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Submitted by Dede | March 29 2012 | Permalink
Eldad,of hope for paws, is the real dog whisperer!!! Check it out
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I am a fellow animal rescue volunteer with H.A.L.O. in Oakley, California. First, Fiona is just gorgeous and is so lucky to have been rescued by your group! What a brave thing for all of you.
While the video is compelling and beautiful (anytime you can illustrate a success story, I think it should be used to facilitate donations), I almost did not view it because it did not clearly summarize the video. A friend prompted me to continue. The text leading up to the video is vague (the opening paragraph should mention Fiona and what happened). A re-write of the introductory paragraphs might be beneficial in generating more interstest to your group and future videos (because as you know, no amount of success is enough in the rescue industry).
Thank you for sharing.
I saw this video. I thought it was very well produced, and it reminded me of reality TV, in the very best sense. So then I visited the website, really liked what they'd done there -- very involving and compelling -- and downloaded the free ebook book. Again, very well done. The whole message is rebirth and transformation and second chances. That speaks to each of us at a very deep level, I think.
Submitted by Anja | March 30 2012 | Permalink
What a great story. I volunteer at the humane center in my town. It's heart warming to know so many people care. Fiona is one of the lucky ones. God bless you for what you did for her.
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Submitted by Suzanne | March 31 2012 | Permalink
What an amazing transformation!! I can't believe how she looks sooo happy and alive, and grateful! Kudo's to you for helping her!
Submitted by Anonymous | April 13 2012 | Permalink
I have been involved in rescue in LA for 10+ years and happen to have the honor of knowing the founders of Hope For Paws - Eldad and Audrey. Their motives are not financial ones, rather a determination to educate the public of the plight of so many stray animals, and the hope to influence people to get involved. Of course they will ask for donations to help fund medical for dogs like Fiona but more so, they just ask people to help. Eldad has been posting his rescue videos for years but just recently something sparked the explosion of Fiona's story and it has been an incredible opportunity to reach people internationally. But Eldad works tirelessly. He answers every call and will drop everything to catch an animal in need - at anytime of the day or night, in areas of the city others wouldn't dare tread.
Submitted by Cali Cheshelski | June 18 2012 | Permalink
I like what you wrote supporting Hope for Paws, their efforts, the wonderful work they do. There are some bad rescues out there and if more people like yourself spoke up for the good and/or the bad of the rescues, more people would know the good that is in a Rescue Group such as HOPE FOR PAWS !I live in the Inland Empire and it is always good to know about the Rescue Groups out there and where people can find a good dog without going thru channels that support puppy mills. A story goes viral because of the story, not because someone is trying to make money off it, as seen in this video.
Submitted by Cali Cheshelski | June 18 2012 | Permalink
Yes this video should have gone viral as it did. To see a dirty blind dog that no body cared about. How many people saw this dog and chose to ignore her? - and you know who you are. This is a story about caring, love, compassion. You can not make a story go viral for money or any other reason. The story goes viral because of the story. To see the tranformation with this dog, this dog has a new leash on life and all because of someone who cared enough to swerve off their path. Way to go Hope for Paws. Truly a happy ending seeing her adopted and bouncing all over the place.
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There are few innovations in the last 100 years that changed our lives more than plastics. One local family led the way in the field for years. Patriarch Richard Landis has influenced the world for years to come.
When you go shopping at your favorite grocery store and check out, many of the products are the work of a Chicago man - one of the most accomplished innovative man you've never heard of.
Richard Landis' accomplishments are an example of the American Dream coming to fruition.
It was actually Richard's father Henry who started the business in 1954, focusing mostly on plastic wall tile with the housing boom brought on by World War II veterans, as depicted in a scene from "The Graduate."
By the time the 1960s came around, plastics was the fastest growing manufacturing sector in America. When the Landis family started making lids for Folgers Coffee, things really took off.
Meantime, Richard's wife Bonnie was busy working at home raising eight kids. They met years earlier, at a party where they had their first dance.
Throughout the 1970's, 80's and 90's the company continued to grow and meet the challenge of their clients and near their competitors to market. McDonalds, Cool Whip, Yoplait, Country Crock, Columbo, Open Pit and on and on.
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He also put his kids to work in the family business. His son Russell and daughter Yvonne said being raised to be humble and grateful is the way it was.
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Evening ReadingWe started a 'Video Games of 2011 We Can't Wait to Play' series today with Xav's picks. Over the rest of the week each of us--Jeff, Alice, Steve, and I--will share with you some of the games we're chomping at the bit to play this year. We didn't set a list of games that had to be covered or anything like that for this. Each of us wrote about what we wanted to. So there's sure to be a game or two that you might think we're crazy for including or leaving out. That ought to make for some good comments at the very least.
Here's today's video game news from the Shack:
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Beads add color and flair to knitted garments, accessories and jewelry. Laura's back to show you how easy and rewarding it is to incorporate beads into any knitted project. Begin with a simple cuff, then progress to Laura's Accola shawl. You'll learn how to select the right beads and add them to any design. She demonstrates on her popular Clarus shawl pattern. Along the way, you'll learn how to create nupps, place beads in different locations on or between stitches, and work in both lace-weight and fingering-weight yarn. The two shawl patterns included free with this class can be worked in either type of yarn, and in small or large versions.
Laura Nelkin is back with a wonderful addition to your knitting: Beads! You'll take a look at the three projects you'll make in this class and learn about the Craftsy platform.
Get help choosing the best beads and yarn for your projects. Then learn three techniques for placing beads. You'll be introduced to nupps and how to fix mistakes.
Learn to knit a fashionable cuff bracelet! Practice your new bead knitting skills as you begin this small project.
In this lesson, you'll finish the Pioneer Cuff, changing it from a flat piece of knitting into a bracelet. Bind off, block and add clasps to your cuff.
Learn the basics of choosing yarn and beads, and work up a swatch, which is an important element of any lace project. Laura designed the Accola shawl just for this class.
Now that you have the basics down, begin knitting the Accola. Follow along with Laura row by row as the lace pattern develops. Complete lace charts are included.
Create the border and learn to shape the shawl's center panel. Laura shares tips on how to keep track of your place in the pattern and how to pick up stitches.
Time to unzip your provisional cast-on and add the top edging and other finishing touches. Laura also reviews blocking, an important step in any lace project.
The lovely Clarus shawl is a familiar favorite to Laura's students in Mastering Lace Shawls. You'll learn how to add beads to this included pattern.
Once you know how to knit with beads, you'll want to add beaded touches to your other projects. Laura demonstrates on the feather-and-fan and leaf stitch patterns.
I took this class to add an extra element into my knitting and found out that it was so much more! The class is great, the patterns are beautiful, and the teacher is wonderful!
Not only is Laura Nelkin full of knitterly wisdom, but she freely shares it with those in the class. Hints and tips that are very helpful are sprinkled throughout the lessons.
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The Last Airbender has received negative responses from many critics in the United States, who have criticized it for Shyamalan's poor direction, pacing, and screenplay. It currently holds a 6% on the tomatometer from Top Critics and a 6% from All Critics,[1] and a consensus of "Despite flashy special effects, The Last Airbender squanders the potential of its popular source material on an incomprehensible plot, laughable dialogue, and a joyless sense of detachment".[2] Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a half a star, stating that the film "is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented".[3] It was also panned by the Huffington Post's critic Scott Mendelson, who gave it a D+;[4] A. O. Scott of the New York Times ("The Last Airbender? Let's hope so!");[5] and Christy Lemire of the Associated Press, who called it a "muddled, messy bore".
The film's 3D conversion was also poorly received, with critics calling it unnecessary and poorly done. David Roark of Relevant Magazine gave a positive review claiming that many other critics are bias to the director (Shyamalan); he praised it for using fighting scenes that worked in a children's film. They also claimed its special effects and storyline out-weighed the rushed script and noticed how Shyamalan was succeeding against all odds.[6]
The Last Airbender was nominated Choice Summer Movie for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards[7] but did not win.[8]
The film was also nominated nine times for the Raspberry Awards,[9] or Razzies for short, including: Worst Picture (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies), Worst Director (M. Night Shyamalan), Worst Screenplay (by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), Worst Supporting Actress (Nicola Peltz), twice for Worst Supporting Actor (Dev Patel and Jackson Rathbone), Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble (the entire cast), Worse Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel (a combined Category for 2010), and Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D (a brand-new category for 2010). It tied with The Twilight Saga: Eclipse film for the most number of nominations.
On February 26th 2010, the film won five out of eight possible awards:[10] Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor for Jackson Rathbone, and Worst eye-gouging misuse of 3-D. The Worst Sequel and Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble were lost to Sex and the City 2, while Worst Supporting Actress went to Jessica Alba. Razzies founder John Wilson said of Shyamalan "He managed to take a cartoon property and make it even less lifelike by making it with real actors".[11] Canadian comedian Russell Peters accepted the worst picture Razzie on Shyamalan's behalf.[12] Peters joked that, despite his South Asian heritage, he did not know how to pronounce Shyamalan's name any more than most people in North America and said "That brown bastard has made six movies and hasn't cast me once". Peters also said "So on behalf of my community, which spans the globe — in India alone at 1.3 billion people — way to disappoint over a billion people".[13] Jackson Rathbone later on MTV's The Seven, thanked the "wonderful people at the Razzies" for considering him and letting him take home the "amazing award", but he wanted to know if "the golden statue comes with golden whipped cream ..."[14]
James Newton Howard was nominated with five awards from the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA), two of which are related to his work for The Last Airbender: Best Original score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film (The Last Airbender, music) and Film Music Composition of the Year (The Last Airbender, 'Flow like Water').[15] On February 24th, those two awards were won respectively by Daft Punk for Tron: Legacy and by Danny Elfman for "Alice's Theme" in Alice in Wonderland.[16]
Noah Ringer and Seychelle Gabriel were nominated in the 32nd Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film for Leading Young Actor and Supporting Young Actress, respectively.[17] On March 13th 2011, the first award was won by Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid and the second award was jointly won by Diandra Newlin in Dreamkiller and Stefanie Scott in Flipped.
For the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, Dev Patel was nominated for the Best Villain, Nicola Peltz for Best Female Breakout Star, and Noah Ringer along with Jackson Rathbone for Best Male Breakout Star.[7] On voting day, May 3rd, they were eliminated from the final nominee lists.
For the 3rd Annual Coming of Age Movie Awards, Noah Ringer was nominated[18] and won the award for Best Actor for his performance in M. Night Shyamalan's film The Last Airbender.[19]
British slang for 'bender'
The film was received poorly in Great Britain due to a difference in American English and British English.[20] The word "bender" is British slang for "homosexual". Thus, dialogue such as "There are some really powerful benders in the Northern Tribe." was often met with childish giggling. Dev Patel, who played Zuko, is British himself, but chose not to mention this language difference to director M. Night Shyamalan because the word was "too integral to the movie".[21]
Casting controversy
- Main article: Casting controversy
There is ongoing controversy in the Avatar fan community over the casting choices, in particular the changing of race of many of the main characters, which was perceived as straying too far from the series' Asian influences.
Demands for a reboot
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Many fans of the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series are unhappy with Shyamalan's film adaptation, so some of them have demanded a remake or reboot of the film. These aspiring fans can work on a fanon reboot using this page as a starting point, as well discussing ideas for a readaptation.
- For some fans of the original series, the negative fan reactions for the movie that were anticipated in the episode "The Ember Island Players" were spot on.
- Some viewers had compared this movie to a more "creative" adaptation, the 2009 film Dragonball Evolution. A typical response is to quote from a video by MybasementReviews: "If this movie was anything like Dragonball Evolution, then Aang would be a 16-year-old high school student living in the city with Monk Gyatso, the apartment complex would be named the Air Temple, and they would have a cat named Momo. Appa would not have been mentioned and Katara would have been Aang's high school sweetheart who could bend magic water. Zuko would be a bully at school; instead of being a prince, he would actually be a rich kid whose father owned a comic book company called Sozin's Comics".


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Symptoms of CFS include fatigue, sleep problems, difficulty concentrating and thinking clearly, memory problems, fever, headaches, muscle and joint pain, sore throat, and tender glands in the neck or armpits. Normal activity and light exertion cause tiredness and malaise that usually last longer than 24 hours.
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We all know about the ongoing fight to legalize raw milk for sale in Wisconsin. Many have strong opinions on that, and there are just some people who cannot be convinced to listen to the opposite side of the argument.
As a chef, I believe that diners should eat what they want and am willing to pay for.
No matter what I may feel about their decisions. For example, more folks than you would believe will order a Yellow fin or Big Eye Tuna steak and ask for it to be well done. The most often response I've heard in the kitchen when that happens is, "why don't I just open a can for you."
Nevertheless, the person is ordering it that way, so if they want to treat an $18 menu item like Star-Kist, that's on them.
But sometimes the discussion can become more problematic when you begin talking about eating horse meat, whale meat and adding marijuana to food.
Just like is talked about here.
I'm submitting this for your own discussions and would like to hear from you. For me personally, I believe all but one should be legalized for consumption. Guess which one I'm not in favor of?
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i am very proud of myself! i do not believe in velcro on bibs!
i made another for thaby with a button.
i am very proud of myself! i do not believe in velcro on bibs!
i made another for thaby with a button.
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Personal space is overrated.
i finally made something so I Can share! hehe I have acraft show coming up, so I Will share things as I finish them This, though, is for an APA lady
Me: Robin Follow As Natalie Blooms DH: Aaron
very cute robin!!!
Personal space is overrated.
i made thaby some more matching stuff but it's a suprise shhhh
i made summer a romper to wear when it gets cooler.
Personal space is overrated.
super cute V.
I made 4 diapers yesterday. In less than 2 hours. I'm so happy. I did snaps on these. I was really careful with my snaps. I was terrified I was going to match up studs with studs or put them on backwards or something. I did good.
Put them on Audrey right away. She pooped in one last night, and then another one this morning. Guess she likes them.
LOVING all the posts ladies! And Janeen! LOL You have to give yourself credit, improvements are a GOOD thing.
Here's my WIPs:
A super cute cub cuddler (newborn cocoon for photography) made from some awesome bulky baby alpaca. A friend is having a newb this friday! I was originally working it up with some handspun yarn but I didn't have enough
And one of the pairs of longies I'm working up for Crystal:
Ok here are the diapers Ive been working on they are each messed up in some way but they are usuable diapers all thats missing is snap in soakers, havent got to that part yet....there are 2 more that arent shown because they are super messed up...gotta tear out overlock stitch and start over on those, this is the inside and out view...and I tried to use all the minky I could!
Me&DH 9/15/2007 Santana 11/16/2008 Marisol 3/23/2010
My two homemade pirate diapers for my friend's baby! The black one has pirate monkeys on it Both are the RRP patterns. They are not waterproof because I was too scare to try that yet and her shower is in a couple of weeks!
Ahoy Matey! Wipes. I'm also going to make pirate monkey wipes but I was too excited to share now. I should end up with 18 pirate-themed wipes for her and I may make some Curious George wipes so I can have an even 2 dozen. Depends on how much time I have.
Ok, I didn't make this but it's too cute. It's a Diaper Change pirate diaper.
I am also going to order her some Hemp Balm and call it good.
Cathy, Mommy to Genevieve and Agnes
That is the cutest diaper V! I need a girl for this reason! lol
Michelle, cute ones! Are you making Santana and Marisol matching diapers? I would so do that.
Awesome pirate diapers Wingsmith!! You can add a layer of fleece on the middle to make it waterproof--too an extent but then again who really lets their kid sit in a wet diaper that long??
Diaper I made for my DH's cousins baby shower. I'm going to be making other stuff too for me and my MIL to give her instead of buying stuff. I'm on a handmade kick for gifts. I doubt she'll use the diaper but when the baby is into dolls she can use it. I love this fabric. I need to make Lily a diaper out of this stuff. I have enough Bamboo for a 2 layer diaper but don't know if I have enough for the soaker. We'll see.
how cute!
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That owl print is my fav too! I have like 3 diapers made out of it!
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Atul started his career with Toyota and was one of the first employees at their India operation. He moved to the United States in 1987 and continued his marketing career with Cummins Engine Company and Honeywell followed by Kodak where he was Chief Marketing Officer for their health imaging division. He has also worked at Smith & Nephew as their marketing head and at Covance as General Manager for their Cardiac Safety Services business. Atul followed his large-corporate career with entrepreneurial ventures in clean energy, hospitality & alternative-investments. He was Associate Professor at Sierra Nevada College at Lake Tahoe in Incline Village, Nevada where he was also Marketing Program Chair and taught courses in marketing, finance, investments, business strategy, business planning and entrepreneurship.


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He turned on the heat to 78 to "test" his work and now I'm sweating. Anyway, it seems to have worked.
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I think I'm in heathen purgatory. Didn't love fried plantains, didn't hate them. Where does that leave me?
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Actually I did! Limbo would have been a better choice.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Stay safe out there!
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
SUJA! I got all the ingredients to make your butter chicken, either tomorrow night or the next night. DH is so excited. He has volunteered to stop and get any exotic Indian spices I might be lacking. I told him I had everything. He said "Are you sure? Those dishes require a lot of spices, and I bet you don't have everything." I told him I got saffron (ouch!) and fennel seeds at the store today, and I already had everything else. He raised an eyebrow in doubt, but I guess he has hasn't browsed my spice cupboard lately since I had to install the lights in there so I could see everything I had.
My checker rang up the saffron (which I always skipped before because I figured I could do without it) and double-checked it when it came out to nearly $20 and started interrogating me about what on earth could cost so much in a little tiny container. Apparently she's never done cocaine or bought certain perfumes. Good for her. She got quite voluble about it.
Darn it, that last earthquake dropped to 3.9 upon review again. What on earth is going on?!? I guess, literally?
Ummm, oh Bridget! Savana made me really happy with her birthday wish. Almost the opposite of what my kids told me today on their way home from school. DD told me that DS promised to go to a toy store and buy her a princess doll. I said, "Oh, that was very sweet of you, but how are you going to do that? What money are you going to use?" He said he was going to use Daddy's money.
