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Free and Inspirational Do-It-Yourself Crafting/Sewing Tutorials
by Ashley
Harmony says
I love this idea! And not just for pregnancy shirts. For regular shirts too! … I'm also tall (5'11") and have a VERY hard time finding shirts that are long enough in length in the body and the sleeves. I'm thinking this would be a great idea to use to lengthen sleeves and body with a contrasting color and using the same contrasting color to do the embellishments on the front.
inday_adin says
The strips of fabric added interest to a once plain shirt. :) Awesome!
Adin B
Emreen says
This is gorgeous… What lovely ideas u have …!!
Jeanna says
This is great. You do such awesome stuff. Makes me want to sew,sew,sew all day long. If only the kids would let me.
CriCri says
From a simple t-shirt a fantastic T-shirt! SUPER
Sammy says
very clever idea. Thanks for sharing.
-Samya :-)
Lynette @ My Craft Discovery says
love it. It would look great layered, or plain! I will have to try this one too, but the flowery one before this is on my list next (after all the christmas gifts of course). :)
Cadiedid says
I love it! It's simple and looks really great. I still remember how easily you get tired of maternity wear.
Mindy says
Great idea! When I was pregnant I had bought XL t-shirts as well from Target. They worked out great since I didnt get very big. I'll keep this in mind when we get pregnant with #3.
allison @ itstoilegood.blogspot.com says
Milka says
Vrednice, na mom blogu čeka te nagradica, hajde da se igramo:)
Brooke says
I just got online to comment on the Silhouette to enter the contest, however, the blog reports that it has reached the maximum number of comments! :( I have been waiting to comment to save up as many ideas as I could. I have also noted that there are folks who entered the contest more than one time! :( Guess I'll save all my great ideas for another chance . . .
Caley says
I think I can actually do this one! Thanks for sharing! Oh, your Silhouette giveaway looks like it's a bit hit! Good luck with cyber monday tomorrow!
Erin and Joe says
Ashley, you reached your max comments for the Sihouette giveaway, but I would love to create some vinyl art for my walls. (I also love all your creations!)
Martha anne says
Very cute and such a great idea to be thrifty when buying maternity stuff!
Ms. Misc. says
Every time I try to sew tee shirt knit material it gets goofy. My sewing machine stretches the material as it goes thru and it creates a wavey edge on the material. How can I avoid that?
Ashley says
Sometimes I have that problem….and making my stitch length longer usually helps. That will help skip over some of the bulk. Also, some people have good luck with using a ball point needle. I have never used one, so I can't recommend one or not, but it may be worth a try.
Steph says
My knit didn't curl even after I pulled it…what gives?
jhw says
I love this idea. I made a tshirt quilt for a girl. Only used the prints or pictures on each shirt but I kept the rest of the shirts. Now I am going to use your idea using coordinating multicolors on a white shirt. Might even put colored buttons at the bottom of the strips. I'll just play with your idea as my base.
crafty1 says
I just found you through another site. This is a great shirt. And as Harmony said, not just for maternity tops. I love the ruffles people are doing, but this is such a nice change from that. I'm definitely going to try it. I was thinking it would be cute using different colors for the strips. Fun!! thanks. Wendy, kittygritty.etsy.com
Jenn says
I've been dying to use this old sewing machine I have for more than just sewing straight pieces of fabric together. I stumbled across your site when searching for an easy article of clothing to sew. Your stuff is practical and easy that any beginner (like me) can make and feel proud to wear! Thank you for this idea!
Make handmade says
So cute shirt! thanks for sharing.
DIYy+ says
When I saw this post I just love it and make myself one but I just made it more lika myself, more like my "taste", this is how it turn off http://diyymas.wordpress.com/diy/upclyced-camiseta/
by Ashley
marisa says
very cute! can't wait to make these! The glue you added at the end for the rubber feel, is that hot glue as well?
harper says
yes it is
Ashley says
Yes, that was hot glue too. Good luck!
Britta says
Love these! Can't wait to make them. I kinda had an idea how to make them, but wasn't sure. Thanks for the tutorial. Love your blog!
P.S. Check out mine anytime….I tried some of your other tutorials with great success. Thanks again!
Alan and Natalie says
How do you keep your flowers from turning black?? We tried this a couple weeks ago and the would get black burn marks on them, even when we were being super careful! Did we use the wrong fabric??
M.O.T.B says
Very cute! Love it and great tutorial!
Ashley says
I guess it could be the fabric…mine have never turned black. Are you using a candle or a lighter? A candle will often have a little bit of a smoke to it, and may add black to your edges…..so I always use a lighter. Also, never leave the flame on the fabric for too long. Just for split second, to melt it just a bit. But maybe try a different variety of satin too. That could be the problem. Good luck!
Leah says
Me and two friends made these out of white. We used whatever pens were around to trace the circle. They both had black ink but my pen was pink ink. My edges that had ink still showing turned pink while theirs turned black. We would have never figured it out if I didn't have a different colored pen.
Also, 100% polyester is the best way to go. I go to thrift store and look through the clothes to find things that are made out of 100% polyester. You can find some great colors and patterns this way and its also a wonderful way to reuse! :D
Whitney & McKayla says
Your flowers will also turn black if you're holding them in the top half of the flame. If you use the bottom, rounder part of the flame, burning shouldn't be an issue. The same way people heat set ribbon to keep it from fraying. Very cute to use the poly fill beads! I sometimes poke a hole through the middle of all the layers and push a cute scrapbooking brad through the middle.
Anna says
how do you poke a hole through the fabric? is the a certain tool you use?
Nana's Fun Stuff says
Oh so cute!!! Thanks for the tip on how to make them. Have a great week!
A Girl says
Too cute! Just what we need for back to school.
Mrs. Hahn says
WOW! How easy! I love it. Thanks of sharing I enjoy your blog!
Sarah says
Thank you so much for posting this! I've been looking for a good tutorial on making fabric flowers! I can't wait to make some. :)
Snapshotsofhappiness says
Super Cute and they look easy to make! I got my Silhouette SD cutter over the weekend! I'm loving it! Thanks so much for all your great posts and ideas!
Jill says
Uh-dorable! I love them! I have a 4 daughters and a lot of nieces that would love these! I think I would add a strip of felt across the backside (instead of leaving the hotglue)- because I can imagine my girls picking at that! ;) Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous says
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE! Thank yOU for all of your AWESOME ideas :).
April says
I want to make one for my niece!!
tracyp says
I could totally do that while I'm in the hospital on bed rest! Love it! Might have to make a request from my hubby for some supplies!
Cara says
Thanks for filling our request! I love these, they are just adorable!
Silvia Lima says
I really like the tutorial and I want to make this flower, but was unsure if it would work, it was beautiful, Congratulations!
I follow your blog and love to come by always
ificould says
Once again, your talent amazes me!! Love these!
Selina says
They are gorgeous! Perfect for my bald baby!
Bethany says
Lol, I looked all over the internet for directions to make a satin flower on Thursday night. I was in a wedding and needed something to dress up my simple hairstyle. It turned out really cute, and was a great way to use up some of the spare fabric from my bridesmaid dress.
