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"There is a lot of stories and local folklore surrounding that house, and Sherry hopes more people will tell their own interesting stories about the Carr Mansion.County Market Floral will decorate the house."Pine House"With a hidden cistern in the yard and secret passageways throughout the house, Dr. Robert and Lisa Padgett's "Pine House," 504 East 2nd Ave., is the magician of all the homes on the tour.The oldest of the five houses, the home was built in 1863. It has undergone four large... (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, IL)
A touch of Christmas: Candlelight Tour Of Homes features Orangeburg homes uniquely decorated for the holidays Dec 2, 2007
Jennifer Chapman, floral designer and event stylist for Flowers By Jennifer, has traveled throughout the Southeast, instilling her designs in businesses, homes, colleges and universities ... She added floral arrangements and wreaths adorned with twinkling lights and intricate fabrics throughout the 2,700 square-foot house ... "Floral designs and holiday decorations by Brenda Harley (of Devin's Flowers & Gifts) will inspire everyone to use creative expression in their own homes for the... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Missing Student May Have Been Porn Star Nov 29, 2007
On Tuesday, authorities released a photo of a white bedspread with a floral design and asked for the public's help in locating it. Divers searched a reservoir near El Dorado on Wednesday. (Los Angeles Times)
Three cheers! Nov 15, 2007
They look decorative, but they are not the typical floral centerpieces. For the menu, give up the traditional holiday thinking. (Boston Globe)
Turner Hall River Rats Spread Art Around Boonville Nov 7, 2007
Lesley Oswald s fabric inspired chair is in the window at A. Baker Floral on Main Street. The chair is one of many unique pieces of art, including tables and lamps, that will be auctioned Saturday at 7 p.m. at Turner Hall as a benefit for the Turner Hall River Rats for the Arts. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Keeping House: Sniffle, sniffle - hankies stir up nostalgia Nov 1, 2007
If they were floral, it was big floral: large white lilies on navy blue. Many hankies had a pictorial theme: Knights and ladies against dark gray decorate one of my prizes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Holiday crafts fairs Oct 26, 2007
There will be hand-crafted items, children's toys, floral arrangements and assorted decorations, a white elephant table and Country Store with jewelry and other collectibles ... There will be hand-crafted items, children's toys, floral arrangements and assorted decorations, a white elephant table and Country Store with jewelry and other collectibles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Crafters at work Oct 17, 2007
s, ceramics, watercolors, candles, hair accessories, hats, sports collage, fiber art, aromatherapy, photography, turned wood, soft sculpture, leather, oil paintings, wooden toys, teapots, stained glass, calligraphy, fleece, scrap booking, knits, poetry, dolls, foot stools, slate, porcelain, country woodcrafts, primitive and folk art, silk and dried floral arrangements, collectible bears, garden stakes, heat packs, bird houses, doll clothes, wearable art, flags, pillow quilts, tile numbers,... (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Activities planned downtown Saturday Oct 16, 2007
Eve Barry Gifts, 111 Broadalbin St. S.W. How to make floral bows. In-Spirit Marketing, 343 First Ave. W. Identity theft solutions and you. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Craft Fair listing Oct 11, 2007
Holiday crafts, wood, outdoor, clothing, primitives, painting, floral, sleds ... Holiday crafts, wood, outdoor, clothing, primitives, painting, floral, sleds. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Colors Plus brightens up West Washington Street Oct 6, 2007
Observing May work on a floral piece is fascinating to watch. He said first a design is created or followed from a catalog. (Winchester News-Gazette, IN)
Ask Martha: Embodying the spirit of Halloween Oct 4, 2007
In a ventilated area, coat pumpkins with silver floral spray ... Snip cloth-covered floral wire into 45 9-inch pieces, and separate into nine sets of five wires ... Wrap a set with floral tape, beginning 3 inches from the top of bundle if you're making a small leaf, 4 inches for a medium leaf, or 5 1/2 inches for a large leaf. (Boston Globe)
Florals, antiques and more at R-Cargo-927 Oct 4, 2007
PRINCETON A mother and her daughter have joined forces to open up a store selling antiques, fine accessories, home goods and custom florals ... We both enjoy the floral and love retail ... We will also do silk floral arrangements and fine accessories for a person s home like antique furniture, some dishes and glassware, pictures, mirrors, candles, etc. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Community Calendar Oct 4, 2007