We actually recently had a talk about real princesses, since DD has been princess crazy. There was a picture of some real princesses in their Fashion can be Fatal book, in the corset section. They said "Princesses are real?" in total shock. They thought they were like fairies and angels and unicorns and Santa Claus. So I told them about how different countries have different ways of choosing rulers, and how we vote for a ruler here (they already knew that) but in other countries, mostly in the past, rulers were chosen by being born into a noble family. Princesses were the daughters of kings and queens, and average people thought princesses were really cool because they always had good food to eat and lots of fancy dresses and they got to marry princes and maybe someday rule countries. I talked about how they were still just ordinary people with some advantages and some disadvantages, but the myth created around princesses made all of them seem beautiful and rich and good, when that wasn't always the case with real princesses. And that the lives they led were not always enviable.
I promise, I don't spend all my time lecturing to them. I just thought it was an interesting thing, that they didn't know princesses were real. DD still loves princesses, obviously.
The cool thing that happened today when I picked them up from school was that their teacher told me they were the happiest kids there. She didn't come right out and say that, but she kept telling me how happy they were, and how enthusiastic, and how when she looks at the pictures of all the kids on the wall, she looks at my kids and says to herself how happy they are. You know, if you can have one wish for your children, wouldn't that be it? When I was little and would make a wish, that was always mine: "I want to be happy." I figured that covered everything else.
Holy cow with the earthquakes! Never been in one but it sounds scary!
Never had a plantain but I think that it would be something I would try.
And Molly, you are in TX...you guys needed heat? I'm up in NW Wisconsin and haven't turned mine on at home yet though I did break down and turn on the living room fireplace for a few hours each night after work. Brings it up from 65 to closer to 70 inside. My parents had a lot of trouble with the smoke detectors at their house when it was new. I think that they eventually put in a different brand. My house was built last summer too but haven't had that problem. Have had others though...like my kitchen counter and even cabinets pull way from the wall in cold...kitchen is outer walls. it moved back in the summer but started to pull again. Have had a few other things too as the house settles but nothing too major. The kitchen annoys me but it won't be noticeable once we eventually do a back splash.
Uggg, I'm kind of nervous. Tomorrow morning Cosmo is going to the vet to get a lump looked at on her chest but more like closer to her armpit. Its maybe marble sized and will move around a bit and doesn't seem to bother her at all. I know fatty cysts are especially common in overweight middle aged females and cockers and poodles (her mixes) are prone to them. She's 8 yrs old and was overweight (we don't know current but she has lost since we changed up her food....poor thing went from 22 lbs to 28 in like 1-2 years because of seizure meds, she should be more like 24 lbs).
So I'm just really hoping that it's nothing but and my baby girl just has a fatty cyst.
Aww...that's so amazing. I think it's especially touching if you felt unhappy as a child.
And although I would never actually want a monarch, I do think kings and queens and especially princesses are pretty cool to read about. Maybe when she's a little older she'll be interested in reading about some interesting but sad people like the last Romanovs. Actually maybe she'd like the movie The Young Victoria? As mature as the subjects you share with her are, she might almost enjoy it now. And V in that movie is a pretty good role model - a young girl refusing to be a helpless pawn and learning to make her own decisions. It's a great movie.
Crazy about the earthquakes!
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
The only evidence I had that there was another earthquake as I was coming out of the shower was a thud and seeing my bra strap swinging from where I'd hung my bra on the doorknob. So funny about the second Richter downgrade, L. You, yourself may need to be recalibrated.
Bodhi is starting to show a true preference at times for DH. I'm partly relieved because he was so intensely fixated on me for so long, it was hard at times to be the end all be all for one demanding little person. But tonight I felt this pang when I saw B clinging to DH's leg as he was walking away. "He only used to do that for me" I thought.
That princess story reminded me of something Homer Simpson once said: "Silly Lisa! Don't you know vampires are make-believe? Just like elves and gremlins and Eskimos!"
I missed a lot of conversation by going to sleep. Silly sleep, who needs it, eh? Speaking of sleep, both boys have been sleeping so much later. I hope we're on a good sleep phase for a while!
I've experienced 2 small earthquakes. One in Arkansas that woke me up because I thought someone was shaking me and the other here in England, again I was woken from sleep but thought that a big train had gone by (we used to live near the tracks).
Jennifer, I hope Cosmo turns out to be ok.
L, that is brilliant about the twins being so happy. I remember wishing that a lot when I was little, too. It makes me conscious of my own children's happiness a lot and to try really hard to give them the nicest childhood that I can give them, one that I did not have.
Jennifer I hope Cosmo is okay!
Lydia I think that is just about the best thing to hear someone say about your children. Who could ask for more than that!
And totally strange that Savana told me right before she went to sleep last night that she gets sick of princess stories since they aren't real and she likes to read about real stuff sometimes. Of course I told her they were real just not in the way people write about them which also lead to a conversation about voting. She asked me if I voted for Barack Obama and when I said yes she said, "Good job, Mom. You voted for the winner."
We are reading a Milly Molly Mandy book right now that was recommended by a waldorf group and it is a really great little book.
It's 4am, btw and I can't sleep.
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I hope Cosmo is OK. Is there anything people can do to help prevent the cysts?
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L that is seriously the sweetest thing And TBH that is all I want for N. I want him to look upon his childhood with fond memories and remember how happy he was-something I've always wished I could do myself... OK so now I'm all teary and emotional
Jennifer I hope that Cosmo is OK! It's so scary when one of the babies get sick Hopefully its nothing and she is OK.
I hope Cosmo's appointment goes well today Jennifer. Please let us know. Maybe it's just a swollen lymph node from a minor infection?
Good morning everyone. I barely slept at all last night. I'm fighting the cranks now. I just wanna be mean to somebody.
Lol, Chrissy. Go be mean to someone and get it out of your system! Sorry you didn't sleep well. The one thing I miss about my pre-children days is the ability to just nap whenever I wanted.
We're going out tonight with the work gang. Dh still works for the company that I used to work for. It will be nice to see some people I haven't seen in awhile. In just 3 hours I'll be in a pub in Leeds having a white wine spritzer. That is a nice thought. Lol.
Good Morning! I didn't go to sleep til after midnight (doing homework ) Than Nolan wakes up at 3 to eat and than decides when daddy gets up at 5a.m. that he thinks its time to play Got my coffee and I'm on my way to feeling more awake!
Have fun Ash!!
