Thursday, June 26, 2008

How to Throw a Birthday Party on a Budget


Celebrating a birthday party should not put a hole in your wallet. With the help of friends, family, and some cool games or electronic devices, any party can become a day or night to remember. Here are some great tips and ideas for having birthday parties without spending a lot of money.


Instructions

Things You’ll Need:
Garage
Backyard games
Catering services
Friends and family willing to bring side dishes
Favorite movie snacks
Rental DVDs or VHS
Karaoke machine
Boom box
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Step 1

Have a backyard barbeque. Ask friends/family to bring a side dish and you can cook the meat. Have the party at home along with some fun backyard games to play such as volleyball, croquet, badmitton, Frisbee, or other fun yard games. Blast your boombox or stereo for some fun dancing, too.

Step 2
Cater food for the birthday party or buy a long sub sandwich and cut into mini sandwiches to feed everybody. Have sandwiches and chips for an affordable meal. Try restaurants such as Subway, or purchase long sub-sandwiches at Wal-mart's deli and add any of your favorite cheeses or vegetables.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

How to Create a Widget Featuring your Blog, Content, Or Website

Creating a widget that features contents from your blog, articles or website is a great way to market on the web. It allows others to subscribe to your contents and place it on other websites. Also, you can post the content on any other websites that you own, gathering different visitors from many areas on the internet. You can create a widget for free at Widgetbox.com and have it placed on your favorite website or blog within minutes.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Blog or a website
  • Account at Widgetbox
  • Friends who will post your widget on their website
  • Other websites to post your widget on

Creating a Widget Featuring Your Blog, Content or Website

Step1
Open your internet web browser, and go to Widgetbox (see resources below).

Step2
Register for an account by clicking "Register" and fill out the simple form. They will then send you an activation email for you to sign in to your account.

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