Make your presents felt: Spend time if you can't spend money Dec 4, 2008
Get out a needle, thread, scissors and glue and make a memory. Picture this - Practically everyone has a digital camera these days, so consider framing a photo you've taken and giving it as a gift. (The Clarion-Ledger)
The Bargain Hunter's guide to holiday shopping Nov 13, 2008
The sale features a holiday selection that includes a huge variety of stickers on rolls and strips, 3-D stickers, glass crafting gems, patterned crafting ribbon, photo and scrapbooking albums, crafting scissors and more. Brownie leader alert: Stuck on Pets (more than 40 adorable 3-D plush stickers) will be priced at 80 cents each (retail $5). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar Aug 1, 2008
Members are asked to bring sewing supplies and scissors. Kits will be passed out with sewing instructions. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
* Hair today, history tomorrow Jul 13, 2008
That has the connotations of a stalker running around with scissors, and thats not me. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
LETTERS: NCT, May 19, 2008 May 20, 2008
It is not you remembering that you no longer own a pair of scissors. It is not you who lies awake at night afraid of the winds blowing over your rented apartment. (North County Times)
Kids and knives: A dangerous mix May 15, 2008
But even then, school police say kids have stabbed each other with scissors and pencils. It s why some believe making knife laws tougher wouldn t do much. (KHOU.com, TX)
EVENING UPDATE, WITH VIDEO: Firefighters battle five-alarm blaze in Waterford (3466) May 14, 2008
"Little things like scissors people think are cheap. They are over $100 apiece," Connor said. Inside her shop is the old safe from Noll s Bank where she keeps some of her stock. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Talk of the Town: Swiss Army knife to the rescue! May 8, 2008
I was in a situation that called for scissors the other day and a friend just took out his Swiss Army knife and saved the day. Generally speaking, a Swiss Army knife has a blade as well as various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Record crowd attends season opener of Big K Flea Market/Craft Fair May 2, 2008
Mayor Jeff Wright, supervised by his grandmother, Jean Oger, wielded the official scissors for the ribbon-cutting at 9:30 a.m. for the ceremonial, official grand-opening ceremony. Wright spoke of the benefits Kiwanis donates to the community through the funds raised at the Big K. State Sen. (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Developing downtown Apr 17, 2008
Currently, it looks as if someone took a large pair of scissors and snipped off the front western corner. The building predates the 1964 tsunami. (Daily Triplicate)
Senior Center: Year in Review Jan 25, 2008
Some of the favorites: "Never run with scissors in your hands." "Always let the phone ring twice before you answer it." "If you want curly hair, eat all your crusts." "You must serve both a yellow and green vegetable at every dinner." "If you can t say something nice about someone, don t say it at all!" and my own personal favorite, "How to make eyes in a piece of bologna." The Senior Center celebrated its first anniversary at the new building by holding a Craft Fair and Birthday Party. There... (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Create a Beautiful Holiday Mantel Oct 30, 2007
Cut each image out in an oval or round shape, using decorative-edged scissors. Line your twelve candlesticks across your mantel. (Suite101.com)
Regional calendar Oct. 25 edition Oct 26, 2007
Author s event Mahoney Hall, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 870 Broadway St., Lowell, Friday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. An Evening with Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors, and John Elder Robison, author of author of Look Me in the Eye. Part of the Concord Festival of Authors series. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Shelves brim with classic tools in specialty store Sep 3, 2007
There are drawers of wooden handles, scissors and sockets and large bins stuffed with handsaws, mostly wooden-handled. Coffee and peanut butter jars hold assortments of screws, washers, Allen wrenches, spacers, bolts, anchors, clasps and hook-and-eyes. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Stitching together a career Jul 16, 2007
About the business: Owner Tammy Black carries exotic wood needles from Lantern Moon and other manufacturers, scissors from Germany and France and Italy, overdyed wools, more than 200 colors of wools and yarns, Japanese and French silk threads, more than 2,000 colors of sampler threads, a large selection of sampler charts, punchneedle accessories and an assortment of antiques including yarnwinders, sewing cabinets and pincushions. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Review: Webkinz site not just for kids Jul 14, 2007
His online pet, a gorilla named Ben, was playing games like "Rock Paper Scissors" and "Go Fish" against the other denizens of Webkinz World, nearly all of whom were pink kittens or fluffy-maned horses ... What's the fun of winning "Rock Paper Scissors" if you can't trash-talk your opponent after your rock whomps all over his scissors. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
$2.35 million baseball card may have been altered Jun 25, 2007
"It's too wavy to be cut with anything besides scissors," says the hobby insider, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. "Nobody who knows anything about vintage cards would look at this and say it came out of a pack of cigarettes. It has all the tell-tale signs of a card cut from a sheet.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
New businesses invade Old Town Jun 5, 2007
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero used golden scissors, engraved with the words "City of Lansing," to snip a velvety red ribbon during a mass ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of the nine new businesses Monday. Rizzi Designs, 831 N. Washington Ave.. (The State News, MI)
Tying up loose threads/Worn quilts, frayed rugs, tattered frocks and torn blue jeans -- Berkeley artist mends them all Apr 19, 2007
Tying up loose threads / Worn quilts, frayed rugs, tattered frocks and torn blue jeans -- Berkeley artist mends them all. " And very little intimidates Stern, who is probably one of the few people in the entire country who will sew up moth holes and fix your blue jeans with as much care and thought as she gives to vintage rugs, flapper dresses or fine lace. Stern began repairing textiles and vintage furniture in a shop in Berkeley in 1995. If someone brings her a cherished neglected or torn item... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ice Man Blog Apr 18, 2007
I think they were playing rock, paper, scissors to decide the loser. By joe719. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Nomadic vendors have their own special event in March Mar 24, 2007
The Yankee peddler, often traveling on foot or in a wagon, ventured along Indian trails and newly developed roads, selling scissors, combs, pins, needles and other goods his rural customers could not make themselves. Compiled by News Researcher Helen Morey from Direct Selling Association ). (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Regional Roundup Feb 4, 2007
Incoming kindergartners must be able to sit and listen to a story, hold a pencil and crayon correctly, draw a "person," cut with scissors on a line, use the restroom and wash hands without help, and adjust well to being away from parents. For more information or to find out which school to register at, call the Lodi Unified School District, 331-7000 or 953-8111, or go to www. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Design notes Jan 5, 2007
Any parent who attempted to open a toy packaged in heavy plastic this holiday season may be interested in this: Black er's new Power Scissors. The scissors "gives you cordless power for fast, easy cuts on a variety of materials - plastic, paper, cardboard, leather, burlap, window screening, tarp and carpet pad, just to name a few," reports Kathy Van Mullekom in the Daily Press (Newport News, Va ... Included is a universal blade set that clicks onto the scissors and a charger that gives you 70... (Buffalo News -- Arts)
