How to Create Your Own Halloween Card

According to Care2.com, Halloween is the eight largest card-sending occasion in which there are over 28 million Halloween cards sent all over the world each year. But why don't you try making your own Halloween card this year? For one thing, creating your own card makes it more special, saves money and lets you apply your own design. But how will you do your own Halloween card if you think you're not creative enough to cut and paste art papers or scrapbook design in a decorated paper? Well, you don't need to fret with the help of a reliable computer, installed with Microsoft Office Publisher and a printer; you sure can make your own.

First, you have to locate and open the Microsoft Office Publisher program at the taskbar. Once it is running, you hover your mouse over its left on the New Publication Task Pane, click Publications for Print. After that a list of selections will appear, click Greeting Cards then select Holidays. Several card designs will then appear on the larger space beside the task pane. Scroll down and find Holiday Greeting Cards, there you will find Halloween designed cards. When you have chosen the card you want for your layout, double click it to open its window.

Creepy Facts About Halloween!

Ole Hallow's eve is creeping near, causing a frantic thrill on everyone's veins and goosebumps on their skin. Are you ready for it? Halloween is the second most celebrated holiday next to Christmas. You can actually see that every time October strikes in, the crafted Jack O' Lantern in the streets, the spider webs displayed in the countless backyards, people in every age wearing costumes especially of Dracula, and parking lot showing horror and thriller movies.

I, for myself, is a fan of Halloween. And if you're as much ready as I am in Halloween then better rummage the attic for some old clothes you can use for Halloween parties and while you're at it, let me share you some Halloween Creepy Facts that would be a great conversation-starter during a party.

• Creepy Halloween Fact #1 - Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
• Creepy Halloween Fact #2 - The carving of jack-o'-lanterns originated from the tradition of carving the faces of lost souls into hollowed out pumpkins and turnips. A candle was placed inside the carvings making the faces glow. The Halloween lanterns were placed on doorsteps to ward off evil spirits.
• Creepy Halloween Fact #3 - The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.

Eco-Friendly Toners, What's the Real Deal?

Recycled toners image from TonerGreen Blog

Eco-friendly toner or toner cartridges are becoming increasingly popular over the past years, providing users with another alternative cartridge aside from the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). So how did they got the term "eco-friendly cartridges", well, these cartridges to start first are recycled. Unlike compatible toner cartridges or OEM cartridges, these printer consumables aren't entirely built from scratch, they are used OEM parts that are refurbished and tested several times to make sure they perform at their best and deliver the same output and page yield as new toner cartridges do.

And so what's the real deal about them?

Though eco-friendly toner cartridges may cause some printer user's eyebrows to raise and question their quality, these toner cartridges are expertly built by professional technicians to ensure that they meet the highest standards in the printing industry set by OEM toner cartridges. They are first sorted empty toner cartridges, checked and inspected them for dents and problems then choose the best to be recycled and used again. Other components that are damaged are then replaced with  recycled parts from OEM toner cartridges then are cleaned and assembled, refurbished and be filled with new toner powder. After that they undergo to several quality tests to guarantee their quality.

Get 10% Off on Orders $100 or More with TonerGreen Special Promo!

Printers are helpful devices we often use to produce tangible copies of our documents, files and images digitally stored in our computers, laptops or tablet PCs. But one problem users have with these printers is how expensive their consumables are, especially those toner cartridges used in laser printers. There are even times these printer consumables cost more than a single printer unit. Good thing though that some online printer supplies retailer like TonerGreen offers discounts and promos that lets online shoppers save on their purchase of printer consumables.

TonerGreen is an eco-friendly online retailer of printer supplies and products which has been envisioned to be a major source of specialty products that contribute to energy conservation, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. Their main product line includes remanufactured printer cartridges that are U.S.-made and are quality tested to deliver the same printing page capacity and printing output as OEM branded cartridges.

And this month, TonerGreen is offering a special sale to all printer users out there, planning to buy ink cartridges or toner cartridges compatible to printer under brands names HP, Brother, Canon, Dell, Lexmark and Xerox. TonerGreen's Special Sale gives customers a 10% discount off on toner or ink orders $100 or more. For shoppers to take advantage of this promo, all they have to do is paste or type coupon code "10TG2012" at the designated box found in the check out page. As always, orders amounting $50 or more is qualify for free-shipping.

TonerGreen Special Sale is not valid on OEM products and cannot be combined with other coupon codes. This promo ends on October 21 so hurry up!

TonerGreen's remanufactured toner cartridges and remanufactured ink cartridges are expertly refurbished by professional technicians and are ensured to pass the highest standards set by the imaging solution industry over its products. What's more is all TonerGreen's products are covered with 2-Year Warranty to give their customers the assurance that they can return any cartridges with problems and the online retailer will automatically ship new replacements to their way.

Abstract Art Created Through Inkjet Printer

Inkjet printers have always been popular when it comes to producing lab-quality digital photos stored in our personal computers and laptops but one artist was able to use it in creating a work of art. Campbell Laird, an award-winning modern contemporary artist based on Venice, created his piece by using a single vector shape which is printed multiple times at the same sheet of paper, resulting into a thousand swirls of lines and curves with different colors overlapping each other.

"I have very little idea of how the art will turn out," Laird explains. "It just grows organically with each new pass." According to TheVerge.com, "Each piece represents 5-7 hours of work, and as Laird notes, the process can take its toll on your printer — in his case that means "thousands of dollars of damage." The price we pay for art."

Why Should You Recycle Toner Cartridges?

According to reports, there are approximately 375 million toner cartridges that end up in our landfills every year. This calculation just shows that there are perhaps 11 toner cartridges thrown in a trash bin every second. This rate wouldn't be that alarming if only these toner cartridges are as biodegradable as a piece of paper but they're not. A single toner cartridge is composed of non-biodegradable materials such as plastic, metal, foam and toner that it takes barely 1,000 years for that cartridge to decompose.

And believe or not, if you put those 375 million cartridges end to end, you can circle the Earth three times over. Now, that is alarming! Tossing those toner cartridges over the bin may be more damaging as you thought it could be. In one toner cartridge, 3 quartz of oil is burned and used for its production. But if you will sum up the total of the oil used in one toner cartridge including its materials and transport then one toner cartridge is approximately made up of one gallon of oil.

Here's an infographic to let you further understand the scenario: