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Everyone says the Christmas season is getting longer and longer, with some stores putting out decorations right after Halloween. So how come I feel like it's getting shorter and shorter? I feel good that I have most of my gifts purchased and my outside lights up, but I haven't done Christmas cards or put much at all up inside the house. As usual I feel the rush of time as the clock counts down.
As a child Christmas seemed like a slow progression family traditions. First, the catalogs from JCPenney and Sears would come. We'd pour over the Toy sections for hours before circling our final "wish list" choices. Next we'd go get the tree. Often we'd cut our own and that was a grand adventure in finding the perfect tree. Not that the perfect tree had to be "perfect." I remember trees with big holes that were perfect for handmade preschool ornaments. One year we had a hole so big my dad drilled a hole in the trunk and stuck an extra branch in to fill a gap. We didn't care, as long as we got to drown it with tinsel at the end! Then there would be a day dedicated to homemade Christmas cookies. Frosting those cookies was half art and half competition. And finally, after gift buying, cookie eating, wrapping, the hanging of stockings with care, and Midnight Mass, finally it would be Christmas morning! Now that part seemed to go quickly, but what a joy!
Does anybody still make time to bake cookies from scratch or go cut down a real tree? Are your stockings homemade or store-bought? What Christmas traditions have you held on to that allow you to slow down and enjoy the season? My time comes at night when the tree is the only light in the room. Maybe "Silent Night" is playing or maybe it's just plain silent. I can do without the cards and the cookies as long as I have that moment.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Holiday Traditions
Everyone says the Christmas season is getting longer and longer, with some stores putting out decorations right after Halloween. So how come I feel like it's getting shorter and shorter? I feel good that I have most of my gifts purchased and my outside lights up, but I haven't done Christmas cards or put much at all up inside the house. As usual I feel the rush of time as the clock counts down.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Guns and Dolls
I've been travelling quite a bit in the plains states of the Midwest lately and I've noticed something. Go into any Interstate gas station/restaurant/store combo and there are dolls. There are fancy dolls under glass in frilly frocks and fancy bonnets. There are whole shops within a shop devoted to dolls. And then I found these:
Yes, darling, you can have your very own cloth "mini-me." She's already been stuffed and hung from the ceiling with care. She's just waiting for you! Would you like "Suicide Sally" or maybe "Noosy Nellie?" Why are you crying, dear?
Seriously, this has to be the creepiest way to display a doll I've ever seen. I'm not sure I understand the underground doll culture that seems to exist here. But I do remember, having grown up in Wisconsin, that "Gun and Doll" shows were quite popular. I don't really get the connection, but I suppose if the hubby likes guns, the missus must like dolls, right? Uh, maybe. Maybe the doll culture is just as strong as the gun culture and you have to be a member to understand it. In fact, maybe the NRA shot these poor rag dolls before they were stuffed and strung up for public viewing. Maybe.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
One of my favorite things
Pillows of Kambaba Jasper hang from hammered silver hoops in these elegant earrings. The swirling greens of these stones would compliment any Christmas outfit as the silver catches the light. Check out these earrings and the matching bracelet in my Etsy store!
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I have to admit I've been fairly uninspired lately. It's partly because I've been traveling up to two weeks a month for work. Weekends are about relaxing and laundry and catching up on household chores. On one of my trips I bought a green ceramic pendant and brought it home. Every so often I'd pick it up and try to picture it in a finished piece. Nothing. Nothing good, anyway. (I wish I had a photo to insert here, but I'm writing this on the road!).
Finally, inspiration came in the form of a 40th birthday party invitation. This friend had purchased several pieces from me in the past so I knew her taste and wanted to create a necklace just for her. This woman has a natural style so I used a dark brown suede cord as stringing material. I accented the pendant with antiqued silver beads, dark brown glass beads, and some knots to hold it in place. I have to say I liked the result! I left the length unfinished so she could choose how long she wanted it. The reward? She absolutely loves it! And she doesn't want me to finish the length – she likes being able to knot it at any length she wants.
Inspiration followed by the instant gratification of seeing the piece in the hands of a happy friend if hard to beat! It makes me wonder if I should only do custom pieces from now on. I like the creative challenge of matching the piece with the person, and I certainly like delivering it directly into the hands of a grateful recipient.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Black and White Badlands
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Christmas Earrings are back!
The Christmas earrings are back in my Etsy store! I've listed them at super-low prices because hey, they're just for fun after all!
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening… ?
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, christmas, earrings, etsy, holiday, jewellery, jewelry, party, red. necklace, sale, silver
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I've Been Jinxed
I'm starting to think I've been jinxed on this business trip. Either that or this particular hotel has a jinx. Upon check-in, the staff couldn't find my reservation, even after I provided my printed confirmation. They gave me a room as a walk in, but also made me stand there for 20 minutes while they called the reservation website's customer service. The next day, my keycard wouldn't work. Add on one more trip down three floors to the front desk to have it re-coded. Next I tried to use their nicely equipped business center only to find the printer wouldn't work. It kept saying "No Paper" even though the tray was full. Add one more trip to the front desk. After a highly delicate procedure involving slamming the tray in as hard as possible numerous times, the printer still did not work. So much for being productive.
It's too bad I'm having all these little problems because this is actually a great hotel. I not only have conditioner and hand lotion (which not all hotels provide anymore), but there is mouthwash, a shower cap and two kinds of tea. The free breakfast even includes scrambled eggs and bacon, which is great for people like me who don't want the huge sugar waffle. I hope that nothing else goes wrong to detract from my stay, but to be safe, I think I'll stay away from the fitness center and the pool!
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Friday, October 16, 2009
No Reruns
So I had this brilliant and inspired thought for a blog post, but in the back of my mind was this nagging idea that I had written about this subject before. I looked back in my archives and yes, I had written about in in July! So I am back at square one with no brilliant idea.
I admit I haven't written many thoughtful blog posts lately. I've been travelling for a week at a time for work and, well, you know how it goes. I still love all my blog followers and those that I follow! I just wish I had more time to interact with everyone. Perhaps tomorrow will bring some (truly) new inspiration!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Early Bird Free Shipping for Christmas!
The chill in the night air tells me that the weeks are flying by, and soon it will be time to think of snow and colored lights and presents under the tree. I've started choosing gifts for those special people in my life, and maybe you have, too.
For all my blog readers, I'd like to offer FREE SHIPPING on any order in my shop from now until December 31, 2009 (U.S only). Just type "freeblogship" in the "Note to Seller" and I'll refund your shipping fees through PayPal! If that's too hard to remember, don't worry. Just write me a note that you saw the Free Shipping offer on my blog! There's no item limit on this offer, so enjoy shopping! Visit my store at http://www.boutiquebybonnie.etsy.com
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Labels: christmas, chrysocolla, etsy, free shipping, jewelry, necklace, pearls
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - Poudre River Fall
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Labels: aspen, autumn, colorado, Fall, photography, poudre, river, trees
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday Pet Peeves
I'm just wondering, why do so many public bathrooms have the tissue dispenser placed in the absolute worst possible place? Do the (male) contractors laugh out loud when installing it, thinking of us poor ladies being forced to sit sideways or trying to bend our wrist in a way that nature never intended? I mean, come on people. You don't need a degree in ergonomics to get it right, just a little common sense.
And one more pet peeve... To all you fast food drive-through employees out there, what part of "That's all" don't you understand? I don't want the dollar biscuit or the upgraded drink or even the chocolate sundae (and no, I don't want to try the new combo meal today). I'm a big girl and I've been choosing my own meals for a long time now, thank you.
That's all.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
I've been wondering what to blog about, because it's been an emotional week for me. Emotional enough for me to think, "middle age is when you start going to more funerals than weddings." Pretty dark, eh? Of course that's not true. We all suffer the loss of loved ones. Some go too soon, others live to a grand old age. I am lucky this week. My uncle, who is in the hospital with a breathing tube down his throat, is expected to recover. Two days ago doctors told his family to say "good-bye." Two days ago I was ready to challenge anyone who believed in the power of prayer. But today I am only thankful. He's not out of the woods by any stretch, but he's improving and that is wonderful news.