Your instructions are much more simple than the ones I found, though, and your little girl looks so sweet in her new headband!
Shirley says
I love these! I am going to be making some with my nieces next week and now I don't have to search for a tutorial. Thanks! :)
Edmara Vieira says
Shasta says
Okay, first of all, your little girl is DARLING! Secondly, I cannot wait to get my hands on the stuff to make these. They're not too complicated and perfect for a beginning crafter like myself. You are SO talented! Thanks!
Jill says
TOTALLY making some of those!!! Thanks for the great directions!
Amanda says
I have been trying to figure out how to make these for soooo long! Thanks for posting this tutorial! I was able to make some already today!
Svetlana and Scott says
thanks for step by step instruction. I'll sure to try this one it looks SO cute!
Beth says
These are so cute, I can't wait to get some fabric and make a few!
Kristina Urie says
Love the flowers!! Way cute, I am going to give them a try. firstname.lastname@example.com
Angela says
Your daughter is adorable. I have made several of these flowers but love some of your ideas for them. I am going to try the lighter instead of a candle. So cute.
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Suzi Q says
I just had a baby 6 days ago, but I can't wait to try making this! I'm trying to put crafts on the back burner and enjoy my little family for a while.
Anonymous says
I used these instructions to make one for my little girl and it is TOO CUTE!! Thanks a bunch!!
email@example.com says
Theyre so cute! Thanks for the easy tutorial, I cant wait to see my baby in one!
CuteStuffInside says
Kim says
fantastic back to school idea!!!! xo thanks so much!!!
Kari says
Cute! I love these and the fabric ones! SOOO CUTE! Cannot wait to make some!
scrapcraft says
Love this, thanks for sharing!
j.mcf says
These are darling and I'm amazed at how simple they are to make. I noticed in the photo you used to show the cut circles, there were different shades of satin; were the ottars on the final flowers made with the differing shades of satin?
Austin Lovelys says
Wow! I am in love with this idea! Waaaaay cute! I'm gonna have to make some for my daughter!! Thanks for sharing :)
Ashley says
j.mcf – All of the circles are all the same color. It was just the lighting and the camera that made it look like different colored circles. Sorry about that confusion. So yep, make them all the same color….and they'll turn out great!
Good luck!
The Noalls says
When we moved recently, the first week at church, I noticed that an insane amount of women, young women, little girls, and babies all had flowers in their hair. I vowed I would never do it, because I hate being a clone.
And then you go and show a tutorial for ADORABLE flowers that I cannot resist! Blast it, Ashley! ;)
The Harwood Family says
Thank you so much Ashley! My life, and wardrobe are now complete! I don't know why I didn't think of satin. Duh! So cute and easy!
Kathleen@so much to say, so little time says
Awesome! That's so easy–my little girl's hair is IMPOSSIBLE to keep in a hair band, so I'll have to try this. My own hair (and everyone else's in the family) is thick, curly, and you do whatever it wants to do…I have absolutely no idea what to do with hair as fine as hers. Extra-fine, straight hair is a trait of Trisomy 21 but I had hoped her parents' genetics might overcome DS…no such luck! So I'm looking forward to trying this. :)
Maranda & Will says
Made some and wore it tonight at a banquet. Check mine out! http://willandmarandarevell.blogspot.com/
Kendra says
Ohhhh, so totally cute! I'll bet my two-year-old might be a bit small to help, but she can certainly pick out the colors she wants. I'm making one of these, or maybe two or three! Thanks!
Marjorie says
Hello, I have a blog that aims to identify all the tutorials that can be found on blogs. I put a link to your blog (and not the explanation) but could i take one of your pictures to illustrate my post? thank you and congratulations for your blog. marjorie
Ashley says
Yes, you can post a picture of the project and then put a link back to my site for the full tutorial. Thanks for doing so!
Kelly says
I love it! Well done! I think I might even be able to manage it.
hair accessories says
Absolutely fun! I love it. You are so talented. Thanks for this awesome tutorial and for bringing a little joy into my life today.
Anonymous says
soooo pretty!! thanks for the tut.!!
Ashley @ Little Miss Momma says
Love this headband–so crafty!
Would love for you to link up to my Headband Link party over at Little Miss Momma! Here's the link:
kiwibandit says
You should use buttons in the middle instead of those clear rocks!
Jessey V says
These are so cute and look so easy to make! I much rather make these myself then paying $8/each for a stinking flower! LOL Guess what I am making this weekend. Ohhhh yeahhhh!
shawna [of styleberryBLOG] says
Thank you for sharing!
Mary is a Grape says
I used a tealight instead of a lighter and my flowers came out quite well. Very easy and fun project. Thanks for sharing! :)
Nena says
Mine don't curl either :( I'm not sure waht I'm doing wrong, I bought a bunch of satin because I wanted to make some for my daughter and her friends for Christmas. Any thoughts? I think the satin I got was called poly satin, from hobby lobby.
decorative fabrics says
The stuff is so cool and its very nice. So cute to use such material for such stuff.:)
Ashley says
Hmmmm……if they're not curling, are you using a lighter? Are you holding the heat there long enough to really melt the edges? You can make the edges all uneven and really try to curl up the edges better by trying to melt it more and more. I bought my satin at Hobby Lobby and it curls just fine. SO I'm thinking that it just needs to be melted a little bit more. Let me know how it works and good luck!
Nena says
Ashley- thanks for the tips! When i first tried, the edges weren't curling, I started putting the flame a little under the edge of the circle instead of just on the edge.
Hopefully that helps someone :)
DD and I love them! :)
CherishedBliss says
Love these!! Great inspiration.
Jennifer says
i am having trouble getting my edges not to catch fire! i guess i got the wrong kind of satin :(
Halle Calypso says
thank you so much~
now i have an idea what to give my niece for her birthday
MarySol says
Muchas gracias por estos tutoriales
¡son estupendos!
Anonymous says
I just finished making this headband and I love it! :) I made a brown silk flower and an off whitish flower and I skipped the leaves altogether. Also, I used buttons for the center, instead of beads which didn't look right for the style I was going for :/ But I know as soon as I show this to my friends they will DIE :D:D I'm going to have to make one for everyone! :) But I'm sure I don't mind, it was really fun!
Ps. You have the most adorable little girl ever :) She looks so sweet! :D
Thanks you so much for the tutorial!! It was awesome! :D:D
Megan S. says
Great tutorial!! Can I add a suggestion? You can also glue a bit of felt (circle, flower, whatever) to the back to polish it up a bit!
Also, I have been buying the elastic headbands in lots of colors from a seller on etsy called Threddies, they have cute stretch lace ones too! http://threddies.etsy.com
Thanks again, I have been having so much fun with this!!!
Stephanie says
after seeing some headbands in liked in the stores i decided I wanted to create my own. these are so cute and it turned out pretty good. my only question is how do u get it so the edges arent burnt, altought I kinda like that, gives it a edgy look. I didnt have any beads, I may have to try that.
Rainbow Bekah says
I must make these asap! So cute!
Jenee' says
I love these! I tried it on a dress and it looks great! Thanks for the great information!
Lauren says
Where do you find the headbands?