TISKILWA The Garden Friends Garden Club will have floral designer Jim Behrens of Behrens Flower Shed in Rock Falls at its Oct. 11 meeting, set for 6 p.m. in the Tiskilwa Baptist Church basement. The arrangements he designs during the evening will be for sale. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
More of this story Oct 2, 2007
On Oct. 6, individuals may paint a pottery piece with a floral design and receive 10 percent off. Those who paint a bowl will get crispy treat surprises. (Atmore Advance, AL)
2007 holiday bazaars Sep 28, 2007
Look for diamond willow walking sticks, pot scrubbies, Christmas ornaments, antler dream catchers, place mats, quilts, casserole caddies, gift baskets, jewelry, sock monkeys, fancy seasonal chocolates, floral arrangements, wreaths, Eskimo dolls, ivory and baleen articles, vests, unique long fleece scarves, pillowcases, beaded jewelry, painted rocks, willow ornaments, door-knob decorations, baby blankets, high school scarves, warm hats, scarves, mittens and gloves, cross-stitch ornaments, pins... (Anchorage Daily News)
Fair Creative Arts entry deadline nears Sep 26, 2007
Floral Exhibitor must furnish name of his/her exhibit in horticulture. Categories in horticulture must have been grown by exhibitor or be in his/her possession at least six weeks prior to the fair. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Violets blossom on greenhouse innovation Aug 14, 2007
Innovation and technology are driving the success of the floral industry, said Terril Nell, chairman of the University of Floridas Department of Environmental Horticulture ... The U.S. floral industry grew 5. (MSNBC -- Business)
Clubs and shields take the offensive Aug 11, 2007
Eighty-two centimetres long and of bi-concave or oval section, it was finely scored with compartments of opposed zigzag motifs or chevrons plus two central sections with what may have been figural or floral motifs. The outer ridges were notched along the entire length of the piece, which was richly patinated. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
World Market Center Reports Brisk Traffic, Strong Order Writing and Key Retailer Attendance Aug 9, 2007 Innkeeper grants guests a happy fate in Bath, Maine Jul 29, 2007 The man who played with dolls Jul 29, 2007 Weekend Guide Jul 26, 2007 Paris lives for decadence Jul 21, 2007 Bulletin board Jul 18, 2007 Open class antiques (A19) results: Jul 13, 2007 PATSY BRUMFIELD: "Best of ..." list shows Oxford, region's got lots going for it Jul 12, 2007 What the Heck? Jul 2, 2007 Set sale: From garages to estates, Missoulians clear space and earn cash Jun 27, 2007 Executive Suite: Ethan Allen CEO furnishes leadership Jun 25, 2007 Heirlooms help home herald your heritage Jun 23, 2007 EIGHT DAYS A WEEK CONCERT & EVENT LISTINGS Jun 22, 2007 Garden Center Celebrates Milestone Jun 16, 2007 Tea Sets and Tea Brewing Accessories Land at TableAndHome.com Jun 8, 2007 Weekend entertainment guide Jun 2, 2007 * Tea culturestands tall May 31, 2007 Dinners to Benefit the Glebe May 25, 2007 'Accommodating' defines New Hampshire inn May 20, 2007 Continue reading May 12, 2007 Lacewings and Lavender Greenhouse Opens at Mitchell Farm May 9, 2007 North San Diego County Community News Briefs: May 8, 2007 Something special for Mother May 6, 2007 North San Diego County Community News in Brief: Author Pete Earley to speak at mental health luncheon Apr 27, 2007 Obituaries 4-23-2007 Apr 23, 2007 Break-ins investigated at Concord Apr 21, 2007 Men of Steel Apr 20, 2007 MAC touts first-quarter performance Apr 17, 2007 Garden Party and you're invited Apr 6, 2007 More M-44 work to start this month Apr 5, 2007 LISTMANIA: Things we wish were still here. Apr 5, 2007 Party kicks off expo weekend Mar 28, 2007 Life & Leisure: Elaine Redmond: The Power of negative thinking Mar 23, 2007 Check out these wedding/reception sites Mar 21, 2007 From Boutiques to Chains, County's Got It Mar 18, 2007 Azalea Festival kicks off Monday Mar 17, 2007 Pat Waybright: She did it her way Mar 12, 2007 Taste of Woodstock you want in the morning Mar 5, 2007 Canyon Ferry Mansion full of history, ghosts and up for sale Mar 5, 2007 Collecting Scented Geraniums Mar 4, 2007 Keeping warm in the Good Old Days Feb 20, 2007 Hacienda Tour spotlights Mexican art Feb 17, 2007 North San Diego County Times Community News Briefs: Black History Month events set at CSUSM Feb 13, 2007 Around the towns Feb 11, 2007 San Marcos antique fair attracts treasure seekers Feb 11, 2007 2006 People's Choice Awards Jan 30, 2007 'Sensational' style: Best home dcor blends trends to stay timeless Jan 27, 2007 Stellar hotel deals in Seattle Jan 18, 2007 Central Florida Flower and Plant Shows 2007 Jan 14, 2007
The top five floors of the new building will be devoted to furniture, while the 10th floor will house lighting showrooms and the ninth floor will have showrooms for holiday, floral and seasonal merchandise. Floors six, seven and eight will be devoted to home accents, decorative accessories and rugs, and the first five floors will be an expansion of the Las Vegas Design Center, where spaces are open throughout the year and cater to interior designers. (PR Newswire)
