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The following is an article from the book Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader.You probably know that the “D.C.” in Washington, D.C., stands for “District of Columbia” and that the district is not part of any state. But do you know why America’s Founding Fathers placed such importance on creating a capital outside of any state? We owe it all to piles of unpaid bills.EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONIn April 1783, the U.S. Congress (then known as the Continental Congress) ga...
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Its that time of year again when the kids are graduating from school. I don't know about where you live, but where I live leis are very popular to wear for graduation. My oldest granddaughter is graduating from Kindergarten and I wanted to make her a special candy lei with money on it. I decided I wanted butterflies made from dollar bills on it, but after searching the internet I couldn't really find a tutorial on how to make the butterflies I wanted that looked like the ones on the leis you can buy. Hmmm.....must be some kinda secret. So I decided to give it a try from what I found and came up with my version. This is for a 6 year old so you may need to adjust it accordingly for a larger person. Here is the way I made mine. Feel free to use what you have on hand - thats what I did. First gather 20 nice crisp $1 bills. This will make 10 butterflies. If your making a larger lei you will probably need more $$$$ for more butterflies - or you could space them out farther. ~ To Make the Butterfly ~ The first bill is folded in on each edge folding thru the center of the 1 on the back of the bill. The green side of the bill is going to be the front side of your butterfly. NOTE: If you look closely you can see there is kind of a white line above the bottom 1. Fold on that line. view of the fold line Next fold the bill in half. Open it up and fold each of the corners over to meet the center - kinda like your making an airplane - to form a point. folding the first bill part 1 Then you are going to fan fold the bill along the long sides. Start by folding where the white part meets the green color on the bill. folding the first bill part 2 For the second bill you will just be fan folding the short end. Start by folding where the white border meets the green color. Fold towards the face side of the bill. folding the second bill Now you have your two pieces of the butterfly. Fold each piece in half to form the upper and lower part of the butterfly. attaching the bills I used floral wire to connect the two pieces. I seem to use wire for lots of things and this is what I had on hand. You could also use string or ribbon. I took about a 10" piece of wire folded in half and wrapped it around the two pieces and twisted it a couple times in the back. Then I put a bead on one of the wires and wrapped it around the front to the back and made one twist to keep it on. Now you have made a butterfly.....only 9 more to go!! dollar bill butterflies ~ To Make the Candy Lei ~ Next we need to make the lei part to add the butterflies to. I used pink cellophane wrap I had leftover from another project. It would be fun to use cellophane in school colors. You could also use regular plastic wrap. Lay out your candy bars on the cellophane to see how long you need to make it. Be sure to allow enough space between your candy to tie the ribbon. Remove the candy and cut the cellophane wrap in half. Mine measures about 10" when cut. Then lay out your candy leaving space to tie your ribbon in-between. I used 10 fun size Snickers bars that I bought at the dollar store for a small lei. You could use any candy you want. If you want a longer lei use more candy. Fold your cellophane over about 1/3 of the way over the candy and begin rolling your candy into a tube. I found it easier to begin in the middle and roll the tube over going down each side and straightening as I rolled it over. Don't be too worried about the spacing between the candy. You can adjust that when you tie it off. Now cut 10 pieces of ribbon about 8"-10" long. Starting in the center, tie the ribbon in a knot around the cellophane tube. Trim the ribbon as necessary. Continue down each side of the tube adjusting the candy evenly and tying in between each candy bar until you have a long tube. Leaving about 1"-2" at each end, twist one side of the cellophane tube end and insert it into the other open end far enough to be able to tie it off. Then tie it off like the rest. You will now have a candy lei!! Now to attach the money butterflies. Be sure the wire is to the back of the butterflies. Insert the butterfly over the front of the tied off space and twist the wire several times in the back. wire twist Clip the wire to about 1/3" and bend it over so its not poking out. bent over wire Continue tying on your butterflies. Congratulations....... You have just made your first candy lei. Turn it over and admire it!! Whoever you give it to is going to LOVE it. I did my best to make these instructions easy to follow. I don't do too many tutorials so let me know if you have any questions. Robin *Had to add a picture of her in the lei*
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Origami is an art form, but origami using dollar bills? It takes this art form to a whole new level! In this three-part video tutorial, learn how to fold an F-18 Hornet fighter jet plane out of a dollar bill, origami-style. To download a PDF diagram for this project click here.