I have a dinner 'date' with an old friend tonight that I'm looking forward to. She's my nearest and dearest friend, but works 2 jobs and I rarely get to see her. After we moved away, I only saw her 2-3 times. Now that we live close again, we're both hoping to have more contact. Another friend texted me this morning inviting me 'out' with her and her bf. I told her I may stop in for a drink or two after dinner. I need escape!!
Ash/Chrissy I'm so jealous!!! I hope both you ladies have a great time! Everyone needs to get out every once in a while
This is kinda new for me Christina. I spent my entire 20's never setting foot inside a bar unless it was to pick up a drunk friend or a family member's bday party. Maybe a half dozen times in a 10 year period.
Most people experience their wild days in their 20's. I think I'm doing it in my 30's.
Sigh. Today is the 2 yr anniversary of my 27 year old cousin killing himself. My heart just aches for my aunt. I cannot imagine losing a child that way.
Yeah I don't do bars at.all! They stink My friends think I'm lame, but thats OK
I hope you have fun/wild night! Get drunk and sing some karaoke for me! I love Karaoke!!!
Bridget how heart breaking, I am so sorry for you and your family
Awww come on I'm 22, somebody has to party for me! My wild night out is BINGO with my mom and aunt! Work with me here


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(Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc
McGee, 57, had displayed no symptoms previously, and post-surgical tests indicated that he was cancer-free, the insurance company said.
"In an abundance of caution, the doctors and I have agreed on a low-dose chemotherapy and radiation treatment and we expect minimal side effects," McGee said in a statement.
McGee, who was working from home, will return to office on Monday. The company declined to provide additional details on the surgery.
Hartford hired McGee from Bank of America Corp
McGee restructured the 200-year-old insurer in 2010 into three main units -- consumer markets, commercial markets, and wealth management -- to reduce complexity of the business.
The insurer underwent another round of restructuring last year under pressure from famed hedge fund manager John Paulson. Paulson screamed at the management on an earnings call in February to do something "drastic" to boost its industry-low valuation.
Hartford has since sold off its life insurance, retirement plan and individual annuities units.
Shares of the company closed at $23.90 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
(Reporting by Jochelle Mendonca in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)


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Combination Hormone/Vaccine Therapy May Benefit Prostate Cancer Patients
A new study provides evidence that a prostate cancer vaccine combined with hormone-deprivation therapy can help patients with recurrent prostate cancer. The results of this clinical trial, led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), appear in the August Journal of Urology.
The phase II trial was designed to treat patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer who were experiencing rising levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), an indicator of disease recurrence. Prostate cancer often progresses several years after treatment with hormone-deprivation (antiandrogen) therapy.
This is the first study to combine antiandrogen therapy and a cancer vaccine for treating prostate cancer, and also the first randomized clinical trial in this population of prostate cancer patients. Read more
Nanotech and Proteomics Fuel Expanded Communication
As the recent special issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin on communication highlighted, NCI and the cancer community have embraced technology as a means of facilitating communication among and between the cancer community and the public.
The complexity and pace of research today demand that researchers communicate more often and more effectively, and have access to shared resources that promote collaboration. Although many researchers in certain fields discuss their work when the opportunities arise, we can no longer solely rely on research conferences as a means of forging relationships, and learning about new science and new opportunities. This is especially true if we are to fully realize the inherent advantages of team science and inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Read more
Combination Hormone/Vaccine Therapy May Benefit Prostate Cancer Patients
A new study provides evidence that a prostate cancer vaccine combined with hormone-deprivation therapy can help patients with recurrent prostate cancer. The results of this clinical trial, led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), appear in the August Journal of Urology.
The phase II trial was designed to treat patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer who were experiencing rising levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), an indicator of disease recurrence. Prostate cancer often progresses several years after treatment with hormone-deprivation (antiandrogen) therapy.
This is the first study to combine antiandrogen therapy and a cancer vaccine for treating prostate cancer, and also the first randomized clinical trial in this population of prostate cancer patients.
"The question is, what do you do for someone who has already failed standard therapy with hormones?" said Dr. Philip M. Arlen of the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology in NCI's Center for Cancer Research (CCR) and first author on the study. "This study was designed to help answer that question and examined a population of patients whose cancers were resistant to hormone therapy and had no metastatic disease that was observable by computed tomography scan, but had a rising PSA score."
NCI scientists randomly assigned 42 prostate cancer patients to receive either vaccine or second-line antiandrogen treatment with the hormone nilutamide. After the first 6 months of treatment, participants in both arms of the study - who had rising PSA levels but no evidence of metastatic disease - could choose to receive the other treatment in combination with their first study treatment. The CCR scientists worked with a vaccine jointly developed under a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement with Therion Biologics Corp.
There were no serious side effects from the vaccine, but three of the participants receiving nilutamide experienced severe toxic reactions. Median time from treatment initiation to failure - defined as either rising PSA levels, metastases, or serious toxicity - was 9.9 months for patients who received vaccine alone compared with 7.6 months for those on nilutamide alone. However, 12 of the 21 vaccine recipients had nilutamide added to their treatment regimens after 6 months. That group experienced an additional median time of 13.9 months until treatment failure, for a total of 25.9 months from the beginning of their treatments.
The positive effects of combining antiandrogen therapy with vaccine "may be because the vaccine acts to 'prime' the immune system, and when you add the hormone treatment, it allows the vaccine to work even better," explained Dr. Arlen. "Our study indicates there may well be a synergy between immunotherapy with vaccines and hormone deprivation. However, only a larger phase III study can prove this point."
Dr. Arlen and his team are planning a new study using a vaccine and antiandrogen therapy at the same time, instead of sequentially, in similar patients. They will test a newer, more potent prostate cancer vaccine in the next study. The researchers also will use a different hormone treatment called flutamide, which has fewer and less serious side effects than nilutamide.
"Our goal moving forward is to introduce the vaccines into earlier treatment stages," Dr. Arlen said. "We have shown that this therapy is safe and well tolerated. Next we want to keep this population of patients either stable or improving, and also prevent metastatic disease."
By Bill Robinson
Nanotech and Proteomics Fuel Expanded Communication
As the recent special issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin on communication highlighted, NCI and the cancer community have embraced technology as a means of facilitating communication among and between the cancer community and the public.