Amber says
I was thinking about using the flowers for a wedding bouquet. Would you have any suggestions for this? Thanks for the great idea.
Alfanalraqy says
Very cute
Jacquelyn says
Love these! Thanks so much for making being crafty easy and super cute!
kenna says
hola- tu blog es maravilloso. aunque lo traduzco, puedo ver que bien explicas y los trabajos son muy bien hechos.
tambien soy madre y algo desordenadita con mis labores que hago todo el dia, estudio educación inicial y blogueo buscando ideas, espero no te molestes por q agregue tus post a mi blog…es solo para dar a conocer lo tuyo.un abrazo.
ana says
I had a newborn photo shoot last month and was very interested in how to do these flowers. I have to say this was so very simple. I looked through my giveaway clothing bag for some silk items. I found a old shirt and cut it up, with my daughters help I made 2 head bands! I love it and thanks!
Anna says
So that's how you make it curl up like that. Can't wait to try it.
Anonymous says
Need to make some headbands for my girls for a wedding we will be attending. These are super classy and I have everything to make them! (Yes, even the plastic beads from my own venture at "I Spy Bags". What a perfect way to use them up!) Thank you so much!
chad says
really cute. I have a friend with a wedding coming up, and she is looking for something just like that. I'll tell her about your site. You might appreciate this one too. This girl makes some really cute headbands.
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Anonymous says
so pretty and easy. can't wait to make for my niece. thanks!!
Amie says
gorgeous! i jump from one site after another and ended up here! love your site and love your crafts! i specially love this headband. are you on etsy? do you sell your items like this headband? i would love this for my little Andi, specially she still doesn't have a full head of hair at age 1!
Cathy A says
Thank you so much for the simple but gorgeous idea! I've just made my 1st flower and it looks so lovely! I'm going to make several to be worn as brooches by the women of our family at my wedding later this year.
I'm trying to find something else more 'masculine' to make buttonholes for the men – can anyone help?
Thank you.
Anonymous says
i heat it it looks like just ijiijij
lorence says
I was looking for stuff to be given as giveaways for my lil' princess birthday. This craft is so helpful and very nice. Thank you so much. I tried tinkerbell costume from your tutorial and it turned out nice. Oh! I'm so in love with you! Hahaha . Thank you so much.
Isandra says
Very cute!!! what about using a small candle to burn the satin instead of the lighter? It might give you a better hold on the fabric…. Just a thought ;)
Btw, didn't read all the post, maybe someone else suggested this already :D
Elizabeth says
I just made my 2 year old one of these for Easter! It is SO cute…and easy!! Thanks for the wonderful idea that people without a creative bone in their body (ME!) can handle!
Bitsy Bands says
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Brenda says
Thanks so much for the tutorial! These were so much fun to make! I only did one thing different, instead of burning up fuel with a lighter I used my heat embossing tool I use with scrapbooking! It worked great! Thanks so much!
Karen Castro Castro says
me encanta tu blog,haces cosas preciosas y recetas muy ricas ya he probado algunas,muchas gracias por compartir,un abrazo desde chile :),bendiciones
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belgica says
excelente buenisimo
baby headbands says
Adorable headbands. Thanks for sharing.
by Ashley
Good luck!
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by Ashley
Here's a follow-up to the interchangeable flip-flop post here…….
That was a crazy day and looks like I left a few things out.
First of all, I bought all of that ribbon at Michael's.
Also, I glued the flowers and bows to the flip-flops………I didn't sew them.
Next, I don't have pictures to show the process of the black ruffle flip-flop, but all I did was make the ribbon 'V' with the velcro sewn to the bottom side. Then I made another 'V' shaped ribbon out of the same black ribbon but madethe length of the ribbon, twice as long as it needed to be to fit on the flip flop. Then I made a basting stitch from the point of the 'V' down to one of the ends and left the threads long. Then I made a whole separate stitch starting at the tip of the 'V' again, but then down the other end of the 'V'. Then I pulled the top threads for each basting stitch and created a gather. (Need more help with this concept? Visit this post here.) Then I adjusted the gather to fit evenly right on top of the 'V' shaped ribbon with the velcro already attached. Then I stitched all of the layers together, right on top of my basting stitch…….making sure to back-stitch at both ends. That's it. (Sorry for no pictures.)
Next, the green flower on the zebra ribbon.
(***Please note that there was no science to my method, but I'll show you exactly what I did. You may have to adjust and adapt as you go.)
All I did was use a piece of scrap knit that was about 15 inches long by 2 inches wide.
…and placed some hot glue on it.
Then I tucked the end under and pressed it under the strip of knit, to start the center of my flower.
Then I twisted the loose end just slightly…
……and then added a little dab of glue as I tucked this section around and then under the center.
Then I twisted a little bit more of the loose end (only slightly)…..
….and then added another dab of glue as I attached it right to the flower. (only use a dab of glue at a time….because it sure is easy to make a mess with hot glue if you use too much.)
**As you can see, sometimes I put the twisted section kind of under the edge of the flower, sometimes along the side, and other times a bit over the top. Just play around with it.
Then I continued this process…..
Until I got to the very end and tucked the end under the bottom.
Then I cut a piece of felt just a bit smaller than the flower and glued it to the bottom of the flower. This will keep all of the flower together and keep it from pulling apart.
That's it.
Every flower will kind of look different but just keep at it and they will look just fine.
Lastly, the black fluffy flower on the toddler flip-flops.
I used some no-fray chiffon….but you could also use tulle, or even knit or cotton.
First I cut squares that were maybe 2.5 x 2.5 inches. And I cut maybe 16-20 of them.
Then I folded each square in half and then in half again…..so into quarters. And I held it by the bottom corner fold.
And then cut a petal shape out of the top of the chiffon…..
…….so that when I opened it up, it looked like a 4 petal flower. (You could just cut out flowers….but this technique took a lot less time. And none of them were perfect or exactly the same size as the next one. So don't worry about that.)
Here's the whole group of them.
Then I folded a flower in half, then in half again…..just like the original shape that I had it in to cut it out. And I placed 2 of them together at the bottom tip and made a few stitches in the bottom to keep them together.
Then I added 2 more at a time and attached them to the first….using a few stitches to keep them in place.
I went around and around the flower, adding 2 more at a time…..creating a fullness to the flower.
Until it looked full enough. (Now there may be an easier way to do this and you don't even have to curve the pieces into a flower shape. I just liked the curve of each piece, making it look more like a petal.)
And not only can you add it to a flip-flop…….it makes a great accessory to add to a hair clip.
Ashlee says
Another tip!
I made these for my triplet nieces (and their little sister) birthday this past weekend. My store was out of the sew on velcro so I grabbed the sticky stuff. Big mistake. It is impossible to cut through and basically a big pain.
It took me half the night to make 8 pairs but they did turn out super cute! I bought shoes for myself and my daughter but I decided to hold off until I could find some sew in velcro!
Dawn says
thanks for the update! i am definitely going to try these! and i am just dying to do the mod podge shoes. dying, i tell ya!
eakuban says
thanks for this! How did you attach the flowers to your "V" ribbons? Sew? Or just use the glue, or both?
eakuban says
oh – and did you find some velcro that has a lot, the only one I can find is just 12 inches long. :(
Lynette says
Totally know your pain with that technology friend of ours! Hope it works out soon!
