Helium.com | View Silva Payne's articles http://www.helium.com/users/124208.xml View Silva Payne's articles en-us Copyright Helium.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:59 GMT Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:59 GMT Several of my family and friends have had single or double mastectomies due to breast cancer. For some, the availability of a well-fitting silicone... http://www.helium.com/items/1663729-knit-prosthetic-boob Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:59 Office Christmas parties rarely happen spontaneously by themselves. Someone always has to do a certain amount of planning to get the whole thing or... http://www.helium.com/items/1663077-plan-an-office-christmas-party Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:16 Have you ever wondered how some people manage to fit more into their days that you do? Chances are, they are great at time management. It is a skil... http://www.helium.com/items/1663069-time-management Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:49:42 The relationship between parents-in-law and daughters-in-law can be one fraught with difficulties. This is particularly the case between mothers an... http://www.helium.com/items/1660393-good-relationship-with-daughter-in-law Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:01:00 Getting married by proxy in Texas is becoming an increasingly common event. A proxy marriage is where one party (the bride or the groom) is not pre... http://www.helium.com/items/1659978-proxy-wedding-texas Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:27:43 There was a time where women could only indulge in hobbies if they were wealthy. Before the advent of labour-saving devices and day-care, women wou... http://www.helium.com/items/1659088-popular-hobbies-for-women Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:19 The cost of commercially available housing for small animals can be high. Knowing how to build a cage for small animal pets can save you money and ... http://www.helium.com/items/1659060-how-to-build-a-cage-for-small-animals Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:32:42 For any couple, celebrating their wedding anniversary is special. For elderly couples, celebrating their wedding anniversary together becomes and i... http://www.helium.com/items/1659028-wedding-anniversary-celebration-for-an-elderly-couple Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:22:17 If there is one thing that the English cook well, it is a full roast dinner. On Christmas day all across the country, kitchens will be humming with... http://www.helium.com/items/1658152-traditional-christmas-dinner-in-england Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:34:26 Words are what separate humans from all other species. Words are our unique form of communication, and we have been so successful in developing thi... http://www.helium.com/items/1658136-use-words-effectively Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:36:09 Gone are the days when a job was "for life". For many people the experience of losing their job is something that could happen at any time. Unfortu... http://www.helium.com/items/1658122-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-job Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:02:09 The bathroom is often the last room to get any make-over attention. It is a purely functional room, and can quickly become boring and tired-looking... http://www.helium.com/items/1658101-brighten-up-a-boring-bathroom Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:10:59 Rock gardens are a great way to create a feature in a flat landscape or small corner of your garden. They take little real construction work, and o... http://www.helium.com/items/1658094-how-to-make-a-rock-garden Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:38:43 The ability to make decisions is a key management skill. There is more to the process, however, than just saying "yes" or "no" to a question. Being... http://www.helium.com/items/1657428-be-decisive-for-good-management Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:08 There has been much discussion about the differences between male and female managers. The question of whether women make better bosses than men is... http://www.helium.com/items/1656171-do-women-make-better-bosses Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:58 There will come a time in every manager's life when there is bad news to share with your staff. It could be related to any number of issues, but wh... http://www.helium.com/items/1655044-how-to-share-bad-news-with-staff Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:13 To you and your children, having or being a parent in prison may seem like the end of the world. How can you be an effective parenting presence in ... http://www.helium.com/items/1653749-parent-in-prison Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:17:46 In a world where credit seems to be everything, paying in cash may appear to be an out-dated form of purchasing items and services. Being weighed d... http://www.helium.com/items/1652511-paying-cash-for-everything Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:42:49 Sequins are tiny discs of plastic that have a metallic covering. They are slightly cup-shaped so that they reflect light to create a twinkling spar... http://www.helium.com/items/1651151-how-to-sew-sequins Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:40:06 Old curtains are a great resource for recycling fabric into new and useful items for your home. Curtain fabric is usually more durable than standar... http://www.helium.com/items/1651146-make-bags-using-old-curtains Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:11:33 Advent is the period of 4 weeks immediately prior to Christmas. In many cultures it is marked by lighting one of four candles on each Sunday preced... http://www.helium.com/items/1651133-christmas-advent-calendar Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:34:23 A very simple project for someone new to crochet is a coin purse. Cotton is a good yarn to use for this project as it does not have the elasticity ... http://www.helium.com/items/1650173-cotton-crochet-coin-purse Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:33:51 The two words "data" and "information" are often thought to be interchangeable. For many people who do not work directly with one or other of these... http://www.helium.com/items/1650147-difference-between-data-and-information Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:00 You may be surprised to learn that there is such a thing as "good information" and "bad information". The qualities that distinguish the good from ... http://www.helium.com/items/1650135-qualities-of-good-information Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:22:19 We often spend more time with our co-workers than we do with our families. While we can choose the people we socialise with, it is usually beyond o... http://www.helium.com/items/1649427-qualities-should-we-expect-from-co-workers Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:24:00