The Problem with Autograph Authentication

As recently as 1997, the FBI estimated that between 50% and 90% of all collectibles in the marketplace are not authentic. Everyone that cares about the hobby agrees that something must be done. And most think that autograph authentication – paying a third party company to certify that an autograph is real – is a [...]


Vanilla & Lavender: Popular Scents In Handmade Soap

Vanilla & Lavender: Popular Scents In Handmade Soap With such a large variety of scents available, it can often be difficult to select the perfect handmade soap. With fragrances ranging anywhere from floral to chocolates, there is almost certainly something for everyone. A part of what makes handmade soap so special is that of it?s [...]


Learn A Few Tricks Of The Coffee Trade

Learn A Few Tricks Of The Coffee Trade For those of you who hate coffee for reasons I can’t possibly understand there here is something you may like. My wife on occasion makes home crafts and the thing she makes that I like the most are her coffee scents. This is so simple yet very [...]


Cigars as a Business

Big cigars can be big business! They are gaining in popularity, as can be seen by the number of cigar magazines available and cigar stores springing up. Big cigars can be big business! They are gaining in popularity, as can be seen by the number of cigar magazines available and cigar stores springing up. If [...]


Build It Yourself With a Kit

Build It Yourself With a Kit If it can be built, chances are that someone, somewhere, has a kit that can help you build it. Using a kit to put something together, whether it be a body kit for a car, a model airplane that flies, or even a drum set, can be quite rewarding. [...]


How to Wax Your Own Eyebrows

Waxing your own eyebrows isn’t a difficult or particularly painful task, and can save you some money in the process.First find a good brand of wax, the best type is the kind you have to melt and uses muslin type cloth strips. Follow their directions for melting.Use a toner and cleanse eyebrow area then dry [...]


The Lost Art of Hand Candle Crafting

Where candle making has gone, and where it still is. Many candles are still made in basements, kitchens, or spare rooms by hand… even after hundreds of years! I am from Missouri. The state suprises me the more I explore her. Tonight I am staying in a hotel in Branson, Missouri. Many of you are [...]


Overcoming Burn Out

Burn out, it can happen to anyone. Some of the common signs of burn out can be (although not an all inclusive list) depression, mental, emotional and spiritual fatigue, overreacting to little things, negativity, lack of concern over the work / tasks that need to be done, frustration, anger, feelings of powerlessness, weight loss or [...]