Make Striped

Plain white fondant looks elegant and classic on its own - just think beautiful wedding cakes and birthday cakes - but sometimes white on white just gets plain dull. For times when you crave a little more pizzazz in your life, or at least in your cake decorating, check out thi ...more

Smarties are the all-inclusive candy. With every color of the rainbow, it allows kids and sugar-addicted adult folks alike the powerful option of choosing between eating the Red or Green flavor, or Blue for those days when we're feeling down (that's why we're eating the candy ...more

Christmas cards are wonderful and beautiful to display around the house during the holiday season, but what happens after Christmas and the New Year has passed? Most of us either stuff them in a drawer somewhere or simply throw them away. Find a better solution by crafting th ...more

The Mad Hatter from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland not only makes a great costume but a great project. The hour-glass shaped hat, the striped pants, the fingerless gloves, and the Hatter's signature scarf are the most important components in this costume. If you're fairly sk ...more

In this how-to video, you will learn how to make an animated optical illusion with paper. First, start off with one ball and copy it five more times so that it goes in a line to the corner. Make sure there are six balls in total. Next, create a striped pattern shown. There are ...more

Can you believe that Halloween is less than a month away? We swear just a few days ago it was 90 degrees out and we were blaring Katy Perry's "California Gurls" while driving down to the beach. Don't get us wrong, though: We're super excited it's fall because our favorite holi ...more

This video shows how to crochet a chevron stripe pattern using stitching techniques. The instructor shows you to make a patterns of three loop stitches to create the chevron stripe pattern. The instructors shows that after six standard stitches you decrease your stitches to cr ...more

Need some stripes in your knit-work? Judy's going to lend you her expertise and show you how to make stripes of two rows. She starts out adding a row of red yarn above previously knitted gray row, to make her stripes. Just follow her guidelines for stitching and you should hav ...more

In this video tutorial, DRUM! Magazine music editor Wally Schnalle demonstrates how to play the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" on the drums. While this tutorial is geared towards beginning drum players, drummers of all skill levels can play along. Take a look and learn how ...more

There's no better way to improve your ability to ice masterpieces of cupcakes and cakes than to simply practice. And the tip presented in this cake decorating video is indispensible. Using a #21 tip (called an open star tip), you'll learn how to ice a shell border. A shell bo ...more

If you're an avid knitter, then you're probably making dozens of different pojects at the same time: scarves, Afghan quilts, hats, and wee slippers for your dog. So you need a video that doesn't waste your time (so you can finish that last row on your striped rugby scarf) by g ...more

In order to make a striped dress out of t-shirts, you will need the following: t-shirt dress, measuring tape or a ruler, pins, scissors, thread, needles, and sequins. Lay your t-shirt down on a flat surface. You will need to decide on the amount of distance you would like bet ...more

One of the easiest gifts you could ever make for your friends is a friendship bracelet. Not everybody wants to show off their friendship to everyone, but if you do, this video tutorial will show you how to make a friendship bracelet, specifically the candy stripe friendship br ...more

Wilton Cake Decorating demonstrates how to make and decorate a beautiful World of Swirls Cake. Frost the cake first with a butter cream icing. While the icing is fresh, take a decorating comb and pull it around the sides of the cake for the striped design; a turntable is very ...more

This two part step by step video will show you how to custom paint an Xbox 360 Controller with Racing Stripes. You should know how to paint and disassemble an XBOX 360 controller before taking on this more advanced paint job. Remember, everyone should know how to paint an Xb ...more

This how-to video demonstrates how to cook Rockfish, or striped bass, on the grill. Scale and gut your fish to get it ready. Brush the inside of the fish with olive oil, sprinkle with black pepper, and season with your favorite salt. Cook on the grill by placing it on a rack.

Want a change from your boring manicure? Learn how to apply dark blue nail polish with white stripes and yellow dots with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, a blue black nail polish, white nail polish, yellow nail polish, and a clear top coat. This fun look takes a stea ...more

This video shows the viewer how to create an interesting nail pattern using minimal effort. This is done by first applying a base coat to the nail and then choosing a block color. Apply the color and then wait for it to dry completely. Then either add another color, or even 2 ...more

This video will show the lowdown on knitting four-row stripes. Actually, this works with any knitting task requiring over 2 rows, where you want to change the colors of your yarn. Master knitter Judy Topaz walks you through the whole process.

