Handmade crafts are the ultimate customized holiday decor (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

(ARA) – Here’s another silver lining to the dark economic clouds still on the horizon this holiday season: handmade holiday decorations are not only less costly, they’re perceived as more meaningful as well.

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Handmade crafts are the ultimate customized holiday decor (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Seasonal bounty a low-cost way to spice up décor (Detroit Free Press)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

To get the full benefit of fall’s gorgeous color palate and cozy sensibilities, bring the outdoors in with simple décor changes and bold accessories in the colors and shapes of the season.

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Light up your life, indoors and out (thewest.com.au)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

There is a science and art to landscape lighting, and it doesn’t come in a box.

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Light up your life, indoors and out (thewest.com.au)

New Subway ready to offer customers new menu, decor (The Canton Daily Ledger)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

A trip to Italy is no farther away than the corner of Fifth Avenue and Linn Street in Canton. That’s according to Subway owner Scott Lucas and regional manager Lesley Ponder.

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New Subway ready to offer customers new menu, decor (The Canton Daily Ledger)

Designs By Omeed Opens Unique International Art and Cultural Center (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Designs By Omeed is excited to present a variety of artistic expressions, cultural and exotic artifacts to western viewers with the objective of bridging cultures.

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PBS TV host Katie Brown to reflect on career transitions during speech at UICA (The Grand Rapids Press)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

The Petoskey native will appear at Women and the Arts luncheon.

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PBS TV host Katie Brown to reflect on career transitions during speech at UICA (The Grand Rapids Press)

Dress up your home with festive live plants (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

(ARA) – From harvest festivals to tailgate football parties, the colorful fall season is in full swing. Crisp air and cooler nights signal the holidays are right around the corner.

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Keeping us wired, independently (Denton Record-Chronicle)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Entrepreneurs are the knights errant of business, and small, independent entrepreneurs are the boldest and bravest of these knights, sallying forth with only a sword and a business plan to do battle with the armies of corporate groupthink. We are not surprised that Denton has an inordinate number of such men and women – they seem to thrive here along with music and high school football – but we …

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WINDMILL: Artworks on sheepskins produce beauty and new career for two (The San Angelo Standard-Times)

Monday, October 19th, 2009

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The colorful lamb pelts of the 1960s era have given away to the leather-like sheepskins of the popular Dorper breeds of a new century, complete with artwork highlighting scenes of horses, cowboys, ranch and rural life. Deb Hartgrove Hofmann, who grew up on a sheep ranch near Paint Rock, was introduced to the sheep hides for the first time in June. At the persistence of …

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GMA calls on Pristine Beauty (The News & Observer)

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Blaire Kessler’s hard work creating and marketing her Pristine Beauty line of all-natural skin and hair care products is paying off.

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GMA calls on Pristine Beauty (The News & Observer)