When mmcq says open it to the original fold, it really does mean to the first fold-in-half. She's right about making the creases stand out well, it helps with the next part. After that is where it gets tricky to explain. You kind of have to let the folds on the sides "cave in", which pulls your other folding edges to each other. I don't know another way to say it. The reason it is tricky is because you are still looking at it from one angle, but when you let those side folds cave in, you have changed the angle, inverting it... I really don't know if this helps, but I hope so! To further confuse things, I also ended up going about the creases a different way, with the same results. Do the first three fold-in-halfs, then open back up to only one fold-in half, open side to the right. You should have a crease running up and down, and a crease running across. Then I take the left bottom corner, bring it up and to the right, until the crease on the backside of it lines up with the up and down crease. Press well, then open. Do the same for the bottom right corner, press well, then open. Now you have diagonal creases making a X across your previous creases. Your paper is still lying with the original half fold, open to the right. You can do it this way: Look at the crease running across the middle (not up and down). Pick up the ends of this crease. They should want to fold up toward each other - bring them up and hold them together with one hand (don't fold the whole paper over, just hold those two spots together, say with thumb and finger. (Two options here, in case one doesn't make sense - same thing, different angle) A) Now, still holding them together, use your other hand to bring up the top and bottom edge - let go of the other edges, and smooth - your paper should now look like step 8! or B)Now, flip your hand over to look at the other side of the paper. If you made good creases, this will be easy. If you turn your hand so that your thumb is toward you, and you're looking down from above, it should look something like a bow-tie. Use your other hand to push down the ends of the bowtie, and smooth. It should now look like step 8! I included all of that in case someone else is like me, and sometimes can't see something from one angle, but change your perspective, and it's suddenly clear! Hope it wasn't too confusing. Angel

I don't know either, but I have to say that the open-end toilet paper holder I put in my newly remodeled bathroom is my VERY favorite feature! LOL. It's just a simple Moen holder, but it sure gives me a real surge of joy when I need to take off the empty roll and pop on a new one. Simple! And I know it's not that hard to change the roll on the regular style of holder, but for some reason it really bugged me. Maybe because it took 2 hands. :)

actually, unless you have a REAL problem with silverfish or roaches who CAN eat dried wheat gluten- it's rarely a problem. but the idea solution is to let them dry thoroughly (I'll 'dehydrate' mine in the oven set on 100 degrees for an hour after they're 'dry' to be sure) decorate them, and then hit them with two coats of matte spray finish (or gloss if you prefer) no bug eats plastic :)

I have never heard of either idea but I think both are great! There is a wildflower forum on www.gardenweb.com the sister site to this one, and they could probably tell you more about whether or not it will work. The only problem I see with it is in order to make paper you have to wet the ingredients and that would start the seeds germinating, and even if they dried out again, they probably wouldn't come up. It might be better to just attach a pack of seeds to the announcement, something like Blue bonnets since it's a boy. Penny