Contents:
1. What's hot at DCW

• DCW Of The Month

• New Recipes!

2. Business and Entertainment

• Let's Talk Business

• Recipe Of The Week

• Home & Decor

• Craft-Corner

Congratulations to Audra Gehrke for being chosen as the 'Dot Com Woman of the month' for April 2003. An editor, writer, publisher, net worker, webmaster, marketer and mentor, Audra has achieved in very little time what most of us dream of almost every other day. This multi-faceted personality has lots of experiences and advice to share with you. Read her interview at http://www.dotcomwomen.com/dcw.shtml

Let's Talk Business

100 Home-Based Biz Ideas! (contd.)
26-50 (Watch out for more in the next issue!)

026) City tours
027) Cleaning service
028) Closet systems
029) College testing service
030) Computer repair
031) Computer business software
032) Computer tutor
033) Dating service
034) Day spa
035) Debt collection
036) Debt consolidation
037) Digital photography
038) Driving school
039) Drug testing
040) E-Commerce site
041) Floor refinishing
042) Food gift baskets
043) Frame shop
044) Freelance artist
045) Freelance writer
046) Golf instruction
047) Handmade arts/crafts
048) Home decorating
049) Home fitness
050) Home inspection

PIZZA "PIE"

1 Batch Thin Crust Dough
1 21 oz. can pie topping (cherry, apple, blueberry, etc.)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 tbls. butter

Preheat oven to 450F.
Prepare thin crust dough according to recipe. Spread out in a
lightly greased 12 inch pizza pan. Spoon pie topping on dough
leaving a 3/4" space from edge of pan. Combine flour and sugar
in a bowl. With a fork, cut in butter making sure you do not
mix too much. It should be crumbly. Sprinkle topping over pie
filling. Bake until topping and crust are golden brown. Remove
from oven and let cool 5−10 minutes before cutting.

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Home & Decor

Design Elements - by Lata Budhrani
A well-decorated room can still lack personality. To give your room a personality, choose from among these basic design elements, modify them to suit your tastes and implement them in a way which is just right for you.

1. A Theme - A 'themed' room says something about you, the person who has done it, your family or the place where you live. A theme will also provide you a place to showcase your collections, prized possessions, arts and crafts.

There are endless possibilities for using themes, but once you decide upon one, it will give you focus, as it will eliminate many things which don't fit into it. This results in great ease in shopping, planning, implementing etc. Some best decorated rooms have had themes like Water, Nature, Eighteenth Century England, Contemporary, Ethnic, Pastels etc.

2. Artifacts - A piece of artistic value will always give your room that special touch you have always wanted. It can add texture and depth to a room. Depending upon your theme, the artifact may be an an antique chair, a painted bookshelf, an original painting or even an original watercolor by your local artist.

3. Collections - It is the most effective way to display your collections in a special arrangement. Whether you collect shells, dolls or trinkets, arrange them tastefully instead of just lining things up in a row. Lining things looks even worse when objects are small in size. Instead, group them together to project variety within your collections. Lovely trays, glass cupboards, corner shelves etc. are some ideas for displaying your collections.

4. Color - Color does not get limited to painting the walls of your room. Use colors that make you feel good about them in fabrics, linen, pillows, shelves, curtains etc. Blend colors to suit your style.

Add fabrics to liven up your room with a print that contains the color of your upholstery. To maintain harmony in colors, use the same accent at least THRICE around the same room. For e.g. pillows, tablecloths and curtains could have similar accents. For more on using colors, read my article 'Using Colors in Your Room'.

Use of the above elements will still leave everything to your own imagination and creativity. These will only help you in drawing out a plan for your Home-Decorating exercise. The details of the plan are still left to you to fill up.

Happy Decorating!

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Lata Budhrani
Founder - Dot Com Women
http://www.dotcomwomen.com 
Editor - The Dot Com Woman
http://www.dotcomwomen.com/ezine.shtml
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Craft-Corner

QUILTING TIPS

• A quarter inch foot may have come with your sewing machine. If not, you may be able to buy one for your machine or buy a generic one. It is well worth the expense. If you sew with the fabric just at the edge of the foot, and not beyond, maybe even a few threads closer to the needle than the edge of the foot, you should have a quarter inch seam.
• Put a ruler under your needle and mark with masking tape where the quarter inch mark should be. If you use several layers of masking tape, it makes a little lip to work against. Electrical tape works well too. You can buy a magnet that will serve this purpose. CAUTION: Do not use a magnet if you're using a computerized sewing machine. Magnets ruin computers!
• Practice making an accurate 1/4" seam using scrap fabric until you are very good at it. Cut two pieces of fabric 2 1/4" wide; sew them together and iron, checking afterwards to see if they are 4" wide.
• After washing your fabric use spray starch while ironing to replace the sizing. This makes it easier to get that accurate seam.
• Check each block after sewing to make sure it is right size, and make corrections before sewing them all together.

 Contributed By
 THERESA BERGGREN
 Bumble Bee Creations - Specializing in Exotic, Pre-Cut Quilt Kits.
 http://www.bumblebeecreations.biz

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