It’s the first time that National Geographic has shown vintage prints from its vast collection in Canada, and some of these are truly remarkable: Ranging from 1880 through the 1940s, there are 60 pictures, including Herbert Ponting’s shots of Robert Falcon Scott’s disastrous 1910 South Pole expedition, and Alexander Graham Bell’s own photos of his experiments with flight. Stephen Bulger Gallery , 1026 Queen Street West
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Contact 2010 Photo-a-Day: The Pervasive View, Stephen Bulger Gallery
Deepa of This and That… blog has been posting a great series on Kantha embroidery. The basic stitch for Kantha work is running stitch, but there’s so much more to know! First Deepa gives us a bit of background and a link to free patterns . Then she gives us a look at Nashi Kantha — dazzlingly detailed embroidered quilts. And she finishes with…
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To honor the 60th anniversary of the Hostess CupCake squiggle, celebrities created artwork, as inspired by the squiggle, to benefit the Free Arts NYC organization, which provides “under-served children and families with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs”. Celebrities that submitted artwork include Chelsea Handler, Rosie O’Donnell, Gossip Girl Kelly Rutherford and Chaske Spencer (the drum set shown).…
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Celebrate the Squiggle…Submit Your Art to the Hostess Portrait of the American CupCake contest
Amy of Early Bird Special has put together a series of tutorials called Embroidery 101 . It includes transfer techniques and the five basic stitches that every beginner should know, and there are videos for the hard parts.
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Tutorial series: Embroidery 101
Sew4Home continues their Retro Fun kitchen sewing series with a tutorial showing how to make these ribbon topped kitchen curtains. Go to the tutorial . [photo from Sew4Home ] Technorati Tags: sewing , tutorial , kitchen , curtain , bow , ribbon , topper
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Tutorial: Kitchen curtains with bow toppers
This roundup of gifts for the foodie mom from delish.com has some great finds, like this cute bento box from sugarcharms , this cookbook kit from givesimple.com ,or personalized spatulas from williamssonoma . Technorati Tags: shopping , gifts , bento box , cookbooks , spatulas , Mother’s Day
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Foodie Gifts for Mother’s Day
Charlie of Happy Threads is so clever! She has created a cross-stitch pillowtop design that mimics an iPhone screen — a must-have for technology lovers. Charlie says, The icons are intended to be stitched on black Aida fabric.
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Free chart: iPhone pillowtop
Filed under: Fragrance , Beauty , News Diptyque’s new spring Vetyverio scent will now be available to purchase on the brand’s website. Courtesy photo. Sophisticated noses can rest easy now that one of the world’s leading luxury perfumers is finally selling their often tough-to-find wares online
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Diptyque Launches E-Commerce Site
Over at the blog Tea Rose Home there is a wonderful tutorial for making this lovely spring wreath. It is made using leftovers from her past projects. Love that because I always have extra supplies and samples from past projects.
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Spring wreath tutorial using leftovers from past projects
Aliola has been posting a series of adorable cross-stitch animals. Browse through her blog to see all of them. Here are some direct links: Camel Whale Hippo, alligator, lion, hedgehog, snail, goose
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Free charts: Sweet animals from Aliola
I love the month of May…it is easily my favourite! The weather is more summerlike, trees and flowers begin blossoming, and it’s time to plant the garden. It’s also book sale season – I love scouting for our store! Tomorrow night, Jim and I will travel to Moncton for the Canadian Federation of University Women’s 48th Annual Book Fair (the Fredericton Chapter will hold theirs on May 28th and 29th). Friday morning, Dad and I (and the kids – they’re off school on Friday), will be in line for the annual Saint John Free Public Library Book Sale. Hope will be shopping for herself, but Anna will be helping us find the good stuff! I haven’t been to the Moncton sale since I’ve had the bookstore, so I’m not sure what to expect…I’m hoping for great things! The sale is held in a Curling Club in the neighbourhood I used to live in before moving to Saint John (we’ll be stopping to visit old friends for tea after we buy books!). Venue for the Moncton sale…
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Scanning for Gold at Book Sales…
The advancement in technology has provided us an occasion to lead a better life, a life full of comfort and ease. This technological advancement has also increased the probability of getting us paid higher. One such medium to get ourselves paid high is through the drive to design- AutoCAD course.
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Advantages Of Pursuing An Autocad Course
When finding signature fragrance that would suit you best, one of the most important things that you need to remember is that scents tend to react differently with different people. So it’s important that you test out a specific scent yourself and not just rely on the fact that it smells good out of the bottle or on other people. If you want to know how to find the perfect scent that can define who you are, then here are just some reminders that you need to keep in mind.
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An Easy Guide for Finding Signature Fragrance For You
Melissa Goodsell shares a tutorial over at QFD Creative for making a fabric draughts (checkers) set. The set includes a fabric board, fabric playing pieces, and a fabric storage bag. Go to the tutorial . [photo from QFD Creative ] Technorati Tags: sewing , tutorial , draughts , checkers , game , fabric
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Tutorial: Make a draughts or checkers game from fabric
It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, if you’re in the pursuit of real beauty, then you probably already know what the most important homemade beauty tips are. Though different people have their own sets of beauty tips that they can rely on, it’s important that you start by knowing what the essentials are.
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Homemade Beauty Tips – Essentials You Should Never Be Without
‘Tis odd how timing works. I just recently posted on this site that creates video game inspired sweets, so I had video game sweets on my mind, when msn contacted me to include the fondant Pac-Man cookie toppers I had made last year in their latest slideshow: Game Food. CLICK HERE to see the full slideshow at msn.com , including a Katamari wedding cake,…
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Game Food (Geeks and Foodies Unite Once More)
Filed under: Fashion , Celebrity , News , Designers & Brands , Shopping Here’s what’s happening around the web this morning: Fashion’s Night Out Expanded to Six Days Fashion’s Night Out ? More like Fashion’s Week Out, thankyouverymuch . The September shopping event has been stretched to a six-day global extravaganza kicking off Sept
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Fashion’s Night Out Expanded to Six Days, Athleta Opening Stores
At the end of April, Shirin Neshat’s film installation The Last Word (2003, above) premiered in Washington at Irvine Contemporary. It’s one of the most important works of art made in the last decade. Seeing it for the first time in several years — and for the first time since Iranians protested the country’s last election — reminded me why
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This Neshat should be shown at the White House
Buying or selling a home in Los Angeles is a very difficult and stressful process. At times, sellers do not achieve the best price on their homes and other times buyers are wrongly forced to pay a premium.
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Buying And Selling Property With Real Estate Agents Los Angeles
There are many things you can do to get natural radiant skin, but none will have as much impact as using the right creams. Here are some tips to guide you to the very best ones.
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Achieve Beautiful Radiant Skin With the Best Natural Creams and Body Lotions