The complexity and pace of research today demand that researchers communicate more often and more effectively, and have access to shared resources that promote collaboration. Although many researchers in certain fields discuss their work when the opportunities arise, we can no longer solely rely on research conferences as a means of forging relationships, and learning about new science and new opportunities. This is especially true if we are to fully realize the inherent advantages of team science and inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Proteomics and nanotechnology, by their very nature, weave together a disparate array of scientific fields, from molecular biology to engineering to bioinformatics. Collaboration and interactive communication are absolute musts for the researchers involved in these fields, but the infrastructure to facilitate this interaction has been lacking.
NCI is working on a variety of levels to change that. The NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer provides an excellent example. To take advantage of the promise offered by the unique properties of nano-scale devices, the traditional life sciences community must collaborate with scientists from the disciplines of mathematics, engineering, materials sciences, and physics. Thus, from the outset, this initiative has made real-time communication and collaboration an integral part of its planning, strategy, and implementation.
This commitment is embodied by the http://nano.cancer.gov Web site, which offers a broad collection of resources, including updates on new research findings, monthly articles on important trends, reference materials such as a bibliography and glossary, and webcasts and archived presentations of cancer-related nanotechnology conferences. The Web site aims to eliminate the silos of language and culture that have often separated different scientific disciplines so that they can bring their skills and knowledge to bear quickly and productively.
I'm particularly excited about the Nanotechnology Teaming component of the Web site, http://nano.cancer.gov/resource_center/teaming_site.asp. This portal offers investigators a venue to explore collaborative opportunities with investigators from other disciplines, academia, and the private sector.
The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) also will be an important conduit for scientific exchange and for advancing team science across a broad spectrum of research. It will play a central role in the recently approved Clinical Proteomic Technologies Initiative. In effect, caBIG will provide a centralized communication network that allows the research teams to optimize data sharing and, at the same time, monitor the progress of external clinical proteomics programs.
Improved communication among researchers will go a long way toward maintaining and quickening the pace and effectiveness of the discovery-development-delivery continuum. Proteomics and nanotechnology are by no means the only research areas for which this holds true. But they are two areas that are driving the team science revolution, and I have every expectation that they will be at the heart of advances that will save many, many lives.
Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach
Raising the Bar on Tumor Marker Prognostic Studies
During the month of August, five leading peer-reviewed biomedical research journals are publishing the same report in their pages and on their Web sites. The report's centerpiece is a single page that resembles a checklist that college freshmen might receive from their professors on how to write a term paper.
In this case, the checklist ticks off 20 recommendations on how to write a different type of paper: a report on a tumor marker prognostic study - investigations of biological markers that may predict patients' clinical courses following a definitive treatment such as chemotherapy or surgery - to be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Developed by an international committee of researchers led by NCI and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, the guidelines are intended to facilitate the reporting of the types of data and other information that can clearly demonstrate such studies' true significance and allow accurate comparisons with similar studies.
A more subtle goal, says Dr. Sheila E. Taube, associate director of the NCI Cancer Diagnosis Program and a co-author of the guidelines document, is to nudge researchers into designing better studies to begin with.
"If journal reviewers and editors send a message to researchers that they have not included pertinent categories of information in their submissions and refer them to the guidelines, I think that it will not only change the reporting, but when they do their next study, change how it's designed and conducted," she says.
Thousands of studies have looked for definitive associations between clinical endpoints (such as time to disease recurrence or mortality) and biological markers (such as the levels or expression of specific proteins or genes, or gene/protein patterns). But they produced few clinically meaningful markers that can help oncologists make treatment decisions, such as whether adjuvant therapy is needed.
Part of the problem, notes Dr. Lisa McShane, the lead author and member of the NCI Biometric Research Branch, is the sometimes striking inconsistency in how studies of the same markers are conducted and analyzed. Often, the studies look at different patient populations: The patients may have different tumor characteristics and receive different treatments, and the marker may have been measured using different assay methods. These factors could influence the observed association of the marker with outcome. And, these important details - which could explain the inconsistent results - are frequently not reported.
Such shortcomings have serious implications. When an expert panel convened by the American Society of Clinical Oncology met 5 years ago to update clinical guidelines on tumor markers for colorectal and breast cancer, the inconsistency in how studies had been conducted and concerns about statistical analyses made the process a struggle, recalls panel member Dr. Nancy Kemeny, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This was true even for exhaustively studied markers such as CEA, elevated levels of which have been shown in a number of studies to indicate disease recurrence in patients with colorectal cancer.
"We spent a long time looking at CEA," Dr. Kemeny says. "We almost came out against recommending it, partly because we don't have a good randomized study."
The panel also looked at other markers in colorectal cancer that, according to some studies, offer important prognostic clues, such as levels of CA 19-9, a protein shed by tumor cells, and expression levels of the tumor suppressor gene p53. "But we couldn't come up with a positive feeling about them," Dr. Kemeny says. "It's possible that some may be positive, but the available studies just weren't good enough for us to say that the markers should be used to monitor patients."
A study in the July 20 Journal of the National Cancer Institute offered another cautionary tale about tumor marker prognostic studies - namely that many published studies are often tinged with bias.
The study involved a meta-analytic review of studies examining the relationship between p53's protein product (TP53) and prognosis after treatment for head and neck squamous cell cancer. While a review of only published studies turned up a strong association between TP53 status and survival, when the results of unpublished studies were added to the analysis and standardized definitions of TP53 status and patient outcomes were applied, "the statistical significance of the association was abrogated," the researchers concluded.
Drs. Taube and McShane believe the guidelines can help address such issues and, in so doing, have a substantial impact.
"Hopefully we will have better science being done and being reported in a way that is more interpretable and can more quickly get us to an understanding of a marker's clinical significance," says Dr. Taube. The ability to assess potential markers more quickly and accurately, she concludes, "will allow us to get things into the clinic more efficiently."
The guidelines can be found at http://www.cancerdiagnosis.nci.nih.gov/assessment/progress/clinical.html.
By Carmen Phillips
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Adjuvant Therapy for Patients with Colon Cancer
Name of the Trial
Principal Investigator
Why Is This Trial Important?
