whole thing. For wood I decided to use mahogany. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what will I do with it, now that it's finished? This one will be a Christmas gift to a very special friend of mine, who fell and broke his hip last year. Hope he likes it. By the way, in case you were wondering I used several coats of lacquer to do the finish and then I polished it with some steel wool and paste wax.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-7682223147454666822010-12-12T20:00:00.000-05:002010-12-12T20:00:05.251-05:00Link Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQVsA732s8I/AAAAAAAABgo/ozcY58KHZt8/s1600/button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TQVsA732s8I/AAAAAAAABgo/ozcY58KHZt8/s1600/button.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Wind, cold, rain, and maybe some snow here in the next day or two. If it wasn't winter before, it is now. There is no doubt about it. Hope all of you are staying warm out there.</span><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-92089483818002986282010-12-10T07:05:00.001-05:002010-12-10T07:05:01.009-05:00How To Make A Picture Block Collage<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi! It is Stacy from </span><a href="http://www.happyhappthousewife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Not JUST A Housewife</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">! Here is one of my favorite cheap decorating ideas.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to do a collage of pictures in my hall. It is a funny little wall tucked in the corner, but it has always seemed so bare. I didn't want to do it with pictures frames though. I wanted to shake it up a bit. I came up with this. What I did was cut out 4X6 pieces of wood that were all different thicknesses using my jigsaw. The picture doesn't show it as well as I would like. Then I sanded and stained them. I could have mod podged the pictures on, but then I wouldn't have been able to change the pictures. I used sticky putty on the corners of the pictures and pressed hard to adhere it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-30904469966817867432010-12-07T23:39:00.000-05:002010-12-07T23:39:57.118-05:00Easy Wood Tools Review Part 2 - The Goblet Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TP7ts2g3nDI/AAAAAAAABgM/dd08Bfby4Tw/s1600/ewt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TP7ts2g3nDI/AAAAAAAABgM/dd08Bfby4Tw/s320/ewt+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Last week in <a href="http://toolsareforwomentoo.blogspot.com/2010/11/easy-wood-tools-review-potential-money.html">Part 1</a> of my <a href="http://easywoodtools.com/">Easy Wood Tools</a> review, I told you I was going to give these lathe tools a real workout. I wanted to see if these lathe tools were everything I have been told they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tips are made of carbide! This means that they NEVER need to be sharpened. When a tip gets dull you can rotate it to a fresh cutting surface and it cuts like new again. When the tip is completely worn out, you just replace it. Carbide is somewhere around 10 times as hard as high speed steel so a sharp edge lasts quite a while compared to other tools. I talked with Craig Jackson who founded <a href="http://easywoodtools.com/">EWT </a>and he says a carbide tip on an Easy Roughing Tool will last through about 20 hours of cutting when using it on hard maple. That's pretty amazing, and it means that the tips are a huge money saver for beginning turners. Because the tips are replaceable you don't have to buy any sharpening equipment that can cost hundreds of dollars. You just wont be needing things like electric grinders, files, special jigs, and sharpening stones. It also means that your time in your shop is spent making items for you and your online store, instead of sharpening tools every 20 minutes. Can you say efficient? So before I even started cutting wood I was pretty impressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now for the test. This weeks project is a goblet. I had seen a video of Craig making a goblet using his tools and he made it look and sound really easy. I would soon find out just how easy it really is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I decided to make my little goblet out of hard, "curly" maple. This special wood was donated by Paul and Brenda who own the local <a href="http://www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=560">Woodcraft </a>store here in Greenville, South Carolina. It is the same kind of wood that is famous for making butcher's blocks out of , and also for dulling ordinary tools very quickly. This would be a good test.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How do you think it turned out?</span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, I am a professional woodworker. That much is true. But I decided that using these tools has such a small learning curve that I could teach people how to make a goblet like this, that had never even turned on a lathe before. It was that incredibly easy. The tools cut beautifully and they are still razor sharp. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For goblet making I have no choice but to give these tools 5 pink hardhats out of 5. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">They were a pleasure to use, don't require sharpening, are incredibly tough, and gave me beautiful results. In short, I couldn't find a fault with them. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">So what will I do with my goblet?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking of making a matching set and breaking them in on Christmas Eve.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, if you want to buy EWT lathe tools my friends at <a href="http://www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=560">Woodcraft </a>carry them. Those of you who are thinking of getting into turning need to put these on your Christmas list.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next week I will be testing the EWTs on another project. I am far from done having fun with these, so check back next week and see the results.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.) Link as much as you want. The parties around here have virtually no limits, so get busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.) You can link up buttons, Etsy items, tutorials, projects, recipes, a picture of the woman you don't like at work (before and after her plastic surgery), or just about whatever you want.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.) Please become a follower if you are not one already. It's free, it's easy, and people here at TAFWT tend to look at you kinda weird if you don't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4.) Link back to the party somehow. Last week I suggested someone write a Christmas song about TAFWT and go caroling in an effort to promote the party. Most people though just grabbed a button, linked to it in a post, or started a thread in a forum. There was however a woman named Brittany, who spelled out TAFWT with raisins in her husbands oatmeal, to let him know how she would be spending her day while he was at work. Way to go Brittany!</span><br />