Meet Virginia says
Too cute! I love your ideas you are so creative!!
eakuban says
how did you attach the black flower and the silk flowers to the flip flops.
Ashley says
eakuban…..I added that detail towards the top of the post. Snuck right by you! I just used hot glue. Good luck! :)
Lacey says
So cute… thanks for giving the details. I can't wait to make these for my little girls, and me of course!
Kari @ Ucreate says
Ashley, those interchangeable flip flops are soooo amazing. I've never seen anything like them and of course had to feature them!!
terrid614 says
so adorable! i love these little 'flowers'…you are so talented!
Janae -- Thoughts in Vinyl says
So cute! My girls will love these…and so will I. I love the flowers too!
Delia says
Awesome as always. I love your clear, beautiful, and easy to follow pictures.
I made your felt Mr. Potato head. My boys love it. Thanks for the great ideas. Keep them coming!
The Noalls says
Thanks for explaining! I love learning how to do new things!
Tricia says
What kind of clip did you use to make the black flower into a hair accessory? How did you attach it?
famr_4evr says
Once again, "WOW!"
Robin says
Where did you buy the little girl flip flops with the back strap???
Ashley says
I found the little girl flip-flops at Kmart. Good luck!
Lynsee says
Ah! I've been looking for a way to make something like these and was going to email you for help. They're great!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Meg says
We are making the flower clips right now. We love it. But we are wondering about how you went from adding the flowers 2 at a time to your ending big flower. It seems kind of flat. Did you fluff them up? Did you add a few together? Thanks for your help.
Ashley says
Hey Meg, sorry about the confusion with that black flower. I should have added another photo. But you just keep adding those folded up pieces, 2 at a time, by the tip. Keep all of the tips together and keep making little stitches to add the 2 pieces at a time. Hope that helps!
Anissa says
Great update. I will be making these for my sisters b-day soon. Such a cute idea! And I'll pair these flip flops with a homemade swimsuit cover-up (hopefully). :)Thanks!
Angie says
My friend and I are making some of these for a group of women for a cruise we are going on. We are not going to use the velcro…we are just going to glue the ribbon directly on the flip flop (We are using Old Navy 2 for $5 FF's). I did want to mention a shortcut I figured out for the ruffle flip flop. We made ours black w/a cow print ruffle (It's for a Chick-fil-A group) and we cut our black ribbon the length needed to cover the flip flop strap, then the cow print twice that long…we then folded them in half and put them together so we could sew the "v" and attach them together at the same time. Doing this cut 3 steps into 1!! (doing separate "v"s on each ribbon, then attaching them together)
Instead of doing a basting stitch to create the gather, we got elastic that was thinner than our ribbon (We used 3/8" ribbon and 1/4" elastic) and sewed it to the cow print in the same manner you would sew the basting stitch. The elastic creates the gather for you and saves LOTS of time! In just a few short hours today, we were able to cut both sets of ribbon, sew them together AND sew on the elastic for 20 pairs of flip flops. All we have left to do now is glue the ruffle ribbon down (or sew it, but I think super-glue will be faster!) and then glue the ribbons to the flip flop. Thanks so much for the great idea…and hopefully my little tips will help someone.
Flippity says
These are great tips! Just curious, what kind of glue do you use to attach your stuff to the actual flip flop? Someone may have already asked this, so I'm sorry for the repetition.
Flippity says
OK, I clearly read WAY too fast! Just saw that you used the Stick 'N' Seal. Thanks for the great idea's!
miranda says
so where do ya find the tutorial on the flip flops people keep mentioning, V and ruffle ones, sounds cute, guess i misse that one, gotta try these flowers!
Ashley says
Miranda, the flip-flop tutorial is found here: https://makeit-loveit.com/2010/03/interchangeable-flip-flops.html
gerry says
Thanks so much for sharing I saw these for $50 a pair and extra sets of ribbone were $15.I cannot wait to get started. They will make great gifts
Anonymous says
very nice,i enjoy it very much.would like to get more ideas
thank you
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by Ashley
And then hang it anywhere around the house or on your front door.
This is all you'll need:
Start by cutting a long piece of your wire (I started with about 8 feet). Then poke one end of the wire into the base of a leaf.
Then twist the wire together to keep the leaf in place on the wire.
Then, to speed up the process, poke the wire through a bunch of the leaves at one time.
And then start twisting the leaves in place about 1-2 inches apart.
Keep adding leaves until you reach the end of your wire. Test out the length of your string of leaves by wrapping it around your wreath. If you need more, twist another few feet of wire to the end of your string of leaves and continue adding more leaves. Once you have enough wrapped around your wreath, twist the two wire ends of your string of leaves together.
Then, attach some wire to the back of your plaque and attach it securely to the wreath.
Now, onto the bow.
You may have your own technique…..but here's what I did. I just began with one end of the ribbon and made a small loop for the center and then made two bigger loops on either side of the center one. (just keep holding the ribbon in place with one hand and make the loops with the other hand.)
Then make one more loop on either side of the center. Remember, no need for perfection….and you'll see why in a moment.
Then, pinch the center together and wrap some wire through the center loop and then down and around to the bottom. Twist together tightly. Then add a long piece for the tails. Secure that with more wire.
Then rearrange all of the loops to make the bow more symmetrical and then squash them and rough them up a bit. We're making this look more rugged as we go.
Then attach the bow to the wreath, at like 2 0'clock……if the wreath was a clock.
And ahhhh…….it's harvest/autumn/fall time.
So excited.
Shanda says
Thanks for sharing this! I love it and have been wanting to make an autumn wreath anyway. Plus this is an idea I can take to make other seasonal wreaths as well.
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Carol B says
well done!
…only it's Spring where I live.
Allison and Mason: says
Oh this is perfect!! I have been wanting a wreath and now I can just make one! Thank you so much for this. I love your site.
Jess and Jen says
I just bought that same ribbon and those same leaves from the dollar store. I had another project in mind, but I have a plain wreath, so I just might have to make this instead!
Sarah says
This is the perfect project to jump start my fall decor! Thanks and God's blessings, Sarah :D
Emily B says
Great idea! I've been thinking about a wreath for fall, but balking at the $40 price tags I've seen. Why didn't it occur to me to make one?! lol. Thanks for the nudge in the right direction!
my-cup-of-milktea says
Wow! Its really look easy . Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful ideal..I only hope I can this items somewhere around my place..^-^
Grace @ One Craft Girl's Corner says
So nice! I love fall!
Sarah says
Thanks! I love it! I have been wanting a new fall wreath for my front door and this is it!
Jared and Delia says
Very cute. I would have just glued the leaves on but wiring them looks so much better! Worth the extra effort.
Kim at Polka Dot Thought says
Too funny! I just went to Michael's today to make one..but didn't have time when I got home (busy redesigning a friends blog for her). Soon though, soon! And yours came out soo nice!
Wondercat says
*wow* Great Autumn-Wreath. I love it. Thank you for the tutorial.