So yes, I debated about such a personal post, and in the end I have left out some details. But life hangs on a thread and we all need to reach out and show our love while we have a chance. You never know when your time, or someone else's, will be over.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
New Pieces!
It's been weeks since I made any new pieces, so today I took advantage of the dreary weather and took some time to create. I managed to create or finish off eight new pieces! The shorter days mean I need to think about boosting the inventory in my Etsy store for Christmas. Let's hope it's a good season for handmade this year.
These wire earrings took me a long time because I'm not great at wire work! They're a variation on a design I saw in a jewelry makers magazine.
Sticking with the copper theme, these are the first ear wires that I've made by hand. The stones are a green jade.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Red Accent
Today I'm highlighting this red coral necklace, hoping to sell it before the listing expires on the 16th! Red coral is set off by puffed silver filigree beads in this 17" long necklace. It's finished with a self-closing lobster claw clasp. The cheerful red is great all year round but especially for the upcoming holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. And best of all, it's under $20!
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Labels: accessory, boutique by bonnie, christmas, coral, etsy, fashion, holiday, jewellery, jewelry, red. necklace, thanksgiving
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Fall Cometh
Have a long, peaceful Labor Day weekend!
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Scary Creatures
I'm tired of finding scary bugs in scary places. Last time I changed my sheets I uncovered a black spider just sitting there under my fitted sheet, right where I always sleep. It must have been divine providence that I chose to change the sheets at just the right time to discover and kill him. Creepy. And then there's the shower incident. I'm standing there, face full of soap, I pull my washcloth toward me under the spray, and an Earwig falls out of it (without contacts I have to assume it was an Earwig). I can tell you I dropped that washcloth like a hot potato and couldn't WAIT to get out of that shower.
I've learned to check the shower for bugs before getting in, but I never thought to check my washcloth. I know these small creatures can't hurt me, but they sure scare the bee-geesis out of me! I don't like them and I don't want them in my house. But, since I refuse to move to a concrete jungle, I have to accept sharing space with the intruders. Some of them are so creepy that I physically cannot kill them without letting out a series of embarrassing girl shrieks and hopping around like a mad woman. Just approaching for the kill raises my anxiety to dangerous levels. What if it moves? Oh, I don't want to see it move! Can it jump at me? Oh, I hate this. Why do I have to do this myself?
But I am a strong, independent grown-up woman, so I do the thing that frightens me. I'd love to say I am stronger for it, but next time I'm faced with a big ugly spider don't be surprised if you hear me whimpering like a school girl!
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
My Casting Call
I was going to do a "Wordless Wednesday" today but I realized it's been a while since I've written a true blog entry. So if it's alright, I'm just going to ramble for a while. In shop news, I had a nice surprise this week when someone ordered five items. That hasn't happened since the pre-Christmas days! A thing like that can certainly brighten your day. :)
Last week I was completely stressed out at my day job, but then I decided to let go of the worry and things got much better. It's hard to keep those outside forces and pressures from getting into your bloodstream. Once inside they're like a poison until you let go.
I've been watching that new reality series on Discovery Channel – The Colony (read about 'The Colony' here). Ten volunteers try to survive for ten weeks following a (simulated) global catastrophe. I'm amazed at what they've managed to build from what was lying around the warehouse. In my opinion the "cross section" of society they've chosen is heavily skewed toward engineers and scientists. I think a more realistic scenario would look something like this:
Meg – a 30-year-old 3rd grade teacher
Benjamin – an 11-year-old boy that Meg has taken under her wing
Henry – a bank president who doesn't even do his own yardwork
Paul – a retired machinist. He can build stuff but has arthritis.
Susan – a SAHM mom who lost her kids in the catasrophe
Danielle – a 22 year-old cocktail waitress and art student
Robert – a computer programmer and a deacon at his church
Javier – an 42-year-old insurance sales rep
Jennifer – Javier's wife. Sells real estate and has a quick temper.
David – a 24-year-old physical therapist
I have to wonder if this group would be able to build a wood gasifier to run a handmade generator that runs a daisy-chained bank of batteries that goes to a converter that outputs A/C power. Or would they just build a campfire, make their own oil lamps, defend themselves with clubs, and trade the power tools for food??
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Chrysocolla Earrings
I just listed these double Chrysocolla earrings. This is such a gorgeous stone with it's shades of blue and green all swirled together. I was lucky to find a strand of it in a small mom-and-pop shop last year and fell in love with it.
I sold a pair of these a few months ago that only had one bead each. These match a necklace and bracelet I already have for sale in my etsy store.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Four days in Kansas
Plane ticket: $340
Hotel room: $80
Six pack of beer from my hometown: $8
Wireless Internet in the middle of Kansas: Priceless
Traveling for business is not glamorous, at least not in my profession. But it does offer a chance to see parts of the country I would never visit otherwise. It's a chance to break away from my regular routine and the chair I sit in 8 hours a day. It's a chance to meet new people in new places and prove I can navigate in a strange environment (both literally and figuratively). But in a few days I'll be more than ready for that trip home again!
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Say Yes?
I've been sitting here watching episodes of "Say Yes to the Dress." If you haven't seen it, the show is set in a high-end bridal salon and features stories of brides shopping for wedding dresses. It got me thinking about my own wedding dress. I found it at a bridal fair. While looking through a catalog at a booth I turned the page, slammed my finger down, and said "that's the dress." It was the first dress I tried on and the one I ended up buying. And the kicker? It cost less than $400. I think it's because it didn't have a train (trane?).
Looking back, it could have been fit better to my body, but on the day I felt special and beautiful. It's hard to believe women spend $5,000+ on a dress when that's not what I remember about my wedding day. I remember the way my husband's tux felt under my hands, I remember I was so nervous before walking down the aisle I didn't know what side I was supposed to be on. I remember the happiness on my husband's face during the ceremony and the fun we had during the reception.
Sure, I would have loved a $7,000 dress, but that's not what the day was about. The day was about a big party to start our lives together – a party we were paying for ourselves. Part of me wishes I had spent more and pulled out more stops, but in the end it's just one day. And all the beading and lace in the world won't buy you a happy marriage.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
New Listings for Sunday!
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
New Listings!
I'm slowly getting around to adding new items to my etsy store. People get bored with seeing the same items being renewed so adding fresh pieces is essential.
This Picture Jasper necklace has a Southwest look and features nine rectangular "shards" as the centerpiece. I love the natural variations in this stone.
I also added this precious bracelet of pale pink glass beads. At 5.75 inches, it's perfect for any girl who loves pink. A heart clasp finishes off this darling piece.
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, bracelet, child size bracelet, etsy, glass beads, necklace, picture jasper, pink, pink lover
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Rustic Woven Metal Fish Necklace
I just listed this necklace in my Etsy store, and something about it is very appealing to me. I love the antiqued metal and the way it's woven to create the fish pendant. It gives the whole piece a rustic handmade look that I think appeals to both women and men.
The simple black cord doesn't distract from the focal pendant, which is accented by blue glass beads. This is the first of several pieces I finally got photographed to list!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Front Stoop – The Old Farmhouse
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Home Again
I've returned home from my road trip with a few mosquito bites, a bit of a tan and a lot of memories. I even made a sale in my etsy store while I was gone. A bracelet very similar to the one in this photo sold. That always seems to happen when I'm away for a few days! It must be the watched pot phenomenom.
Tomorrow I go back to my day job, but I think the break has done me good. In fact, I vote that we all get five weeks of vacation a year instead of two!
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, bracelet, chunky, etsy, green, nugget, silver
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Travel Notes
Vacations are to remind you who you are outside of work. Who the REAL you is, They can take you away and immerse you in a brand new view of the world. I'm two days into my vacation and have already had plenty of memorable moments. I've sat on a rock facing the Cathedral Spires at sunset. I've driven through the Black Hills national forest in morning light. I've gazed across fields of yellow flowers as far as the eyes can see. And I've seen a double rainbow end to end after a short Summer squall. And all that was just part of getting to the family reunion.
