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- 53% are desperate to get away for a mid-year break this year, but tough economic times holds them back
- 27% believe that holidays are a luxury that they cannot afford and no longer consider vacations
- 63% would visit the Western Cape especially the Garden Route this winter
- 84% are only willing to spend between R500-R1000 per night on accommodation
- 69% say that affordable cozy restaurants and spa pamper sessions would get them out of their homes and experiencing their city this winter
- 37% say they will never miss an opportunity to go out and experience new places
In a recent survey conducted by Groupon South Africa, 53% of South Africans said say that they are desperate to get away for a mid-year break this year, but feel that holiday accommodation is too expensive and the current tough economy is holding them back. A further 27% of respondents believe that winter holidays are a luxury they cannot afford these days and 31% of South Africans say that they would love a break but cannot seem to find the time to do so.
As a result of the tough economic times many South Africans have started considering a winter holiday getaway and outings as a complete luxury. South Africans are too cash strapped and many also time poor to afford a winter holiday this year. However, the survey showed that if an affordable option was available they would go ahead and spoil themselves.
"The fact that 84% of respondents said that they are willing to spend between R500-R1000 per night on accommodation comes as no surprise as this reflects the success of our most popular deals. Same goes for the fact that 63% would visit the Western Cape especially the Garden Route. The deals for the Garden Route are also doing very well at the moment," says Daniel Gausco, CEO of Groupon.
The survey also revealed that many South Africans are passionate about keeping their social life alive this winter as 37% said come rain or shine, they will never miss an opportunity to go out and experience new places and adventures.
"We have an enthusiastic and diverse customer base, so we cater both for those who are seeking adrenalin pumping experiences and those in need of some rest and relaxation. We can do this because we see ourselves as an experience- provider rather than a discount website and believe there is no such thing as a typical customer.
"We encourage South Africans to consider taking a break this winter, whether it is a local getaway or experiencing a new restaurant or spa. Our deals provide customers with access to quality experiences for the best price and will give them an opportunity to break away these holidays and feel recharged," says Gausco.
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Jennifer is #1 on My Ish List
Added Apr 17, 2011
by tanu
Portland, Oregon...
First off please excuse my crappy photographic skills. I am currently operating with a totally behind the times Web cam and needed a few minutes to figure out the settings. Even then the photos are all super saturated and overly bright. Yay? At least my skin looks flawless.
I should be thankful that this is the adorable shirt that lured me to this community in the first place. Being a mom and a business owner meant it took me nearly a year from buying the pattern to finally finishing this bad girl. You know how it is…it's always hard to get psyched for the cutting – why does that part have to come FIRST?!
Part of me feels like I really should offer no warning or critique because – free pattern! But another part of me feels that anyone taking on this shirt should be forewarned. I did have to pay $13 for printing fees, after all.
I found the pattern to be in need of some pretty serious alterations for my body type – many of which I lazily skipped much to my chagrin in the end. If you are making this, take your applicable measurements and make the alterations. Don't be lazy like me.
There were several steps in the instructions that almost made my brain explode. I wish there were fewer instructions about the cutting and altering and more clarity on the last few steps, or even just better or more applicable photos to go along with the instructions. A couple of examples of breathtakingly obtuse instructions: the bias placket on the sleeves (I showed this to a few friends who almost broke up with me for subjecting them to the instructions) and the cuffs (why was the cuff fabric and the cuff facing sized so differently and where should the cuff pleats go? OMG WTF ARGGHGHGH!!!!!!!!). There were a few moments where tiny little things like this kept me up at night. Usually if I just stepped back a minute, looked at the finished product and totally ignored the details in the instructions I did better.
Still the fabric I was working with was old and pretty fussy so any attempt at seam ripping literally meant I would end up tearing a gash through the fabric. This happened three times (damn you, bias placket!). I winged it and all was well in the end. Those profanity filled moments were, thankfully, after my daughter was sleeping.
I used my serger to do the pintucking on the silk contrast fabric I used for the insert. I thought I was super clever when I was doing the pintucking on the serger because, hoo doggy, was that ever fast. Lo, even though I was using a lightweight thread, the serged pintucks were too heavy at the bottom of the insert and made the shirt pooch once attached at the neckline. That's why I ended up adding those extra, odd pleats that my mother complained draw far too much attention to my breasts. To that I replied, "What breasts?"
I love the sleeves on this shirt and now that I have tried this pattern with some "throwaway" material might give it another try at some point (though if I were honest with myself I know chances are not good) with a few more alterations to improve the fit.
Material Notes
I used some kind of a cotton poly blend that was very old and stiff with silk for the insert. As I mentioned above, my habitual serger use problem didn't do me any favors on this project. Machine sew the pintucks for less pooching and you will be a much happier camper. If I had all the money in the world I would have picked a very lightweight fabric similar to the one pictured in the original pattern. Enjoy!
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Apr 18, 2011, 07.37 PMby littlevigilante
I had to favorite this for the description at the very least! I have had this pattern for a while and will attempt it at some point. So I am very thankful for hearing your experience as a heads up. (I would have thought using a serger was a good idea too!) I will definitely be making a mock up first out of not so precious fabric. I like the striped fabric you used a lot and I hope you get a chance to try this again and it works perfectly for you the second time around!
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Apr 18, 2011, 08.05 PMby tanu
Ha – yes – thank you. Honestly if I were to do it again I would mockup the neckline and insert a few times and alter those pattern pieces considerably.
Also the back yoke and front: in almost ALL of the actual shirts I have seen rendered by members that were true to the pattern there is too much room in the shoulders and the length from top of shoulder to bust is too long.
If you have some throwaway fabric I would suggest sewing the back yoke and basting at the button line. Then sew the back yoke to the front (again we are talking throwaway fabric) and while you are there try futzing with the insert/neckline. Those shoulder and the neckline are where the fit totally fell apart for me. From what i have seen of other completed Jennifers those who did not alter seem to have a similar problem – roomy neckline and shoulder to bust – check out the photos and tell me I am lying.
Sleeves and cuffs were fine (ok the cuffs could have been a …bit… smaller but a few more pintucks could have fixed that). Bias placket on sleeve was annoying, but honestly there is no real way around that. To make that portion of the project bearable, just don't even read the instruction for the sleeves. Avert your eyes. If you've ever sewn cuffs and sleeves before you will totally know what to do. Reading the instructions will just make you feel like you are losing your mind.
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Seattle Official Suggests Not Using "Offensive" Phrase "Brown Bag"– And There's Some History Behind It
Seattle is the subject of howls of derision today as news spread that a government official suggested not using the word "citizen" or the phrase "brown bag" because they might be offensive. And while the idea does smack of political correctness gone awry, as usual, the blogosphere has exaggerated what happened while ignoring the (slight) reasoning behind it.
Headlines like "City officials urge ban on 'potentially offensive' language" and "Seattle removes offensive words 'citizen,' 'brown bag' from vocabulary" are either misleading or outright false. First of all, it was not the whole city, or even a handful of officials- the articles cite only a single employee of the Office of Civil Rights. And the words have not been "removed" from usage in the city, nor did the memo seem to urge any official action- it only suggested that employees internally refrain from using the words.
With illegal immigration still a hot button issue, the inclusion of "citizen" is easier to understand- not to mention that citizenship is not the only legal status for US residents. In a radio interview, the author of the memo, Elliott Bronstein, said he just wanted to be inclusive of legal resident non-citizens with the language.
But the suggestion of "brown bag" left many even sympathetic persons scratching their heads. What could be offensive about that phrase? It refers to the color of a paper bag often used to carry a lunch. End of story. Right?
Well, not exactly. As Bronstein pointed out, the phrase "brown bag party" or "paper bag party" once referred to an event in the mid-part of the century where black people were admitted only if their skin were as light as a brown bag or lighter. According to Wikipedia, it was predominantly a New Orleans phenomenon, and has been discussed by prominent academics like Michael Eric Dyson.
Still, has anyone bringing their lunch from home ever used the phrase "brown bag" derogatorily? Do "a lot" of African-Americans, as Bronstein suggests, really take offense to this seemingly practical expression? It seems this offensive usage has spread farther and faster with this controversy than it ever did on its own.
Apparently, the use of "brown bag" caused an identical stir in the Unitarian Universalist community back in 2007. As one writer said then, " I really hate anything that makes a cause I basically believe in look stupid."
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What happens when Supurrman, Spawderman, Catman, Whisker Woman and Captain Americlaw join forces against a terrible trio of (catnip-stuffed) villains?
KAZAM! Its the perfect formula for fantastic feline crime-fighting chaos.
Five courageous cats sported superhero capes and avenged evil to mark the debut of the new Cat Crusaders volunteer team at a shelter in Salt Lake City, Utah. The masterminds behind the Cat Cru are another dynamic duoSalt Lake County Animal Services and Best Friends Animal Society.
The goal of the Cat Cru is to increase the feline save rate by 10 percent over last year in Utahs largest city. Salt Lake County Animal Services took in 4,355 cats and kittens last year, and 2,457 were adopted, rescued or returned to their owners. Holy statistics Catman!
The Cat Cru is modeled after another very successful joint effort between Best Friends and Animal Services– the very successful Pit Crew program, which, since its inception in July 2009, has bumped up the shelters save rate for adoptable pit bull terrier-type dogs from 80 percent in 2008 to 99 percent in 2011.
Salt Lake County Animal Services officials hope that working closely with Best Friends, a national leader in the no-kill movement, will help change peoples perception of the shelter.
One of our biggest challenges right now is shaking the stereotype of Animal Control where people see us as the pound or simply a stray holding facility, said John Coulter, special program manager for Salt Lake County Animal Services. We want to attract new adopters to our shelter and market ourselves as an organization that is committed to saving animals lives. Our Cat Cru volunteers will be instrumental in helping us create a movement that does just that.
Organizers are plotting to develop the Cat Cru into an active volunteer network that creates proactive solutions to boost feline adoptions. Volunteers will photograph the cats and write captivating descriptions to increase their online and in-purrson appeal. Theyll also function as adoption ambassadors who will meet and greet potential cat adopters, answer questions and assist with adoptions.
A special group of Cat Crusaders will serve as the neonatal teamon-call fosters ready to swoop in and rescue orphaned newborn kittens needing immediate bottle feeding. These teams will care for these bottle babies temporarily until a longer-term foster home can be arranged.
Cat Cru volunteers will play a super important lifesaving role for these homeless cats and kittens. But equally important are all the heroes and heroines who save lives by adopting their fabulous felines from the shelter.
In the spirit of saving lives and working with other humane groups to bring about a day when there are No More Homeless Pets, Best Friends Animal Society partners with Salt Lake County Animal Services to help find furever families for as many pets as possible.
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Breast cancer
- Is the most common cancer type in women
- About 9.000 women in Sweden are diagnosed with breast cancer annually
- Is the cause of death of more than four Swedish women - every day
- Depends on early detection in order to achieve the best treatment results
- Sweden, compared to the rest of the world, has better survival rates
The Swedish Breast Cancer Association
- works actively for the rights of women, aged 40-74 years, to have access to mammograms, regardless of where they live.
- works actively for the rights of breast cancer patients to have access to high quality diagnostics, treatment, care and rehabilitation, regardless of where they live.
- works actively for the rights of breast cancer patients to receive treatment for lymph edema within the established health care agreements. Lymph edema is a common complication that might occur following surgical or radiation therapy.
- works actively to inform surgically treated breast cancer patients of the possibilities of reconstructive breast surgery.
The Swedish Breast Cancer Association
is a non-political, non-religious and non-profit organization consisting of 33 breast cancer societies from all over Sweden. The Swedish Breast Cancer Association was founded in 1982 and has nearly 11.000 members.
Bröstcancerförbundet - The Swedish Breast Cancer Association
The organization Bröstcancerförbundet, The Swedish Breast Cancer Association, looks after the interests of breast cancer patients and patients with genetically higher risk of developing breast cancer by:
- Influencing politicians to improve diagnostics, care and rehabilitation
- Informing about the experiences and conditions of people treated with breast cancer
- Working for improved assistive technology
- Arranging conferences, symposia and training sessions
- Providing information and educational material
- Providing a quarterly member journal, Magasin B
- Awarding scholarships and research grants from the Swedish Breast Cancer Foundation and the Elisabeth Hedins foundation
- Working internationally by being member of EUROPA DONNA and Reach to Recovery International
- Administering the Swedish Breast Cancer Foundation - Bröstcancerfonden
The Volunteer contact personnel
The backbone of The Swedish Breast Cancer Association´s work
In spite of an understanding family and considerate friends, a person who has had breast cancer surgery may feel alone, and that nobody quite understands her/his situation. It is difficult for family and friends to fully realize the psychological and physical problems that might occur with breast cancer.
There is a special kind of support in being able to speak with someone who has been through the same situation; someone who has been treated for breast cancer and is now physically and mentally recovered. The Swedish Breast Cancer Association member volunteers are professionally educated and guided in their function as contact persons. The volunteers refer all medical questions to the medically trained staff. They are under an obligation of ethical secrecy. Even family members are welcome to contact local volunteers for support.
A directory of the breast cancer societies can be found at www.bro.se/lokalforeningar
Support for next of kin
There are volunteers serving as contact persons to support next of kin (family, relatives, partners, friends, colleagues etc). www.bro.se/narstaendestod
Support over the web
The website www.cancersamtal.nu is a meeting place on the internet where persons treated for breast cancer as wells as other persons might meet to discuss their views and experiences.
