Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Get a thin, plastic or metal headband and measure it across it. Place the string or measuring tape on a sheet of parchment paper and mark off where the headband begins and ends. Draw your design on the parchment paper. Use a hot glue gun to trace your design. Fill your design in. Let the glue harden, then peel it off the parchment paper. Decorate the crown and let it dry. Consider wrapping the headband with some ribbon. Hot glue the crown to the headband. Wear the crown.

Answer: Place a measuring tape or a piece of string over the top of the headband. Measure it from end to end. This will be your guideline for your crown. Your crown design must fit between the two lines you made. If the design extends past those lines, your crown will be too big. Be sure to include a thin line along the base, so that your crown will stick together. Try not to make the crown too tall, or the hot glue will flop over even after it set. You can use regular clear hot glue, or you can use glitter hot glue. Go over the design two to three times to make it thick and sturdy. Be sure to draw a line across the bottom of your design. This will help hold your crown together. You will also be using this to attach the crown to the headband. You can fill it in with solid glue, or with squiggles, loops, and swirls. Whatever design you choose, make sure that it touches the outline of your crown, or it won't hold together. Most hot glue sets pretty quickly, depending on how cold it is in the room. Some glues will turn opaque once they harden, while others will remain clear. Place the crown back on the parchment paper and decorate it. You can paint it, cover it with glitter, or even glue some rhinestones on. To go with the ice theme, chose colors such as blue, turquoise, white, and silver. Here are some decorating ideas:  To give your crown a translucent color, use colored permanent markers to color it in. Avoid using paint pens, as those are not translucent. To give your crown a solid color, use acrylic paints and a paintbrush. You can use regular acrylic paint, metallic acrylic paint, or even glitter paint. Give your crown some sparkle with glitter. Paint your crown with Mod Podge or white glue, then shake some glitter onto it. Tap the excess glitter off. The best glitter for an ice crown would be super fine iridescent glitter. Glue tiny rhinestones or pearls along the base of the crown. You can use hot glue or superglue. Decorate the crown with rhinestones or tiny snowflake confetti/sequins. You can put a large rhinestone in the center, and use smaller ones towards the edges. You can also put some rhinestones on the points. Use hot glue or superglue for this. This will give the hot glue something to grip on to. Place a drop of hot glue on one end of the headband, and press the end of a ribbon into it. Wrap the ribbon around the headband, like a candy cane, overlapping the edges by a little. When you get to the other side, trim off the excess ribbon, and secure the end with more hot glue.  Choose a ribbon that is ¼ to ½ inch (0.64 to 1/27 centimeters) thick. Try to choose a color that matches your crown. Flip your crown over so that the back is facing you. Draw a thin line of glue along the bottom of the crown. Press the crown to the top of the headband. Make sure that the crown is centered. When you lay the headband flat on the table, the crown should be sticking straight up. Even though you made the crown on a headband, you won't be wearing it like a headband. Instead, put the crown on top of your head, like a halo or tiara.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Understand the importance of color. Identify an emerald’s hue. Look at an emerald’s tone. Evaluate an emerald’s saturation.

Answer: Emeralds come in a range of colors.  Color is one of the most important factors in determining the value of an emerald.  The variance of color in emeralds is due to differing amounts of chromium, vanadium, and iron in the environment in which the stones formed.   Color can be subdivided into the categories of hue, tone, and saturation. Hue is probably what you think of when you hear the word “color.”  An emerald’s hue is its specific type of green.  Emerald hues can range from bluish-green to a more yellow-green. For example, Zambian emeralds are characterized by deep bluish greens, while Brazilian and Colombian emeralds often take on a rich, pure green hue. Tone refers to how light or dark the color of an emerald is.  Emeralds can range from very light green to very dark green in tone.  The association of tone and value is somewhat complicated.  Darker emeralds are often considered more valuable, but if an emerald becomes too dark, it becomes less valuable.  Emeralds with medium to medium-dark tones are the most valuable emeralds in the market. Emeralds with pure green or blue-green tones are the most desirable, in part because blue-green emeralds are associated with a very famous and highly-regarded gem mine in Columbia called the Muzo Mine. Be aware that emeralds that are too yellow or too blue may not be considered real emeralds and are therefore far less valuable. Saturation is tied to the gem’s transparency. Emeralds with high saturation (which means that they are highly transparent) are more valuable than emeralds with low saturation. Saturation can be tied to both inclusion and tone; very included gems can appear less transparent.  Similarly, very dark green emeralds do not absorb much light, so they appear duller than lighter emeralds.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Start with a small stitch. Come back through the fabric near your stitch. Loop the thread through the first stitch. Put the needle back through the second hole. Come back through the fabric below your stitch again. Loop the thread through the previous link. Repeat as needed.

Answer: The very beginning of a basic chain stitch is easy — all you need to do is make a small, straight stitch in your fabric. The exact size doesn't matter, but it shouldn't be any larger than a quarter inch or so. This stitch will "anchor" the rest of your chain. To make a simple stitch, just bring the needle through the back of the fabric, then bring it through the front of the fabric near the first hole. Bring the needle through the back of the fabric a short distance below your first stitch. This new hole should be in line with the first two (not off to either side.) Bring the needle under the initial stitch from the side. You may need to use the needle tip to work the stitch open slightly. Pull the thread through so that it's reasonably tight (but not so tight that the fabric bunches up.) Next, put the needle point through the same hole that you came up through in Step 2. Your stitch should look like a skinny oval or slit. You've just made the first "link" of your chain! Now, all you need to do is just repeat the steps above to continue your chain. Bring the needle through the back of the fabric at a spot that's about as far from your first link as you did before. This time, pass the thread underneath both threads in the "link" of the chain. Then, put the needle down through the same hole you came up through. Your chain should now have two links. Simply continue this pattern to continue adding links to your chain.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Choose glasses with a wide, low bridge. Wear large earrings. Pick a hat with a prominent brim.

Answer:
The low sitting bridge will divide the long vertical line of your nose more evenly, so the bottom portion of your nose--the portion that the eye naturally catches--will seem smaller. A wide bridge creates a stronger, more visible divide.  Larger frames are generally a better option than smaller ones. The large frames can compete with the size of your nose and help balance it out, but smaller frames can draw more attention to the size of your nose. The other option is to go for contacts. Since glasses sit at the top of your nose, they do draw some attention to that area of your face. Getting contacts avoids this issue completely. Your ears and nose share the same horizontal space on your face. Short, dainty earrings can draw attention to this horizontal space, which could also draw attention to your nose. Larger earrings that extend below the ear enlarge the sides of this horizontal space, making the nose at the center of this space appear smaller by comparison.  If you do not want to wear long earrings, at least choose short earrings that cover the earlobes completely. This will draw more attention to the sides of this horizontal space, which can help draw attention off your nose. Rounded earrings that occupy both horizontal and vertical space are better than earrings that only add a vertical dimension. Earrings that emphasize straight, vertical lines will also emphasize the straight, vertical line of the nose. Both men and women should look for hat styles that have a rounded or down-turned brim at the front of the face. A brim that hangs down over the front of the face can visually build out the forehead. As a result, the nose appears shorter and more proportionate.  Avoid "tricorne" styles, which meet at a point above the forehead. Hats that have a larger brim in the front than in the back may build out the forehead better than those with an even brim all around. Make sure that the crown does not pinch in too tightly toward the front of the face. Ideally, this crown should also be of medium height to maintain better visual balance, and it should not taper in much toward the top. Consider choosing a hat with a wide, colorful band above the brim. This band can draw the eye up and away from the nose.