Rainboots keep the wet off of your feet, but they don’t do much to keep you warm. Stephanie from Sabbe Interior Design shows how she made a pair of Welly Warmers to slide down into her boots and keep her feet warm during the winter weather. Go to the tutorial . [photo from Sabbe Interior Design ] [via U Create ] [tags]sewing, tutorial, welly, Wellies, rain, boots,…
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Tutorial: Welly Warmers rainboot liners
The Mineral Owl offers organic and all-natural skin care products that are infused with essential ionic minerals and rich anti-oxidants that help to promote health and overall well-being. I’m not sure what all those technical terms mean exactly, but I can tell you first-hand that The Mineral Owl’s products have done wonders for soothing my dry skin and chapped lips. I…
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Consumer Review of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion and Exhibits Tour – Rating: 4.8 out of 5.0 – Elvis Presley’s Graceland Estate is one of the ‘Must Visit’ places in the United States. It is a… [ Read More ]
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Papgena from Papgena Made It shows the fabric calendar she created to help her daughter learn the days of the week. A circle marker shows which day it is, and the removable icons show the weather for each day. Read more about her project .
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Lookie what she made: Week calendar with daily weather
Places : Basar Sarswathi Temple Nirmal Toys Kuntala Water Falls Pochera Water Falls Sriram Sagar Dam Genre : Water Falls , Temples , Handicraft , Dam Itenerary: —————————————————————– Day1 : Start towards NH7 from Paradise Circle, Secunderabad at 6am Take left towards Nizamabad and then reach Basara Temple around 12pm Hyderabad -> Nizamabad -> Basara Temple [ 195 km ] Map here Basara Temple : Godess Sarswathi Devi Temple : Have Darshan , Visit Vyas Cave [ will not forget the crawling in the cave ] , Echo Rock .. Have Lunch Drive from Basara through Bhainsa towards Nirmal [ 75km ] , there are small temples on the way if interested you can visit. Map Below Nirmal , Book Accomodation & Buy Handicrafts and Paintings in the town highway.
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Week1 : Kuntala & Pochera Water Falls – Basar Temple – SriramSagar Dam – Nirmal Handicraft
Get creative this year and choose some unique ways to wrap Christmas gifts for your family and friends. Give them a great surprise over your gift and creativity
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Weekly Highlights, 21 – 27 December 09 : Creative Gift Wrapping
Jump to the full entry & travel map Chiang Saen, Thailand Northern Thailand We got up early, had a light breakfast, and I went down to the pool for one last swim. Arriving at the pool at 7:30 AM, I observed several people “staging” the pool area for a photo shoot. The head photographer asked if I could wait a few minutes until they were completed
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The Golden Triangle of Thailand, Burma and Laos — Chiang Saen, Thailand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Goa, Goa, India I had a mission on my hands, get from Nepal to Goa, which would cover the whole width of India, by land! The reward would be the beach so i was ready, 81 hours on buses, trains, rickshaws and a motorbike later, getting robbed, meeting gurus and plenty of other weirdos i finally arrived in Palolem in the south of Goa. I got my beach hut for 3 quid anight, nestled just back from the beach amongst a grove of pal trees so already things were looking up.
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Go….Ahhhhhhhhhhh — Goa, Goa, India
Jump to the full entry & travel map Quzhou, Zhejiang, China Recent years, there are more and more stylish designs from Paloma’s Zellige bracelet . And tiffany has been all always cooperating with the world top designers. A lawsuit filed against the design company of Frank Gehry involving a dispute over the right to use the architect??s illustrations on jewelry was dismissed Monday in Los Angeles
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The Designer of Tiffany jewellery on sale — Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
Jump to the full entry & travel map Paraparaumu, North Island, New Zealand Kia Ora, just a short entry today to say that we have safely arrived on the North island again and after a short drive stopped at a place called Para…… Exactly. We didn’t really do much this morning while waiting for the ferry crossing, which left Picton at 13.15 and we didn’t really do much on the ferry apart from watch a film.
