This section will cover Open, Closed, or Parallel Stances This also is based on individual preference and ability. Each position has advantages and disadvantages. Let’s start with the most common position. Parallel, that is when your feet are parallel to each other, approximately shoulder width apart. A good way to determine the proper distance you feet should be separated is [...]

(This article, Homemade Gifts for Mom, is written for Mother’s Day but you can also take the concept and use it for other loved ones and occasions in your life!) This year, if you want to do something special for your mom, create a simple gift for her that tells her you care enough to spend time making a gift, rather than [...]

Tips to create photo book worth its audience’s attention. Since I was little, I already loved playing with my photo book. I used to cut up my photos in odd shapes and sizes (don’t try on other people’s photos!) then categorize and decorate them in my photo book. I was already really satisfied with my photo album since it was [...]

I will provide some tips on how you can create a comic based on your story. Comic making are popular and fun projects. You can make your story into a comic book or shorter comic strips. If you enjoy drawing and have a story ready, start creating your own comic with this Create a Comic guide. (Top Right: One of my character [...]

So you’re interested in amateur movie making? I’ve written up a step by step guide for a next-to-free movie making process. Keep to this simple guide and you will be able to make a rewarding amateur movie based on a story you’ve created. (I like filmmaking a lot but I’ll try not to bore you down with useless details.) Planning [...]

There are many ideas about the origin of the Christmas tree, but the one thing that they all agree on is that we owe the Germans a special “Thanks” for bringing the custom to America. The first Christmas trees here were probably used in the early 1800′s by German settlers in Pennsylvania. Whoever you are, you clever, creative person who [...]

The Live Tree Are you considering whether to have a real or artificial Christmas tree this year? Hopefully the information you’ll find here will help make that choice easier. Everywhere you look, from November through December, you see a Christmas tree. They are on downtown streets, in store windows, in front of almost every courthouse in America, and they fill [...]

The History of Santa Claus in the United States can be traced back to the first Dutch settlers in this country, who brought that legend and the traditions surrounding him along with them when they came here. ‘Santa Claus’ is the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas, Sinterklass. They continued their custom of celebrating the saint’s feast day on December 6. [...]

Handmade tree ornaments occupied my three daughters one entire Christmas season when they were young. In fact, they worked for weeks on little strawberry ornaments made from walnuts. They made dozens and dozens of the ornaments and sold them for 50 cents each, providing them with the money to buy their gifts for that year. They sold them at school, [...]

Easy Christmas crafts for kids is a great way to let your children express themselves during the holiday season. Christmas is more than a day – it’s a season. And that season can seem mighty long to a child who is just “waiting for the day”.  If you’re looking for a way to harness your child’s energy, encourage the imagination, [...]

Christmas crafts for kids can either be time consuming or quick and easy. This one can be either – depending on your child’s decoration choices. This Christmas project will let older children really show off their creativity. Whatever materials are available will make each design special and exciting. The one shown here is done using sequins, but the choices of [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to find crafts for kids that really appeal to a preschooler – I think this one fits the bill. My son made this (with a little help painting the clothespin) when he was five years old. It’s a quick and easy craft project for your child that will that will give them so much pride and enjoyment [...]

Keepsakes make great Christmas tree ornaments. The Christmas tree decorating ideas that I have shared with you on the page about decorating with jewelry is just the beginning. The next Christmas after my Aunt gave me the treasured little suede bag. I began going through attic storage boxes looking for other items that would make good Christmas tree ornaments. There [...]

Do you sometimes wish that you could find Christmas tree decorations other than the standard balls and lights? Something with flair? Something interesting? Something unique? Why not start a collection of one-of-a-kind Christmas tree decorations that will “personalize” your tree? Using non-traditional, yet treasured keepsakes as custom Christmas ornaments will make your tree “uniquely yours”. I got started using this [...]

Your own backyard can supply you with Christmas decorating ideas and everything you need to create beautiful, elegant, thrifty and fragrant Christmas decorations. An internet search for “in your own backyard” turned up phrases such as: Buried in your own backyard Happiness lies in your own backyard. Tend the grass in your own backyard. Clean up your own backyard. Stay [...]

The tradition of sending Christmas cards began in 1843, when the first card was designed by English illustrator, John Calcott. The card resembled a post card and depicted a large family celebrating Christmas. The message read, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You”. 1000 of those cards were sold that year, and that began the Holiday Greeting card [...]

Massage therapy history is probably as ancient as the history of humanity. The first evidence that mentioned by historians areEuropeans cave paintings that depict the use of healing touch as far back as 15,000 BC. In India massage was used for thousands of years by holistic practice Ayur-Veda. Other ancient cultures, Egyptians, Slavs, Mayas, Incas, Hawaiians, Cherokees and Navajos, reportedly used massage in treatment illnesses. [...]

The other night I was watching 20/20 and the show was on gifted psychic children who have amazing psychic abilities. On the show the kids talk about how they can talk to spirits. If you ever encounter these kids who claim to be psychic at a very young age pay close attention to them… especially if they are your kids. Never [...]

Could you sit in front of your partner and be silent for 30 minutes? Does that sound agitating? If it does your not alone! Advantages of having more silence in a relationship: Gives rest and pause between conversations and ideas More freedom and control, calmness, and groundedness Won’t worry or be anxious if someone in the relationship is not saying [...]

Working on your spiritual development and progressing requires hard consistent work. If you have the notion that spiritual development is relaxing and easy… well, it can be, but you won’t get the potential results that are available for you to attain and you most likely won’t get much results if you don’t put a good strong effort in developing yourself [...]