Melody's Musings

Stuff that catches my fancy and random, sorted thoughts from the inner scrambles of my mind.

What you may expect to find here are what I consider good taste and some of the best in photography, philosophy, humor, art, architecture, food, music, poetry, literature and dance. I hope you like some of the things I enjoy.

I like anything to do with good design such as interior design, architecture, photography, and art. I enjoy philosophy and psychology. I love to figure out what makes individuals tick. Music of most all types but particularly classical, world, pop, acoustic guitar is a big part of my life and add some dance to the music and my day is great! I like to write and occasionally I will write poetry and I really love to read it out loud and I even record it sometimes.

I'm a Myers-Briggs type ENFJ which means I love people and have a great interest in them.

I guess you could say I'm a humanities kind of person. :)







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    Glue Corks into a Picture Frame to Make a Bulletin Board

    Glue Corks into a Picture Frame to Make a Bulletin Board

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    How to make boxes from paint swatches

    Instructions found here:  http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-make-boxes-from-paint-swatches.html

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    It makes sense doesn’t it? Easter is a major Christian holiday too, so it should have its own version of the popular Christmas Tree.

    Strangely enough, such a thing as an Easter tree already exists, and it can be found in Germany. Around 1945, when he was just a young boy, Volker Kraft saw his very first Easter Tree (Eierbaum, Osterbaum or Ostereirbaum, in German), and decided he would have one of his very own, when he grew up. Time passed and young Volker became a married man, with a family and everything. But his childhood dream stuck with him and he decorated his first Easter Tree, in 1965. He used 18 colored plastic eggs.

    But the tree was growing fast and he and his wife, Christa couldn’t afford to waste so many Easter eggs. So they began drilling holes into the eggs, using the contents in the kitchen, and the painted shells as decorations. When their children grew up they started helping with the decorating and the Easter Tree became a family tradition, known not only in their home town of Saalfeld, but all of Germany.

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    How-To Dot Design Easter Eggs Three overlapping dots stenciled onto eggs beget a batch of new hues. The design pays homage to CMYK printing, which combines cyan, magenta, yellow, and “key” black to yield a spectrum.  When you use a craft punch on vinyl, the shape’s border becomes a stencil. Apply stencil to the egg, rubbing the inside edge for a good seal. Using a cotton swab, dab undiluted food coloring inside stencil; let dry before removing stencil. To create a dark egg, make red and blue dots first, and then smooth circle stickers onto the shell. After a dip in inky-black dye, the stickers are removed. SourcesVinyl sheets, by C-Thru, from duall.com Black dye, surmastore.com

    How-To Dot Design Easter Eggs

    Three overlapping dots stenciled onto eggs beget a batch of new hues. The design pays homage to CMYK printing, which combines cyan, magenta, yellow, and “key” black to yield a spectrum. 

    When you use a craft punch on vinyl, the shape’s border becomes a stencil. Apply stencil to the egg, rubbing the inside edge for a good seal. Using a cotton swab, dab undiluted food coloring inside stencil; let dry before removing stencil.

    To create a dark egg, make red and blue dots first, and then smooth circle stickers onto the shell. After a dip in inky-black dye, the stickers are removed.

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    Vinyl sheets, by C-Thru, from duall.com

    Black dye, surmastore.com

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    I’m pretty sure if you’ve been to a few antique malls, you’ve seen these vintage telegraph insulators.  You may even have thought they were kinda cool and bought one or two and then afterwards wondered what you could do with them besides dust them on a shelf.   Here’s some ideas for you.   I love them as pendant light fixtures and should be easy to make for anyone that has wired a lamp before.  More ideas are here:  http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/phone-it-in-vintage-telegraph-insulators-as-decor-166339

    I’m pretty sure if you’ve been to a few antique malls, you’ve seen these vintage telegraph insulators.  You may even have thought they were kinda cool and bought one or two and then afterwards wondered what you could do with them besides dust them on a shelf.   Here’s some ideas for you.   I love them as pendant light fixtures and should be easy to make for anyone that has wired a lamp before. 

    More ideas are here:  http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/phone-it-in-vintage-telegraph-insulators-as-decor-166339

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    homingscrapblog: (via Niedliche Osterdeko zum Kaufen - WUNDERWEIB.de)

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    (via Niedliche Osterdeko zum Kaufen - WUNDERWEIB.de)

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    How to make a disposable flatware clockThis would be a cute idea for kids to make for a hand-crafted inexpensive gift.  YOU WILL NEED : 6 cleaned forks 6 cleaned soup spoons Polystyrene sheet less than 5 mm of thickness A clock mechanism Gorilla or Super gluepaintFind easy instructions here:  http://www.instructables.com/id/Disposable-flatware-clock/?ALLSTEPS

    How to make a disposable flatware clock

    This would be a cute idea for kids to make for a hand-crafted inexpensive gift. 
    YOU WILL NEED :

    6 cleaned forks
    6 cleaned soup spoons
    Polystyrene sheet less than 5 mm of thickness
    A clock mechanism
    Gorilla or Super glue
    paint


    Find easy instructions here:  http://www.instructables.com/id/Disposable-flatware-clock/?ALLSTEPS

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