The breast cancer societies
- Works to spread objective information regarding breast cancer
- Supports its members through personal contacts and meetings
- Offers a telephone answering service
- Arranges discussion groups
- Trains members to become volunteers
- Provides women with practical advice regarding prostheses, support (compression) sleeves, wigs and other aids
- Works in assistance with the medical services in order to improve treatment, care, attention and rehabilitation
- Works in assistance in the training of hospital and clinical personnel
The Breast Cancer Foundation - Bröstcancerfonden
Is a foundation benefiting development of the management of breast cancer treated persons and their relatives which supports the spreading of information as well as breast cancer research.
The Foundation is under the supervision of the Foundation for Control of Fundraising and is administered by The Swedish Breast Cancer Association.
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The Strange Horizons Readers' Awards have been announced -- the readers' favorite stories, poems, articles, reviews, illustrations, and wombats that this Hugo Award-nominated webzine published in 2004. (Well, no wombats, alas. Maybe next year.)
SH has also this week published "On Our Street...", a story by a new writer named Donald Barthelme. Seems to be a young man of great promise, sure to ignite lots of controversy amongst the readers because of his genre-bending proclivities.
Note, too, that Strange Horizons is having their spring fund drive. Unlike, for instance, NPR, they don't interrupt programming to beg at you. Reward them for their good manners. The money doesn't go to pay the staff, who are all volunteers, but rather is used to cover costs and to pay writers.
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This recipe can stretch a pound of crabmeat to make six (or seven) Open-Faced Crab Sandwiches. These crab cakes are tasty but have more "filler" then a typical, delicate crab cake.
Instead of serving these with ketchup or tartar sauce, serve them topped with a bright red, Roasted Red Bell Pepper-Garlic Sauce. That's a quick purée of roasted red bell peppers, garlic, mayonnaise and Tabasco sauce or red pepper flakes.
I served them on an English muffin half with arugula (or lettuce). Of course, you do not have to serve them on bread; one of these crab cakes with a nice crisp salad is good for lunch or a light meal.


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Mr. Dr. Frank Wittendorfer
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In the early 1890s, the capital city of the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had an extensive network of horse-drawn streetcars and a first electric streetcar built and financed by Siemens & Halske. Plans to construct a streetcar line on Andrássy Avenue, one of the city's major thoroughfares, had to be shelved repeatedly due to resistance on the part of the authorities. In those days, Budapest's grand boulevard was reserved for the exclusive use of landau carriages and horse-drawn buses. In view of the upcoming Millennium festivities, the expansion of the public transport network was top priority.
At the end of January 1894, the Budapest Electric City Railway Ltd. and the Budapest City Railroad Co. presented the relevant municipal authorities with a proposal from Siemens & Halske for an underground railway, requesting approval for the project. The 3.75-kilometer route was to run, for the most part underground, from Gisela Square in the center of Pest via Waitzner Boulevard and Andrássy Avenue to the fairgrounds. The primary purpose of what became known as the Franz-Josef electric underground railway was to provide safe and speedy transport for the many visitors expected to attend the Fair.
Racing the clock
Because time was of the essence, the project was approved by the relevant committees more quickly than expected: within just a few months, on August 9, 1894, a building and operating license was issued – on the condition that the railway be ready for operation in time for the Millennium Fair. A mere 20 months would have to suffice for building the underground system and providing the electrical equipment for the locomotives. Construction began on August 13; due to the time pressure, work was done in two shifts. After dark, workers labored by the light of arc lamps. A total of 138,000 cubic meters of soil were excavated, and 47,000 cubic meters of cement and 3,000 tons of iron were required for the support structure.
The construction of the underground proceeded one phase at a time. First, the road surface was opened up and the underlying soil was excavated and removed – nearly 142,000 cubic meters of material. Then the foundation was laid and the side support walls were built. With time being so short, the open-trench, cut-and-cover method of tunnel construction was used. The tunnel, which was located just below the pavement, had a uniform height of 2.85 meters. Its foundation, side support walls and ceiling were made of concrete. Steel pillars were erected on the base slab to support the steel beams of the tunnel ceiling. After the steel construction was completed, the spaces between the individual supports were filled with concrete.
As was the practice for transport systems at the time, the Budapest underground was supplied with electricity by its own small power plant. For this purpose two extra compound steam engines were added to the existing machinery in the Gärtnerstraße (Gardener Street) power plant of the Budapest Electric City Railway Ltd. These each drove a Siemens inner pole direct current machine with an hourly output of 1100 amps and a voltage of 300.
The Franz-Josef electric underground goes into operation
In spite of various problems which could not have been foreseen during the planning of the pioneering project, the underground was completed on time. The opening ceremony took place on May 2, 1896.
The underground operated with 20 railcars, some of which were wood paneled and some painted. They were manufactured in the Budapest factory of the firm of Schlick. The entire electrical equipment including the motors and their switching devices was supplied by Siemens & Halske. The trains ran on two tracks throughout the six-meter-wide underground tunnel. In the tunnel stretch there was a two-pole power supply from rails attached to the tunnel ceiling, while the overground section was supplied via double overhead wires.
Because of the dimensions of the underground tunnel, the railcars were comparatively small, so the line was also known as the "little underground." Each railcar could accommodate 28 seated and 14 standing passengers. By contrast with the usual streetcars of the day, the driver's cabin was entirely separate from the passenger compartment.
The underground ran from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. for the duration of the Fair, and at peak periods there was a train every two minutes. Up until the end of September alone, the trains transported just under 2.3 million passengers and covered a total distance of 370,000 kilometers.
The first underground line on the European continent – now known as the "Millenium Underground" – has been modernized many times since and is still an established part of the Budapest underground network. In 2002 what is now the M1 line was included together with Andrássy Avenue in the World Heritage List.
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2 Wooded parcels sold together - lot 1 is 10.1 acres, lot 2 is 10.2 acres. A stream runs through both. Power road side. Possible western views with cutting. Year round gravel town road, plowed in winter. Nice country location, near Center Pond and other lakes and ponds for fishing, swimming and kayaking. A short drive to Burke Mountain Ski Resort, Kingdom Trails Mountain Biking, snowmobiling, hiking and many lakes and ponds. Country location.