I believe we all need to get out into nature to replenish ourselves. My favorite view is any one that just makes me say, "thank you." Thank you for putting me here in this spot at this time and creating something so beautiful.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sweet Summertime
OK, maybe not so sweet when it's too hot to do anything outside – and we haven't even hit the 90's yet. Thankfully I got some help putting in my window air conditioner today which provides much needed relief! We didn't have air conditioning in the home I grew up in and I remember retreating to the lowest level of our split level home seeking the cooler air. I'm thankful that Colorado is dry and humidity is rarely a problem. Still, I think I may move downstairs to the guest room during the hot spells that I know are coming (I say that every year, but this year by George I may just get smart and do it).
Summer vacations are in full swing and I have a houseful of company this week. We've been busy playing tourist and running all over the Front Range. Next week I'll be the one travelling to a family reunion on my mom's side of my family. I won't be back until July, which is just around the corner already. It will be a road trip that will take me through the Black Hills of South Dakota and I'm planning to make some photography stops. If I have a chance I'll post a photo or two next week, otherwise you may not see an update for a week or so. Enjoy the rest of June!
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Green Goddess Necklace
This is a necklace I've had listed for a while that's pretty gorgeous. I love Peace Jade with it's mixture of white and green. I paired it with diamond shaped green Serpentine and teardrops of Green Aventurine. A few antiqued pewter spacers and a heart toggle clasp finish the look. Green is my favorite color so of course I find this necklace especially attractive!
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Monday, June 15, 2009
And the Robin says "cheep"
Ok, someone asked for more bird photos, and they seemed to be popular, so here's one more. Just your every day backyard Robin, captured in mid "cheep." I took this photo this evening shortly after another severe storm passed through. We've had nine days in a row with severe afternoon weather! This bird also wasn't a bit afraid of my cats on the deck. Maybe they aren't the fearsome hunters I imagine they are.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
A Shout Out to the United Kingdom
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, etsy, international shipping, jewellery, jewelry
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Bird photos with new lens
My new toys arrived today! As soon as I got home from work I opened up the boxes containing my new 70-200mm lens and the 1.4x extender and slapped them on my camera. Well, first I attached the UV filter to protect my nice new lens. I attached the lens hood, took a quick peek at the owners manual to see which Image Stabilization setting to use, and headed out onto the deck. My yard is home to a lot of birds and this young fellow came right out to see why my cats seemed to think the deck belonged to them (I think maybe he's not too smart yet)!
A bit farther away, the rest of his family gathered to call out warnings and insults to me and the cats. I don't even know what kind of birds these are. I much prefer my house finches and mourning doves. Anyway, they provided a nice little test handholding my new lens to see how the IS works.
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Labels: 50d, 70-200mm, bird, boutique by bonnie, Canon, grackle, photography
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Girl's Pink Necklace on Sale!
I'd rather sell it than renew it, so I've marked down this pink donut necklace to just $8 until the June 15th renewal date! It's made of rose quartz chip beads and the swirled donut is acrylic. The pink and white color scheme of this piece makes it the perfect girl's gift. This Rose Quartz necklace is 16.5" long with a 2" drop for the pendant. Click the photo for more info!
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Labels: beaded, boutique by bonnie, donut, etsy, for girl, girl's birthday gift, girl's gift, glass, handmade, necklace, pink, pink and white, pink lover, quartz, rose quartz, sale, under $10
Monday, June 8, 2009
Spring Hail
We've been having wonderful Spring weather in Colorado, and by that I mean it's anything goes! Just about every afternoon you can count on some rain clouds building up over the mountains until they can't hold any more and it pours for all of about 10 minutes or so! Sunday the weather was wildly unsettled with tornados on the plains and hail at my home in the foothills. Hail is pretty common here due to the elevation. I treasure these Spring rain storms because I know that soon it will turn hot and dry. But for now, everything is green and the sky is a wonder to watch.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Camera Lens Coming!
Yay, I just gave in and ordered myself the camera lens I've been wanting for six months! I also ordered a new tripod head, a good UV filter for my new lens and a 1.4x extender. That's a small piece you put between your camera body and lens to extend the range of the lens. It's a less expensive and less bulky way to get some extra telephoto.
I'm excited to get these new pieces and give them some serious use at my upcoming family reunion. I visualize some great portrait and candid shots along with landscapes in and around the old family ranch. Every time I get a new lens it becomes my "favorite" and I expect nothing less this time. But, like children, each lens is unique and they're ALL my favorite!
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Gone Fishing
I'm finally over being sick for five days. Here's to better health!
I did go out on Saturday and visit a bead shop I've never been to. They had some interesting, affordable items, including this fish pendant that I snagged for 75% off. I strung it on this simple knotted cord and it's all finished except for the clasp.
I also picked up this piece of Blue Coral (which looks black actually). I like the shape but I'm not sure about the accent beads. The cord is round rubber, but it seems a bit flimsy for the piece. What do you think?
Sales have been slow in my etsy store lately, but I like to keep adding new items. Got to keep it fresh! Of course these items aren't listed yet since they're not finished.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Long Weekend, Short Trip
Sorry for the long absence, but I took advantage of the long weekend to make a short trip to see a dear friend in California. The best part is I missed all the rain here and enjoyed perfect sunny skies! While in California I got my toes painted, drank some Sangria, and laughed myself silly - well worth the trip! Now I need a week (or four) to recover! Do you think they'd miss me at work? Thankfully this is a short week. The trick is to take the laughter and the love from this last weekend and stretch it out. Every time I look at my "fancy feet" I'll remember my visit and feel good inside. I'll be reminded to nurture the parts of myself that are uniquely me; the quirky parts, the talented parts and even the flawed parts. Because it's the flawed parts that make room for another person to come in and make you better than you are on your own.
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Labels: friendship, quirky
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wordless Wednesday – Crazy Horse Stone
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, copper, crazy horse stone, earrings, etsy, teardrops, wire wrapped
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Really off-topic music post
This morning I dusted off the boxed set of Baroque music CD's that my musical sister gave me many years ago. I needed to be refreshed – to get out of the repeating soundtrack of my life. Actually, last night I was thinking about making a list of my favorite songs of all time, and the earliest ones that came to mind were from the 1980's. Then I thought, why not go earlier? Surely some songs from the 60's deserve to make the list! But then I thought, why not go even earlier? What about Classical music? And so here I am, reconnecting with Classical music.
I've always loved the layering of melody and tempo in Baroque music especially. Who doesn't know the Pachelbel Canon or Handel's Water Music or Vivaldi's Four Seasons? The Pachelbel Canon carries the listener along like a leaf in a mountain stream that trips and plays along, until it finally reaches a pristine mountain lake. If Pachelbel is water, then Vivaldi is air – just as playful, but soaring through the treetops instead of dancing on the water. Handel, I think, is more like a row of large trees – impressive but orderly and purposeful. Sadly, my favorite Baroque piece is not included these CDs – Bach's Sleepers Awake. It's a simple "song" that I fell in love with when we sang the choral version in high school.
Isn't that great? I actually do feel smarter, more peaceful and even more motivated when I listen to Classical music. The pieces are complex and beautiful and written with passion and genius. Not to mention the talent it takes to perform them. If these notes can enter my brain and leave behind just a bit of that, then I'm the better for it.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Girl's Are Pretty in Pink
Last weekend I made this cute little bracelet designed for a girl's small wrist. The pale pink glass beads and heart-shaped toggle clasp make it a sweet accessory. I like that the pink is delicate and not overpowering. It's not listed in my Etsy store yet, but hopefully I'll get it uploaded soon.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Office
Have you ever had a day that left you feeling like a failure at your job? Today was not so great. I made a mistake. Actually, I made the mistake last year but I just caught it yesterday. I compounded that mistake by not fessing up to my boss right away (Note to self: Bring potentially bad situations to your boss's attention before he gets a call from the client).
My reward was a visit to the principal, er, I mean the boss's office to explain what happened. For the rest of the afternoon I felt like a big fat failure whose lousy at her job. I'm sure I can shake it off by tomorrow. And I did learn some important lessons. Now I have to step it up and bring my "A" game. Man, I hate phrases like that!
