Raffia Information
Festival offers a glimpse of the past (Burlington Times-News) What were once common activities in the 1800s are now astounding to modern Americans, as slaves of technology are bred by the nanosecond.
Market - Troscan - Albers (Interior Design) Troscan - Albers Modern design meets time-honored ceremony with the Albers tray table. Inspired by a Meiji-period Japanese box, the table has a lacquered tray (in a choice of 11 colors) that lifts up from its snug footing on a pyramidal base.
Tamara Browning: Oklahoma artist displays baskets (The State Journal-Register) The pine needle baskets that Tulsa, Okla., artist C. ELIZABETH SMATHERS makes are a contemporary art form.
Deb party paces take historical turn (New Orleans Times-Picayune) Remembrances of venues past made party presence a reality for two debutantes. "Backyard Barbecue Rhythm and Blues" bannered the raffia-accented, red-and-white checked invitation extended by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott Crabtree, Scott and Tammy, in honor of their daughter, Kaitlin Elizabeth Crabtree.
Spicing up you backyard table (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) We've seen them on skirts. We've spotted them on sofas. Lately, they've been gracing paper goods, handbags, table linens ... you name it. And now, thank goodness, we're also seeing them in our yards and planters. Yep, bloom time is here, and we're talking flowers.
Deb soiree takes guests on 'Safari' (New Orleans Times-Picayune) See ya later, alligator! And that's just what happened when a debutante quintet entertained with their parents at the Audubon Zoo Cajun Ballroom. It's situated in the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit, which was roundly visited throughout the evening, impressing the party pack with the resident animals.
Will Self: Some like it hot (Independent) The sauna and steam bath have to be the most localised forms of travel that we can engage in. Don't bother with jetting off to the diminishing equatorial rainforest because the summer weather here has been crap ? simply march along to your local leisure centre, strip off in the utilitarian changing room, then immerse yourself in the microclimate.
Court bonds farmer for encroaching on wildlife reserve (Ghanaweb.com) Assin Fosu (C/R), Aug. 15, GNA - The Assin Fosu District Magistrate's court has bonded Nii Kwaw, a farmer from Assin Dome, to be of good behaviour for six months, after he was found guilty of unauthorized entry into a wildlife protected area at Assin Homaho.
Book Review: Uncommon Crochet - Twenty-Five Projects Made From Natural Yarns and Alternative Fibers by Julie ... (Blogcritics.org) Uncommon Crochet is a great introduction to uncommon patterns and uncommon fibers. When I think of crochet, I generally think of long hemp vests worn by spacey hippies at Woodstock ? with headbands to match. But like this new, hip revival of knitting, so too has crochet gotten a second life. In Uncommon Crochet, Julie Armstrong Holetz offers 25 fun and modern patterns to crochet.One thing that ...
Hand and heart for hablon (Sun Star) WEAVING serves as markers of cultural pride and inheritance. The handloom industry of Panay is one of the great weaving institutions in the Philippines.
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