Archive for May, 2008
Top 10 Lladro Figurine Collectibles
Friday, May 30th, 2008Lladro figurines are fine porcelain collectibles. These are the top 10 figurines ranked by collectibility. Note:These items are extremely scarce and store links may turn up no results. 10. FLOWERS FOREVER #5966 Issue Year: 1993 Retirement Year: 2007 Sculptor: José Puche Price: $1700 Find one in our store 9. PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY #1805 Issue [...]
Aromatherapy
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008The practice of using volatile plant oils, such as essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being, is better known as Aromatherapy. It is used as a form of alternative medicine that many see as a way to affect a person’s mood or health. The natural essence of a plant or the essential oils, have been [...]
Exercise Equipment – What’s Right For You?
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008There are many different types of exercise equipment out there. Plenty made for very active exercisers and many made for inactive first time users. Factors such as types of exercise equipment, to cost, to even your own body type may come into consideration before purchasing that perfect exercise equipment for yourself. But there are really [...]
Women’s Handbags: What do women really carry in those things?
Monday, May 19th, 2008Oh the infamous women’s handbag. They come in all shapes and sizes from small little clutches to big almost duffle size bags but every man’s question is not why do women carry them but what in the world do they carry in them? Women carry so many things in there that many women will joke [...]
How to scrapbook
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Let’s face it scrapbooking isn’t rocket science. Scrapbooking is relatively easy to do and can be done by people of all ages, even younger children, and skill levels. There are several companies to assist the modern scrap booker. Companies such as Creative Memories, Cricut, Quikutz, Sizzix and Stampin’ Up, have a bevy of choices to [...]
Lladro Collectibles
Monday, May 12th, 2008Lladro Collectibles are high quality porcelain figurines that are produced by a Spanish company called Lladro Commercial. The company is based in Tavernes Blanques, Valencia. The company was founded in 1953 by the Lladro brothers: Juan, José and Vicente. The first three years that the company was in existence, they concentrated on the production of [...]
A Brief History of Scrapbooking
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Scrapbooking has been around since ancient times. The first examples of scrapbook keeping were identified from Ancient Greece, and called hypomnemata. It was a small form of a notebook to record what one had experienced or heard for posterity. Of course, the writers had to do it themselves or hire a scribe to do so. [...]