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Now Shipping Internationally!
Finally, I've added true international shipping to my Etsy store! I've been intimidated by international shipping (beyond Canada) for too long, so I've finally taken the plunge. Why put up road blocks to increased sales? Jewelry is light and easy to ship at reasonable prices. And now that I've done a couple, the customs forms aren't so scary. I do hope the international buyers will find me. Etsy doesn't make it easy to highlight the fact that you offer International shipping. I want to welcome all my readers from overseas and thank you for sticking with me!
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Landscape Stone Pendant
Here's a pendant I made last weekend. This gorgeous oval Landscape Stone pendant is wrapped in copper wire and hung on a rust colored suede cord. Landscape stone displays natural earth-tone patterns reminiscent of a painted desert landscape. I really love the natural pattern and colors!
This necklace is 25 inches long and finished with a toggle clasp. The pendant measures 1.75 inches long by 1.15 inches wide (41mm x 30mm). I hope you like it!
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, copper, etsy, landscape stone, necklace, pendant, suede, wir
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - Aspen
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Monday, April 27, 2009
More shop tinkering
Tonight I'm taking a tip from Timothy Adams and adjusting some of the prices in my Etsy store. I raised the prices on several items and lowered the price on a couple others. Timothy points out that people will gravitate to a medium priced item in most buying situations. How do you raise your median price? By significantly raising the price of a few items to create a new "ceiling." I probably fall in to the trap of pricing my items low, thinking no one will buy them otherwise. So many of us undervalue our work. I still think my prices are low, but I have a greater range now.
As a reverse experiment, I took a group of nearly identical items, my men's chokers, and reduced the price on one of them by $1. By making one item look like an accidental value, it should be more attractive. I've tried so hard to keep prices consistent in my store that perhaps there hasn't been any incentive to buy one piece over another. I'll be interested to see if I notice any changes in sales from this.
Posted by Boutique By Bonnie at 7:07 PM 5 comments
Sunday, April 26, 2009
A new look for an old listing – Spring cleaning for your store.
I've slowly started taking new photos for old listings that need an update. This Sodalite bracelet is one of the first items I listed in my Etsy store. The listing only had two product photos and I wasn't 100% happy with how the photos looked. I think the pink just didn't reflect my own taste, to be honest.
I've kept the pink photo in the line-up, but my new main photograph is clear and simple. The background does not distract from the colors of the stones or try to convey a specific mood. The bracelet gets to be the star. In addition, it's more in line with the other photos in my store. I will admit, my store doesn't have a fully consistent look, but I'm trying to steer toward that goal. I have two more of these Sodalite pieces to update, and then the pink will be gone!
Another key to updating a listing is to tweak the Title, body text and tags. I actually found an error in the body of this listing that had been there for a year! And then I saw that I was only using eight tags! It's so important to use all 14 tags if possible so that you show up in Searches.
Now I feel like this is a new listing instead of an old one. It's modern and updated and I feel proud to call it my own. How's your store looking? Is it time to do some Spring cleaning?
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Vote for my photo!
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Labels: boutique by bonnie, bracelet, chunky, etsy, green, handmadeology, photo contest, timothy adams
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Moss Agate and Cross Earrings
I just wanted to share my newest creation. I didn't realize until I finished them that the diagonal wire wrap on the agates match the binding on the cross charms. Sometimes design decisions come from subtle clues!
These have just been listed in my Etsy store.
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Labels: agate, boutique by bonnie, charm, christian, cross, dangle, earrings, etsy, jewelry, moss agate, religious, silver
Friday, April 17, 2009
Rainy Day Deer
Our Spring storm has so far dumped more rain and slush than snow, but that will likely change overnight! I caught these deer in my backyard around 6 p.m. enjoying a soggy evening romp. Usually I only have six deer, but this time I counted eight!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
And the winner is…
I'm happy to announce that Judy Richards Shubert is the winner of my Tax Relief Earring Giveaway!
You can find Judy online everywhere, but be sure to visit her blog, Food Gratitude, and her Etsy store, Edna Alice Designs. Judy also has a real interest in genealogy and cemeteries. Judy has won her choice of the earrings in my giveaway.
A big Thank You to everyone who entered my Giveaway and stopped by my blog in the last few weeks! According to comments, the favorite item in my Etsy store seems to be these Moss Green Earrings. That's interesting since I gave away a pair just like this in my last Giveaway! I love them too, and these earthy flower beads are some of my favorites. But I also love hearing which of my "lesser known" pieces get noticed by certain readers. It's nice to see that every piece has it's fans!
Well, I hope Tax Day was kind to everyone this year. The good news is, we don't have to do it again for another year!
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After a third day of gunbattle at Pathankot Air Force Station, one more terrorist was declared killed, taking the total number to five, but indicating the continuing uncertainty about the number of infiltrators, officials said operations would continue until the base could be declared fully safe.
The attack at the airbase, located close to the Pakistan border, began early Saturday. Seven security forces personnel have been killed while 20 are injured.
A charred body was also found at the airbase and was being examined by forensic experts to ascertain if it was that of a sixth infiltrator.
"Combing and search operations continue. Security forces comprising NSG, the Army…are employed in the operation. Air Force has deployed all its assets… Police and intelligence are also working in sync to make this operation successful," said National Security Guard Inspector General (Operations) Dushyant Singh on Monday evening.
"Given the magnitude of the airbase, operations will be conducted till we are able to fully render safe the base. However, I would like to inform that all the assets at the base, including personnel, families, have been secured and are safe," he said.
He did not say how many more infiltrators were suspected to be still present within the base.
According to official sources, some terrorists may have slipped into the air base even before an alert was sounded in Pathankot. "There is a high possibility that some terrorists may have entered the Pathankot air base even before an alert was sounded on January 1. Rajesh Verma (the jeweller who was abducted by terrorists on January 1) has revealed to the state police that he overheard a conversation between the terrorists and their handlers. From the conversation, he could make out that the terrorists were being pulled up for not having entered the air base yet, as two other terrorists had already done so," said a source.
"The terrorists were heavily armed. They were using AK-47s that had a slightly different contraption attached, not like under barrel grenade launchers, but something akin to mortar launchers," the source added. It is also being probed whether local smuggling networks were used to stash arms and ammunition somewhere near Pathankot, even before the terrorists had infiltrated.
Meanwhile, the United Jihad Council (UJC) Monday claimed responsibility for the attack. "The attack… was carried out by the national highway squad," a Srinagar-based news agency, Current News Service (CNS), quoted UJC spokesman Syed Sadaqat Hussain as saying.
According to CNS, Hussain claimed responsibility in a statement emailed from Muzaffarabad. "Our message is that no Indian installation is out of reach of the mujahideen," he is reported to have said. The UJC, an amalgam of militant outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir, is headed by Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin.
According to official accounts, on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1, a group of four persons dressed in army uniforms reportedly waylaid the car of Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh, who was travelling with his friend Rajesh Verma and his cook Gopal Das. The SP later reported that they were tied up, and after two hours of travel, he and Gopal Das were dumped. Verma, whose throat was slit but survived, was later left in a village called Beli.
Confirming that it was known on January 1 that the Pathankot air base could be targeted, officials said the NSG was aware that it may be the attack site when they were sent to Pathankot. Securing the "inner periphery" at the air base was top priority at the time, they said.
Security officials also revealed that there were intelligence inputs in the run-up to the Pathankot attack that the Jaish-e-Mohammed was planning "something spectacular". Recent intelligence had revealed that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had once again warmed up to JeM, they added.
In November last year, three heavily-armed JeM militants were killed in an attack on an army camp near the Line of Control at Tangdhar in northern Kashmir. A civilian was also killed in the encounter, and a jawan had sustained injuries.
An intelligence input the same month had warned that the ISI had brought together a group of around 30 terrorists from JeM, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizbul Mujahideen that was planning to cross into Indian territory from a camp in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) to carry out attacks. A meeting of terrorists from all three outfits was facilitated by the ISI at Peshawar, where instructions to cross over into the Kashmir valley and carry out attacks were issued, that input had claimed.
