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"Closed up shop and have a few odds and ends to offer.. Some extra nice gemstones, and also a few pieces of jewelry.. http://ning.it/JWzVYu"

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Anyway the Milestone kit is quite a bit different to my first go at brewing, this one comes with the usual two cans of wort and packet of yeast but also 'raspberry flavour'. This gets added to the beer once it's syphoned off into the pressure barrel.

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Cupcakes and Coffee To Go Miniature Food Ring…

7:00am EST Mon May 7 2012 One of our Japanese vintage items is featured on the Etsy front page. Vintage Japanese Painting Kaki Persimmon Gakuryo Nakamura Nihonga Style Showa Period :
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For the last three years I've been trying to grow tomatoes, its probably the plant that every gardener tries to grow at some point. This 'easy' plant has been causing me a lot of problems; from blight to moulds and just not planting them out early enough.

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Tophatter is quickly becoming the new place to shop for unique handmade goods.  Hundreds of items go up for auction every single day in an exciting and fast paced live auction setting.  The nature of a live auction is fast and furious which can make it difficult to find the items that you want to buy.  I have put together this buyers guide to help anyone find that is looking to…

Spoil Mom with a Gift from Shabby Cottage Shops! Enter this week's Boutique Scrabble Giveaway...and three more Mother's Day Giveaways at…

I've always wanted to add more flair to my parcels and over the last couple of years I've done quite a bit of experimentation! This time I've started using little stickers and including a care guide to most orders. A great source of inspiration for packaging items is Pinterest and The Dieline to see how the professionals do it.

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Strawberry Ring - Miniature Food Jewelry By SouZouCreations Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62648404/kawaii-food-ring-strawberry-cookies-tea

How cute is this?! There is a cup of tea, a teapot and a 2 yummy strawberry cookies! The teapot and cup look like strawberries.



I lacquered the wood with a…

Woo Hoo! Here's the first Wink Artisans Tutorial... I'm so excited about this! For this tutorial, I'm reusing a broken earring and a copper bracelet found at a yard sale.  I've paired the two items along with sterling silver wire to give them life one more time.  Want to see how I did it?  Check out…

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If you make one batch of dough you'll find it makes roughly 2-3 large pasties and 1-2 small parcels. You could if you wanted to make them all really tiny and eat them as warm snacks. I haven't added any herbs or flavours to the dough because of the curry filling but you could add basil or oregano for a herbed Italian taste!

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Check out this shop for pretty sterling silver and glass jewelry! :)

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Check out this cute little shop that sells handmade dresses for little girls!

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Check out the link above to visit a sweet shop in Switzerland! :)

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Beautiful felt Matrioska tissue Papers, totally handmade by me, and available soon at my shop…

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I highly recommend "The Five Love Languages" written by Gary Chapman! This book and his similiar books for various age groups are very enlightening in the area of communication with others that you are in relationship with. The basic principal to his teachings is that we all have different ways that we communicate love to one another. Some of us show love by:

*spending quality time with another person

*speaking words of affirmation (like telling someone you love them)

*buying…

It's colours remind me of old copper coins I've occasionally dug up from the garden - on their way to oxidising as a thin layer of green forms on the surface. It's got a high glossy texture to it and I think it works best on statement pieces but I'll be glazing some mugs with it soon.

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