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If you have been invited to a costume party with a religious theme or need a last-minute nun costume for Halloween or a theater production, you can improvise using items from your closet or around the house.

Handkerchiefs are a great beginning sewing project. All you need to do is hem the four sides of a square of fabric and stitch in a straight line.

A heat- and drought-tolerant shrub, the oleander (Nerium oleander) displays long evergreen leaves on pale-colored, smooth branches. During the warm months of the year, clusters of attractive blossoms don the branch tips.

The type of alcohol responsible for the stain on leather shoes determines the cleaning method. For instance, alcohol with high-sugar content, such as sangria, require diluting the sugar with warm water before lifting it.

Michael Jackson debuted his famous rhinestone-studded glove to the world during a television special marking the 25th anniversary of Motown. The glove worn by the pop icon was sold at a 2009 auction for $350,000.

Gardenias are perennials grown as garden or house plants. Plants will grow 2 to 8 feet tall with a spread of up to 8 feet. The plants have 3- to 5-inch, dark, glossy leaves and waxy white flowers. Native to South Africa and China, gardenias need the proper care in order to achieve healthy flower buds.

If you are looking for a way to dress up your greeting cards, invitations, scrapbooks or other paper projects, learn how to emboss.

Hard water is an equal-opportunity stain-maker. Although it's hard to see the tiny minerals in the water, they build up over time to create noticeable stains. A frequently used tea pot is subject to hard water and mineral deposit stains that leave a hard, scaly film in the bottom of the pot where water sits.

Along with snowflakes, trees and holly, icicles are a very festive decoration to put up around your home at Christmastime. They can be put up around the edges of windows, attached as a long chain to mantelpieces or hung off the Christmas tree.

Three-dimensional (3-D) models of islands are school projects that allow children to practice their crafting skills and also explore the biomes of an existing or imaginary island in practice.