Canton decorator fills home with second-hand finds Aug 3, 2007
The room, like the rest of the house, is a burst of colors, with floral and stripped sofas, rugs and chairs blending in a rainbow pattern of pastels ... In the formal dining room, the wall ledge and another hutch overflow with a collection of floral Spode china Pope picked up at an estate sale. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
BATH, Maine -- If a rule of thumb for bed-and-breakfasts is that floral blossoms burst from bedspreads and wallpapers, Kismet Inn departs from practice, radically. "I do what I like," said Shadi Towfighi, the inn's owner, as she led me on a tour during my recent stay in the turreted Victorian that fronts the town green. (Boston Globe)
In another, she's wearing a floral print skirt and a ruffly white blouse and holds a small bouquet of flowers in one hand. The newly found color pictures have the bright and colorful look of movies from the '50s. (Boston Globe)
"Double Feature" Gavin Benjamin shows portraits and floral prints, through Aug. 25. Closed Sun. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
At the top of a curving staircase, I'm ushered into a circular dining room with a pink silk upholstered ceiling, artful floral arrangements nestled in gold niches along the walls and little tasseled footstools where a lady can rest her purse. I've barely settled onto a round purple banquette before a contingent of waiters, each with his own specific job (refilling the water glass, refilling the wineglass, providing me with an ever-changing assortment of silverware) descends. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Winter Floral and Antiques will be adding to the dcor for the event. Tickets are $25 in advance by calling the RSLC Center at (304) 414-0109. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Cultural Arts - Art - Oil Media-Floral ... Cultural Arts - Art - Water Color-tempera-Floral ... Cultural Arts - Art - Acrylic-Floral. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
- Best Place to Find a Perfect Gift - Oxford Floral Co.. - Best Place to Find an Interesting Piece of Jewelry - Turkoyz (New Albany's Van Atkins isn't too shabby either). (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Below, Raiatea Helm's new CD features a photo of her taken at Kula's Enchanted Floral Gardens ... If you unfold the liner notes of the (quite good) new Raiatea Helm CD, on the back is a poster of Ms. Helm, shot at Kula's Enchanted Floral Gardens. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The employees at Heinrich Floral and A to Z Personnel, for example, decided to put together a one-day arage sale in the lot outside their shared building on Southwest Higgins Avenue. At least half a dozen of them rooted through their personal belongings for items to contribute, and they also cleared out the extra inventory that had been gathering dust in the basement of the business, said Brianne McAllister, manager of Heinrich Floral. (Missoulian, MT)
The home has photographs of family and pets, framed botanicals, overstuffed chairs of leather, plaid and floral prints, and mementoes of travels. About 90% of the $5 million home's furniture came from Ethan Allen; the rest are antiques bought at flea markets and shops in Asia and Europe. (USA Today -- Money)
Reeves, who began collecting antiques when she was 8 and now has a booth at Treasures From the Past Antiques, an antiques mall in Mesa, decorated her grandfather's chest with a large floral display. If you don't really like an heirloom but feel compelled to display it, place it in an out-of-the-way room, such as a bedroom, suggests Himes, whose company is Debra May Himes Interior Design iates. (AZCentral -- Home)
June 24 at VanDusen Gardens Floral Hall, 37th noon-4:30 pm. $4 at door (children under 12 free). (Vancouver Westender)
The garden center regularly presents holiday themes for Christmas and Halloween in its showroom, and arranges floral designs for any event. Ms. Mucherino said, "Everything here has a custom touch.". (Voices, CT)
From Spode, the Spode Butterfly Garden Teacup & Saucer Set takes its floral inspiration from Curtis' Botanical Magazines from the late 1700's. Each piece in the Butterfly Garden Collection is exquisitely detailed with curving tendrils and butterflies and flowers so realistic, you can almost smell the fragrance of an English summer garden. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
KEVIN D. CAREY: Friday, 6 to 9 p.m., B s Floral Design iNc., 131 Penn Ave. ... MARYLOU CHIBIRKA: Change of Seasons, new still life florals; Michelangelo s, 894 Old State Road, Clarks Summit. (Scranton Times, PA)
First established in Chiayi City (q) over a decade ago, Chrysanthemum Chaism Studies has now moved to Taipei, and holds regular tea workshops combining traditional music such as guqin (Chinese lute, j^) and nanguan (n), calligraphy, Chinese opera and floral art. Running the risk of provoking conservatives, Li further explores the possibility of tea space by combining tea ceremonies with installation art and her workshops have even crossed over into theater, being performed at the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