Megan says
Very cute! I just made one and it was so easy and looks cute!
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Giles Fam says
Ok, I think you may be the first person/thing to really get me excited for Fall. :) I've been fighting the colder weather. Congratulations—I totally want to do this project! :)
Lindsay says
beautiful! Where did you find your plaque? The only ones I can find are Halloween-y. Thanks for the idea!
Jenny says
I made this wreath tonight and it turned out SUPER CUTE! It took me forever though. I was thrilled to find cheap items at my dollar store too! (minus the cute autumn board). I put some fall "picks" in mine and I really like it. Thanks for such a GREAT idea!!
Lolly Jane says
love this!
i have some cute pumkins and a similar font in vinyl lettering if you're interested :)
Lindsay says
I made this tonight and it turned out great! Thank you for the tutorial! Instead of buying the plaque (which are like $15-$20 each!), I made one that just says "Welcome" and painted it.
Shannon says
Love this wreath! You have some amazing ideas. I featured you on my blog today. http://www.lovingcouponsandmore.blogspot.com
Tina "The Book Lady" says
Hi! I featured your wreath and a few others on my post today. Thought you might like to see what I did. =D http://holidaygiftsandmore.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-wreath-inspiration.html
~ Tina
Alyson says
This is absolutely gorgeous and I cant wait to make it, and a few variations of it. Can you tell me how you secure the wooden plaque though. Did you just wrap the wire around the wreath? Thank you x
Christina says
Love this! I'm on a very tight budget and have been wanting to make an autumn wreath. Thank you for sharing something I can afford to make! ;)


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The US Federal Government Should Pass a Term Limit Amendment
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Full Resolution
The United States Federal Government should pass a term limit Constitutional amendment.
United States Federal Government: "The United States Federal Government is established by the US Constitution. The Federal Government shares sovereignty over the United Sates with the individual governments of the States of US. The Federal government has three branches: i) the legislature, which is the US Congress, ii) Executive, comprised of the President and Vice president of the US and iii) Judiciary."[1]
Term Limit: "A statutory restriction on the number of terms an official or officeholder may serve."[2]
Constitutional Amendment: "The means by which an alteration to the U.S. Constitution, whether a modification, deletion, or addition, is accomplished."[3]
1. The first round is for acceptance.
2. A forfeit or concession is not allowed.
3. No semantics, trolling, or lawyering.
4. All arguments and sources must be visible in your argument. No outside links including some or all of either.
5. Debate resolution, definitions, rules, and structure cannot be changed without asking in the comments before you post your round 1 argument. Debate resolution, definitions, rules, and structure cannot be changed in the middle of the debate.
Voters, in the case of the breaking of any of these rules by either debater, all seven points in voting should be given to the other person.
Debate Structure
Round 1: Acceptance
Round 2: Presenting all arguments (no rebuttals by pro)
Round 3: Refutation of opponent's arguments (no new arguments)
Round 4: Defending your original arguments and conclusion (no new arguments)
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I. Constitutionality
Term limits violate the congressional qualifications area of the Constitution:
"U.S. District Judge William L. Dwyer, in a broad ruling, said the Washington term limits initiative was unconstitutional because it wrongly attempted to add qualifications for congressional candidates beyond those stipulated in the Constitution -- age, citizenship and residency in the state represented.
'A state may not diminish its voters' constitutional freedom of choice by making would-be candidates for Congress ineligible on the basis of incumbency or history of congressional service,' Dwyer wrote."[1]
In addition to this, term limits also violate both the 1st amendment and the 14th amendment:
"The judge also said the measure violated the First and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, describing the term limits initiative as imposing 'unduly restrictive" ballot access requirements on incumbent
candidates and inimical to the "freedom of association" guaranteed by the First Amendment.'"[1]
This has been backed up by a recent Supreme Court ruling:
"On May 22, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (Sup. Ct. Doc. No. 93-1456) in a 5-4 decision held that Arkansas' constitutional amendment, Section 3 of Amendment 73, providing for limitations on congressional terms of office was unconstitutional in that it established an
additional qualification for congressional office in violation of Article I, Sections 2 and 3 setting forth the three basic qualifications of age, citizenship and inhabitancy for Members of Congress."[2]
Term limits violate both amendments to the constitution (including one from the Bill of Rights) and from the constitution itself.
II. Experience
I will cut this argument into two parts. First, I will explain why term limits are bad for new senators.
Term limits also prevent legislators from gaining enough experience to be on the job. Every four to six years, a whole new process of experience training comes in. Without term limits, we can have more experienced members of Congress ruling us.
"In the business world, experience is valued because with experience comes knowledge of how to be efficient in your job and how to perform your job well. In fact, running a government can be significantly more complicated than running a business. "Term limits are one of those ideas that sound good in theory but are madness in practice. You wouldn't want to go to a hospital filled with medical residents or stock a sports team with an ever-changing cast of rookies. Legislating is hard. We need to give people time to learn how to do it."[3]
The Congressman must learn and master a wide variety of issues, and to do so takes time. Term limits prevent Congressmen from gaining the needed experience to effectively govern and make laws. One need look no further than the state government of California, which has enacted term limits and has been the premier example of fiscal ineptitude and poor governance.[3]
One can also find the same pattern for Missouri:
"A new report from the [University of Missouri] Truman School of Public Affairs argues that the shortening of lawmakers' careers has contributed to a lack of political expertise in the general
assembly -- resulting in a less effective government.[4]
Next, I will explain why they are bad for senators about to be ousted:
"Term limits is and always has been a bad idea. The reason it's a bad idea is because it limits the choices of people the public has to vote for. If you have a really good public servant and you want to keep him, you can't. You have to get rid of the good candidate and replace him with someone who's inexperienced. By having term limits, we are eliminating the people who have wisdom and experience from political life. Like any job, it takes years to be good at what you do. About the time our elected officials have become good public servants, we're required to throw them out."[5]
"Term limits kick out the good leaders who may deserve to stay in office for excellent work."[6]
In addition to this, it is important to remember that when a Congressman is on his last term, he's not going to listen to the people he is representing because he doesn't have to. He's going to go out next term anyway.
III. Power Shifting
As a consequence of term limits, as I pointed out earlier, Congressman are now less experienced in performing the duties he was elected for. He now goes to bureaucrats and lobbyists for help in his job. This obviously puts a lot of power into the hands of said bureaucrats and away from Congress. This exacerbates the campaign finance and power problems. This explains it further:
"[Reasearch associate professor] Valentine argues that the disappearance of long-term or career politicians in the general assembly has led to a deficit of policy experts. A former state senate staffer, Valentine said that the traditional route for lawmakers to distinguish themselves was to become a
respected expert on a certain policy area and then become a resource for other lawmakers.
Without this practice, Valentine said term limits have given more power to lobbyists who - as non-government employees - can remain in the halls of the capitol longer than any elected official in Jefferson City ever could. But at the same time, these lobbyists are not held accountable to constituents."[4]
Term limits put more power in the hands of unelected bureaucrats who become the only ones who know how to work the system.
Overall, term limits are an inefficient way to deal with the problems in today's problem, and in certain cases, they can actually increase those problems and even shift power from one group to another.
