Archive | March 17, 2015

Ways to Reuse Wine Bottles

How cool is this?? I love it.

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How To Cut Glass Bottles

Bottle cutting may seem like a difficult project for the novice DIYer but is actually easier than one might think. With the proper bottle cutter, a few supplies you likely already have on hand at home, and these easy steps you can make your own set of bottle wine glasses, beer bottle vases and more!

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Supplies:

  • Wine bottle (or other glass bottle)
  • Bottle cutter (available online)
  • Thick gloves
  • Large sauce pan
  • Thick grit sanding paper
  • Thin grit sanding paper

ways to reuse glass bottles 51. Start by removing the label off your beer bottle. Using warm water, dish soap and a rough sponge until the label is all the way off. Dry off the bottle completely. Start a large sauce pan of water boiling that you will use later.ways to reuse glass bottles 142. Once the bottle is prepped, pick how large you would like your vase to be and adjust your glass…

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Legos for beauty advice aimed at young girls??

This is wrong on so many levels.

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Girl with legos

Article from Hello Giggles.com

http://hellogiggles.com/lego-magazine-beauty-advice

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Leggo girls

Why would a toy aimed at 6 – 12 year old girls be aimed at beauty advice and what girls should look like? Don’t they get enough stereotypes in the movies, tv, internet and everywhere else? I found this article on my Facebook newsfeed. It really is appalling. Funny the boy Legos don’t give brawn advice. Why a separate Legos for girls? They don’t want to build buildings and machines? Only their faces?? What next? Botox Barbie?? To my mind there is just too much emphasis on girls and looks. Why is a 6 – 12 year old girl being targeted? I see this on a lot more than this toy. It just seems to be a trend to sexify young girls as early as possible. I hope parents really think about the toys they buy their girls. It is fine to buy a doll…

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