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Just a quickie…. — Paraparaumu, North Island, New Zealand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Awa-iti, South Island, New Zealand נסענו היום בבוקר לתחילתו של טרק בשמורת איבל טזמן במטרה לעשות אותו יומיים עקב אילוצי מזג האויר התלבטנו בתחילה אם לקחת קייק או ללכת אותו ברגל החלטנו על השני ולקחנו מונית מים לחלק הצפוני לנקודה שבה ניתן להגיע מבלי להיתקע – בעקבות כך שבמקום זה ישנה גאות ושפל אשר מכסים את המסלול עד לעומק של 5 מטר ואז אי אפשר להמשיך ירדנו מהסירה לאחר שראינו כלבי ים ופינגווין וסטינג ריי ממש סיור נחמד בסירה התחלנו את הליכתנו והיה לנו שעה וחצי להגיע לנקודה שמתכסה בגאות והגענו לאחר מכן ראינו שאכן אי אפשר לעבור חזרה טרק זה נקרא גם טרק חופים ואכן כל שעה מגיעים לחוף ויוצאים ממנו מה שמלווה בעליה מהחוף לרכס עצמו לאחר 7 שעות ומשהו כמו 7 חופים הגענו לשלנו אבל אנחנו לא נישן על החוף חס וחלילה יש זבובי חול שיכולים לעקוץ אותנו אז סימנו לסירה ובאו לאסוף אותנו בסירת מנוע לאוניה קטנה שעוגנת 200 מטר מהחוף שם קפצנו מהגג שלה משהו כמו 10 מטר אפילו ליה קפצה אכלנו ברביקיו שתינו בירה יין וקולה וישנו שם עד למחרת בבוקר כאשר קמנו והכינו לנו ארוחת בוקר כמובן שכל הזמן חיפשנו איפה אוהד כי היי אנחנו על אוניה אבל נזכרנו שזו אוניה קטנה וליה לא הפסיקה להסביר לכולם על ההבדלים בינה ובין זו של אוהד אפילו לתיירת מגרמניה שהסבירה לנו קצת על המנהגים של הסאונה והמבין יבין
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אוניה — Awa-iti, South Island, New Zealand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Putian, Fujian, China Jon Mirmelli, a Phoenix real-estate investor, learned late in the morning of Sept. 28 that a never-occupied custom house on the northern fringes of this Phoenix suburb was going up for auction around noon the same day. The six-bedroom home, built on a three-acre desert brand clothing plot, has a kitchen with two dishwashers, four ovens, “antibacterial” copper sinks, and a master “spa” bathroom with space for a flat-screen TV visible from the tub.
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House Flipping Makes a Comeback — Putian, Fujian, China
Jump to the full entry & travel map Bangkok, Thailand So after barely making it out of SD in time (huge rainstorm the day I’m leaving even though it only rains once a year), including layovers in LA, and a 14 hr flight to Taipei, Taiwan enroute to Thailand (where I got my first asian meal of the trip-they must have been going for some kind of hybrid cuisine-chicken and rice, potato salad, and cheesecake), and about 24 total hours of travel, I finally made it to Bangkok.