Government sources said details of phone calls intercepted between the terrorists who attacked the Pathankot air base and their Pakistan-based handlers, as well as evidence of the terrorists having come from across the border, are expected to be shared with the Pakistan government whenever the two sides meet next.
The NIA has registered cases under various sections of the IPC, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Arms Act against unknown persons, sources said. The three FIRs pertain to kidnapping of SP Salwinder Singh, murder of taxi driver Ikagar Singh and the attack on Pathankot air base by six terrorists.
A team of NIA has been at the spot since Saturday. The NIA will take over the evidence and custody of the bodies of terrorists once the Army and NSG give clearance that the operation is over, sources said.
The mandate of the NIA probe will include figuring out how militants entered India.
Salwinder is likely to be questioned, sources said. The NIA may also question or seek custodial interrogation of sacked IAF personnel Ranjith KK, a Leading Air Craftman (LAC) with the IAF posted in Bhatinda, who was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly supplying information to the ISI, sources said.
Meanwhile, Pathankot police started collecting information about residents living in the areas abutting the Air Force Station boundary wall. Homeowners have been told to submit information about tenants as well.
Police are also checking the antecedents of 500 labourers who have access to the air base. Police are also making a list of owners and employees of shops just outside the base.
"After making the lists, we will see if there are some suspects who may have helped terrorists," said DSP city Manoj Thakur.
Unconfirmed inputs that a labourer had seen two suspicious persons with weapons, and of a car being snatched in Manwal village kept police on their toes all day. Border Range Deputy Inspector General Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said a thorough search was carried out for three hours but nothing was found.
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Thanks to GALAXY HOTEL from Macau for the cordial invitation to do a 2D1N stay at the Galaxy complex to experience some of their different bars, restaurants and hotel offerings all inside the Galaxy Casino Complex. Festiva Buffet Restaurant was our 1st stop as we arrived via Ferry from Hong Kong to Macau, which the trip approximately takes 1.5 hours. I come to Macau monthly myself just to eat or have fun, in fact I have visited Galaxy Hotel a few times and blogged about shops. But along this trip I still managed to discover quite a few new things here – it shows that a properly guided tour will give you the best insider information!
Christmas Themes are already being built up -
It starts with one of Galaxy Hotel's own buffet restaurants on the ground floor.
The high ceiling in the buffet dining area is a relief from the tight spaces typical in Hong Kong
Bread Rack -
Interesting array of bread selections
Hamachi ハマチ Sushi -
Not many selections on rotation, today was Tuna or Hamachi. This yellowtail hamachi was quite crunchily fatty. Really fresh and tasty. ~ 7.5/10
Beetroot Cured Salmon and Smoked Salmon -
Pretty good quality and in fact they tasted meatier than most, almost like Gravlax .. ~ 7.5/10
The Cantonese Roast Meat section -
I tried them all and they were fantastic, in fact the Roast Chicken was crispy, Roast Pork was hot and cruncy. The best was the Char Siu…
This Char Siu had a nice marination and tender flavourful. It beats many restaurant's version.
Hand Cut Noodles with Beef Shanks and Pickles, Chili -
Not many buffet noodle stations have 'hand cut' noodles done on the spot…
And this version is done very well with a nice texture and chicken broth base. ~ 8/10
Nasi Lemak -
They have the full authentic range of Ikan Bilis, Rendang, Fried Egg, Sambal, etc to build your own Nasi Lemak. Very impressive as this is better quality than most Malaysian restaurants. ~ 8/10
Indian Curry Station -
Manned by three Indian cooks.
'Christmas Period' Honey Glazed Ham -
Well glazed and served with cherries and pineapples.
*Served from 9th Dec to 25th Dec
Christmas Period' Roast Turkey -
Served with different vegetables and parsnip,
cranberry chutney, onion gravy, etc.
*Served from 9th Dec to 25th Dec
Christmas Mince Pies, Christmas Yue Log cake, Christmas Pudding -
*Served in the buffet from 9th Dec to 25th Dec
Corn Ice Cream and Raspberry Swirl -
The corn ice cream was very strong, I think it can even pair with some chicken or seafood dishes!
Too full to experiment by this stage, but would love to come back and try it out!
9 to 23 Dec, 26 to 30 Dec - Lunch $218 Dinner $398
24 to 25 Dec, 31 Dec to 1 Jan – Lunch $288 Dinner $528
Food: ♕♕♕♕ to ♕♕♕♕ 1/2
Ease of Access: 4/5
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text: If you're looking for gifts for your bridesmaids (either for your wedding or for the holidays) make sure you check out Emma Stine, an online fashion jewelry store full of unique pieces at affordable prices. Though the site sells necklaces, rings, and bracelets too, I was particularly impressed with their selection of funky earrings all for under $28! Check out the full collection here. —Cari Wolfert


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So another week begins...
As I was driving home from work I was thinking about my boobs. As I have lost weight one might have supposed that they too would have lost a bit. While the circumference has been reduced the cup size stayed the same. Which now means I realize they are going to be bigger than I thought that they would be, (relative to my body).
And now a thought on wine and brownies. There is a wonderful little wine shop and another patron recommended a wine "Naughty Girl" to go with rich chocolate. So being ever the over achiever I baked brownies. In reality it is just good wine and good brownies.
That is not the point though, the point is I am getting to indulge. We all do if we know where we stand with our calorie intake and output. Just remember one brownie, tastes as good as ten and you will still reach your toes in the morning.


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Originally posted by Night Watchman
Now back to your jew hating.
Originally posted by Britguy
You have yet to post any evidence, from credible sources, to back up your claims that this was all a misunderstanding, an accident that resulted in friendly fire etc.
Originally posted by Britguy
I don't think the publishers would pass muster as being unbiased:
I am more inclined to believe the testimonies of the people on board the ship and on land based listening posts. Especially so since there has long been evidence that logs were falsified after the event and that the board of inquiry was directed to give a predetermined explanation.
Originally posted by Solomons
reply to post by Night Watchman
Your going to need more than simply snide comments like jew hater to backup your claims...the propaganda of calling anyone who questions israel anti-semitic or a jew hater stopped working a long time ago.
Originally posted by dragonridr
reply to post by Seany
You got the story all wrong there was no attempt to get into life boats the ship sailed into harbor under its own steam. There was no us aircraft carriers in the area either the 6th fleet was still on its way arrived the next day to help liberty limp into port total injuries were 27 death the whole and 33 injuries. The planes were observers and not attack air craft had no offensive capabilities. Finally the damage was caused by 3 torpedo boats firing 5 torpedos one of which managed to contact the ship.
The captain admits in his log that his gunner fired on the patrol boats even before the torpedo was launched. The incident its self is friendly fire. The only thing is how isreal made the mistake in the first place it was stated that the liberty was taken off the tactical board because they lost its position then a ship popped up and they thought it was hostile. Can happen that why they call it friendly fire. The only conspiracy is whoever pulled the ship off the board needed to be tried and this was never discovered.
There was also mistakes made by the US they didnt realize how close this ship got to egypt and the order was given to leave the area but it was too late. And there is no way this ship could tell if they were killing people and putting them in mass graves.The ship monitored radio frequencies hoping to ease drop on Egyptian pilots. Israeli communications were all ready being monitored from Israel without the ship we had listening posts in isreal.
Originally posted by searching4truth
reply to post by Zosynspiracy
I am right there with you, however sadly, my b.a. is a double major in Political Science and History, tragically amusing I know. Fortunately, I did have one teacher my senior year of college that encouraged us and told us some of the truth or at least the perspective from the "losers" of history, and greatly helped us in exploring information from sources other than the msm. It troubles me that many many students may not have that "one" professor in all of their education. I firmly believe that there is a lot to be said for self education, often times you will discover or learn things that would never be taught in a traditional class room, things that are an invaluable lesson as part of history.