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I would like to thank my opponent for posting a debate that will surely be both a challenge for my opponent and for myself.
When I went to the challenging section of debate.org looking for a new and unique debate I saw this debate topic posted as I clicked it I noticed that the position that I would have to take would be pro for term limits on the Federal level I soon became interested and quickly selected for the opportunity to debate this topic. As I pondered what points that I should make about term limits these ideas came to mind.
I. What the people Want
The main purpose of the Federal Government is to be for and by the people. On this website of debate.org with a population of about 56,321 and around 80% {1} of those individuals are for term limits and keep in mind that a good amount of the debaters on debate.org are international which shows that on a worldwide base people that like term limits. If someone feels that this is too small of a sample or that the international part should have no relevance in an United States debate well if you look at a poll conducted by Fox New 78% of the voters would like a term limit in Congress {2}. Give the people what they want and what they want is term limits.
II. Limits Power
The reason that the founding fathers founded a Republic is to limit power and that is the main goal of term limits. One of the most powerful tools used in America is the power of money in the 2003-04 federal elections around 2 billion dollars were spent by professional corps {3}. If term limits were in place corporations will have no longer as much power over elected officials because no longer can they have a life long seat in Congress if a corporation wants to still have power over a candidate they will have to go from one to another which is much harder to do. The same person wont be able to just have a seat and pass laws for his/her special agenda a new comer can come in and balance the power of both the past,present and soon to be future.
III. Government becomes more Effective
If a elected official wants to make a change they have to make it before there term limit is up or they are out of luck. If you take the fiscal cliff for example the reason it got to the point that it did was because elected officials kept putting it off not worried about losing their seat because of unlimited terms{4}. With the debt rising and the debt ceiling also rising is because many officials feel that they can just what and fix it later instead of now because they have unlimited terms{5}. Much like a car if you want to have an effective working government you need to change the oil once and a while.
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I would like to thank utahjoker for presenting his arguments.
I. What the People Want
My opponent begins by citing that 80% of Debate.org supports term limits. However, not only is this a small sample size, it it also an unreliable sample; many people just fill out the big issues and then never return to Debate.org. If we look at people we've heard of on Debate.org, many recognizable people oppose term limits, such as RoyLatham. So therefore, my opponent's point here is irrelevant.
Next, my opponent asserts that 78% of voters would like a term limit in Congress. However, this is an Ad Populum fallacy. A greater percentage of the population supported Hitler in Nazi Germany. Also, keep in mind that the people have the right to create term limits, but they fail to act upon it year after year. In fact, "Term limits' popularity does not make them a good idea. In fact, they're a bad idea, for several reasons."[3] But also, "Of course anti-legislative sentiment was so strong at the time that even rural voters joined in passing term limits. In Muskogee County [Oklahoma] voters went nearly 2-1 for term limits and in the same election returned to office a House member with nearly 25 years experience."[3] Do they really want them or not?
However, this negates this point perfectly: "Term limits are presumptuous. Turnover was not a problem in the Oklahoma Legislature, especially in the urban areas. In 1990 only 10 percent of House members and 20 percent of senators had served more than 12 years. The problem for the Republican proponents of term limits was that the senior-most members — those who kept getting re-elected over and over — tended to represent rural or small-town districts and they were mostly Democrats. The term-limits advocates were essentially telling rural voters, 'We don't like the people you keep electing to office so we are going to restrict your ability to elect them.'"[3]
Are term limits really that democratic?
II. Limits Power
All the career politicians with relationships to special interests started out as new politicians; there is no reason to think the new blood in Congress won't make deals with lobbyists. Note that pro offers no evidence that new politicians are less likely to listen to lobbyists. Compare this to my University study showing that term limits cause politicians to rely more on the advice of lobbyists.
In addition, like I said in round 2, term limits mean that politicians have a "lame duck" term- a term where they know they aren't coming back because they have the term limit. These politicians have no incentive to stay accountable to their electorate, what is to stop them from "cashing in" before they are permanently booted from office and selling their vote to the highest bidder behind closed doors?
To negate this point fully, when term-limits exist, lobbyists simply adjust to the quickened timetable of finite terms in office. They are skilled enough to ensure that they maintain their influence despite the shorter term-limit.[4]
III. Government Becomes More Effective
I will start with my opponent's two sources. I read them thoroughly, and although about the 'fiscal cliff' and the upcoming battle over the debt ceiling, I failed to see any quotation or indication that their failure to make a deal on time was the result of them being able to have unlimited terms. In fact, the cause cited in his source 4 is, "Most critics believe that the lack of a comprehensive, long-term deal on deficit reduction—one that addresses the need for major tax and entitlement reform—has propelled the use of short-term political expedients like the "doc fix" and other extenders. Meanwhile, the nation's debt soars on an unsustainable path, according to most projections."[1] And his source 5 gives no explanation to why the fiscal cliff crisis occured.
Now, I will deal with my opponent's claim that term limits create a more efficient government. My opponent seems to conclude that politicians who are elected to Congress stay in it until they retire. However, this is obviously a fallacy. There were huge upsets during the 2008 elections by Tea Party backed Republican challengers and notably Arlen Specter was defeated in his 2010 Senatorial campaign after serving for nearly 30 years. New blood comes into Congress each election cycle.
This is necessary to refute my opponent's central premise: that Congressman stay Congressman their whole lives. In point 1, people already have the power to impose term limits - by simply booting out all who they feel have served long enough. As I mentioned earlier, "And the problem isn't just that six years isn't enough time to understand the issues and the process. It's also not long enough to build strong relationships across the aisle, particularly given that a lot of other members will have to leave two or four years after she gets there."[2] If a public servant does a good job, why not reward their service with a positive vote and more time in office?
[1]: http://www.cfr.org...
[2]: http://voices.washingtonpost.com...
[3]: http://www.tulsaworld.com...
[4]: http://www.soyouwanna.com...
I. Constitutionality
My opponents states that if term limits were in place it would be in violation of the Constitution, but what my opponent fails to see is that there is term limits in the Constitution if you look at the 22 Amendment is states " No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice," that is term limits {1}.
The ruling that U.S. District Judge Wiliam L. Dwyer gave should be in question. Term limits isn't going to restrict people if anything it gives people the opportunity to have a greater chance of being elected. Any of the qualifications term limits will add on will be after someone is elected that is not telling someone they can't run it states that they have had their turn and is time to turn it over to someone else.
Term limits is not against the first amendment. The first amendment is about freedom of religion,speech,press and expression{2}. Term limits isn't telling someone they can't worship as they will, can't say what they feel,telling the press they can't do their job, or even telling someone they can't express themselves. If someone is truly against term limits they can still right in the candidate they want they will just not be able to get elected. If term limits are against the first amendment then so are the restrictions about age, citizenship, and residency because that could stop someone from electing someone who doesn't fit those qualifications.
Term limits is not against the 14th amendment. In the 14th amendment is about voting and if someone wants to vote for anyone they can they just might not be qualified{3}. It isn't saying someone can't vote it is just states who will be allowed to be elected just like the restrictions already in the Constitution.
