Fresh Fruit Shake

Mango and Melon (cantaloupe) Fruit Shake

1.Cut a medium-sized melon in half. You will only need one portion so set aside the other half. Cut the half melon into slices and scoop the flesh with a spoon or teaspoon, then cut into cubes.

2. Slice the mango, discard the stone at the center, score with a sharp pointed knife to create squares then scoop out the flesh with a spoon or teaspoon.

3. Place the cut melon and mango in the blender, add sugar (honey works too), pour in about half a cup of cold water and top with lots of ice. Pulse the blender a couple of times to start the processing. Then, set on low and process of about 15 seconds

4. Turn up the speed to high until the ice is crushed. The fruit shake is ready to serve at this point but I like to add milk to mine, so…

5.Pour into drinking glasses and enjoy.

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Tie Dye

1.Before you dye your item, you should wash it to remove any sizing from the manufacturer or anything else that may have gotten on it.

2. Decide what sort of design you want your finished project to have. For some tying ideas, check out the photos of our projects which include step-by-step tying directions.

3. Lay your shirt or other item out flat first and then fold and tie as desired.Cover your work area so the dye doesn't stain it. I covered ours by laying down a few large garbage bags and then put newspaper on top of that.

4. Prepare your dye as directed by the manufacturer. You should carefully follow all instructions. While preparing the dye and dyeing your item, you should wear rubber gloves to protect your hands from staining and the hot water.

5. Pre-treat your item if necessary. With some dyes you will have to soak it in soda ash and with others, like RIT, you simply need to dip it in hot water.Start dyeing! It is usually best to start with the lightest color if you are using more than one color. Rinse or wait between colors as directed by the manufacturer. Make sure to follow all directions carefully when it comes to dyeing and rinsing your items. Some dyes require you to rinse immediately and others require you to let the item sit for at least 24 hours.When your dyeing is complete, make sure to clean all containers immediately with hot water and soap.

6. Be careful washing your tie-dyed items! Most should be washed in cold water. The first few times they are washed, they might bleed, so wash them with like colors or alone.Again, the exact directions you follow will vary depending on what brand of dye you use. Read all instructions and precautions carefully.There is one thing you should remember while you tie-dye no matter what brand of dye you use: Every tie-dyed item will turn out different no matter what technique and colors you use. Check out the step-by-step tying directions I have provided and have fun creating your own!
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Different Kinds of Napkin Folding

The Lily Goblet Fold

Here is an elegant goblet fold similar to the bird of paradise. A slightly starched or stiff napkin works best for this one and an iron can make the work much easier to do.

1. Lay the napkin face-down in front of you.

2. Fold the napkin in half and orient the open end toward you.

3. Fold the napkin into quarters.

4. Accordion-fold the entire napkin from corner to corner, keeping the open ends at the top.

5. Fold the napkin in half as shown.

6. Tuck the napkin into the glass of your choice.

7. Using your fingers, gently pull apart the loose corners sticking up so they are evenly distributed. If you're flaps don't want to stay where you put them, then ironing a little starch into the napkin will help.

The Napkin Ring Fan Fold

Fan folds are always a simple way of nicely presenting your napkins. This one uses a napkin ring to hold the base. Ooooohhhhhhh.1

. Lay the napkin face-down in front of you.2

. Fold the napkin in half and the re-open it, leaving a crease in the center.

3. Accordion-fold the napkin up to the crease, ensuring that the final fold rests nicely on the crease. This will help you keep the ends of the fan uniform.

4. Finish accordion-folding the napkin.

5. Fold the fan in half as shown.

6. Insert the folded end into a napkin ring. It's a fan suitable for a samurai. A hungry samurai.

The Crown Napkin Fold

Do you want your dinner guests to feel like royalty but have no red carpet? Treat them like kings and give them all crowns! Then you can use this napkin to wipe the cheese out of that introduction.This napkin folding design just doesn't work well without a little starch in the cloth, if it's sagging it's ugly so take your time and get it right.

1. Lay the napkin face-down in front of you.

2. Fold the napkin in half diagonally.

3. Orient the napkin so the open ends are pointing away from you.

4. Fold the right-corner up so that the point rests directly on top of the middle-corner. The edge of this new flap should lay on the center line of the napkin.

5. Repeat step four on the other side, bringing the left-most corner up to meet the middle-corner, creating a diamond shape.

6. Fold the bottom of the napkin up about 2/4's of the way and press this fold down well.7. Fold the smaller triangle down so the point rests on the near edge of the napkin. Press.

7. curl the left and right sides of the napkin up so they meet in the middle and tuck one into the other.

8. Stand it up and tug at it where needed to even it up and round it out. If your napkins are too limp then think of starch as napkin viagra and make them good and stiff.