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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Description:</span> <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416937854/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1416937854">The Big-A** Book of Crafts</a></em> is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters -- TLC's <i>While You Were Out</i> top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. With more than one hundred and fifty inventive and fun projects, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416937854/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1416937854">The Big-A** Book of Crafts</a></i> is the perfect activity book for readers of every mood, budget, and skill level.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Thoughts:</span> I love to upcycle...that means take unloved things and make them useful to be loved again. This book is full of ideas to upcycle things into usable home decor and gifts! My husband and I poured over this book and decided we need a very large house to accommodate every idea we liked in, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416937854/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1416937854">The Big-A** Book of Crafts</a></em>.<br />
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There are great templates that you can use, humor and some projects...are just strange. I cannot say that I am a fan of every project, but overall, there are far more projects in this book, that I like, than I will be able to tackle in one full year! Simply put, if you craft...get this book.Mar'ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153327659489681305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518235809914930603.post-66522560741487639692011-12-01T07:42:00.011-06:002011-12-01T07:42:00.146-06:00Presentations: A Passion For Gift Wrapping, by Carolyne Roehm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767921127/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0767921127" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ofAqM7ESAFAI5SKA7JUrEgLLQP7uyeN4OUkOg3u3vebP6vLhyphenhyphenFCN4VkJe-xr_vXeksudjVuO2qhGTSS-lf-9t1SOGBCh0ETUG-rCAfFlnk9t_AvyXrkUFYvzcnjoTP3j4qCZL-cvIvE/s1600/Presentations.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">For everyone who loved <i>At Home with Carolyne Roehm</i>, one of America’s premier style-setters now offers her ideas for creating breathtaking gift wrappings using readily available paper, tags, rubber stamps, ribbons, artificial flowers, and other inexpensive materials. Arranged seasonally, and taking inspiration from Roehm’s love of nature, travel and collecting, and fine art, the book focuses on holidays as well as on ways to make children’s gifts look unique and adorable. As Roehm shows, with creativity and care any present can be made an exquisite offering.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">More than two hundred dazzling photographs provide inspiration, and a clear and detailed how-to section gives readers the step-by-step tools they need to create beautiful gifts. And for those who would like to create stunning packages but have little time, the book also offers wonderfully distinctive—yet simple—gift-bagging ideas. To coordinate with these eye-popping wrappings, there are the author’s original theme-party ideas and distinctive table settings. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">For anyone that finds satisfaction in the details of life, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767921127/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0767921127">Presentations</a></i> is the book for you! I rate this with an unequivocal five stars.</div>Mar'ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153327659489681305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518235809914930603.post-87316141031467385572011-11-25T06:50:00.003-06:002011-11-25T06:50:00.274-06:00Film Classic Friday Link-Up 11.25.11<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean...back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent...they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable...except for the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) marathons which my mother watched and planned for. Then, those were serious movie recording weekends!</em></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This book has a wealth of information for the beginner! Tools, techniques, repairs...everything seems to be listed that one needs to get started in crafting with a gourd. There are uses for gourds that really never crossed my mind and I look forward to growing some this coming spring in my little container garden!</div>Mar'ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153327659489681305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518235809914930603.post-26462447578601028662011-11-08T03:06:00.000-06:002011-11-08T03:06:00.466-06:00Bring Them Back!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>I don't have cable, but if I did, these are the kind of shows that I would request for primetime. I suppose my voice has already spoken since we just do not watch television. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Description:</span> The 8 million fans of TLC’s hottest show, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00125WAT6/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00125WAT6">What Not to Wear</a></i>, know it as the place to go for real-life fashion advice. Now the show’s hosts, Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, offer spot-on fashion wisdom—with an attitude—in this fully illustrated, authoritative, and irreverent fashion guide to dressing your best for every occasion. Clinton and Stacy’s surefire method for boosting appearance rests on their belief that we can all win admiring glances by selecting clothes that play up our positives and create a balanced body shape. In <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307236714/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0307236714">Dress Your Best</a></i>, Clinton and Stacy match a wide range of female and male body types with the perfect work, casual, and evening attire, showing you exactly how to make your best parts “work” for you.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">11.</span> Astronomy: Originally, constellations took the form of <br />
animals, making it easier to remember and identify them; <br />
however, as civilization retrogressed, they actually became <br />
animals, heroes or gods.<br />
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advanced than the empire which followed it (featuring running <br />
water, the most modern bathroom facilities, tinted-glass <br />
goblets, glazed dinnerware and elaborate dress styles).<br />
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operated until (by the time the Spaniards discovered them in <br />
the fourteenth century) warfare was being waged with stones <br />
and wooden weapons. They preserved the memory of a great <br />
civilization of cities, but were no longer capable of <br />
constructing anything more than simple huts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">15.</span> The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_8">Pacific</span>: On most islands of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_9">Polynesia</span> and <br />
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_10">Micronesia</span> are remains of cities, temples, harbors and <br />
statues, whose size and elaborate architecture indicate a <br />
civilization incomparably more advanced than exists there <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">16.</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_11">Pakistan</span>: The lowest strata of the remains of <br />