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Katakanlah, "Inilah jalanku... aku dan orang-orang yang mengikutiku mengajak kamu kepada Allah dengan hujah yang nyata, Maha Suci Allah, dan aku tiada termasuk orang-orang yang musyrik..." 12:108
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Kenapa aku diciptakan?
every day we have our daily routine...
we wake up early in the morning..
always thinking on what to do today at our class or office..
we brush our teeth and take our bath.. then we go for our class or office..
then we went back home tired and lazy..
what we think are just to relax ourselves by watching movies...
after tired of 'relaxing' in front of our laptop, we went back to bed..
after that we went to sleep to prepare for tomorrow..
where we will repeat that daily routine..
did we ever thougth, this routine is like a 'box'... that encapsulates our life?
.. and does God creates us just to do this?..
"And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth..." 2:30
"I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me..." 51:56
And it seems that each of us are living in our 'boxes'...
..without realising that our purpose of life is not just to live only in the 'box'?
Jom....! keluar dr kotak ni... mari jadi seperti yg Allah katekan! ^_^
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as salam..nice entry..teruskan berkongsi okeyh"))
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IHTM: I Tried a Skincare Product That Jacked Up My Skin Barrier So Here's How I Handled It
I basically called my mom for help. Except when I say mom, I mean an esthetician.
Are we tired of talking about serums yet? I hope not! I already shared my experience with hydrating serums, but now we're going to talk about serums that are designed to reduce redness.
I'm always on the lookout for an effective redness treatment after both Metrogel and my dermatologist failed me, so I tried out three serums that promise to alleviate flushed skin.
June Jacobs Redness Diffusing Serum
This serum comes in a very pretty bottle with a convenient pump. (Actually, all three serums have pumps, so hooray for that!) It is free of parabens, preservatives, sulfates, synthetic dyes and--best of all--fragrances. Finally, I found a serum that's not fragranced. Not only can strong fragrances be annoying if you don't like the smell, but they can also be irritating--especially if you have a skin condition like rosacea.
Ingredients include white, red and green tea extracts, and goji berry, pomegranate and grapeseed extracts, all of which is supposed to protect the skin and prevent aging. Like most serums, it has a very light texture that is absorbed into the skin immediately without leaving behind any shine or greasiness. My skin looked matte and felt silky after using it.
It did not irritate my skin but it didn't immediately reduce redness, either. My skin tone did look less red and more evened out after a few weeks of consistent use, however.
First Aid Beauty Anti-Redness Serum
This serum promises to "calm skin" and "relieve visible redness." It also claims, in big ol' print on the front of the bottle, to be safe for sensitive skin.
This serum is fragrance-free (it better be, if it's for sensitive skin!) and includes "naturally soothing" ingredients such as aloe and bisabolol. The consistency is a bit thicker than the June Jacobs serum, so it took a little longer to be completely absorbed by my skin and left some sheen behind.
It didn't irritate my skin, but I didn't see an immediate improvement in redness either.
SkinCeuticals Redness Neutralizer
This serum promises to "combat environmental triggers of redness to alleviate irritation and discomfort." It is free of parabens and silicones and also claims to be fragrance-free, but I swear I can detect a faint, almost perfume-y fragrance. It has not irritated my skin, though.
Ingredients include water, glycerin, shea butter, and a small amount of caffeine (which has been said to constrict blood vessels, thereby lessening redness).
This is the thickest consistency of all the serums I've tried, so you may find it takes longer to be absorbed and can leave a bit of a shiny, almost sticky residue behind. Like the other two serums, I did not find it to be irritating and I could not distinguish any immediate changes in my skin's redness.
After a few weeks of testing out these anti-redness serums, here's my skin now (you can see a "before" picture in this article from the beginning of April, which is right before I started using these serums):
My skin is still noticeably pink around my cheeks, but it's evened out a lot and definitely not angrily flushed. I wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun, but I don't do a good job of avoiding other triggers like coffee, alcohol, and hot showers, so the state of my skin in the above picture is actually pretty impressive to me.
That said, none of these serums totally eliminated my redness. Honestly, I didn't expect them to do that. I do appreciate that they're incredibly moisturizing without the greasiness of most heavy moisturizers while being free of irritating fragrances and ingredients that often make my redness worse.
I will probably continue to use these redness serums over the summer, and if my skin gradually becomes less red then that's just an added bonus.
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It took Patience a long time to create her first Nativity which expands every year. This mini scale version fits anywhere and includes the Holy Family, 3 Kings, one Camel, Horse, Elephant, and Kneeling Angel, the Star and a gold leaf stand and shelter. All of the figural sized detail is still there on these diminutive pieces. Choose from our mini animals and angels to expand the scene. Mini Nativity Shelter measures 10" wide, 6" deep and 8" tall. Figures measure from 1-4" and the set arrives gift boxed.
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Thank you for your note and question. Yes! Patience has already developed some new additions to the Mini Nativity Set for 2018 and will continue to add in future years. Thank you!
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I have collected your pieces over the years, and have always wanted to purchase the nativity set. The mini nativity set is the perfect size for my home, but before making a large investment, I was wondering if you would be adding future figurines to the set?
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I would like to purchase the Nativity Set of 13 pieces - do you ever offer a coupon for a savings? (Posted on 12/31/2016)
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This would have been great to tell my kids who never know what to get me. Individual figures (postage or not) would work best . ( 4 Kids all over USA. ) Separate offerings: Jesus in manger; Joseph; Mary; sheep; one lamb, Shelter, blah blah. I would have bought them but haven't. Too much money at once + I don't want too big of a set - not much space in condo I love the few pieces I have :-)
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We are listening!
We looked at selling this Mini Nativity several ways.
Selling pieces individually meant more packaging and so the full set would cost significantly more.
When you purchase the set at this price, all at once, you get basically get two pieces for free.
We hear you that this does not work for everyone.
We will put on out thinking caps to see if we can find a way to break it into more affordable increments for you next year!
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- I agree...
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- Love the miniature version
- I am into miniatures and this was perfect. I hope that you will do more miniatures for this set in the future. Love loved the set. (Posted on 11/16/2016)
- Very cute but too much at once
- I love the nativity figures and the small size is perfect. To make all of this even better, why not break it down into more affordable pieces: for example, a set with the wise men, a set with the holy family, a set with the animals, etc. I know It would be easier for me to build a collection that way. (Posted on 10/13/2016)
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The 6 hottest trends in plastic surgery right now
If it seems like more people around you are having plastic surgery, it's not your imagination. Cosmetic enhancements went up 20 percent in the last year. But what's really surprising is what work people are having done.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's annual report is out, and it shows that cosmetic enhancements exploded in 2015. Surgical procedures are up 7 percent, while nonsurgical procedures soared by 22 percent to nearly 13 million procedures done. Unlike past years, where plastic surgery tended to be obvious and life-altering, à la giant round silicone implants or face-lifts so tight the eyes looked like cat eyes, the biggest trend now is all about getting work done that doesn't look like you've had anything done.
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"The trend across the board is subtlety," said Dr. Daniel C. Mills, president-elect of the ASAPS. "Ultimately, less is more on every level as patients seek out natural-looking enhancements or tweaks."
