Thursday, March 28, 2013

Marbling Paper Is An Art, Not A Science

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Tips When Marbling Paper With Oil Paints  I have been experimenting with marbling paper in my art studio. My first attempt at using the ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Gay Rights Is No Laughing Matter: Supreme Court Justices Need To Take Equal Rights Matter Seriously

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Supreme Court Banter On Gay Rights Was Disturbing Is it me or did others think that the banter that was going on in yesterday's Supr...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Thermo-Temp Thermoware Raffiaware Pastel Tumblers 1950's Favorites

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Raffiaware Tall Tumblers In Fabulous 1950s Colors  A few years ago, Martha Stewart featured an article on vintage plastic dishes in her ma...
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Red And White Smaller Hoosier Style Cabinet Climbing In Price

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Charming Red And White Kitchen Cabinet    Old kitchen cabinets in mighty fine condition are seeing outrageous jumps in prices in some par...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Should You Buy Vintage Retro Melmac Dishes?

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Melamine (Melmac) Dishes Popular in the 1950s and 1960s  I adore Retro Melamine dishes. Melamine resin dinnerware which was so popular i...
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Updating Vintage Chairs With An Elegant And Whimsical Look

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Change The Style Of Old Chairs With A Playful Painted And Upholstered Style When you are updating the look of old dining room chairs, you...
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Painting Mismatched Vintage Dining Room Chairs To Look Like A Set

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Update The Look Of Vintage Dining Room Chairs With New Paint And Fabric  It is easy to make mismatched vintage chairs look like a set by ...

Update An Old Settee With Black Paint And Faux Pink Fur Fabric

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 Changing The Look Of A Vintage Settee  Once an item that flew out of antiques stores, settees are not moving as quickly as they did in pr...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Farmington Valley Arts Center Artist Anita Balkun Designs Retro Inspired Plastic Bubble Wrap Dress For 2nd Annual Trashion Fashion Show, April 21st, 7:00-10pm, Artspace, Hartford, CT

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"Trashy" Retro Dressmaking at The Farmington Valley Arts Center   When you step into Anita Balkun's art studio on the...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Creating Painted Papers For Mixed Media Collage Using Cheap Brushes And Old Coated Postcards

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Funky Ways To Apply Paint When Making Painted Papers For Mixed Media Collage On on a roll, making painted papers for my Mixed media c...
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Mixed Media Collage: Building On Layers To Create A Successful Well Composed Piece

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The Joy Of Tearing Up Painted Papers In Mixed Media Collage In the mixed media collage world, many of us paint our own papers and then tea...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Are You Taking Care Of Parents Who Have Memory Problems ?

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When Not All Memory Issues Are From Dementia: Older Parents Who Selectively Forget  "Memories, what's to painful to remember we s...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Has The Popular Drama Series Downton Abbey Influenced Your Antiques And Collectibles Business ?

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Are Downton Abbey Fans Looking For Victorian  And Edwardian Style Antiques And Collectibles? Some say, that the popular English drama se...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

I Antique Online.com: A SOCIAL Network For Collectors

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Having A Ball On A Social Network For Collectors   I have been writing a series of posts this week about I Antique Online.com,  the larges...
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Social Networking For The Antiques Industry

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I Antique Online.com A Place To Learn About Social Media For Your Antique Business I Antique Online.com is a perfect community for socia...
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