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Gather Your Materials The beauty of this project is that there are no wrong scent combinations. You have to go with what you like. If you’re not very familiar with the scents of essential oils, you can look into popular combos online before you get started. We’ll also explain a little more about how to build a fragrance as we go. Here’s what you’ll need for this version: 5 or 10 mL roller bottleWe used: Ylang ylang essential oil, grapefruit essential oil, and vanilla essential oilAlmond oil (This acts as the carrier oil)Dropper or pipette (optional)Dried flowers like edible rose petals or lavender...

“Touch blue and your wish will come true.”Make a wish each time you eat a green M&M.Make a wish when you see three birds on a telephone wire.Put a watermelon seed on your forehead and make a wish before it falls off.Make a wish before you blow out the candles on your birthday cake.Make a wish on the first star you see at night.Throw a coin in a fountain; make a wish when the water clears so you can see your reflection....

LinkedIn users often ask about the maximum number of connections that can be made. And also what to do in case you reach the upper limit of LinkedIn connections. Before I answer this, allow me to say that LinkedIn is not like Facebook or Twitter. Even on sites like Facebook it is better to connect mainly with those whom you know. But on LinkedIn, it is even more important that you carefully make your connections....

The evolution of the playing tokens used in Monopoly over the years is an interesting story. Early Monopoly The first Parker Brothers Monopoly game was sold in 1935. In the original game, there were no player tokens. Players were told to use common household items, such as buttons, as markers. Before long, wooden tokens shaped like chess pawns were included in the game. There was a 1936 edition of Monopoly that was selling on eBay in recent years that had rubber tokens—including a battleship, bear, car, dog, iron, shoe, and train....

A fathom is 6 feet, the length of rope a man can extend from open arm to open arm. The rope was lowered into the sea to measure depth. A cable length is the length of a ship’s cable, about 600 feet. A nautical mile is 10 cable lengths, or 6,076 feet. 1 nautical mile = 1.1508 miles A knot is the measure of speed on water. One knot is 1 nautical mile per hour....

“How can I write text around a rectangle, triangle and free-form shape?“, thus states a question sent by a TechWelkin reader. Photoshop learners often ask such question and are mostly advised to learn path drawing. But I would say the method of path drawing is for the serious Photoshop professionals. Writing text around free-form shape requires path drawing but if you just want to write text around a circle or other geometric shapes, here is a quick and easy method....

Some stitchers bring fresh skeins of thread home from the store and immediately wrap them on bobbins. Others wait until they have the start of a tangled mess. But either way, having a stack of these ready to go means you can always be ready to organize your floss collection. Additionally, they are a little larger than standard bobbins, but they’ll still fit in your favorite bobbin case. Simply turn them so they line up the other direction....

Family reunions are a great opportunity to get together and have fun. They can be even more fun with personalized gear made with every family member in mind. Everything from sweatshirts to baby onesies can be personalized using the right t-shirt transfer sheets. Most people don’t want to spend a lot of time and money on a do-it-yourself novelty shirt. Printworks Dark T-Shirt Transfers are a versatile, budget-friendly option. Image and Color Quality: Good color for great images One of our favorite aspects of the Printworks Dark T-Shirt Transfers is their versatility....

Internet Trick: View Hidden Password In Browser When someone types a password in computer, all we get to see are big dots or stars. But did you know that it is possible to uncover the password that these stars shield from us. All we need to do is to change the type of the form field from password to text. We would recommend that all our readers refrain from keeping weak passwords for better security....

Gmail users now can send a chat message to any mobile number in India. Receiver will get the message on their mobile devices. Then the receiver can send reply via SMS (for which he will be charged as per the standard rate of his mobile operator). Reply will appear in the chat box of the Gmail user. Like regular chat messages, SMS chat will also be saved in chat history....

The basic ladder stitch, covered in this tutorial, is single needle ladder stitch. There is also a variation that is done with two needles, appropriately named two needle ladder stitch. How to Start Ladder Stitch Ladder stitch can be done with any type of seed beads, but it will be most even if you use consistently sized beads like Japanese cylinder beads. You can use any type of beading thread, such as Nymo, Wildfire, or Fireline, but your beadwork will always come out best if you use the right size needle and beadwork thread for the beads you are using....

For best results, quickly read through this list of sketchbook drawing ideas and mark off any ideas that strike you. Next, build off of those ideas with others that come to mind. Finally, pick your favorite and just get started. Try not to overthink this process. Make your selection based on impulse instead. Don’t worry if the drawing turns out poorly; that’s the beauty of a sketchbook. Nothing is meant to be perfect — progress over perfection....