It begins at Mill House Antiques with a private cocktail party and silent auction, during which guests can meet their hosts, including honorary co-chairs David Veselsky and Ken Elias; "Antiques Road Show" appraiser Leigh Keno, and Chris Giftos, former chief floral designer and manager of special events for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others. From the party, guests, broken into 11 groups of eight to 10, will head off to 18th-century homes in Woodbury, a home in Roxbury or... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
The inn's decor tends to be traditionally bed-and-breakfasty, meaning lots of floral patterns, lace curtains, fringed lamp shades, and period antiques. It's not suffocating, though -- not the taste of an elderly grandmother, but a middle-aged aunt. (Boston Globe)
Floral designer Jill Cabrera, of An Enchanted Florist, located in the Super-Way Shopping Center on North 10th Avenue, said the busiest days for Mother's Day are typically Thursday, Friday and today ... Cabrera said their most popular items are floral arrangements of spring flowers, which start at 35. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
There will be educational materials related to gardening, and dried floral arrangements made on site from flowers from the cutting garden. And as always, the Mitchell farmstand will continue to offer the fresh grown corn and other vegetables for which it has long been known. (Voices, CT)
Guest speaker Aenne Carver from the San Diego Natural History Museum and writer of a weekly garden column will speak about "Living with Flowers" and will demonstrate easy floral arrangements. Call (760) 918-9536. (North County Times)
Get out your gardening gloves and pitch in, suggests Linda Zoerb of La Crosse Floral. She knows many mother-daughter combos who come into La Crosse Floral together to pick out a plant for mom that the daughter will plant for her ... n Louise Coughlin of Cottage Garden Floral in La Crosse always has her eye out for unusual containers to make her arrangements stand out. (Winona Daily News, MN)
The show, open to the public, will feature horticulture, floral designs, education and youth exhibits. Admission is free. (North County Times)
She and her husband, Roy, were the owners of Lee Highway Floral Co. until her husbands death in 2003. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Corinth. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Entry was gained at the Country Store in Floral and at the Corner Store in Pleasant Plains. From all the businesses they took knives, charcoal briquettes, plates, chips, Cokes, steaks, and French fries. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Close to the window are the squiggly branches of a corylus Contorta, or corckscrew hazelnut, he uses for floral arrangements and, more recently, a lamp. In the kitchen is another light fixture he designed from a hanging pot rack. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Future events include proms, graduations and wedding receptions, plus The Daily Nonpareil Toast and Roast Banquet, Luis Palau Heartland Festival Women's Luncheon and the Heartland Floral Convention, and the 2007 Omaha Press Club Show, which will return to a dinner theater format at the MAC.. "It is a flattering opportunity for us to showcase what is a local tradition in our venue," Schilling said. (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
Details: Five or six gardens with abundant floral displays. Several have dramatic atria, expansive views, and artistic elements. (North County Times)
I m not looking forward to it, that s for sure, said Jackie Bailey, owner of Countryside Floral Antiques and Gifts, located at 224 W. State St. It does hurt business. This is the third time since 1999. (Greenville, The Daily News, MI)
Denver Doug wrote on March 30, 2007 9:46 PM:"I went to the Ellis Elementary School, and the market Hometown Girl referred to as Roma's was called Hale's Market back in my elementary school days. I remember the Mr. Hale despised us school kids congregating at the candy display shelves and watched us like hawks. Does anyone on this thread know the history of the rust red brick building on Canyon Road (about a half mile west of 1st Dam) and about a half mile east of Pierson's Floral that has been... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
For all three days, Yack Recreation Center's entry and several of the booths will be decorated with floral arrangements from students at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, the Downriver Career Technical Consortium in Flat Rock and the Golightly Technical Center in Detroit. Yack, renovated last year by the city of Wyandotte, is at 246 Sycamore, one block north of Eureka Road and one block west of Biddle Avenue. (The News-Herald)
A couple of slides of floral photos caught her eye; she realized some of them looked pretty good as negatives. Developing the negatives created some fascinating images, with vivid colors. (The News-Herald)