Term limits is not against the Constitution and is an invalid point to give.
II. Experience
If experience is so important than why is the national debt over 16 trillion dollars {4},problems with taxes{5}, and deficit spending at such a high rate{6}. The problem is that the people who have put America in such a bad place are still in office and can still have office for a life time. It takes new blood to get things moving and changed.
III Power Shifting
Term limits gives limits to someones power. The problem is that these elected officials become puppets for corporations and rich individuals because those are the people who get officials elected. If their is term limits it will become extremely hard for a corporation to control everyone.
{1} http://www.usconstitution.net...
{2} http://www.usconstitution.net...
{3} http://www.usconstitution.net...
{4} http://www.brillig.com...
{5} http://www.taxhelponline.com...
{6} http://www.foxnews.com...
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I. Constitutionality
I unfortunately am going to have to drop this point because of its irrelevance to this debate. I had created my round 2 argument for another debate that didn't have "constitutional amendment" in the resolution and failed to take that out here. It is irrelevant if an amendment is constitutional or not.
II. Experience
My opponent is committing another fallacy in claiming that term limits will solve many of the problems plaguing Congress today, that new blood will "get things moving and changed." However, this is false.
Take for example, healthcare. States without term limits have a higher healthcare reliability score than do states with term limits:
"Overall, the average [Best States for your Health] ranking for the fifteen states with term limits is 31st in all three rankings. The average ranking for the 35 states without term limits is 23rd
The reason term limits have such a significant effect on the health of a state's population may be because term-limited politicians don't have the time to come up to speed on complex health issues."[1] So it's not like term limits help solve issues.
Almost every job fits into a tiered system where people with more experience hold more responsibility and authority. But with term limits, there is no one with experience to take those positions. All the legislators are freshman so no one has any job experience. No business would boot all employees after 10 years- this just amounts to preventing the accumulation of experience. Congress shouldn't operate like that either.
"It takes most new legislators about four years to learn the intricacies of the legislative process, the social organization of the House and Senate, the details of government, broader issues, and how to balance everything with the needs of their districts and the expectations of their party," he said.
"By the time they gain this knowledge, they only have a relatively short time to utilize their knowledge before their term limit expires. In addition, the absence of experienced legislators precludes learning from more experienced peers.""[4]
And it's also not like term limits prevent new blood from entering Congress. In 2010 alone, 54 incumbents were defeated.[2]
And finally, as I said earlier, politicians will always be less responsive during their last term in a term limit system. "In a system of a fixed number of terms, a certain percentage of the Congressmen are lame ducks during their final congressional term, and the people lose their leverage to keep their Representatives on good behavior."[3] This obviously leads to a less efficient term and Congress.
Term limits do not increase effectiveness but actually decrease it through less experienced politicians and less responsive politicians.
III. Power Shifting
My opponent has again failed to provide any sources or evidence to support his claim. I have already shown that lobbyists will just simply adjust to the quickened timetable of finite terms in office. They are skilled enough to ensure that they maintain their influence despite the shorter term-limit.[5] Therefore, term limits do not reduce the amount of corruption and lobbying in Congress. Corporations and individuals will simply shift to the next Congressman, which will easily fall to them due to his lack of experience.
And like I said earlier, term limits give more power to lobbyists.[6]
In the end, term limits do not accomplish any of the goals they are set out to accomplish and have many unintended consequences such as a less-prepared legislature and greater corruption. And they are undemocratic. Clearly, there should not be a constitutional amendment providing term limits to Congressmen.
[1]: http://pgionfriddo.blogspot.com...
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org...
[3]: http://federalexpression.files.wordpress.com...
[4]: http://newsok.com...
[5]: http://www.soyouwanna.com...
[6]: http://ozarksfirst.com...;
I will know defend my argument.
I. What the People Want
My opponent is calling out my sources for my argument while it is true that Debate.org is a small sample size it doesn't change the fact that 80% of the debaters want term limits, even though that many people aren't activity involved on this website it doesn't change that fact that they are pro term limits. While RoyLatham {1} is one of the top debaters on this website his vote only counts as one just like anything else in America it doesn't matter if you are a poor single mother or a rich billionaire their vote counts as one and that vote builds the case of the public opinion and the public opinion on term limits is it should be in place.
While my opponent is trying to throw out my source about the Fox News Poll even though it alludes to other polls done it doesn't change that Congress has an 18% approval rate {2}. People want change and it is true that they can make term limits by just voting differently the problem is there is no order to this no way of communicating with all the different voters to decide if someone turn in office is over and it can't be done. Change is possible and if they people want term limits than why not and who knows what the Congress approval rating can be if their is new blood and a new sense of urgency.
Term limits is at the heart of democracy. Democracy was founded in Athens and what they did was each year they would vote on leader out of power to limit the power of the leaders {3}. Democracy stops tyrants just like what Term limits does it doesn't let anyone stay in power for to long becasue power corrupts and limited power builds.
II. Limits Power
Of course all career politicians started as new politicians and they can be corrupted early, but the point of term limits is to get those who are corrupt out instead of them settling in for years to come. The whole idea that when a politician becomes a "lame duck" means that they will no longer have the time to do nothing the feeling of urgency will take full effect driving the politicians to be more efficient and to try and pass the laws they want or make changes.
III Government Becomes more Effective.
There is no question that Congress has done such horrible job when it came to the debt and fiscal cliff. I just wanted to point it out to everyone. The problem is that some new blood does come in each election cycle, but a inconsistent amount of new blood comes in. If their is regular change Congress will become more efficient.
Term limits is just a good all around idea. It limits power, keeps people in check, and gives new ideas to Congress. It is what many people would like instead of seeing the same politicians making the same mistakes over and over again and just hoping for change it is time for change.
(1) http://debate.org...
(2) http://www.gallup.com...
{3} http://languages.siu.edu...
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Reasons for voting decision: Con's "constitutionality" point was null considering that the debate focused on changing the constitution itself (i.e., term limit 'amendment'). The debate was better centered around the practical effects of such a thing. Con's contention on the other hand from "what the people want" was similarly null considering that it was ad populum. Whether it rightly reflects popular opinion is another point entirely from the flawed nature of the contention itself. On the "limiting power" point was iffy, considering that it could count for or against the resolution. On the one hand, it gets POSSIBLY corrupted politicians out early (though Pro was extremely ambiguous on when the optimal time for that would be). On the other hand, it by its very nature meant that young blood would contuously circulate through, getting rid of exerienced politicians who actually understand better the innerworkings and what needs to be done. Con wins on this point considering his university study in support.
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Reasons for voting decision: Wow, what a great debate! You both were very skilled in presenting your arguments both for & against. I gave Conduct to Pro because Con structured a resolution and then immediately took the Con position. This allowed Con to skirt having to offer a burden of proof and play defense, even though he proposed the resolution. Con had more than enough information to present reasons why term limits should not be imposed and didn't need to bait Pro into providing arguments only to shoot them down. Con also acknowledged an error in R4 of Constitutionality because it belonged in another debate. Pro called the error in the debate, so argument points go to Pro. I have nothing on S&G or sources. I think you both did a fine job in those categories. The EC & the House of Representative size are topics that I follow & debate regularly. I'm sure that we'll cross circles again in the future.
