Show Me How!
I recently had the opportunity to review a book called “Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know – Instructions for Life from the Ordinary to the Exotic”. Once you get past the long title (phew!) you will fall in love with this book. It includes things like how to identify the different men’s styles of facial hair, which wines should be paired with what foods, how to get out of quicksand, how to identify edible plants, and how to remove gum from a child’s hair. Granted, some of the things your will hopefully never need to use (quicksand? Woah.) but that is what makes it fun to read.
Check out some of these shots of the pages of the book and you will see what I’m talking about. It’s absolutely gorgeous! (You know, um, as far as books go!)
Here is one page on how to make your own Snow Globe! (Hmm, this might be a project for the near future!)
Here is a page that shows how to do some other easy Holiday Projects.
Here is one of the pages on Champagne/Wine and food pairings.
See what I mean? It truly is a gorgeous book. Talk about the perfect coffee table book! Anything you ever wanted to know – including useless trivia that will wow your friends — is in this book! This would make a great Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for person in your life!
Harper Collins has graciously offered to give two very lucky Chic Shopper Chick readers their very own chance to know how do do all 500 things — that’s right — you can win a copy of Show Me How
- Leave a comment here telling me about something you’ve always wanted to know about, know how to do, or learn more about!
- Earn extra credit! You may do these for extra entries.
- Follow me on Twitter. Tell me about it in a separate comment.
- Blog about this giveaway and link back here. Tell me about it in a separate comment.
- Subscribe to my RSS feed via email or in a reader and tell me about it in a separate comment.
- Stumble my main webpage (www.chicshopperchick.com) and leave me your Stumble Upon name in a separate comment.
- Add me to your blog roll. Not just my button in your sidebar, I’d love to be on your blog roll! Let me know about it in a separate comment!
That’s it! Good luck! Oh, and the official rules and legal jargon are below.
US entries only, winner will be chosen via random.org at the end of the contest. Winners are posted here and on Prizey Fetch, please leave a valid email address or blog address if you’d like to be contacted should you win. Winner has 72 hours to claim their prize. This contest ends at 11:59 pm CST on December 3rd, 2008.
I have always wanted to learn how to sew.
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I’ve wanted to learn how to knit or crochet. I tried once and failed, and want to try again.
I’d like to learn how to use a sewing machine.
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What wouldn’t I like to learn how to do?? I would like to be more crafty in general
There are so many things I need to learn but right now I’d like to know how to prune rose bushes.
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I absolutely love books that can teach me how to do handy little crafts that I see. This would be excellent for table decorations or gifts. Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize
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I really want to learn how to knit, make perfect pies, sew cute lil baby clothes,there are soooo many things. Thanks for the contest.
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I have seen this book on the ‘net and have always wondered about it. Thanks for the review.
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Tie a tie properly.
Maintain my car. Also, make sushi. And knit!
This book looks so fun. There are so many things I would like to know how to do or improve on. As of today I am really wanting to learn how to oil paint! I love acrylics but I just haven’t gotten the nerve to attempt oils.
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I have always wanted to know how to make a ship in a bottle. And..everything else in that book. It looks so cool!
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I’m gonna be dead before I learn about everything I’d like to know!
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Always wanted to bring my cooking skills on par with my Grandmas!
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Always wanted to know to make tiffany glass.
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How to build a tree house.
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I don’t want to learn just one thing. I call myself a life-time-learner and am like a sponge when it comes to trying something different or learning some new trick or tip. This book looks like it would leave me with some nifty new things up my sleeve!
Thank you for the entry!