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After a year of f inding the perfect f urni- k-o,.,-tI,.,d., ...I.-,I,o,.aI

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A CASE FO R STAS HA BLES.

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m ateria Is a re d iscarded once they 'b''''' '''-'t 't ''e''' ''Ss ''''z

11 k e '. h s r.' u' rl t 11 t .h a Iqbecom e oId or obsolete. M any of these

rejects have a hidden beauty that can

be brought back to life in a new form; j: .7S 7)Ldiscarded or never-used printed circuit . a' '

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boards ( PcBs) fall i nto this category. ' .LrJVI17<>t-/,P .A consequence of the high-tech -- -------

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m illions of PCBS w ere never used and u..,a..,,.p..o, '

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for a new Iease on Iife. This projectshows how to m ake a z-drawer case 1,---.

yand veneer it w ith recycled PCBS. The i I

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sandals represent the m arriage of

uptown chic with downtown style. jt $-'60?. .

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take them to a shoem aker. M ost needle- /

point shops can also connect you with $it som eone w ho finishes needlepoint into .-)M shoes

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BY ARW EN O 'REILLY

om bucha Is on 1ts way to being the new ''1t'' drlnk. Thls

ferm ented tea is so popular that several brands are

avallable at upscale grocery stores, and 1ts W lklpedla

entry has tripled ln Iength since I f Irst checked. I've heard the

tea's culture - w hlch Iooks Ilke a rubbery pancake - called a

i'm other'' ''m ushroom '' ''starter'' and m ost accurately a ''scoby''

(symbiotlc culture of bacterla and yeasts)..7:.y W hatever lt is, kom bucha is enterlng a renalssance after m illen-

O n1a of use In China and centurles in Eastern Europe, from whencej.L aII good fermented thlngs com e. Its Ioyal followlng clalms healthS' benefits of aI! ilk, clting vltam Lns. m lnerals, enzym es, and problotic2 mlcroorganlsms present in the tea

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BY SU SAN BRACKN EY

here's m agic In your f ridge - or at Ieast the m aklngs

of it. There, behlnd the OJ, there's a carlon of Grade A

power objects. (Alright, so at the moment they're justeggs, but with your help they could be so much morel)Turns out, w hat w e've com e to know as 'i Ukrainian Easter

eggs'' actually had thelr start as a klnd of pagan w ltchcraft. Fbr

.k thousands of years, Ukralnians have used colorfu 1 dyes and% carefully applied beeswax to transform the hum ble hen f rult into

E talism ans thought to attract good health, wealth, happlness,Q' fertllity

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f you were a teenager ln the 90s Iike 1 was, you'll rem em berbeing a sentient being In a world wlthout the Galactic Inform a.tlon Superhighweb, or internet as we now know It. Before thls

age of enllghtenm ent, we suffered m any great hardshlps. I vlvldly

recall cobbllng together m y ow n T-shirts proclalm ing m y favorlte

bands, uslng a m asking-tape-and-fabrlc-paint technlque w lth

.j: aII too shoddy results. Today lt takes 5 mlnutes to Google a worldb of crafty people w ho share am azlng technlques, allow lng you tou

k create just about any T-shirt Image you'd Iike.Q M favorite Is freezer paper stenclllng

, whlch allows you to Iron'; Yj. your deslgn onto the TL securingthe stencll in place and ensurlngbt that palnt won't easily seep under It.7

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ack of f unds should never be an excuse for skipping

out on creating jewelry. Anything with a sm 00th surfaceis fair gam e. Cigarette boxes, m int tins. oId sultcases.

em pty beer bottles, matchbooks - the Iist is endless.For exam ple, here are som e high.style/low.cost ideas for riven.

ing up those earlobes. These two jewelry designs cost pennies to

make and can be used to create not only earrings, but pendants, )bracelets. and rlngs as well. The first concept uses the insLde of a rdisposable cookie sheet as a substitute for craft tin, and the other 7

C.is a crafty recipe for easy watercolor paper earrings. Bend your j.brain to come up wlth other ideas - cardstock, cardboard. even #

1paper scraps can a1I be transformed into wearable art.

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BY ROSS O RR

f rlencl of m ine recently f I n Ished a deck rem odel ,

whose hlghllght (Iiterally) is a transparent corrugatedroof that dlff uses sunlight in a deI Ightf u I w ay. This

Inspired m e to f Ind som e way to contlnue that glow after sunset

In the forrn of a Iantern Iltum lnated by tea Ilght candles.

There are rnany colors and styles of corrugated roof Ing available

and whole 8-foot sheets (Sequentla brand) are $23 at my IocalIum beryard - that's enough m aterlal for 10 Ianterns. The kl nd

my f rlend used for the deck is f I berglass-rel nforced plastlc (tj(FRP). whlch diffracts Iight with a sparkly halo After some fevensh jexperim enting with cut-off scraps. I eventually cam e up wlth the .D

graceful Iantern desLgn shown here. @'I n the follow l ng steps. proceed careful Iy so you don't crack .j'

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t's very rew ardlng to create a picture that conveys m ore

than w hat a single im age can capture. W hether the picture

is of baby's f Irst steps or an Olym pic gym nast's som ersault.the process at work conveys m otlon in a static im age

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