This doesn't surprise Dr. Eugene Elliott, a plastic surgeon at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California. He tells SheKnows that plastic surgery has moved beyond the stereotypes of young women looking for boob and nose jobs or older women trying to turn back time to men and women from every age and walk of life simply looking to make the most of what they have.
This desire for a more natural look is reflected in the fastest-growing plastic surgery trends of 2015. Fat transferring, where fat is removed from a less desirable place (like your tummy) and moved to a more desirable place (like your butt), was No. 1 for women.
Second were injectibles like Botox to prevent wrinkles and Juvederm to plump the face. Showing that the Kardashian "belfie" effect is still in full force, butt lifts and implants were third. Nonsurgical skin tightening methods were fourth, while tattoo removals came in fifth. And liposuction came in sixth, showing that many of us just want less fat overall.
The wide range of new products and services, especially those that bridge the gap between makeup and full-on surgery, are a main reason for the huge jump. Another reason is a slight decrease in the average price for most procedures, making them more affordable.
But just because you can get plastic surgery, it doesn't mean you should, Elliott cautions. He says he will turn down people for cosmetic enhancements, as will any responsible doctor, if people are doing it for the wrong reasons.
"I ask them point-blank what their motivation is," he explains. "This is the one question any person seeking plastic surgery needs to answer honestly: 'Why do I really want this?'" Being pressured by a significant other, doing it because friends are doing it, wanting to look like a celebrity, or trying to keep a spouse from cheating are all reasons Elliott says he has heard but are not good reasons to have work done.
More: 12 celebrities who've been shamed for plastic surgery
"Surgery doesn't fix your life; the problems you had before the surgery, you'll still have after the surgery," he says. "A person who is unhappy will find a reason to still be unhappy, regardless of their [surgery] results."
Rather, Elliott says the best motivations to seek plastic surgery are internal reasons. People who have one specific physical problem — and one that can be fixed by surgery — are usually the happiest with their results. For example, breast reductions are one of the surgeries that make people the happiest afterward, he says, for this reason. "You'll often hear from women saying, 'This is something I've wanted to fix my whole life,' and it will make them feel so much better about themselves." He adds that plastic surgery can even help fix some health problems.
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For women's garments the buttonholes are worked into the right front or the left back, and for men's garments they are worked into the left front or the right back. The buttons are always in the front section of any side fastening. Modern sewing machines have an automatic buttonhole foot and attachment that makes buttonholing quick and easy. Apart from machine buttonholing, you can also buttonhole by hand and as well as sew couture-style welted buttonholes.
Whatever type of buttonhole you decide on, you must keep the following points in mind:
With panels or panel effects, the buttonholes must be worked vertically into the centre of the panel. The buttonholes should be worked horizontally for all other buttonhole fastenings. To make sure that the buttonhole will be later located in the absolute middle, begin working the buttonhole at 2 mm in front of the centre.
The buttonhole positions are marked on the sewing pattern pieces but you must draw in the buttonhole length according to the size of your button: the rule of thumb is that the length of the finished buttonhole = the button diameter + button height (thickness).
Before working buttonholes into your garment, always do a trial run first on a remnant of the fabric but in the same situation as later on the finished garment (e.g. there could be several layers of fabric).
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A leader's performance in meetings has a big influence on others' perceptions of her overall competence and capability.
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Behavior in meetings matters more than we might think, according to new research by Flynn Heath Holt Leadership that appears this week in the June 2014 issue of Harvard Business Review. Their article, entitled "Women, Find Your Voice: Your Performance in Meetings Matters More Than You Think," extends the research from the partners' bestselling Jossey-Bass book, "Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking That Block Women's Paths to Power." The article delivers insightful suggestions based on the firm's continuing research and work with women in executive roles in Fortune 500 companies.
The research reveals that meetings are a major opportunity, particularly for women executives. Kathryn Heath, Founding Partner at Flynn Heath Holt Leadership, explains, "As you rise in an organization most of your time is spent in meetings, so it is critical that we all understand what peak performance looks like in meetings."
What is missing? "Meetings do matter," adds Heath. "A leader's performance in meetings has a big influence on others' perceptions of her overall competence and capability."
Heath concludes that women and men both see the problem but have different explanations for the cause. Confidence, language choice, timing, communication styles, under representation at important meetings: all contribute to how a woman is perceived in a meeting.
The Harvard Business Review article is an abbreviated version of a longer report which the partners are releasing related to women's performance and effectiveness in meetings. The longer report will be available by request by emailing Wendy Pond, wpond(at)flynnheath(dot)com) and includes detailed summaries of the findings from the partners' systematic research with leaders in Fortune 500 companies including review of 360-degree evaluations, a formal survey, and interviews with 65 C-Suite executives. It is the hope of the partners that their findings will provide insights for both organizations and women executives.
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You don't always want to or need to create graphics with EaselJS. You may want create…more complex graphics in a separate program and import them into your stage.…EaselJS provides the bitmap class that lets you easily bring not just bitmap data, but…most types of external graphics, so let's take a look.…The bitmap class is a child of the DisplayObject.…You may want to check out some of the methods and property of the DisplayObject class as…well as the bitmap class in the EaselJS documentation.…So I am starting off with a basic HTML template. If you haven't already, make sure you watch…the video on creating a template and installing EaselJS.…
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Fri, 30 August 2013
In celebration of the birthday (August 31, 1917) of Ramon Vinay, we present a fabulous 1948 Otello under Fritz Busch and featuring Licia Albanese in her prime, Lepnard Warren,John Garris, Nicola Moscona, and Martha Lipton. (70 min.)
This is the brand of performance that can lift you up by nature of its excitement and the total commitment of these artists to their roles.
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In honor of and in loving memory of dear Regina Resnik, whose would have turned 91 on August 30, I present a fine Falstaff from Covent Garden 1961, under Carlo Maria Giulini. Dame Quickly was one of the famous Resnik "signature roles," and she is joined by Geraint Evans,Mirella Freni, Luigi Alva, John Shaw, and Josephine Veasey. (71 min.)
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Tucker and Tebaldi make you THRILL like nothing imaginable today!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Material from Massenet's "Herodiade" as sung by many famous artists, and some lesser-known but quite fine. I have divided this into three sections and here is the order of each section as to artists.The selections are announced, as you hear.