Recent studies have shown that the effectiveness of chemotherapy for colon cancer that has metastasized can be improved with the addition of a monoclonal antibody called bevacizumab (Avastin). Bevacizumab blocks the action of a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor, which can help tumors establish a blood supply, so they can get oxygen and nutrients needed for growth.
With this study, researchers hope that patients undergoing adjuvant treatment for colon cancer that has not metastasized will also benefit from the addition of bevacizumab to chemotherapy.
"Bevacizumab inhibits the formation of blood vessels to tumors, thereby depriving the tumor of nutrients, and may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy," said Dr. Allegra. "We hope that by adding bevacizumab to adjuvant chemotherapy, we will be able to prolong disease-free survival of people with colon cancer that can be surgically removed."
Who Can Join This Trial?
Where Is This Trial Taking Place?
Contact Information
An archive of "Featured Clinical Trial" columns is available at http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/ft-all-featured-trials.
There is strong evidence that the interplay of environmental exposures and genetics significantly affects colorectal cancer risk, said Dr. John D. Potter, senior vice president and director of the Division of Public Health Sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, last week during a speech on the NIH campus. Dr. Potter gave the 2005 Annual Advances in Cancer Prevention Lecture, part of the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention's Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention.
His conclusion is based on studies that have assessed environmental exposures such as folate intake, smoking, and physical activity, as well as the use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. With aspirin, for example, several studies and randomized clinical trials have shown that it can reduce the risk of precancerous polyps. However, according to work by Dr. Potter and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson, this reduction is modulated by polymorphisms in metabolizing enzymes.
Dr. Potter also discussed HNPCC, a hereditary form of colon cancer that has undergone a significant change in phenotype since its discovery in the early 1900s. Early in the century, colorectal tumors were rare in such patients, but that has slowly changed over the years. Now, the majority of HNPCC patients have colorectal tumors - a change that Dr. Potter argued is directly influenced by changes in environmental exposures, including tobacco exposure, reduced physical activity, and dietary changes.
Tribute to a Tobacco Control Crusader
More than half a century has passed since Dr. Doll undertook the first in-depth epidemiological study of smoking and lung cancer with Austin Bradford Hill. The study, first published in 1950, not only propelled his career toward five decades of tobacco-related cancer research, but also prompted him to quit smoking.
In addition to linking smoking and lung cancer, Dr. Doll also conducted research on the relationship between smoking and heart disease, and the effects of low-level ionizing radiation.
"NCI acknowledges the legacy left by Dr. Doll. The results of his groundbreaking research have saved millions of lives," said Dr. Cathy Backinger of NCI's Tobacco Control Research Branch.
Reflections on the Practical Realities of Cancer Control
Growing up in the Mississippi River Delta on an Arkansas farm, I experienced a comparatively simple life. During the 1960s in that part of the country, however, "cancer" was a death sentence. There were not many good treatment options, cancer prevention was not yet well established, and early detection was only a concept.
Complicating this picture for African Americans in the Delta was a high level of distrust of physicians and their motives. The Tuskegee Experiment story that broke in the early '70s only heightened the sense of distrust among Blacks for the medical establishment that I was working so hard to join.
In the '80s I became more aware of the complex issues surrounding health care quality. In the '90s I began to develop my career identity, learning the value of resources, innovation, and a focus on discovery. At least, that's what one learns spending 20 years in the NCI intramural program. Evidence-based medicine became the new mantra. Map and assess the human genome. Measure proteins at the cellular level. This, we taught ourselves, was how we were to conquer disease.
In 2000 I left NCI to direct the Cancer Center at West Virginia University. In this rural area, my patients (overwhelmingly Caucasian) expressed a distrust of physicians and their motives that I had not heard for many years at NCI.
In June of this year I became Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I now face new questions: What roles and responsibilities should CDC, NCI, and their partners have in reducing the cancer burden for everyone? In what ways can CDC, NCI, and our partners better work together?
In the fight against cancer, CDC and NCI share identical long-term goals. Our expertise and specific tools may differ, but the emphasis is on the science and how we can use evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of cancer. I've had the pleasure of beginning a discussion with Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach about the ways in which NCI and CDC can improve an already productive relationship.
All of us associated with fighting cancer can be very proud. Yet we recognize that so much more can and must be done. I've worked very hard to become a part of the American medical establishment and the public health community. I want to see the day when distrust of medical professionals is a thing of the past - for all Americans. I also want to see the day when the combined benefits of science and practice reach all Americans - equally.
For more information about CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, go to http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/.
Dr. Eddie Reed


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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tutorial/How I Turned a Dollar Store Find to a Ring Display Case
I am pretty excited about this project I was just about share with you, because, I only spent $1 to buy the wood frame at the dollar store about year ago or so, and rest of the material was I already had at home and leftovers from other projects!
Even though you don't have exactly the same frame, no worries. You simply need to increase or decrease the number of "fabric spring roll" :) you put in.
1. One dollar frame... this is the before picture that I simply spray painted it to prep for the project and set a side.
2. To make the "fabric spring roll"( just don't know the proper name for it)to slide the rings in, cut 4"x 4" squares out of linen and slightly less than 2"w X 9"L batting. In this case I cut out 27 pieces each, but this will change depends on the wood frame you have.
3. Fold the batting few times to make it look like the one in the picture and sew the end.
4. Place the folded batting onto the 4"x 4" fabric diagnally, than stard wrapping it like making a spring roll. Use pictures as a guide.
then, sew the end.
You need to make this how many ever you need, but this is like the perfect part to make it into take and go project in the zip lock bag.
5. Drizzle the glue from glue gun into the each square. Quickly put the fabric spring rolls into the square before the glue gets dry. Its best to work one square at the time.
6. Use butter knife to push in some ends that are sticking out.
You see the difference of before and after?
7. Now, it is time to enjoy.
Each rings are snugly in it's place...I LOVE it.
Just like I said in earlier, you don't have to have exact same frame to make a ring display case like this. You could even use glasses, baskets, boxes, cans, I mean the possibilities to make this unique are endless. Did I make you wanna look around your house a bit to see what you can find? :)
48 comments:
- mamikelate said...
- April 11, 2012 at 6:42 AM
- Artsy VaVa said...
