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8 Different Ways to Scrapbook Your Photos

8 Different Ways to Scrapbook Your Photos

Scrapbooking can be done in so many different ways. Especially now where most of us don’t own cameras, but use our smartphones as our cameras. It makes the process even easier to upload photos to scrapbook. However, no matter how you take, store, and print your digital images, you should always document the stories behind your photos.

How To Make Pottery At Home: Materials, Equipment, & Steps

How To Make Pottery At Home: Materials, Equipment, & Steps

Once shaped, the clay body is fired in a kiln at a high temperature to be hardened and heat resistant. There are a number of pottery techniques used to create functional and ornamental ceramic objects. Potters use wheel throwing to create symmetrical pottery and slip casting to create multiples of one object. They may also use hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling, and pinching.

Types OF Ceramics & Their Uses In Modern Times

Types OF Ceramics & Their Uses In Modern Times

Ceramics are generally made by taking mixtures of clay, earthen elements, powders, and water and shaping them into desired forms. Once the ceramic has been shaped, it is fired in a high temperature oven known as a kiln. Often, ceramics are covered in decorative, waterproof, paint-like substances known as glazes.

Top 10 Woodworking Safety Tips

Top 10 Woodworking Safety Tips

Woodworking is a popular way to grow a handyman business. If you have carpentry skills or are willing to learn, woodworking services could help you find new customers or build repeat business with your existing ones.

What is the Difference Between Ceramics and Pottery?

What is the Difference Between Ceramics and Pottery?

Clay is a good example of a ceramic material - items made out of clay, once fired, are turned into a ceramic, and they cannot be returned to their original state. There are, of course, other ceramic materials, such as glaze, which when heated are permanently changed in their state.

9 Benefits Of Scrapbooking To Improve Your Life

9 Benefits Of Scrapbooking To Improve Your Life

The benefits of scrapbooking are numerous. Most people only think about the creative benefits from this fun hobby. Although there is much more to it, including the social and mental advantages. From my personal experience, scrapbooking offers more than just an aesthetic way to preserve your photographs.