layers. Later the quality of the commercial seals fell off <br />
sadly. The soapstone was replaced by common clay; and crude <br />
geometric shapes replaced the lifelike engravings. Highly <br />
glazed ceramics were supplanted by plain clumsy pots. The <br />
city’s systematic plan gave way to shabby structures and <br />
mere <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_12">hovels</span> at the topmost stratum. From a high early peak <br />
of technology, it then progressed no further. Everything <br />
was done in imitation of the old techniques. Even the bricks <br />
were inferior.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">17.</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_13">Central America</span>: The present-day descendants of what <br />
was once the greatest empire in the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_14">Americas</span> (the Maya) are <br />
mere jungle savages, unable to read or write their ancestors’ <br />
hieroglyphics; unable to construct large buildings, much less <br />
whole cities.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">18.</span> Egypt declined from technical sophistication to a vague <br />
shadow of its former glory. Earliest pyramid construction was <br />
superior to later pyramid construction; succeeding pyramids <br />
are clumsy imitations. Even construction methods changed <br />
(from levitation science to build the Great Pyramid in the <br />
Fourth Dynasty, to a balance of levers and pulleys a thousand <br />
years later in the Twelfth Dynasty). The workmanship level of <br />
jewelry as well as architecture was higher in earlier periods <br />
(everything being more perfectly made and more beautiful). On <br />
top of that, later generations suffered a decline in <br />
lifestyle.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">19.</span> Sumeria, extensive and all-encompassing, was in many <br />
respects more advanced than the cultures which followed it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">20.</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_15">Greece</span>: A city of the third millennium <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_16">B.C</span>. now at the <br />
bottom of Lake Copias (the legendary Copae destroyed by <br />
Hercules?) possesses a titanic complex of rock-hewn passages <br />
said to be beyond the capabilities of either classical or <br />
modern Greece.<br />
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an extraordinarily rich and complex technology of 3000 B.C. <br />
far in advance of later achievements in Europe.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">22.</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_18">Peru</span>: Pre-Inca buildings and art were of a much higher <br />
level than those of the Incas. Furthermore, while more recent <br />
Spanish buildings collapse today in earthquakes, both the Inca <br />
and pre-Inca constructions survive them intact.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">23</span>. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_19">Easter Island</span> statues of more recent times appear to be <br />
imperfect copies of the first creations. (And they have <br />
suffered most from erosion, whereas those from the archaic <br />
period have remained intact.) Again, the earliest settlement <br />
on the island was more remarkably developed than its two <br />
later successors.<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times;">A legend on the screen that was a household name growing up was <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000001/">Fred Astaire</a></span>. He could sing, dance, act, play the comedy routine and vaudeville! Though he was well known for being suave, he could make the crowd bust out in laughter with his one liners and facial expressions. He played opposite some of the biggest and brightest stars on the silver screen such as Ginger Rogers, Jane Powell, and Vera Ellen to name a few. One of my favorite movies of his was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DXS4E2/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=B001DXS4E2">Holiday Inn</a> with Bing Crosby...in fact Holiday Inn is one of my earliest movie memories! Enjoy these clips with me as we celebrate "F" with my choice, Fred Astaire!</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The full color photographs are beautiful and extremely enticing! The ideas are very ingenious and quite delightful and refreshing. The Directory of Flowers and Foliage is very helpful. The authors are very good about what is needed for tools and techniques.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall, this book is excellent! If you are like me and lacking in a green thumb, but want a natural approach to decorating...try some of these dried flower arrangements, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mar'ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153327659489681305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518235809914930603.post-9145921140071991742011-10-25T01:03:00.027-05:002011-10-25T01:03:00.689-05:00The Ancients<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>What do we really know about Ancient cultures? Just what the text books have told us? For years I was happy to rely on someone else's opinion on life. Not anymore. I do my own research.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>From some amazing archeological digs that are just not given the media attention (gee, I wonder why), we come to know that the Ancients in many ways were far superior to our modern civilizations. There are many, many things that we are incapable of doing that the Ancients mastered. Perhaps it is time for a fresh perspective on life and our worldview.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.</span> Digging to the lowest depths, archaeologists repeatedly <br />
come upon a city complex architecturally superior to later <br />
cities on the same site.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.</span> The medicine of ancient <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_3">Egypt</span> was, generally speaking, <br />
far superior to that practiced in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_4">Europe</span> during the Middle <br />
Ages. Pre-Incan medical surgery was superior to that of the <br />
Peruvian Inca.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.</span> The oceangoing vessels employed by the ancient explorers <br />
were large, strong and immensely superior to the craft <br />
possessed by medieval Europeans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4.</span> The earliest ancient maps were drawn with the greatest <br />
precision — and superior to later navigational charts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5.</span> The old Maya calendar is superior to our own.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6.</span> It can be demonstrated also that many languages have <br />
suffered degeneration.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7.</span> Ancient set building stones are much larger and more <br />
difficult to transport than those of subsequent cultures.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8.</span> In dynamic realism, the masterpieces of the Cro-Magnon <br />
cave artists of Altamira (Spain) and Lascaux (France) were <br />
superior to the paintings and sculptures of later <br />
civilizations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9.</span> Roads: Britain’s prehistoric Icknield Way (running 200 <br />
miles, in places as wide as a four-lane highway) is superior <br />
to any road constructed by the later Romans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10.</span> Mathematics: Whereas very ancient cultures knew about <br />