1. Ninon Vallin, Germaine Cernay, Geori-Boue and Jose Luccioni, Charles Cambon, Maryse Beaujon
2. Cambon, Cesar Vezzani, Vezzani and Jeanne Guyla, Emma Calve, Edouard Rouard,Fernand Ansseau.
3. Paul Lanteri, Lise Charny, Leon Campagnola, Vallin, Mattia Battistini. (67 min.)
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The beloved tenor, Richard Tucker, was born on August 28, 1913. Of all the tenors I have seen, he remains the greatest! It was a glorious voice, and to quote Regina Resnik, "He left his blood all over the stage." The selections (announced) are from recitals in New York of 1972 and 1974, plus two Andrea Chenier excerpts and the "Rachel" aria from La Juive.
Bless the memory of this great man! I will never forget him!! Charlie
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Aug.28, 1913. One hundred years ago, the great Richard Tucker was born. He remains my all-time favorite tenor of those whom I saw live. He sometimes got a "bad rap" for chopping some phrases. Yes, this did happen at times, BUT listen to this glorious Andrea Chenier act two scene as an example of legato,and the thrilling "hook' into the top notes. In the theatre it was something sublime!
Bless his memory forever! There will never be another!!!!
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Thu, 22 August 2013
Two selections from Anna Netrebko's new Verdi album. They are from Vespri Siciliani and il Trovatore. See what you think!! (7 min.)
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Fri, 16 August 2013
Another comparison podcast on the wonderful "Che gelida manina" aria as sung by the following tenors (in order):
Eduardo Garbin, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Giovanni Martinelli, Luigi Marini, Frederick Jagel, Armand Tokatyan, Giuseppe Giacomini, Peter Dvorsky, Francisco Araiza, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Frank Lopardo, Ramon Vargas, Richard Leech, and Marcello Giordani (70 min.)
Direct download: Che_Gelida_Vol.3.mp3
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Thu, 15 August 2013
Selections (announced) by four of the most remarkable bassos in opera history. The singers are: Adamo Didur, Tancredi Pasero, Nazareno de Angelis, and Jose Mardones (50 min.)
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Highlights from a 1951 RAI Venice Attila w.Caterina Mancini,Italo Tajo, Giangiacomo Guelfi, and Gino Penno, under Vittorio Gui. This is followed by some Nabucco scenes from 1951 RAI with Caterina Mancini and Paolo Silveri. (70 min.)
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The quote is interesting. Is Rousseau assuming there was a "European" identity, or may he simply be referring to the various peoples who occupied "continental" Europe?
Certainly cosmopolitanism was not spread simply by the advance of Enlightenment ideas. I have been arguing for a long time that the spread of "Enlightenment" was as much due to commerce as to the power of ideas simply sweeping aside superannuated notions and prejudices. "Europeanism," however, also had a material component, the spread of similar goods and services across a region uniting people in habits on consumption and manners. It is become conventional wisdom that trade and commerce and the long-range communications that result are evil. Thus, Rousseau, who linked commerce to the decay of manners. I don't know, however, if he specifically linked it with cosmopolitanism. Here is another Frenchman, François-Noel Babeuf (1760-1797), discoursing on greed, who must be considered a utopian:
"Society must be made to operate in such a way that it eradicates once and for all the desire of a man to become richer, or wiser, or more powerful than others."
Similarly, Morelly in Code de la Nature, of 1755:
"The only vice that I perceive in the universe is Avarice; all the others, by whatever name they be known, are only variations, degrees, of this one."
I don't believe Goethe ever discoursed in this way, though I am willing to be corrected.
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Women's History Month
Women's History Month starts tomorrow, and we are so excited to celebrate it! This month is all about the women leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs. The woman who runs a business while raising kids, the woman who took a bullet so she could learn to read, and kept going to school. The woman who started a fashion line before women could even vote—the woman who inspired millions through words.
This month is also about the future—about the women who will continue to innovate, because of their role models in the past. Confucius said "Study the past if you would define the future," and we're ready to define the future as equal. Gender equality is what we're striving for, and the women in our past are the people who paved the way for us.
Who are the women that inspire you?
The Box Pic from Nashelle
Snap a picture of your box opening moment, and share it with us on Instagram! We want to see when and where you open your new Nashelle jewelry!
And the best part of buying jewelry from Nashelle? How we give back! For every piece of jewelry that leaves our warehouse, we give a plate of food through Feeding America and NeighborImpact!
Through Nashelle, you're supporting amazing organizations that give back to the community in huge ways! Share the love by sharing a picture—snap your box opening moment and tag use the hashtags #NASHELLE and #FashionFeedingHunger!
xoxo, the Nashelle team
Gift Cards Are Always a Good Idea
Okay, it's thirty minutes until the birthday/anniversary/big date… and you haven't bought a gift yet. Shoot! When there simply isn't time to pick out a gift, there's one place to turn: gift cards!
Reasons That Gift Cards Are the Best
- They're quick and easy
- They allow her to pick out exactly what she wants—no exchanges!
- They can be hidden in a coat pocket until the right moment
- They're perfect for the Mother-in-Law you don't know very well
Sure, picking out and customizing a piece is the ideal situation—but when you're in a rush and that isn't going to happen, we promise she'll love a gift card!
New York Fashion Week Styles
FASHION WEEK – no matter where it is in the world, we are watching and gasping at new styles, fun trends and the latest and greatest in the fashion world.
This past week, we got to watch photos stream in from our one of the greatest cities in the world—New York! NYFW wraps up today, and we're still gawking at the photos rounded up from the week. We couldn't love the runway more.
Our Favorites from Fashion Week
Some outfits are a little crazy for us—it is New York Fashion Week after all—but we have to say that there were some outfits that we couldn't get enough of! The fashion week pictures below are just a few of our favorite moments and designs from NYFW.
The Oscar de la Renta show—such a beautiful way to remember such an amazing man and a designer that will never be forgotten. Stunning designs, beautiful models and an emotional catwalk, after his death last year.
And who can forget the classic moment with this front row at Kanye's Adidas unveiling?
The absolutely stunning red dresses at the Go Red for Women catwalk—and our girl, Laverne Cox spinning in this number...
The Michael Kors catwalk was just yesterday, and the simple spring styles were a sight to behold after a week of some extreme fashion. This cute shirt and skirt combo is just one of the many styles we're excited to see in upcoming collections!
Plus, we spotted Bill Cunningham snapping pictures on the corner of the Michael Kors runway—we love seeing that guy anywhere.
Equality at New York Fashion Week
Fashion took a HUGE step at New York Fashion Week this year, and it was way past time that it happened. We were SO thrilled to see the world of style really take a step back and remember that fashion isn't all about stick-thin models with perfect skin—it's about expressing yourself. It's about being YOU, whoever you is!
This culminated perfectly with the Role Models Not Runway Models catwalk from Carrie Hammer. This catwalk was all about showcasing women to look up to—not bodies to look up to! We LOVE the idea behind Carrie's catwalk. This catwalk featured NYFW's first Downs Syndrome model, loads of women in leadership and great role models in general.