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Folks, this is not the woven star tutorial I was planning on posting this week, but I just could not resist the urge to create a star woven from vintage paper based on the lovely antique Swedish star my good friend Tina has had in her family for nearly one hundred years! According to my friend, variations of these stars are very commonly seen hanging in windows at Christmastime. Here is my star inspired by this family's treasured heirloom. Here is the beautiful inspiration star -- isn't it fabulous? This particular star belonged to Tina's beloved Farmor, and is a treasure to her family. Be sure to check out my friend's blog, Life is Good (Livet är härligt?)-- she often shares sweet little stories and vignettes of her childhood in Sweden. If you have photos of an heirloom woven star that you would like to share, feel free to leave a link in the comments section or to send me an email. I would love to hear your stories! Here is how to make my version of Tina's heirloom woven star: I like to work with folded strips of vintage book paper. (you can find instructions for how I create my folded paper strips here) I love the softness of the folded edges, the lovely yellowing of the paper, and the vintage typography and graphics. Making the strips this way is definitely time consuming (as in turn on a movie, and start folding -- when the movie is over you will probably have enough strips to make a half-dozen stars). You can save LOTS of time by using a different material, such as heavy scrapbook paper (cut into strips with your handy dandy paper cutter). Seriously, you can use metal, plastic, reed -- whatever inspires YOU! To create this eight-pointed woven star, gather strips of whatever you will be using -- in this case, I used folded vintage book pages. You will need twenty strips to create your star. Since the inspiration star has slightly wider strips forming the center cross, I folded four strips approximately one-half inch wide, and sixteen strips one-quarter inch wide. Each strip is approximately six inches long. I used the size of the book page to determine the length and width of my strips, to reduce waste and to save time. So, to repeat, you need twenty strips, in my case, four were one-half inch wide and sixteen were one-quarter inch wide. Of course, you don't have to make your center strips that wide -- that's just what I did, based on the inspiration. If you leave all the strips the same width, you will end up with a star that looks like this star: You can see that it is virtually identical in concept to the star we are doing today! Begin by finding the center of your two pairs of fat center strips, and gluing them together at right angles. Use a clear drying glue. Tacky glues are great for this project. Next, weave the remaining strips as shown, securing intersections with a tiny dab of glue. Glue the adjacent corner pieces together to create star points. This is just a bit tricky, as each piece needs to be twisted over toward the other piece before securing. Now glue the second set of perpendicular corner pieces together. Make two identical sides. Now, flip one side on top of the other side, as shown. Basically, one side needs to be offset from the other by forty-five degrees. Now secure the center strips to the star points. You can tuck them inside the star points, as I have done, or you can glue them to the outside of the star points, as in the antique inspiration star. Trim the ends. Embellish and add a hanger made from a looped strip of folded paper, if you like -- or simply tie on a length of ribbon or twine to hang it by. Mine is embellished with glitter and vintage tinsel, but it would have been very sweet left plain. Make your own star in whatever way inspires you. If you would like to know more about Swedish culture, and possibly even learn to say a few words in Swedish, be sure to check out this series that Tina wrote for her last A to Z Challenge! Give Tina a visit, then come back, make some hot cocoa, and weave your own traditional star! Edit: To see yet another variation of Tina's antique star, see this post: Enjoy! This post is being linked to the following lovely places: Funky Junk Interiors Feathered Nest Friday 504 Main My Romantic Home Shabby Creek Cottage Whatever Goes Wednesday Hookin' Up with HoH Yesterday on Tuesday
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