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Day 2 of SLA social media insights
Day 2 of my first Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference and I'm thinking to myself, "this is where I belong". Here I am, attending several presentations where information consultants have similar assumptions regarding using social media tools to find information as I do. Mining blogs, Twitter and other social media platforms for insights seem to be the norm in the information consulting industry. To information consultants, social media presents a very important and free information source in addition to paid commercial databases.
Zena Applebaum, Director of Competitive Intelligence at Bennett Jones LLP, was one such presenter that gave a talk on this subject. Two things fascinated me from her presentation entitled "Social media-Turning noise into action":
1. The assumption that social media can be information sources from which information should be collected
2. That one can develop a social media collection and acquisition policy (or procedures) to make decisions about what social media data or information one could collect.
It is these points that I want to briefly review and talk about here in this blog entry.
First and foremost, Applebaum argues that social media sits between the spectrum of primary research and secondary research. She further argues that social media provides access to people essentially talking about themselves and others without the researcher eliciting those responses. She further suggests that on social media, there are both individuals and institutions that provide information. Her questions are not so much whether or not such information can be trusted or what's the value of such information, but how do we get at that information. This is in contrast to my discussions with some academics and in academia (including a few librarians), who are suspicious of social media information and ask can the data be trusted and how can we know whether or not the social media information is authentic or meaningful. Further, I've found that from informal discussions within limited academic circles, that there are doubts about collecting and storing such information, as social media information is deemed to be either too trivial, ephemeral or lacking the authority of traditionally published/secondary sources and primary sources.
The second thing that impressed me about Applebaum's talk was that she laid out what seemed to be guidelines for getting or acquiring social media data. In her presentation, she discussed the need for competitive intelligence specialists to have a framework for monitoring and collecting relevant information from social media. This begins by determining what she refers to as "key intelligence topics". According to Applebaum (2014)
Key Intelligence Topic - (KITs) are those topics identified as being of greatest significance to an organization's senior executives, and which provide purpose and direction for Competitive intelligence operations.
How do we determine these topics? Applebaum suggests that we conduct a series of interviews of a representative group of users from which we ascertain the relevant topics to monitor media and social media for. Then we are to grouped these topics into appropriate categories and get our stakeholders (the senior organizational executives/users) to allocate a priority to the same. Hence to begin the process, Applebaum recommends that we analyse who are our stakeholders (or users) and what decisions do they make. In addition, we must also ask:
•What knowledge do the users need?
•What intelligence can we provide?
•What intelligence can we provide?
The second step in the process is to define what she terms the "collection plan" (Using my collection development training, I would call it the collection development/acquisitions policy/procedures. However, her term may indicate less formality in the process). This involves determining the producers of the information that one needs and how to locate them. In Applebaum's presentation, this analysis of the sources that need to be monitored involves asking:
•Who has the information you need?
•Who is their audience?
•What social media will they use?
•How do you search those platforms?
•Who is their audience?
•What social media will they use?
•How do you search those platforms?
In my own experience as a librarian, the first two steps are similar to the process that I go about when identifying and determining which publishers (and vendors of commercial databases) to contact for what materials are needed for my library. The last point relates to how do I find those publishers (or vendors) in order to make those purchases (nowadays, we just deal with agents rather than contacting the publishers directly. Unless we are collecting rare books or items).
So when I examine this, I conclude that the skills of collection development are as relevant to social media information as they are to books and other items collected by libraries. In basic collection development policy we decide the purpose of our collection, its scope (and or limitations) and the types of decisions that we will make as to what sources to acquire or omit from the collection. Further, while we may not write it into our policy, we may implicitly establish procedures or a process to go about acquiring items for our collection. All this reinforces the idea to me that librarians can apply their skill sets (acquired from experience with traditional media and library sources) to new media and information sources/resources. The issue is whether or not we deem social media to be sources that we must collect, store, preserve and provide for our users to access.
Applebaum, Z. (2014). Social media – Turning noise into action. Presented at Special Libraries Association 2014 Conference, June 8-10, Vancouver, BC. Retrieved from http://sla2014.sched.org/event/db8c0c4fe1b010468310ab57b62d9eda#.U5aEzfldUrW.


text: We are continuing on our way into the Demon Filled mine for the source of the disturbance int he mining project and disappearances. We fought a Frog Demon that was in combat with a set of human well trained mercenaries. We find a pit and take the lift down to the 1st landing. The blood hunter and warlock stayed up top at the lift and met with another mercenary group.We found a group of rat people that spoke with Kane and told us of the evil in the depths that were summoned by the miners. They go away and the mercenaries finally start catching up. We find a service elevator and start going down. we encounter a odd demonic flying creature right after our tiefling is KO'd we fight and a ape enemy appears. The battle is completed and the tiefling is awoken . The day was completed! We find a lab that has a angel , Ithurial , on it and Kane recognized her and she recognized Kane, there was a crazy human controlling a machine and the dwarven researcher locked up nearby.Eldanath is in the human's body. We except Kane are told to destroy the machine by the angel. Eldanath is destroyed in a holy light! and Kane is offered a repentance to release his Human shell . kane is sealed in a amber amulet. and his human shell is killed in the process and Ithurial leaves.


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Love, love my kiddos, but they really need to go back to school! Olivia, my 8 year old, has taken to making 'potions' of colored water...mostly purple...and adding to her 'dead battery' collection. There isn't a single tiny bottle in the house not filled with purple water! Every item in the house that takes batteries has been checked twice. Olivia doesn't necessarily replace with live batteries, but the deads are taken! Grace, my 11 year old, spends most of her time on Facebook, or watching Disney & NICK sit-com re-runs, ad nauseam!! She watches
Make-up tutorials on You-Tube and then hides away in her bathroom and practices. I got really tired of my make-up disappearing, so I broke down and got her a kit of Theater Make-up! Also, talking on the phone with friends...when I come anywhere close, she changes rooms and slams doors! The Tween years are not starting pretty! Jack my 14.5 year old sleeps 'til the crack of 1 in the afternoon...spends most of his time in his room, or riding his bike, or hanging at a friends. He is actually the least trouble right Lucy, our Golden-doodle will miss her play-mates, alot!
now...but that will change once there are expectations...
ie: homework/schoolwork!!!!
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Thank you for the editorial (Feb. 20) concerning the findings of Worldwatch Institute.
It seems obvious to me that the State of the Planet is the most crucial issue of our times. Alas, our politicians do not seem to think so. As it happens, besides China, only the Greens in West Germany have adopted a political platform that reflects this concern. How can that be?
A healthy, intelligent, and statesmanlike approach would be commensurate with the future of the Earth and all its inhabitants. Instead, we have an arms race (which will be ironically obsolete if the Earth becomes uninhabitable before we have a chance to blow ourselves up), and we have secretary of the Department of the Interior Donald P. Hodel's article on the facing page, defending the destruction of the West Coast!
These are amazing times. Amazing because so many people are conscious and aware of what is really happening, and so many others (in high places) are blind, deaf, and terminally greedy.
Goddess help us all!
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Monday, 7 December 2015
Some Third Doctor Adventures from the Dawn of Target Books...
I had a few enquiries - well, one - asking if I was going to continue doing my vintage Target book covers into the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who.
The simple answer to that is "No, I'm not."
However, I have done a handful following a viewing of the DVD of 'Day of the Daleks' - where the production subtitles offered a tantalising hint of an early version of Louis Marks' script without the Daleks.
These are three Pertwee stories novelised and utilising early working titles. I'm particularly fond of 'Doctor Who and the Black Hole' - the cover of which completely omits the unique selling points of the televised production...
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Designer Li Jianye has come up with a great twist on the typical humdrum doorbell: the Enterbell, which riffs on a keyboard's Enter key. We bet many a computer user would be tickled to come upon a ringer that honors this everyday key in such a creative way.
Hopefully it won't be long before this one moves past the concept stage.
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This dynamic example of health supplements branding is known for its "delicate, fresh" taste and hails from Athens, Greece. The apothecary-inspired product is a natural means of protecting the body against infections and harmful bacteria that may compromise the immune system.