How Clever!!! Fantastic idea!
- April 11, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- ankita mittal said...
Oh Gosh!! I love love love it! thank u sooo much for the idea! I have a very sturdy cardboard box in lavender that might just do.
- April 11, 2012 at 6:53 AM
- Lisa@Pickles and Cheese said...
Now this is a brilliant idea!!
- April 11, 2012 at 6:55 AM
- BeadsAndBarnacles said...
I really like this, I might have to have a go at doing it at some point.
Pippa xx
- April 11, 2012 at 7:09 AM
- Christa aka The BabbyMama said...
That's incredible! It's so logical, but I never would have thought of it :)
- April 11, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- AB said...
Genius! Your blog had made me to sew again :-)
- April 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- Melissa said...
Great idea! I have some ring holders but they are just plain black and boring. I may have to use some fabric and make them pretty. :)
- April 11, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- Sarah said...
Wow, this is so neat and creative. I would have never thought to do something like this. ou did amazing!
- Sarah
- April 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- jennifer said...
This is a fantastic idea, thanks for sharing!
- April 11, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- MollyMJ said...
cool idea :)))
I love your nice blog and will read you now !
greetings from Moscow
- April 11, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Shannon said...
I really like this, I may make it for my mom. She has a lot of rings. Thanks for sharing :O)
- April 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- The Mommy said...
Sachiko, you are so clever! I always love to read your blog to see what you will come up with next... :)
- April 11, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Roxy said...
That is a great idea! I'm gonna do the same thing.
Here's what I did with my dollar tree display case
- April 11, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- MJ said...
This is fantastic! Well done :)
- April 11, 2012 at 4:12 PM
- Heather - Dollarstorecrafts.com said...
Cool! I posted a link on the dollar store crafts fb page: https://www.facebook.com/dollarstorecrafts
Love it!
- April 11, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Epesse said...
Love it! You're brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Maybe I try with a tuna can...
- April 11, 2012 at 5:53 PM
- velosewer said...
Neat gift idea.
- April 11, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Beverly {Flamingo Toes} said...
This is really cute and sooo clever!! Thanks for sharing!
- April 11, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- linda-neff.com said...
luv it!
- April 11, 2012 at 7:29 PM
- Pine Needles said...
How clever are you!?!?!?! That is so fabulous, I never would have seen a ring display when looking at the empty box!
- April 11, 2012 at 9:34 PM
- Hobbyaholic (April) said...
Awesome, I see a trip to the $1 spot this week.
Dollar Store Crafts, shared your link.
- April 11, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Beth J said...
Wow! This makes so much sense and I am so doing this. Thanks for the idea!!
- April 12, 2012 at 8:11 AM
- quiltingjewel39 said...
Absolutely too cute and the price is so right!! Thanks for sharing.
- April 12, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- gracepuretruth said...
I have a box I'm thinking about at home right now! Thanks a bunch!!
- April 12, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- ginger @ literally inspired said...
I want to kiss you right now and since we have never met I am sending over a virtual hug because I don't want to come across trampy. I make and sell jewelry and I am going into my second season of fairs and markets and this is PERFECT for displaying my rings! I already purchased a bunch of the boxes from the dollar store because well, they were a dollar. And now they have purpose!
MUAH! Love it!
- April 12, 2012 at 7:54 PM
- raima said...
Rings are so unique and the way so displayed it really attarctive
gifts to pakistan
- April 13, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- MysticMandy said...
What a great idea! I will have to try this.
- April 14, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- Asiek =} said...
Fantastyczny kurs! =D
Pozdrawiam cieplutko =}
- April 15, 2012 at 11:23 AM
- Jill Elaine said...
Very well done:) I like it!
- April 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Jill Elaine said...
Very well done:) I like it!
- April 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Salomé said...
Love it!:)
- April 19, 2012 at 2:29 AM
- Salomé said...
Love it!:)
- April 19, 2012 at 2:29 AM
- Tabitha said...
I love this! I made one inspired by yours and blogged about it here: http://happycakecrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/from-cutlery-box-to-ring-box.html
And, of course, I linked to your post. :-)
- May 8, 2012 at 7:15 AM
- Lori Allred said...
What a lovely and very creative idea!!
- May 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- L´Antoxana said...
Me parece una idea genial
- July 10, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- artspiffy said...
Hi Sachiko - I found your tutorial via Pinterest and it's just what I needed. Here's a link to my blog if you'd like to see the outcome: http://artspiffy.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/diy-ring-display/
Thank you so much!
Christina Steward
- November 12, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Sandra said...
I love your idea! It is wonderful and a lovely present.
Best wishes, Sandra
- November 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- raj kumar said...
I read this blog carefully and really I like it.Thank you for sharing the fantastic idea.
- December 7, 2012 at 4:08 AM
- Julie said...
Fantastic idea!
- December 7, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- gunjan khanna said...
This is the awesome Idea for making the ring case. This can be easily build and you taught well. Now the gold and diamond ring designs can be remains in shape and care. Thanks for the post.
- March 5, 2013 at 12:15 AM
- Shambavi said...
grt idea !! my mind is buzzing with what I can do including make these for displaying earrings so am not hunting pairs while rushing to work. its not just great idea its brilliant.
- April 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM
- Tina Wray said...
Very cute idea, I'm going to try this
- April 29, 2013 at 3:06 PM
- metsukii said...
I'm currently making one from a box, and adding separators, and using it for stud earrings.
Thanks for sharing :)
- September 11, 2013 at 8:46 AM
- Thiago daLuz said...
That's pretty genius! And it's totally unique among retail display cases you might find. Think it's an idea you could market? Could be a lot of money in it.
- September 30, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Pearl Blay said...
I really liked the vertical approach! Makes sense!
- October 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM
- gelfling50 said...
Thank u so very much for this tutorial. I love it and can't wait to make several, as I do make rings also....I also joined your blog....I am also a blogger so if you feel like it take a look. I have a blogger blog the name of my blog is
Fiddledeedee Jewelry by Jacqueline..Once again ty for your kind generosity...bye for now
- January 22, 2014 at 9:23 AM
- Object of Maya*ffection said...
This is GENIUS!!! Thank you for the tutorial - totally doing!!!
- February 25, 2014 at 9:38 AM