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Reasons for voting decision: Pro committed the "ad populum" fallacy. What the public wants doesn't inherently make it right. At one point the majority of Americans believed that the gov't should guarantee health coverage. Now it is almost evenly split. Hitler had a great popularity in Germany (not among the Jews though). The validity of a case depends on its logic and the arguments for it, not on its popularity. Con presented a great rebuttal by saying that term limits do NOT immune the system from lobbyists, and his experience argument was also a key part of his successful argument. Pro didn't do that bad. I would recommend using facts and sources for specific evidence for a better case though.
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I've been having random BSOD's lately, first the screen/mouse freezes and then I get a blue screen and the pc restarts. Now, in the past my PC used to shut down or restart suddenly without blue screen/warning, never found out why, but that doesn't happen anymore, no idea why it doesn't happen anymore, it actually makes me think something is wrong. It's the BSOD's now, and the weird thing is that omy brother's PC loses internet connection
(on the same network) when my PC crashes/BSOD's, and it doesn't work until I've logged on in windows again.
The random restarts/shut downs in the past used to happen while I was gaming, didn't matter if it was a heavy game or not, some very heavy games worked always fine without any crashes and some very simple games used to crash the PC a lot. The BSOD's don't happen while I am gaming though, I've been gaming for hours today and I haven't had any issues, until I started to surf on the internet, have had 3 BSOD's today so far, and more the past days.
I hope someone can help me, I've been strugling with crashes for years now and never found out the reason. I've uploaded the dump files, the most recent ones are the ones from today, 10-1-2014.
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Need more information.
Run this .bat file as administrator. It creates a ZIP file on your desktop. Open the ZIP file and delete all the dmp files (we already have them). Upload the edited ZIP here in your next reply.
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Here is the file without the dmp's. Hope I've done it right :)
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OK. bugcheck 0x124's are the toughest to solve. The dmp files won't pinpoint the cause....hardware related.
Start with these please:
RAM - Test with Memtest86+ (run a minimum of 8 passes)
CPU - Stress Test Using IntelBurnTest
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Well, I'll run memtest later today, but I just ran the IntelBurnTest and checked my temps, only did the first '' standard '' test and my temps rose up to 70C (71C is max) after 3 tests so I immediately stopped it. Core 0 and 1 got up 70C, core 2 and 3 60C (Have to reseat my cooler probably? Have a thermalright u-120x which sadly never worked good). So, if my processor is fully stressed for a long time it might indeed overheat. But the thing is, I've ran prime95 and memtest in the past for hours, sometimes even for a day, and my temps always were a bit on the high side yes but with no crashes and errors in prime95 and no error's in memtest back then I still had those random crashes/shut downs :/ Which is the reason I've never understood why my PC is doing that.
Oh and something else I've forgot to mention is, lately when my PC randomly shuts down or restarts itself I don't get any screen at all after, it's like the bios doesn't start up/load or something (Memory related?), the PC works you can hear the coolers working and the lights of the motherboard too, but the screen is all black and no beep sound from the motherboard. Then I have to shut it down manually and turn off the power supply, try this a few times, and if I'm lucky I hear the beep sound up on turning it on and it starts working normally.
Oh and, do you have any explanation that with my PC crashing, internet stops working on other PC's?
Is there a chance that my motherboard is overheating? HWiNFO shows around 48-50C on SB and NB. This thing always ran very hot.
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I'd start with reseating the CPU and test with IBT. The run MemTest.
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It's been a long journey for Keren Brathwaite – not only from her native Antigua and Barbuda but in the struggle against discrimination and racism as well.
Today, as she reflects on the annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Brathwaite considers the progress made since she came to Toronto in 1967 to pursue her Master of Education studies at OISE.
Brathwaite grew up in the village of Bolans where she learned the importance of community, "fully realizing what it meant when people said it takes a village to raise a child," she recalls.
Because of this realization, Brathwaite, (who retired from U of T in 2003) immediately sought out the African-Canadian community when she arrived in Toronto. It was, she says, one of the most inspiring decisions she ever made.
"It was just my upbringing to be connected to my community, to be part of a network and as a new immigrant I needed to feel a part of a group ... though some might have felt that I was one of the privileged ones coming here to graduate school where there were not many from my background with whom to communicate. I soon realized that African-Canadians were doing so much work but weren't being recognized for their contributions and there was a lot discrimination in society and in the educational system."
Speaking with other African-Canadians, Brathwaite and her new colleagues agreed that the classroom needed more critical analysis in order for change to happen and for new programs to be offered "that would make the system more equitable and less racist."
This desire to bring change to education required many hours of volunteer work on their part – work that cumulated in offerings in black heritage classes for public shool students and a unique conference in 1980 for parents of black children which was supported by the Toronto Board of Education.
"This conference ignited an overwhelming desire to create the Organization of Parents of Black Children (OPBC)," Brathwaite recalls. "As well, educators felt that the system had to be expanded to include our shared history and achievements. The OPBC offered an annual black heritage open house program where students showcased their new-found knowledge of black subjects and where community speakers and professors from the university shared their expertise."
These educational reformists also worked in collaboration with other minorities including the Portuguese, Italian and Chinese communities along with working class people who felt underserved by the school system. As with the black students, streaming was a problem for these communities, Brathwaite states.
She was also concerned about the high dropout rates of African-Canadians, "and I'm still disturbed by these statistics. We continue to see evidence of underachieving minorities and we have to give credit to Professors George Dei of OISE and Carl James of York University – both of whom I have worked with -- who have researched solutions to these problems."
However, Brathwaite has seen positive changes in the education system through the years and she's pleased that education boards are hiring more African-Canadian and other diverse teachers with more being trained especially at OISE.
"It's now common to see black principals and members of school boards who reflect the ethnic and minority realities of society today," she says. "When I first came to Canada, African-Canadians were not principals or superintendents but much still needs to be done in areas such as curriculum."
One of Brathwaite's greatest achievements remains the Transitional Year Program (TYP) at U of T, a groundbreaking initiative that she co-founded in 1969 with Prof. Horace Campbell of Syracuse University. TYP became a full-time program in 1970, allowing university entrance to mature students who are Aboriginal, African-Canadian, lgbtq, working class, women and the disabled.
TYP has helped hundreds of students to successfully navigate the university system and Brathwaite was named Founding Mentor in 2003 where she remains an occasional lecturer as well as at OISE and U of T.
Brathwaite received the Ludwig and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Award from U of T in 1999, the Distinguished Educator Award from OISE/UT in 1998 and the Teaching Award from U of T's Student Administrative Council and Association of Part-Time Students in 2003. In 2009, U of T conferred on her an honourary Doctor of Laws.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, held every March 21 as decreed by the United Nations, recognizes the anniversary of the Sharpsville Massacre in South Africa where, in 1960, anti-apartheid protesters were gunned down by the government.
A panel on racism entitled 'Are You All Talk?: Moving from Dialogue to Action' will be held at Hart House on Thursday, March 21 starting at 4 p.m. featuring Lee Maracle, George Dei and Sandra Hudson.