Elixir Allbody B-Glucan is an all-natural health supplement from Greece that protects against free radicals and works to restore the natural chemical balance of the body. The packaging for Elixir Allbody B-Glucan including the bottles, labels and boxes are all inspired by the clinical branding of the Victorian era, when natural apothecaries were the trusted resource for all manner of ills.
The packaging scheme for Elixir Allbody B-Glucan was designed by Corn Studio of Athens.
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Producing eco-friendly wine can involve growing organic grapes and following sustainable production practices. These progressive vineyards are in fertile regions miles from the crowds in Napa.
Badger Mountain Vineyard, Kennewick, Washington
The state's first certified-organic winery offers two labels: Badger Mountain N.S.A. (no sulfites added) and Vintner's Estate Series (certified-organic grapes). Sample both of them in the partially solar-powered tasting room. badgermtnvineyard.com
Good Neighbor Organic Vineyard and Winery, Northport, Michigan
An organic orchard since 2001, Good Neighbor started making white wines and hard ciders in 2007. goodneighbororganic.com
Four Chimneys Organic Winery, Himrod, New York
Four Chimneys specializes in organic and biodynamic fruit wines -- like Au Pear, made with Bartlett pears and Aurora grapes. Sip in a restored dairy barn with a view of Seneca Lake. fourchimneysorganicwines.com
King Estate, Eugene, Oregon
Instead of machinery, sheep help prune more than a thousand acres of certified-organic grapevines, and raptors, not chemicals, take care of rodents and other pests. The vineyard also serves meals made with produce grown on-site. kingestate.com


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April 29, 2013
Business Standard
Ram Prasad Sahu
The Idea stock has jumped nearly nine per cent over the last two trading sessions on strong fourth quarter results and earning upgrades for FY14. After the company posted a better-than-expected March quarter performance, aided by volume growth, lower costs, and uptick in new services such as 3G, analysts have upgraded earnings estimate for the current financial year by 20-30 per cent.
Earnings estimates for FY14 are now pegged at Rs 5-6, an 80 per cent jump from the FY13 levels. While the stock has run up over the last one month, analysts say the price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio at 0.5 times for FY14 on the back of earnings upgrades and enterprise value (EV)/Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of just under seven times is reasonable.
Although most analysts agree that Idea's execution is unmatched and this is reflected from the gains, both on the subscriber and revenue market share parameters, the recent run-up (and regulatory risk) leaves limited upside in the near term. The stock, which has significantly outperformed its larger peer Bharti Airtel in the past six months, on Monday scaled to its five-year closing high of Rs 126.10.
In this backdrop, investors can consider it on dips from a longer term horizon for gains on the back of easing competition (the last six months saw the number of operators fall), operating leverage and data uptick which will help the company improve volumes and margins. The key risk would arise when Reliance Industries-owned Reliance Jio launches its 4G operations (data and voice), which is expected towards end-2013. Any disruptive pricing (as seen earlier in the voice segment) could hurt the incumbent operators, including Idea.
Rising volumes
Among the key takeaways in the March quarter has been the 8.5 per cent traffic growth driven by lower multi-SIM card use (customers shifting from weaker operators to Idea), expanded subscriber base and higher rural usage (55 per cent of Idea's subscriber base). Churn for the company reduced from 10 per cent in the September 2012 quarter to 4.3 per cent in the March 2013 quarter, and its subscriber base increased by 6.7 per cent sequentially to 121.6 million.
The company has been a key beneficiary of the withdrawal of smaller operators who could not retain spectrum in the November 2012 auctions. According to Citi Research analysts, Idea will benefit from the easing of competitive intensity in the sector. Its high operating leverage means that every one paisa increase in revenue per minute could lead to a seven per cent increase in its Ebitda. While consolidation in the sector is likely to yield more gains, Kotak analysts say (even without it) the company's ability to gain market share on a sustained basis will help it log volume growth of 11.6 per cent over the next two years.
Data, margin gains
The company added a million 3G subscribers in the March quarter, taking the total base to five million. While data volumes increased 19 per cent quarter-on-quarter (there have been no price cuts), the company also managed to increase data realisations by 9.4 per cent to 33.9 paise per MB (megabit). Sharekhan analysts believe that data would be the key revenue growth driver over the next two years.
Kotak analysts estimate data revenues as a percentage of wireless revenues to more than double to 13.4 per cent in FY15, compared to 5.5 per cent in FY13. Ebitda margins increased from 26.5 per cent to 28.9 per cent, largely due to a sharp reduction in network operating expenses and an increase in the contribution of data.
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Early this year, the Hair Transplant Institute of Miami became 1 of only 15 clinics in the United States to offer the revolutionary hair restoration robotics system, ARTAS® System. Dr. Paul Rose speaks to South Florida residents on how the system works, and why this futuristic hair loss solution is more proficient than traditional FUE hair transplant procedures.
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Check out Overtime, the latest from zHUNDRED. The track was released on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013. zHUNDRED's chances in this game are improving with each new release, and Overtime is no exception - quite the opposite, in fact. It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue zHUNDRED has been building over the years. We're definitely anticipating the next move.
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When I speak to most people about moths, they are more than happy to tell me that moths are boring, brown and annoying as they flutter around the lights in their house. How very wrong they are!
Most people appreciate butterflies and the variety and colour of them. What they don't realise is that moths can be just as colourful, but with a wider variety!
There are over 800 different species of macro moth in the UK (Macro moths being those larger than a fingernail, generally) compared to only 50 or so butterflies!
To highlight this, SWT have run a variety of moth nights throughout the summer months at the various reserves in Fife. We've had 4 events at Cullaloe, ranging from very productive to hopelessly quiet.
The most recent (and last at Cullaloe for the year) event was held on the evening of 18th September, which was part of National Moth Night, a national celebration of moths and moth trapping.
Throughout the evenings of 18th and 19th September, there were literally hundreds of moth events accessible for the public up and down the UK. It isn't all fun and games, though. The serious side to the National Moth Nights is that all of these sites were recording the species and numbers of moths present. It's like a snapshot of the UK, charting the state of moths throughout the country.
Now, onto the event itself!
We set up two traps on the reserve. One was based at the pine trees next to the viewing screen and the other was in the willow scrub to the east of the spillway. The temperature wasn't too bad – still in double figures when we set up and there was a fair bit of cloud, which would hopefully have stopped it from dropping too low (the lower the temperature, the less likely we are to see moths). It wasn't long till we saw our first moth – a Canary-Shouldered Thorn. I'm sure you'll agree – definitely not a dull, boring moth!
We had several moths in pretty quick succession at this point. I could tell you what we got when, but I think it's easier at this stage just to show you the list of species – if you want to see what each one looks like, click on its name and you'll be taken to a website with pictures and info on each species
4 x Canary Shouldered Thorn
2 x Small Wainscot
2 x Square-spot Rustic
11 x Autumnal Rustic
18 x Common Marbled Carpet
4 x Pink-barred Sallow
9 x Red-green Carpet
2 x Sallow
6 x Pine Carpet
5 x Spruce Carpet
3 x Grey Pine Carpet
2 x Brimstone
10 x Frosted Orange
5 x Rosy Rustic
1 x July Highflyer
6 x Black Rustic
1 x Small Phoenix
2 x Autumn Green Carpet
1 x Red-line Quaker
1 x Yellow-line Quaker
There were also 3 other species, which we have yet to confirm ID on.
Now, life as a moth isn't always a safe place. The darkness hides you from some things, but not from everything - Our moth trap in the willow scrub is testament to that!
At about 9pm, after studying the recent captures at the screen, we took a walk to the willow scrub to see what was going on. When we got there we found… nothing! Not a single moth in sight.
Now, we knew this trap was working, the light was plenty bright enough and was in a nice, big clearing… surely the moths should have been here?!
The answer quickly became apparent as a bat flew right past us, quickly followed by another two! As we stared, watching these flying mammals hurtling past us at lightning speeds, we noticed that there was at least two different species of bat, judging from their size.