Can assist in arranging floral and room decorations, customized carvings and photography ... Assistance available: entertainment, specialty linens, floral arrangements, etc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In Lake Hamilton shoppers can find custom floral arrangements, Christmas ornaments and one-of-a-kind T-Shirts at the GiftMill Shoppes at 29400 U.S. 27. Homemade fudge and ice cream make shopping there even sweeter. (The Ledger)
Enjoy garden club floral arrangements throughout the home, complementing the antique atmosphere, and the numerous new additions made to the home by each preceding owner. See the sights found on the 18-acre site: flowering, stables for quarter horses the family shows in reining horse competitions, a pecan grove, fruit orchard and vegetable and herb gardens. (Enterprise-Journal)
When their daughters were young, they started driving all over, searching for the perfect homestead Brooksville, Chiefland, Floral City. They fell in love with their 25 acres on County Road 480 in Homosassa and cleared the land themselves. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
Period furnishings included a queen-size bed piled high with tan and cream floral linens and pillows, two marble-topped bedside tables with lamps, a three-drawer dresser with mirror, and two plush chairs. A clock radio, wall-mounted TV, and wireless Internet service eliminated the need to seek entertainment in the communal sitting room just outside our door, but we appreciated the games, books, limited videotapes, and quirky family artifacts it offered. (Boston Globe)
Sandy s handmade silk floral arrangements are spread throughout, adding to the home s unique feel. The 12,750-square-foot mansion complete with a small ballroom was built by railroad man and cattle baron A.B. Cook in 1914, near the Confederate Gulch Campground on Canyon Ferry Lake. (Helena Independent Record)
offers a fruit and floral collection, and a floral collection, but doesn t tell you specifically which varieties are included. With a little detective work you are bound to find many more sources for scented geraniums or pelargoniums, both individual selections and as collections. (Suite101.com)
The geometric patterns and floral robes, though beautiful, seem to be the most common and least desirable. Other robes feature scenes and animals. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Often done in floral designs with terra cotta, blues and greens as predominant colors, tourist pottery was done in three finishes. Petatillo, which features cross-hatched lines in its intricate pattern. (AZCentral -- Home)
Alsom, there will be free crafts for kids, free Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, fresh cut flowers donated by The San Diego International Floral Trade Center and The San Diego County Flower and Plant Association, and more. Call (760) 436-3036, Ext. (North County Times)
Inside, Mr. Avery keeps silk floral arrangements in addition to artifacts stored for the Jermyn Historical Society. I don t do much business, but I don t like to see an empty storefront either, he said. (Scranton Times, PA)
Stuart Wright said his grandmother purchased the urns, which were trimmed with gold and decorated with floral designs, in Europe in 1929 and they have been in his family ever since. "We wanted to find out how careful we should be with it," said Wright, pointing to one of the urns. (North County Times)
FloristHart s Floral 1stMark s on Pine Square 2ndInterior Gardens sts 3rd. Appliance StoreAnderson Appliance 1stSears 2ndAnaco TV ance 3rd. (Skagit Business Pulse, WA)
"Then there are the silver-toned accessories ("Silvers are really big now," she says), which contrast with Polish crystal vases whose modern shapes complement their retro purple and green colors."It really suits a lot of Florida, natural floral arrangements you might put in here, and also a lot of age groups, too," Prisco says.Florida style Just what is Florida style?"Back in the '60s and '70s and even '80s, I would say there was a definite Florida style that everybody kind of wanted," says Clay... (Florida Today)
The hotel lobby, for instance, has comfortable seating and a river rock fireplace accented with floral prints and the soothing color of sage. The hotel's rooms are spacious and warm. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Sweetheart Flower Show and Tea, with judging of floral designs and horticultural displays and sales of plants, collectibles and more: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Feb. 7; The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach; $4; sponsored by Ormond Beach Garden Club; 386-441-8627 ... 2nd Annual Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club Garden Fair, a plant and garden accessories sale and floral exhibit with demonstrations and speakers: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 18, Sweetwater Square, at Wekiva Springs Road and Fox Valley... (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
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