Winter can give us the blahs. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a real condition that can affect all of us at one time or another. Some people call it the blues – and not the musical blues. Its the “I’m feeling blah” blues. One excellent way to beat the blues is to surround yourself with beautiful
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It’s a new week and here I am, keeping warm and cozy from the cold. I look very tough in my picture because I spent some time over the weekend with a really big dog, a Mastiff. He was way bigger than me and he kept falling all over me. He looked giant but mom
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My name is Pepe, I’m Ollie’s brother. You might know him from his blog – photo blanket in Ollie’s world. He and mom love shopping online so I watched them. I really like the personalized photo tote bags. What a great idea for mom, she can carry all our stuff – potty bags, toys, water
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It’s cold outside even here in California. It was 28 degrees when I went out walking with the dogs early this morning. When we got back to the house I started thinking how fun it would be to have a furry sheepskin rug to sit on to take off my shoes and it would be
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Wow, did I have a busy day! Mom is looking for personalized throw pillows or some kind of decorator photo pillow so we have been on the computer shopping for a long time. She really wants to have our pictures on the couch I guess. That would be pretty cool and I could rest my
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Hi everyone! My name is Oliver but my friends call me Ollie and I like helping my mom shop. She wants to get a personalized photo blanket with a picture of me and my brother on it. How nice it would be to sleep on when mom is at work! I am a 2 year
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Miele Pitcher Will Accent The King ~ The Kitchen The king of all home improvements is the kitchen remodel. This is the number one project that new home buyers are looking to have completed when purchasing a home. Kitchen remodels also yield the biggest return on investment. If you are remodeling a very dated kitchen,
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Weather Vanes Predict Local Weather Trends With Style & Classic Form Weather vanes get their name from the Old English fane, which implies flag or banner. Weather vanes also go by “wind vanes.” It was / is the way to predict the weather to provide knowledge to assist in the stability of agricultural growth and
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The Kiss Tapestry is a classic and captures the romance for those in love. It’s not only beautiful but stunningly made with metallic threads giving accent to this tightly woven wall tapestry. Klimt is the artist who created and painted The Kiss. It was made into a tapestry in two big and wonderful sizes and
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Metal wall art is a great choice for wall decor as it’s unique. It’s becoming very popular because of it’s reflective qualities of picking up the light in the room and changing the look of the design in terms of color mostly. In the morning the sun can bring out the bright and dancing light
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It’s spring and with that comes flowers and renewed life to living and lifestyles that change season to season as we grow up and older with knowledge and of course new fashions. We want to find what it is that cool, hip and with it for the new season and the choices are plentiful. What
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Since 5.500 BC Persian people have been handcrafting Persian rugs. This is an ancient art that has been passed down from generation to generation. It is still employing people today. During the period of colonization in the mid 1800’s exporting of the Persian rugs began. Persian rugs became known throughout the rest of the world.
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Tapestry Art Long before the Jacquard Loom was invented all tapestries were made by hand and this process took many months to years to complete one tapestry wall hanging. It is an amazing craft. As a tapestry is being woven by the skilled artist he or she must constantly be checking their work in a
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Koi is a national fish of Japan. This is also referred as Nishikigoi. Nishiki in Japanese means a colorful fish and Gairo Koi indicate carp. On the whole Nishikigoi means colorful carp. Koi is believed to have its origin in the Middle Eastern region, Iran. They had a variety of fish called Magoi. This was
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European tapestries are storytellers about many wonderful things that took place in Europe. One of the exciting parts about choosing a tapestry of this type is in which story do you want to tell. Perhaps you favorite tapestries are those that depict landscapes. Then all one has to do is go to this category. Or
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