DIY Plastic-Bottle Zipper Container

Materials:

• Scissors
• Double-sided Tape
• Plastic bottle
• Zip

Steps:

1. Measure an inch and a half from the base of the water bottle, and mark with a pen.
2. Use a sharp scissors to cut away the bottom from the bottle.
3. Do the same with another empty plastic bottle.
4. Select a zipper that wraps around the bottle comfortably.
5. Secure the zipper to the inside of one bottle with tape.
6. Open the zipper, and attach the top just like you did the bottom.
7. Zip the container together, and you're ready to store your stuff!

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DIY Cassette Tape Business Card Holder

STEPS:

1. Choose a nice and cool tape

2. Screw it open

3. Remove innards

4. Tape hinge

5. Glue in magnets at both side

6. DONE!

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Tips to avoid online shopping fraud

Protect yourself against shopping fraud

• Make sure you understand how the website’s feedback function works. Feedback will give you useful information about recent transactions other buyers have made.
• Check the item's description carefully – ask the seller questions if you’re not sure of something.
• Be extremely careful when buying things from people with little or no selling history.
• Read the terms and conditions carefully, including those relating to any dispute resolution procedures the site offers.
• Beware of people offering you a deal below the reserve price, especially if they contact you direct. Remember, if an offer sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.  
• Be aware of phishing emails that look like they come from the payment site you’re registered with, asking you to update your account details or re-enter them because your account has been suspended.  
• Check the URL in the web browser. A tactic often used by fraudsters is to change the address very slightly (if they’re spoofing an eBay site, for instance, they may have an address such as ‘...@ebayz.com’ whereas the real site is ‘...@ebay.com’) 

 

As a buyer, you should:

• Don’t send confidential personal or financial information by email.
• Try to avoid paying by money transfers - they aren’t secure.

As a seller, you should:

• Be wary of accepting payment by cheque. Even though it may clear, you are still liable if the cheque is forged or stolen.
• Don’t accept a cheque for a higher amount and refund the difference. This is a common fraud that only comes to light when the buyers’ cheque turns out to be stolen or forged.

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DIY Shoes Hanger

Materials needed:

• Pliers
• Wire hangers
• Colored ribbon

Steps:

1. Score the metal with the pliers and then snap it with your hands.

2.  Take your pliers and roll up the two edges.

3. Make a cute hanger jacket using the colored ribbon.

4. Secure it with glue. 

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DIY Bird Nest Necklace

      Materials:

• Gold wires
• Beads
• Necklace chain

STEPS:

1. Take three beads and string it together using gold wires
2. Simply roll it around the beads to create nest-like shape
3. Put on the necklace chain
4. DONE!

Photo from: ideaking

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DIY String-Tie Envelopes

Template One (Tiny Envelope, print out on A5 paper)

Template Two (C7 Envelope, print on A4 paper)

STEPS:

1. Download the string tie envelope pattern.

2. Cut out two circles using the card-stock scraps. 

    (*used a glue stick cap to trace the circles. They were the perfect size*)

3. Hole-punched the center of each circle.4. Push the brad/pin into the paper.

5. Get your twine/string and cut it at about 5 inches. Wrap around the top button and tie a    

    square knot to keep it in place.

6. Wrap the string around both buttons to keep the envelope close or do a figure 8 around both 

    buttons.

Photo from: minieco

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