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Finally here — Bangkok, Thailand
Vani from Vani’s Blog shows how to draft your own pattern for a peasant blouse. She follows it up with a post explaining how to sew your pattern together to make the shirt. Link to the drafting instructions and diagram . Link to the sewing instructions . [photo from Vani's Blog ] [tags]sewing, tutorial, drafting, pattern, peasant, top, shirt, blouse[/tags]
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Tutorial: Draft and sew a peasant blouse
Chea from Just a Betty Trying to be a Martha shows how to make a pair of leggings for an infant. They’re made from a pair of adult-sized knee socks. Go to the tutorial . [photo from Just a Betty Trying to be a Martha ] [via Someday Crafts ] [tags]sewing, tutorial, leggings, baby, pants, infant, socks, refashion[/tags]
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Tutorial: Leggings for infants from adult-sized socks
Bedbug, the leading manufacturer of anti-bed bug encasement products, has now been endorsed by the American Sleep Association. This important distinction positions Bedbug as the only encasement manufacturer to have been endorsed by such an organization. The key sleep health organization put Bedbug’s products through their paces during an extensive testing process, using real-world sleep environments and sleep study laboratories as their test “bed.” According to ASA’s Executive Director, Neil Kline, the results of the testing were very impressive, confirming that the products were of the highest standards, and exceeded the ASA’s stringent approval criteria
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Bedbug endorsed by the American Sleep Association
Recently the Banarasi Vastra Udyog Sangh (BVUS) dispatched a letter to the Union Finance Minister and the Union Industry Minister, highlighting the plight of the silk industry in Varanasi in particular and India as a whole. They particularly dwelt on the customs duty and anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of raw silk and silk fabrics in to the country, which they consider as arbitrary. They have termed the duty structure on imports of raw silk and silk fabrics as an inverted duty structure.
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Silk sector requests Govt to correct duty anomaly
Shirley Technologies has launched a new a service for textile companies to test for substances of very high concern (SVHC) n garments, fabric, sewing thread, accessories and any other component in the supply chain. The service is in response to new EU laws on chemicals and their safe use and is known as REACH because it deals with the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. “For EU-based companies it is their responsibility to ensure any textile products including chemicals used in manufacture, whether they have been produced outside or within the EU, have been evaluated to ensure they are REACH compliant,” said Asif Shah of Manchester-based Shirley Technologies.
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Shirley unveils services to test SHVC textile materials
The Silk Mark Organisation of India has organised a “Silk Mark Expo -2009” in Ahmedabad which will run from November 20 to 25. It was inaugurated by Mr AS Patel, Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries (Govt of Gujarat) and Mr SK Chaturvedi, Managing Director, Gujarat State Handlooms and Handicrafts Development Corporation.
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Expo to promote ‘Silk Mark’ opens in Ahmedabad
Over the last seven days exhibition halls within the Melbourne and Sydney Exhibition & Convention Centre’s were turned into a vibrant trade souk. The inaugural Brand India Trade Fair presented an opportunity to introduce an assortment of India’s finest Fashion, Textile and Interior products and their representatives to the Australian market. Brand India spokes person, and Project runway winner Juli Grbac dazzled on the runway with her exclusive collection manufactured and sourced entirely from India.
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Brand India, a successful event
Handloom exports from Panipat in the state of Haryana slipped down in the fiscal 2008-09 due to lack of technical expertise. Growth of Panipat handloom industry is being stifled as the state government has not taken any concrete steps to develop a special cluster for handloom units in the town since establishment of the industry.
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Panipat handloom sector begs for Govt support
In a continuing effort to bring the most eco-friendly products to the healthcare community, Hospital Curtain Solutions has added two new flame-retardant cubicle curtain fabric patterns to their online selection of hospital curtains manufactured with 100 percent recycled polyester fabric. Woven with a combination of 80 percent post-industrial and 20 percent post-consumer yarns, fabric patterns Betula and Perennial are the first 100 percent recycled polyesters with inherent flame-retardant properties for hospital curtains. Betula, a visual mix of geometric blocks and organic textures, and Perennial, decorated with a natural assortment of grasses and shaded plants, blend together to create two understated, yet calming, cubicle curtain textiles
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Hospital Curtain adds two new FR cubicle curtain fabric patterns
A brand new collaboration of some of the most prestigious and well known international design brands is set to launch at INDEX 2009, under the banner ‘Disegno’, bringing the very best of Italian cutting-edge interior design to Dubai. The Disegno project was formed by a joint venture of three Dubai-based companies, RS Arabia, Duram and Kart Furniture, with the specific intention of showcasing a number of specially selected high-end interior design companies in the Middle East. Having officially launched at INDEX, the intention is that Disegno will promote different brands at different trade events in the future – and plans also include a two day workshop in Dubai in the new year which will bring four very high profile international designers into the region.