The smaller ones, we reckon are almost certainly either Common or Soprano Pipistrelles. The larger ones, on the other hand, we are not sure about. We suspect they could be Daubenton's Bats that have come over from the loch, their usual hunting ground. They could also be other species, such as Natterer's Bats, which are also found in Fife. Sadly, we did not have a bat detector with us, so were unable to get any sort of confirmation of this.
Still, it's good to know that we've got a healthy population of bats, whatever species they are!
Now, having read all this and you're now hankering for a bit of moth action – never fear! There is one final moth night planned for this Friday, 25th September at SWT's Fleecefaulds Meadow reserve. It begins at 7:30pm and is being hosted by Tim Brain, our resident moth expert. There will even be a bat detector present this time!
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Wives (and solicitors) beware
December 2012
A case in the Court of Appeal last week has highlighted the difficult position that a wife finds herself in when asked to sign a mortgage over her home to secure money solely for her husband's benefit. The case was also a warning for solicitors. Mrs Padden's solicitor in Bristol had simply advised her "don't sign it". Nonetheless she went ahead and signed because her husband needed the money to pay back to people he had defrauded in his business. He said that this would keep him out of prison. Needless to say he was prosecuted and still went to prison and the mortgage wasn't paid and Mrs Padden and her children lost their home. She then sued her solicitor.
Although Mrs Padden had signed the mortgage against her solicitor's advice she nonetheless sued him for not giving her adequate advice. The first Judge in the Bristol County Court threw out her case straight away but three senior Judges in the Court of Appeal decided that the solicitor should have gone further to get Mrs Padden to question the circumstances she found herself in, in more detail. The Court said: "A solicitor ought to have emphasised to the wife the desirability of explaining why she was prepared to put her home and assets at severe risk merely to protect a husband who had turned out to be a fraudster."
The Court felt that the solicitor should have advised Mrs Padden to question her circumstances more closely, to get more details about her husband's activities and, presumably, to question whether she really did want to stick by him given that, once all the facts were known, he was almost certainly going to go to prison anyway.
The case highlights what a difficult position women find themselves in when they want to stand by their husband but put their own future, and that of their children, at risk. At Brain Chase Coles a solicitor dealing with the conveyancing would have put Mrs Padden in touch with one of our specialist family lawyers to discuss her circumstances and options in more detail to be better informed before she made her decision.


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- n. Plural form of paintbrush.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Our take: Any day the man's away from his paintbrushes is a public service.
When you want a break from painting horses, I guess you will get passionately immersed into the scene and let your heart speak through your paintbrushes.
"Those paintbrushes have been discontinued," she informed us.
Border officials routinely take fingerprints and ask for assurances that visitors do not plan to use their cameras, paintbrushes or instruments , in case they are coming for paid work.
Overseas artists boycott Britain in protest at visa clampdown
SceneFour has created a drum art technology where the musician uses drumsticks like paintbrushes.
Some take up their pencils, markers, paintbrushes and Wacom Tablets instead, and make beautiful works of art featuring their favorite characters from their favorite fandoms, bringing them to life on paper or screen.
Artists who "take up their pencils, markers, paintbrushes and Wacom Tablets" (to quote yourself) are not creating fan fiction.
Sometimes we have found ourselves on our knees picking up the clutter: the puzzles, the paintbrushes, the toy dishes, the duck on a string, the train set, the blocks that are so numerous you cannot walk without tripping over them.
Pamela Alma Bass: Telephone Mamas: Separating Families to Serve Our Own
The show is the first to use the gallery's two New York addresses at once: the giant, along with a labyrinth created from 200,000 stacked paintbrushes in an adjoining room, occupies one location; a huge steel-gray bird made from nails, some 6 feet long, sits in a recently opened art space down the street in the former Bungalow 8 nightclub.
From then on she was swaddled in nothing but Mr. Golub's enterprising paintbrushes and her winning personality.


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GALE: the "Holy Grail" of human language technologyThursday, August 4th, 2005
… experts describe the project as the most ambitious undertaking in the history of human language technology.
If it is developed as planned, the first-of-its-kind machine will be able to recognize speech in multiple languages, translate it into English, and then mine the resulting transcripts to sift so-called intelligence from dross, said sources close to the project.
The ultimate goal of the endeavor, dubbed GALE for Global Autonomous Language Exploitation, is to turn the staggeringly large volumes of recorded foreign language broadcasts, phone conversations, and Internet traffic into something national security analysts, spooks, and soldiers can actually use.
It is said that the National Security Agency gathers enough information every hour to fill the Library of Congress. Most of it is never translated, and never reaches the desk of an analyst.
The dearth of solid human language technology in the hands of the government is a 'Äúhuge problem,'Ä? has said Gilman Louie, the president and CEO of In-Q-Tel, the Central Intelligence Agency'Äôs venture capital arm…
DARPA'Äôs ambitions for GALE represent the 'ÄúHoly Grail'Ä? of human language technology, said John Makhoul, a scientist at BBN working on the GALE project. The best speech recognition software operating in a controlled environment like a television broadcast can usually get nine out of 10 words correct.
DARPA wants 95 percent accuracy rates for both speech recognition and translation. And it demands that the engines be able to process radio, TV, talk shows, newswires, newsgroups, blogs, and phone conversations in English, Arabic, and Chinese.
The Pentagon is seeking the same high accuracy rate for the translation part of the system. Experts say that translation software now performs with around 80 percent accuracy.


text: Regulators may finally address what 'advisor' means The Ontario Securities Commission may decide on what exactly it means to be an "advisor" or "planner." There's growing consensus that something must be done – among the industry and among investors – but a pathway to reform may be difficult. "I want to make sure that regulators condone that everyone in the business has continuing education," said Frank Tooton, an advisor in Nova Scotia who is also licensed in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta and BC. "Some provinces don't require CE [continuing education] credits to be licensed and I think it's important that everyone that's out there have some continuing education." OSC said it has decided to address issues of accreditation and titles in its review of a best interest standard; which may make the titles of "advisor" and "planner" more exclusive. "As part of our analysis of the best interest standard we will consider the impact that adviser titles and proficiency standards have on investor protection," it said in its latest Office of the Investor newsletter. One challenge is that industry hasn't established a consensus – with different standards among different industry bodies and associations. Also, there is a lack of a unified vision among the 13 different provincial and territorial regulators. The OSC had not previously indicated that it would be addressing titles, and the addition comes after consultation with the public and industry groups. Unlike the contentious issues of trailing commissions and whether a universal fiduciary standard is needed, there seems to be a degree of consensus that it is far too easy for an individual to call him or herself an "advisor." For instance, at a late-July roundtable on the proposed best interest standard, there was consensus among investor advocates and industry representatives that the alphabet soup of different accreditation standards confuses clients. "Here [in Ontario], anyone can take the correspondence course from CSI [Canadian Securities Institute], write the multiple-choice exam – and you only need 60% or more to pass," Ken Kivenko chairman of Canada's Advisory Committee for the Small Investor Protection Association told Wealth Professional. "And then you can sell mutual funds and 'advise' – and I say that with quotation marks – I shudder to think that anyone who took that course is actually going to take a 75 year old's portfolio and do anything good with it." Continued on p.2 read more > 1 2 SHARE


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Fruity Pork LoinFrom pleclare 10 years ago
- 1 can(15oz) sliced mangos in syrup shopping list
- 1/2 c plum-cherry preserves shopping list
- 1/2c Asian chili sauce shopping list
- 1 boneless pork-loin roast(3lbs) shopping list
- 2 green onions,thinly sliced shopping list
How to make it
- Arrange coals of grill around drip pan in base of grill. Top with grate. Heat grill. Drain mangoes,reserving 2 Tbs. syrup;dice fruit. In microwaveable safe bowl,combine preserves,chili sauce and reserved syrup. Microwave 30 seconds;reserve 1/2c mixture.
- arrange pork over drip pan;season with salt,if desired. Roast 40 mins or till thermometer inserted in meat reads 155. Baste with glaze. Let pork sit 5 mins.
- In microwave-safe bowl,combine reserved glaze,mangos and green onions. Microwave 1 min. Serve sauce over sliced pork roast.
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