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<div></div><span style="font-size: large;">Hi! It is Stacy from </span><a href="http://www.happyhappyhousewife.blospot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Not JUST A Housewife</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> again! I was in need of some more Christmas decor but I am on a tight, almost non-existent budget so I came up with these. I love quick and cheap crafts! I bought 3 wreaths at the dollar store. They had bigger ones but because of where I was going to put them I needed them to be a little on the small side. I had pine cones from our backyard and I always have craft wire on hand. I used scraps of fabric I already had too. I ripped them into strips about 1 inch wide.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tied the fabric on. I love the look of the rough edges.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.) Please become a follower if you are not one already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.) Please link back to the party somehow. Blog about it, start a forum thread, grab a button for your sidebar or perhaps spell out TAFWT on the roof of your house with Christmas lights. However you do it is fine with the tools team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.) Post as many thumbnails as you want. No limit. Practically anything goes. Recipes, woodworking, crafts of all kinds, blog buttons, Etsy store items, or a picture of you in last years Christmas sweater.</span><br />
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</div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460819265889040840.post-26491874558806211872010-11-30T07:05:00.003-05:002010-11-30T07:35:28.044-05:00Easy Wood Tools Review - A Potential Money Maker - Post #1 Of The Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TPLtyyCIRdI/AAAAAAAABfo/4ZlG0FL6hLE/s1600/ewt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yfvU0QDQ_D8/TPLtyyCIRdI/AAAAAAAABfo/4ZlG0FL6hLE/s320/ewt3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">This is the first post of a series reviewing <a href="http://easywoodtools.com/">Easy Wood Tools</a> for lathe working. Along with the review will be some ideas on how you can possibly put these tools to use and make some extra spending money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easy Wood Tools was founded by a man named Craig Jackson. He and I met at a local woodworking show and I found him to be a friendly and terrific guy. He loves working with kids, teaching woodturning safety, and he thinks that women and family are an important element in the whole woodworking scheme of things. When I told him that I wrote a blog dedicated to helping women with their projects, he immediately wanted to help too. I wish all tool companies were a little more like EWT and Craig Jackson. He is a joy to be around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Craig's background is that of a machinist and metal fabricator. Some years ago he started turning wood like alot of us and he quickly realized that the standard tools of the lathe working industry were not all that they could be. So, he set out to design and make lathe tools that were of a very high quality, were easy to use, had a low learning curve, and were easy to maintain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a short video showing some of his tools in action....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have <em>really </em>been wanting to give EWT a whirl, so I have decided to start by trying out three of their tools. They are the ....</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Ci2m Mini Rougher,</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> Ci3m Mini Finisher, and the </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> Ci4m Mini Detailer.</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unlike other tool reviews I don't want to find out if these tools are just wonderful for the experienced woodworker. What I do want to find out is if a total beginner can quickly get the hang of using them, easily, safely, and with great results. If the answer to these questions is yes, then they could be some real potential money-makers for a large number of crafters and artists out there, that would not of otherwise considered wood turning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, over the next couple weeks I am going to try doing a few projects using these tools and really give them a genuine workout. With each post in the series I will attempt to do something different with the tools. I am thinking in the lines of possibly a pen, a candlestick, and a bowl or goblet. The reason I am choosing these projects is that they are all items that are small, lightweight, and can be shipped easily. Items like these make super canidates to be a part of online store inventory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So check back with me next week when I post my first project. It should be great fun, and I can't wait to try this product out.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Do you have a product you need reviewed? Just email me for details.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:toolsr4women2@gmail.com"><strong>toolsr4women2@gmail.com</strong></a></div>Rory from Tools Are For Women Too!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443167879269427172noreply@blogger.com0