Another notable part of New York Fashion Week was the incomparable Winnie Harlow! If you haven't heard of her yet, get ready for it! This gorgeous woman has vitiligo—but it hasn't stopped her from hitting the catwalk at NYFW, rocking Desigual! Her skin disease used to be why she was bullied in school, but now she's one of the most celebrated models in the fashion world.
Fashion Week with Nashelle
While we didn't have the time to make it up to New York Fashion Week this year, we definitely had jewelry there...
The Brooklyn Stylist, Liz Teich, rocked our Sidra 'Pure' Necklace on the first day of NYFW! This girl is so much fun, and we love seeing her rock our jewelry!
Another rockstar wore our Verge Rings at New York Fashion Week—television personality Rosci Diaz.
Did you keep an eye on what was happening during New York Fashion Week? Share your thoughts in the comments below:
Nashelle Wholesaler Feature: Soel Boutique in Provo, Utah
We took a break from our Nashelle wholesaler features for a while, but we're excited to bring them back and continue to showcase the amazing companies that we work with, all over the world.
Today's feature is the amazing Soel Boutique, located in Provo, Utah! These guys have been open since 2003, and we've had the pleasure of working with them since 2007! These eight years of working with Soel have been absolutely lovely, and we are so happy to have them as one of our wholesale partners.
The History of Soel Boutique
The lovely Shelby Russell started Soel Boutique out of a love for everything fashion. Shelby took a simple sewing class in high school, and was inspired to create a full-fledged clothing line, which she named Soel Clothing. This high end clothing line became a huge success within Utah, and Shelby decided to create a boutique out of it.
Partnering with a local yoga studio, Soel Boutique quickly became the premier boutique within Utah County, and they started incorporating other brands, including Free People, TOMS, Seychelles, Citizen Jeans and so many more.
Soel + Nashelle
Soel Boutique first started ordering Nashelle jewelry back in 2007, now eight years ago! You can find many of our classic handmade pieces in their storefront, rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces.
Featured in the above image are a few of our coil rings! These rings, along with many items from our PURE and IDENTITY handmade jewelry collections, can often be found on the floor of Soel Boutique.
Thanks for being such a dear to work with, Soel, we're looking forward to many more years!
Follow these guys on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, and be sure to visit their store if you're in the Provo, Utah area.
Zodiac Jewelry – Our Favorites!
Every month, we anticipate the change in the astrological signs, and as we complete the sign of the Pisces, we're excited to welcome those of you with late March and early February birthdays… it's time for Aries!
We thought now would be a good time to highlight our favorite zodiac Jewelry, as we say farewell to Pisces until next year!
Zodiac Bar Necklaces
Our favorite zodiac jewelry from our 'Identity' collection, would of course have to be our zodiac bar necklaces! Available in either 14k Gold Fill or Sterling Silver, these sweet little bar necklaces feature your printed sign, along with a small stamp of the same!
(click the image to see the product!)
Mini Zodiac Charm Necklaces
If you're looking for something a little more dainty, and love the style of our Lucky Charms necklace, you will adore our Zodiac Charm 'Identity' Necklaces! Featuring one of our small circle charms and a baby gem in the color of your birth month, these sweet little necklaces are the perfect birthday gift—whether it's for yourself or someone else!
These zodiac necklaces are also available in 14k Gold Fill and Sterling Silver, along with our gorgeous 14k Rose Gold Fill!
(click the image to see the product!)
What's your sign?
Hart of Dixie Jewelry
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If you haven't binge watched the CW show Hart of Dixie yet, you're missing out! This show is adorable, sweet, hilarious and SO fashionable! We are constantly obsessing over Zoe Hart's outfits, and we simply cannot get over how cute that Wade is. (and George, and Lavon, and everyone.)
We were so excited when the show started, when one of the show's stylists reached out to us to feature our jewelry on the show—our wide variety of jewelry is an excellent fit for the varying outfits and styles between the characters on Hart of Dixie!
Zoe Hart Jewelry Style
The main character, Zoe Hart, is seen most often rocking Nashelle: (click the images to see the jewelry!)
AnnaBeth Nass Jewelry
In a recent episode, one of our favorite side characters, AnnaBeth Nass, rocked our Hyami Earrings, and they look absolutely spectacular on her! Perfect for her fun and cute style:
The Grammy Awards Red Carpet Style
You know us – we love a good award show! We just passed by the Golden Globes, and the Oscars are less two weeks away, so it's time to talk about the Grammys!
2014 was a whirlwind of new music, and we are so impressed by every artist out there. Whether you're an Iggy Azalea fan, or you can't stop listening to Taylor Swift (so, all of us), there was new music for everyone this year… and we're pretty sure everyone deserved a hundred Grammy Awards!
But… that's not how it works. We were SO happy to see 20 Feet from Stardom receive best Music Film of the year. It was such a brilliant film and it definitely deserved the Grammy! And of course, we weren't surprised to see Stay With Me win Song of the Year. We've all heard that song about a thousand times since it's been released—whether you're a fan or not!
Best rock song? Ain't It Fun, of course! It's so fun seeing Paramore back on the music scene—they're a truly talented group, and they totally deserved this Grammy!
TWEETING FROM THE AFTERLIFE!!!!!! WE JUST WON A MOTHER FREAKIN GRAMMY. AHHHHHHHHH!!! #BESTROCKSONG @TheGRAMMYs
— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) February 8, 2015
Grammy Performances!
What can we say… BEYONCE. We are never disappointed with a Beyonce performance, and she ROCKED it. And what about Ed Sheeran?? We loved seeing that guy perform with John Mayer, Jeff Lynne, Herbie Hancock and Questlove!
Not sure if anyone will argue with us on this one, but we're pretty sure Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine stole the night with their performance of My Heart is Open.
Grammy Red Carpet
But of course, you know what we really care about—that RED CARPET STYLE! And boy, oh boy—we weren't disappointed with what they had to offer!
We love the gorgeous white on Ariana!! Taylor… is there anything she wears that we don't love?? Katy Perry's 'do is giving us some serious hairspiration. Iggy's hair caused some debate across the board, but there's no denying that blue is perfect on her! Nikki… you go, girl.
Sia—while we don't understand why you shy away from the camera, we adore you, no matter what. And the way she pulled this off is amazing!
And Rihanna, you are brilliant! You got a lot of flack for this gorgeous dress, but you KNOW every woman watching was filled with nostalgia, and a desperate need to dress up in pastels again!
What did you think of the awards this year? Are there any artists you thought should've won? Who was your favorite of the red carpet styles?
Clothing Sale at Nashelle!
