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Author :: Paul Duxbury  |
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| Article Title :: Marketing a Craft Product |
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There are many ways to market your soaps and homemade bath
products. I have found that giving free samples is one of the
best methods for getting new customers for my soaps.
You can cut 16 samples from one basic 4 oz. bar of soap by
cutting the bar into 8 pieces, then cutting those pieces in
half. Next, place a piece of the soap in a small craft bag (you
can get these at Stores in the Crafts section) and label it with
your business information using regular Avery mailing labels.
To distribute your samples, place them in attractive baskets and
visit a few non-competing stores to see if they will let you
leave your baskets on their counters.
You can also staple these to your business cards (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Paul Duxbury |
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| Article Title :: Make your own Bath Bombs! |
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Bath bombs are easy to make and provide a delightful fizzing
adventure in the tub. If you do not know what a bath bomb is, it
is a sweet scented mixture of citric acid, baking soda and other
ingredients that fizz when you plop them into your tub.
As your bomb fizzes, the scent is released filling the room with
a comforting aroma that lasts for hours.
To make bath bombs, you will need 1/3 part citric acid, and 2/3
part baking soda as well as some witch hazel in a spray bottle.
First, mix the baking soda and citric acid together well, so
that they are blended well. Next, add colorant if desired (you
can use dried herbs for colour, just a pinch or so) and enough
fragrance to scent the mixtu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Paul Duxbury |
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| Article Title :: An introduction to the game of Tennis |
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For any future athlete that intends to start a new activity,
knowing a little bit of history about the sport is always a good
idea.
Ball games can be traced back for hundreds and thousands of
years. Usually played for entertainment or during religious
ceremonies, ball games became highly popular in countless
civilizations worldwide. European monks probably created the
game of tennis. The players quickly found out that instead of
hitting the ball off walls they had better control using their
hand. A leather glove was soon created, and not long after, an
adapted handle completed the first racquet. As the racquets
evolved, so did the balls that were used. A bouncier type
stuffed with bran ma (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Paul Duxbury |
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| Article Title :: Introducing the fascinating hobby of Birdwatching! |
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Birds are the most visible form of wildlife, they are found in
every part of the world that is not permanently covered by ice,
and you can see them in any weather, any time of day or night,
anywhere you go. Whether you live in the country or the city,
there are birds nearby, 835 species of birds spend at least part
of the year in North America. You can go out looking for birds
or attract them to your home. Birding is one of the
fastest-growing outdoor activities all around the world. The
Verb 'To Bird' would serve as an excellent jumping off point for
a feature, which highlights the growing popularity of birding.
More than 70 million Americans are feeding and watching backyard
birds.
Succe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Roger Sullivan |
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| Article Title :: Forging a Sword (or, how to test your mettle ..uh .. metal) |
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The Bronze Age
(Where it all started)
Bronze was the first really useful metal to be used
extensively for tools and weapons. The first historic traces of
bronze weapons appear in Asia and Africa as early as 4,500
BC. Bronze is an metal alloy, that is, a mixture composed of
copper and tin. Other elements such as zinc are also often
included in the alloy. Bronze was popular in the early ages
primarily because of its low melting temperature. The technology
of the time supported limited forging temperatures (i.e. the ol'
campfire). Since bronze melts at lower temperatures, forging
blades of bronze imposed less of a technological challenge.
Unfortunately, bronze (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Peter Jay |
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| Article Title :: Quality of Life |
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A new hobby can improve your quality of life. Think of it. A
hobby is a recreational or leisure activity outside of you
career or work place. It is something YOU are interested in,
some YOU want to pursue. Would it not improve your quality of
life to do the things that you enjoy? You should not be selfish
in pursuing what you want, what you want can actually benefit
others around you as well. You can think of activities to which
you can invite others to come along. You can find activities and
hobbies that not only improve your own quality of life, but
others as well.
People need a purpose in life, a reason to do things. I am not
saying that hobbies are the ultimate purpose for living, but (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Peter Jay |
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| Article Title :: Hobby Ideas |
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There are as many hobbies as there are ideas. A hobby can be any
leisure activity you pursue outside of your work or career.
Hobbies can range from raising fish to or growing algae in your
fish tank to watching the stars through a telescope. A hobby can
be anything you want it to be. It can be anything you want to
do. Hobbies are limitless. Just think of all of the things you
have ever wanted to do, and start doing them in any small way
you can. You can read books about it. For some people reading
books may even be a hobby. Studying and researching various
things may be a hobby. Some people are just curious and want to
know everything.
I have many different interests in my life. Because o (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Peter Jay |
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| Article Title :: Hobby Psychology |
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Happiness is the culmination of small amounts of success. You
will inevitably not be successful at everything you try to do.
Also, if you measure your success by extreme standards, such as
accomplishing some great and important task then you will likely
often be too hard on yourself and feel like a failure, despite
all of your other small successes. It is better to focus on the
small successes and make them happen as often as you can.
Mastering a new hobby can be a small success that you can
accomplish, that you can make happen, and that you have control
over. Moreover, it is something you choose to do. You can
succeed at the things that YOU want to.
If you or someone you know is having t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Peter Jay |
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| Article Title :: Online Hobby Store |
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Is an online hobby store a good idea? I asked myself the same
question. What could an online hobby store offer potential
customers? If someone was pursuing a hobby, they might rather go
to a physical location so they could test out the equipment
before they buy it, rather than purchasing it online, and then
finding out it is not exactly what they wanted. I do not think
that is the case however. An online hobby store can provide a
hub of information for a particular hobby to let an online
shopper or user know the details and find all of the information
they want about a particular hobby. At a physical location, they
could also talk to people in person about their particular hobby
or area of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Peter Jay |
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| Article Title :: Hobbies - Guitar |
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Playing the guitar is one of the most popular hobbies in
America. Millions of Americans play the guitar as a leisure
activity; and why not? It is one of the easiest musical
instruments to learn and the most popular music of the day is
played on the guitar. Many people do not realize how easy it is
to really learn to play the guitar. Some people, who first begin
learning to play the guitar, try to learn a very hard song from
the start. Then they start thinking they will never be able to
learn to play, that they just do not have that "natural" musical
talent that some people have, when really they just picked a
hard song. Some people try to play the guitar for only about a
week and expect to (read full article) |
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