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Here's a decorating challenge just for fun in this hot humid mid-summer month. What colors are hot this summer? Turquoise, Coral, Raspberry, Green and Candy striped colors. They seem to be all of the colors we want around us for the hot weather. White is easy to use and is always good for the hot months, but the trendy colors can be a bit difficult to add to our existing rooms. If you want to have a little decorating fun, pick just one of the hot new colors and find a way to add it to every room in your house. Keep in mind that this is just for fun, so you can use accessories such as vases, pottery, baskets, paper fans, picture frames, ribbons, pillows, colored stones and marbles, even children's beach toys. In short, any inexpensive temporary item with a summery feel can be used to jazz up your room as long as it is in the color you have decided to use.
Keep in mind whether the color you've chosen is going to complement or contrast with your existing colors. If it is a contrasting color you will need it to be a little more pervasive to have a good effect. You don't want just one bright spot of color in an otherwise subdued room unless it is a very large item and you are going to use it as a focal point. Two lime green pillows and a lime green scarf over a lampshade, as well as a small vase used in the room make a statement. One pillow gets lost and has no impact. If your room already has bright colors you can get away with just one touch of color.
The bright colors that are so hot this year tend to look contemporary so use care when incorporating them into a more traditional setting. If you have a formal or traditional room you can find your accents in more traditional items, such as Asian or Mexican pottery, inexpensive glassware, candles, candlesticks and shantung pillows or silk throws.
If you really want a challenge put a dollar amount on what you can spend for each room to do this; perhaps no more than twenty dollars per room. I have a perfectly lovely small, frosted, apple green bowl, which I picked up in a dollar store several years ago. It holds roses beautifully and adds a lovely accent tucked into the corner of a shelf, on a window sill or on an end table
Now for the fun! Decide which color you want to use. Then hit the flea markets, yard sales and import stores. This is something that can become a family activity. Children and husbands, even hard to entertain teenagers, can enjoy finding the perfect item. After all, it really is a treasure hunt.
If you don't have family that would enjoy something like this, it is a wonderful chance to have a day with friends. Throw in lunch or tea or pack a picnic and enjoyment is assured. At the end of the summer you can throw these items away, but you may find that you've become quite attached to them and the memories they represent and you want to keep them for another summer. No matter what you decide you've made decorating your home a great summer activity.
Indra A Books, author of this and many other lifestyle articles, is the owner and founder of ON THE GO 4 U, Personal Shoppers & Concierge Service in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The companyÂ’s creed is to provide its clients with the ultimate life management experience. In addition to its shopping and concierge services, ON THE GO 4 U also publishes a monthly e-zine and conducts workshops on wardrobe, entertaining and decorating. For more information about the author and ON THE GO 4 U, please visit http://www.onthego4u.net
Content for this article was provided by Suzanne Copenhaver, design consultant to ON THE GO 4 U, who has a lifetime of experience decorating less than ideal spaces.
© 2005 Indra A Books for ON THE GO 4 U
How to Play a Singing Bowl?
Singing bowls are very useful in meditation, healing, and as instruments. Singing bowls can be played alone at home, in yoga classes, or in concerts. Like anything, learning how to play a singing bowls takes a bit of practice, but once you learn how to play one singing bowlyou will be able to play other singing bowls as well.
Singing Bowl Playing Environment
Find a calm environment where you can be alone and make your body comfortable. You might find it comfortable to sit in the floor on a pillow or to sit in a chair. Close your eyes for a moment just before playing your singing bowl so that you bring your body and mind to a calm, quiet space.
Holding The Singing Bowl
Please make sure you put the singing bowl on the front of your palm.
A common mistake in learning how to play singing bowls is to place the singing bowl in your fingers.
Striking the Singing Bowl
You can strike the singing bowl with a singing bowl mallet before you begin playing the bowl if you would like to, it is not required to do so for the singing bowl to play. Strike the singing bowl near the rim or the side of the bowl and the sound will make the singing bowl resonate for a while after.
Playing the Singing Bowl
Singing bowlsmake their sound, or sing, by rubbing the striker around the rim of the singing bowl. Wooden singing bowl strikers give the singing bowl a low tone. Leather wrapped singing bowl mallets give the singing bowl a lower tone. But different singing bowls make different sounds based on the shape of the bowl. Singing bowls can be curved inward, outward, or straight up and down. Each of these different shapes makes a different sound. We have included recordings of each singing bowl listed on our site so that when you shop for a singing bowl you can choose the sound you would like to purchase, as well as the color, size, and style.
Be sure to press the wooden singing bowl striker firmly against the rim of the singing bowl. The striker must remain in constant contact with your singing bowl. Move the striker slowly around the outside rim of the singing bowl and you will soon hear the singing bowl hum, or sing. Slowly run the mallet around the bowl with constant even pressure. If the hum of the singing bowl sounds inconstant, or choppy, slow down and continue to move the striker slowly along the outside of the singing bowl.
If you let the striker stray away from the side of the bowl, the singing may stop, in which case you start over, slowly increasing the speed without ever going too fast. Some bowls come to full volume in a couple of seconds, others take ten or more seconds. If you have trouble making your singing bowl sing, see the 'tips to remember' section below.
By adjusting the speed and angle of the mallet, the sound will change accordingly. Practice to find the speed and pressure that allows you to make the singing bowl hum, or sing. Find the proper balance of angle, speed, and pressure in order to make your singing bowl sing continuously for as long as you would like to play.
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Why does my dog hump things?
Sometimes my puppy likes to hump his toys when he gets really excited and plays with them intensely. Is this an OK behavior? I mean shouldn't he at least call his toy the next day? He usually just lays on a pillow and falls asleep or goes and eats out of his bowl. It's like he doesn't even care about his little fling. Please help.
Yes This Is puppy Behaviour. How old Is the pup. If youre not going to Breed with him. Then you should think about desexing him.
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