When it comes to jewelry making, knots are one of the easier techniques for adding a prety motif while creating a harmonizing feature for the rest of the elements that go on your necklace/bracelet. If you're interested in incorporating knots into your jewelry crafting, check ...more

Have a passion for crochet or knitting? This video is perfect for you! The free tutorial offers splendid advice and instructions about making a beautiful solid-striped scarf. Sit down and gather your supplies and prepare to make a cleverly constructed scarf while watching this ...more

Fed up with traditional origami? Well, learn how to fold some three-dimensional origami! This origami video tutorial will teach you how to origami a 3D striped cat. Traditional Japanese origami is the art of paper folding, but 3D origami is a little more complex, a little more ...more

RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, lets you divide and replicate data among multiple hard disk drives for information storage security. This video tutorial demonstrates how to install Ubuntu in a RAID 0 array. Before starting, you'll need at least 2 hard drives and ...more

Just starting out with makeup and don't know how to blend your eyeshadows? Learn how to apply and blend three colors of eyeshadow with this makeup tutorial. Never again will you have streaky, striped eyeshadow. With the steps from this how to video you will be able to apply an ...more

This is a 3 part Step by Step video that helps you learn how to paint a Tiger Stripe design Xbox 360 controller. This is a fairly simple task and would be a good first or second controller to attempt. Buy the paint mask you need at http://store.MyCustomXbox.com! Remember, e ...more

See how to knit the fair isle diagonal stripe stitch, with this easy, up close demonstration by Judy Graham, Knitter to the Stars. Judy's knits have appeared in movies, television, and concerts for over thirty years. She herself has been hand-knitting for over fifty. Watch as ...more

If you think about it, it's actually easy to make friends and acquaintences - you move to a new town or go to college and you're immediately immersed in the culture and the people around you. Those in close proximity you'll definitely talk to an a regular basis if not establis ...more

This video describes the method of creating a "Flip Flop Candy Stripe" friendship bracelet using 4-8 strands of string and a clipboard. It is a step by step tutorial made by a young female with both visual and verbal instructions on the process of making the "knots". Throughou ...more

In this quick tutorial you will learn how to achieve a tiger stripe inspired nail look. You will need yellow nail polish, black nail polish, French Tip stickers, glitter nail polish, and clear top coat polish.

This video demonstrates how to rig a Berkley style rubber shad lure bait (Texas style) for striped bass fishing. The technique can be applied to other kinds of rubber lures.

After punk/pop princess Avril Lavigne got married to Derek Whibly, she began dressing a lot more girly (think striped Chanel gowns) and also toned down her signature overdone raccoon eyes. The result was a lighter look that helped emphasize Lavigne's naturally delicate and bea ...more

This crochet how-to video demonstrates how to use two separate strings to create patterns and instant color changes without knots. The crochet technique used in this video is particularly challenging because you crochet vertical color stripes horizontally. The trick to having ...more

Funky is for the free spirited, passionate and confident person. Looking funky is not something that just anyone can pull off. Learn to express yourself through your grooming and clothing choices by pairing the unexpected with bold and colorful. Exude confidence as you master ...more

Avril Lavigne has come a long way since her bratty "Sk8er Boy" days. The striped skull ties, baggy jeans, and skater shoes are now no more, instead replaced by lustrous, shiny strands, thick black eyeliner that's tough but feminine, and loads of shiny pink lip gloss. Copy Avr ...more

Learning how to make a piece of jewelry can be a daunting task, but this straight forward tutorial gives you all the skills needed to perfect the craft of making friendship bracelet. Starting with just a few simple pieces of string, one can make this very simple DIY project. A ...more

Crocheting in stripes of different colors doesn't need to be difficult; it just takes a slightly different technique than crocheting in spirals. Picking up this technique will open up options for new and different crocheting projects. Learn how to crochet in a stripe pattern b ...more

Create a nail look ready for the holiday season. Learn how you can apply candy cane striped nail art with this manicure tutorial. You will need base coat, red nail art polish, white nail art polish, and a clear top coat. With the tips from this how to video you will be able to ...more

Visible jogs become frequent when you don't know the secret to knitting the perfect stripe. But just because it's a secret, doesn't mean it isn't easy to do! In this video demonstration, Judy shows you the secret to knitting jogless stripes. Basically, you knit the first row o ...more

Take inspiration for scrapbook paper from anywhere, and don't let scrapbooking be limited by what is and isn't available for sale. In these video scrapbooking tutorials, Debbie Buckland takes designs from her day to day life, a Kleenex tissue box pattern and her daughter's soc ...more