Re: FMG now has Hill Tribe Silver!

Oh, I can definitely see these! They are very pretty. And low prices, too. Is this the lady you buy from? I like her site.

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Kandice Seeber
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Kandice Seeber" :

]Oh, I can definitely see these! They are very pretty. And low prices, too. ]Is this the lady you buy from? I like her site.

**grin** yes. i bitched enough about it, they finally got the web person to do it RIGHT.

she periodically gets good deals on Swarovski crystal, too.

when i can afford it, snooping around in her warehouse is awesome. disaster on the checkbook, but awesome.

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@netscape.net (Quest Glass Studio) :

]FWIW (and keep this in mind guys) there's a dynamic difference ]between the way European glass beadmakers and the new generation ]of US beadmakers view 'production work' vs 'art beads'...

THANK YOU!

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I think of Czech lampwork as living in a middle ground between what you call 'artisan' work, expressing an individual sensibility ... and the kind of sweatshop labor represented by Indian lampwork. To do the Indian workers justice, though, they don't have the technology to do artisan style work. If they did, their work might be of a much higher standard.

I have got to hand it to them that they can make anything at all under the working conditions that are all that's available to them.

Give some of those Indian craftspeople a good torch and a computer controlled kiln, and it would be very interesting to see what they produced.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

I'm still awake. And found this a clear explanation of the difference between European tradition in artisanship, and the American approach. Having lived in Europe for a while myself, I think what you say is accurate about the differences. And I agree that a cross-fertilization between the two could produce very worthy, interesting results.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

I was there a few years later, when my son was teaching English is Prague. It's funny how we think other people eat funny, but we eat similar things. I remember deep fried bread that people ate, sausage was mixed into the batter. Well I guess that's no worse than deep fried bread or cake with sugar smeared all over it (donuts).

Within those few years since you were there, local markets geared toward tourist were already becoming established. Few people spoke English, but many wanted to. And it was the women who did the best with the changes. Men had a well identified place in the old scheme of things, but women had been almost an after thought. Because they had so much less to lose by embracing the new world, they did very well with the changes. Were wonderfully dynamic.

I haven't been there since, but from the descriptions of Roger and Nelya, things continue to improve for them. Very successful.

The point about TV is interesting. As it happens, I saw some American TV in Ukraine. It was only then that I realised smething about the way all the young girls dressed. They always looked like they were dressed for a night club, including when they were on the job. Seeing TV, I realised that the women on TV are shown wearing inappropriately sparkly and sexy clothing on the job, or even going hiking.

I always wore "broom stick" skirts and fitted tops, and I was generally mistaken for being Polish, or Western European. Foreign, but not too foriegn.

Tina

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Christina Peterson

elise we got our first ridgeback Karat, from chris and stuart, pc was her daddy... sassafrass her mom. she would write letters home to mom and dad. she lived to

9 1 /2, we lost her a year ago last Christmas. in the mean time we have a second rr, armani-bwana from kennels in alabama... but may be getting what my retired cop husband referrs to as an "Under Cover" rr, or rrr.

we have been with fmg for 18 years, they have always played fair with us, and they feature photos of missing children, my other passion in life, finding space in sale books.

i plan on continuing our business relationship...even having a "pet member of the family" i get no discounts or any compensations from fmg. pat moses-caudel

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Pat,

Wow! You have Bonita's Armani? We've heard a lot about him (and you) on RR Folk.

My last two Ridgebacks have been undercover ridgebacks, both rescues, both gorgeous, both wonderful dogs. Our Sandy left us two years ago, but Taka is still going strong. I recommend rrr's very highly! And, of course, I recommend rrrr (rescue ridgless rhodesian ridgebacks for you non-doggy types) VERY highly.

Elise

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Carol in SLC

A broom stick skirt is a long, wrinkly, often cotton or rayon skirt, usually with a stretch waistband and lots and lots of fabric. I used to wear them all the time.

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Kandice Seeber

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:23:19 -0400, Kandice Seeber wrote (in message ):

Alas, they don't look good on everyone. I bought one once for almost nothing at a funky store in Toronto. I tried it on, and all I would have needed was a kerchief and a couple of pots and pans to make a perfect "Ellis Island" character. (Non US: Ellis Island is a huge immigration entrance into the US, and was the embarcation point for millions of eastern Europeans during the last century)

I tell my friends and family that I have a million years of German peasantry in my background, and I show every second of it. ;-)

Kathy N-V

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Kathy N-V

Ah! I've seen those, but didn't know what they were called. They are very attractive on lots of body-types.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

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