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Showcase of Disegno brand at INDEX
Jump to the full entry & travel map Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Week One I wont go day by day as im here for a month! And it will be tedious! The flight was good but i think the plane was a bit old and squeaky haha no turbulence though and the weather was lovely when i arrived. It felt great to walk out of the terminal knowing it will be a whole month before i have to get another flight- the novelty of airports and the rigmarole of travel has worn of if it ever was a novelty! The warmth hits me and it feels great after the cold of NZ- i loved it so much there but it will be nice to shed a few layers and get some colour!! My hotel is fine- basic but thats the big city for you- and i go for a big walk to get my bearings- first stop the harbour bridge/opera house! Wow i cant believe im here and it feels utterly surreal- i actually have to pinch myself after years of dreaming of coming here its amazing to have finally done it! Really wish mum and dad were here though its a bit bittersweet but i know ill be back with them one day! They are such iconic landmarks its hard to take them in and i snap a load of pics so i dont forget! The next day im up early and another big walk- this trip will get me fit! I go to Darling Harbour which is great, very new and then get the ferry round the bay to Circular
The old church at Petajavesi (Pine Water) was built in 1763-1764 is situated Jamsa (Finland).This wooden church has been accepted to the Unesco world inheritance catalogue due to its strong handicraft tradition. / La iglesia vieja en Petajavesi (Agua de Pino) fue construida en 1763-1764 y se halla en Jamsa (Finlandia)
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Old church of Petajavesi / Iglesia vieja de Petajavesi / vieille église de Petajavesi
Jump to the full entry & travel map La Paz, Bolivia P’s Report After Machu Pichu we were to make our way leisurely down to Bolivia & La Paz via Lake Titicaca for a few days – unfortunately due to no fault of my own the place we stayed had no ATMs, and thus we had to make a much earlier departure with only around 5p spare to our name. It could have been much more embarrassing if we hadn’t had a birthday gift of some dollars stashed away from my Brother and family for Gillian which paid our hostal bill. Instead of the planned lounging about in hammocks at the best hotel in town for G’s birthday, we ended up having to get the first bus south to La Paz and its cash machines.
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A Gentile Bike Ride In The Countryside — La Paz, Bolivia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Harbin, Heilongjiang, China The first import way, the real thing pure wool, divides the straight wool and the quaff, outward appearance smooth feel is good, quite soft comfortable, makes the surface with the sheepskin, the surface seems a little the plush feeling, sweeps the words toward one side, will have different, if will not have to burn hair’s that kind of flavor likely, that definitely will be a vegetable wool.
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Ways to tell the truth or false of UGG — Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Jump to the full entry & travel map Rurrenabaque, Bolivia A visit to the Amazon was on our to-do list but we weren’t sure when and where to go – after speaking to a few people en route, Bolivia suprisingly came out tops – it seems it is less touched by tourists so easier (relatively) to get into unspoilt areas where there is still an abundance of wildlife. We booked ourselves in for a week – 3 days in the Pampas (wetlands) and 4 in the Jungle in the Madidi National Park
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Amazon.com — Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Manila, Luzon, Philippines 17th October We landed in Manila in the evening and made it to an hotel recomended by the taxi driver. Tired as we were from traveling all day, we went out to find a club, but soon returned to the hotel- we did’nt really know the city or where to go, so instead we took an early night and fell asleep. 18th October We woke up quite early and changed to a hostel that was much cheaper and actually was quite close
Jump to the full entry & travel map Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland arrivial: sketchy cab ride to really far away for really cheap, even though the cab driver was tweaking the entire way. arrived at adam’s friends for a house party lots of friends and a great way to start off fall break sat: walked around dublin checked into our hostel and were pretty much unproductive in terms of sketching, although we did see a lot of the city night: mini pub craw through temple bar-saw even more of dublin
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great beginning to fall break — Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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