There seems to be a bit of a Polyhedra craze going on at the moment. It seems to me that mathematics has never been so cool.
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I love animated gifs! They're like the magical photos in the Potterverse. Here's a reason you can make one this week: PARTY TIME. Whether you're planning a Super Bowl party, a Valentine's Day cocktail hour, or just a mid-winter soiree, you can make an animated gif invitation in a few quick steps. 
I'm becoming a bit of a recycling center junkie — my husband and I go for a "hot date" every week and come home with a bootload of "treasure." These barrells are storage barrells used by a health food company to import bulk spirulina etc. and cost a whopping NZ$1 each. The paper I used also came from the center — about $2 for a huge carton of old maps, sheet music and atlases — decoupage heaven! 
The day that everyone loves to hate is coming right up! Oh, Valentine's Day. It's not just the single people who hate Valentine's Day ("the holiday designed to make me feel lonely") — it's the people with sweethearts, too ("the holiday designed to force me into contrived expressions of romance"). Well, I have one thing to say about Valentine's Day: STOP WHINING. 
Are you coveting the look of the taxidermy trend but don't want to fork up the cash for a real antique? Tired of the limited selection of real animals? You're in luck: today I'll show you had to make a faux animal head from junk you have lying around the house and thrift store supplies. 
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From dining room to Questing Lounge: how to make a customizable table top-game boardA couple of weeks ago, my friends and I created an adventuring party to start playing Dungeons and Dragons 4.0. We all got together one night and played using some miniatures harvested from HeroClix and a tiny map from a Lord of the Rings tactical fighting game. While the first experience was awesome (we made those skeletons PAY!), we realized we needed more than one map if we ever wanted to adventure anywhere else. None of us has the money to dump into buying thousands of maps or printing them off. We needed a cheap and reusable playing surface. 
I stopped buying band t-shirts at concerts a long time ago because they never fit quite right. Men's tees are too big and the girl's "babydoll" sized tees are always too little, even if they claim to be an extra large. But I already have a huge collection of shirts: NEW CRAFT PROJECT! 
Cheap good lamps are hard to find, am I right? I've been on the search for them in big box stores, clearance aisles, antique shops, and thrift stores all over the midwest, and I'm still lighting most of my living room with clamp lights. If you're in the same boat, I have been scheming schemes. Here are five lamps you can handmake. |
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