We're clearing the way for new designs and styles, so we have to get rid of some old stock! Take a few minutes to peruse our selection of fun styles for men, women and children…
Our women's styles come in three different styles – our maxi length dress, cut-off sweatshirt style and a dolman shirt! Click the images to find your favorite style in our clothing sale:
Wanna snag a shirt for the man in your life? These Be the Good shirts are soft, comfy and they feature an awesome message!
Looking for something for the kiddos? You'll love our Be the Good shirt style!
And while we're having our clothing sale, do you have a suggestion for a new style of shirt you'd love to see from Nashelle? Share your ideas in the comments below!
The Importance of Place
"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Something that doesn't get talked about often enough is the importance of place. The importance of having a place to call home, whether it IS a home, or an office or even a coffee shop that means something to you. We all have a wonderful sense of nostalgia when we call up images of the place we got married, or the camp where we spent our grade school summers. Place is important.
That's not to say that it's a bad thing to pick up and move across the country, or that there's something wrong with loving to travel or be away from home—it just means that there is a strong sense of love or longing for a single place in our life. That place can be your home, but it can also be the city you traveled to for your 10 year anniversary, or the town where your grandmother grew up.
Wherever it is, it's nice to identify and know what that place is—whether you go back to that city or not. That's why we created these coordinates necklaces, to show our love for wherever we come from (or wherever we're going), and keep those coordinates close to our hearts.
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While the Midwest was getting snowed in, Rebecca and I were in the kitchen working on some new recipes, and we came up with a very interesting one that I want to share with you: Rose Pistachio.
Let me explain, when Rebecca first told me she wanted to purchase Rose Water, I was incredibly confused. She expressed that in honor of Valentine's day, we should introduce the rose to our cupcakes. I thought people only used rose water for perfumes! Rebecca explained to me that you are able to bake with it, and it lends a fantastic flavor to desserts. So I said I was in, and we started the search for rose water. We researched how you make rose water figuring it may keep costs down. Ha, YEA RIGHT! You have to buy roses, set them on a brick, in a bowl, with some water and steam them for hours...ummm no thanks. Then one of our friends suggested to cut costs that I find a man to buy me roses, and we use those to make the rose water. After that suggestion... I called Whole Foods. Not because I have a crush on the cheese guy, but because I know it would be cheaper, financially and emotionally to buy the rose water, if you know what I mean. Once again Whole Foods came to the rescue, and the recipe was coming together.
Rebecca suggested that we chop Pistachios in the batter to give another texture and flavor, and I couldn't have gotten my knife out any faster. I love Pistachios. Rebecca kept yelling at me because I would chop some, eat some, chop some, eat some. I really am a great baker....trust me. After I chopped / ate half of the bag of Pistachios, the cupcakes were in the oven. The kitchen began to fill with the delicate aroma of roses with a hint of the buttery pistachios. At this point we were happy bakers, I mean what women doesn't love a kitchen smelling like cupcakes and roses? After the 17 minutes of baking, it was finally time to taste the delights....and they were awesome! We filled them with a vanilla pistachio frosting, which carried the pistachio flavor into the vanilla, which gave you a hint of lemon, and it finished with the floral rose flavor. What a flavor experience and combination! Once again Rebecca was right, and we now have a new delicious cupcake.
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Right, so it's that time of year again!
Summer passed by so quickly didn't it? (But then again... did we really have a summer here in the UK? ha ha!).
Which means its Autumn, which therefore means classes starting up again and that means adorable stationary is a total must for your upcoming studies. I know there is probably tons of other blogs out there who have better varieties of stationary they've found or bought. But I just thought it would be nice to share some of my favourites I've picked up recently.
So I'll show you what I've got on the go!
Both these A5 Notebooks are from Homesense and the brand is 'American Crafts' but knowing Homesense they're linked to T.K.Max who always get in items from different brands and sell them off half the price.
They were £4.99 each which is a bargain because whenever I see these gorgeous notebooks with pretty quotes on them, you know that typical Blogger type of notebook/planner? They're always ridiculously expensive. I had to grab these instantly before they flew of the shelves and plus just how cute are they? Pink and spots! They're fully lined inside and the quality is brilliant.
That adorable pom pom pen you see there is from a online store called Blippo (I highly recommend you check them out cuties!) and its brilliant. The tip is sharp, fine and maybe its just me but I find my writing is always clearer with a pen like this rather than your regular biro. Plus its inky too! Now I can
It isn't really part of my stationary haul but I bought that little white pumpkin from Homesense too while I purchased these notebooks. Its actually lets out fragrance! Its vanilla and cinnamon, mmmm! It was only £4.99 too. I just thought it would be a nice touch on my desk and to get me into that Autumnal mood!
Now my ten year old self would appalled me for getting back into the habit of buying markers and high lighter. I think I spent half my childhood collecting stationary... I used to always go to Paperchase or WHSmith for cute rubbers, pens and pencils. Even China town where I would hoard Hello Kitty stationary like a mad child!
But as you get older it begins to wear off and that happened during my GCSE years. I no longer even had a pencil case or anything apart from a pen, I was really lazy and even just remembering to bring a pencil to class was hard work for me. Now I feel more organised and you begin to realise just how important all this is for your studies, it really can make a difference. From underlining, highlighting lecture notes, stapling those important pieces of paper together ect.
I found these interesting little marker pens on Ebay and they are by Papermania. I thought they were just what I needed, bold, simple and pretty. Great quality and they will also come in handy for birthday and Christmas cards since I like to spice things up a bit when writing notes inside. Just for a finishing touch!
If you're looking for some good metallics then these are for you. They hold a nice firm tip, they don't dry out easily and are just gorgeous.
Now aside from the odd Pumpkin spice latte I bought this adorable speckled A4 folder from Home Bargains for just 79p! I couldn't bare leaving it behind. Its gorgeous baby pink stripes with white ones and rose gold specks!
I thought it would come in useful for all the piles of paper I get off my tutors - you know those notes to help you pass? Yeah. Shame I dislike lugging folders around but whats got to be done must be done. Well... at least its pretty.
Lastly Primark are doing their own little selection of stationary too. They have a rose gold collection, a Toki Doki one and this really pastel, pretty lilac one by Gabriella.
At first I was going to buy the rose gold collection but since my entire room is almost rose gold I just changed my mind and opted for Gabriella's instead. I'm glad I did to be honest, my picks match nicely and Gabriella's is just so girly and gorgeous. It would be a crime not to buy it!
There is even a little tiny notepad of 'list goals' which I thought was great! I may not use this for university since I like to jot down my ideas and everything I need inside my notebooks. But the supermarket or even just blog ideas I have. It doesn't always have to relate to studies at the end of the day. Stationary can be used for anything thats about to happen for you. Even the clips are just so... Awww!
Yeah, so there you have it. These are my current stationary picks for this term and if you lovelies reading have any questions then please ask! What do you think? I'm alway so happy to hear your thoughts!