zero (the secret ingredient in advanced mathematics), <br />
frequently, as decadence occurred, they forgot it. The <br />
Babylonians, for example, wrote it as a blank space — a <br />
practice which eventually disappeared. The same retrograde <br />
process occurred in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317869864_5">China</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>As my mother and grandmother loved music, it was only natural that we gravitated toward the musicals and of course comedies. My family loved to laugh! There are so many great lines that I can remember us all laughing uncontrollably over. These were great and wonderful memories and I would love to relive them with you!</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930565/">Esther Williams</a></span> is hands down, my favorite actress! I have seen almost every movie she ever made, read her biography and auto biographies and attempted to swim like her as a child. Before entering Hollywood, she would have competed in the Olympics if WWII had not happened, but she was then discovered as serious talent working for Billy Rose's Aquacade. She could sing, dance, swim, dive, act and anything else the directors decided they needed her for. She was a very hard worker! Her personal life was rather sad, but professionally she had hit the big time! I appreciate her movies knowing all the behind the scenes work that she personally had to give to make the movies glow for all of us! Someday I am going to own the Esther Williams Collections <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PC8AL4/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=B000PC8AL4">Volume One</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002EWD0DG/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=B002EWD0DG">Volume Two</a>...for now, I will just enjoy these trailers with you. Here she is, my "E" for the week, Esther Williams!</span></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">Description:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>For nearly 20 years, home crafters have turned to the pages of Martha Stewart Living for all kinds of crafts projects, each presented in the magazine’s inimitable style. Now, the best of those projects, including step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs, have been collected into a single encyclopedia.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Organized by topic from A to Z, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307450570/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0307450570">Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts</a> contains complete instructions and brief histories for more than 30 techniques, detailed descriptions of the necessary tools and materials, and easy-to-copy templates. Martha and her team of crafts editors guide readers through each subject, from botanical pressing and decoupage to rubber stamping and wreaths, with characteristic clarity and unparalleled attention to detail.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Crafters of all skill and experience levels will appreciate the many variations presented for each technique. For example, candlemaking presents a comprehensive array of poured, rolled, and cutout candles, including instructions for making your own one-of-a-kind rubber candle molds, floating candles, sand candles, and more. Each craft in the book takes on charming new dimensions with innovations that could come only from the team behind Martha Stewart Living.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In addition, each entry in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307450570/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0307450570">Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Craft</a>s is chock-full of tips and advice. Handy glossaries in the entries--such as a comprehensive gem glossary, a glitter glossary, and a color glossary for making tinted wax--are valuable references that crafters will refer to again and again. What’s more, the Tools and Materials section outlines the best essential supplies that every crafter needs to have on hand, and the Sources pages clue readers in to the vendors and suppliers that the magazine’s crafts editors rely on most.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Filled with solid technical know-how, and presented with gorgeous color photographs, this handy guide can be read page by page and kept as a lasting reference by crafters and artisans alike.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Thoughts:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This book is amazing! There is a little bit of everything...for everyone. All tastes and styles seem to be covered and yet there is room to make the craft your own and personalize it with your own taste.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I am very impressed with the glossary, the section that is full of templates and the index of course has been very helpful! The full color photographs make even the simplest craft look appealing and enticing. As skill is acquired, the crafter who chooses to use this book for ideas will have a million dollar look in their home or gift giving for a fraction of the price!</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This is an essential book for the Shabbat hostess who is on a budget! There are more ideas than you can shake a stick at for making your table beautiful, unique and personalized. There are ideas to make even the bathroom a very pleasant experience for your guests if you are willing to add some creativity and some imagination. I rate this book with five stars...every crafter needs this one!</i></span>Mar'ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153327659489681305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518235809914930603.post-60315403797729147262011-10-18T07:17:00.000-05:002011-10-18T07:17:00.239-05:00The Celebration Nation!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Recently, I found a site, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Celebration Nation</span>, that I have to share with others! I think for most busy moms it can prove to be very helpful and informative and best of all...it is FREE to join! Let me highlight what I enjoy about it!</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>First of all, at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thecelebrationnation.com/Tiffany416">The Celebration Nation</a></span> there are FREE party planning ideas! There are ideas on everything from fall and winter themes to Anniversaries and Birthdays! Some of my favorite ideas are Game Night, Academy Awards and International Friend Day. What are some of your favorites?</i></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times;">This week is for the queen of the silver screen! <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/">Doris Day...</a></span>she was as amazing in real life as she was on screen! Truly an inspirational icon. She is one of our most favorites (in our family). I cannot pick just one movie that I loved her in so I will show clips from a few of our favorites. On my wishlist is the Doris Day Collection <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007QS2YS/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=B0007QS2YS">Volume One</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MGBLQO/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sezwru-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000MGBLQO">Volume Two</a>. She was a hard worker and true talent, something you just do not get from the modern movies today. Enjoy!</span></em><br />
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