101. The Crafts Report: Editor's Journal to everyone in the crafts field to realize that while the economic struggle is universal in scope, many artists are busy mapping ways to succeed in a new year. http://www.craftsreport.com/february03/EditorsJournal.html

This month, the 2003 winter craft show season kicks into high gear with the wholesale shows on the East Coast. We are looking forward to seeing old and new faces at these events during February in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Some exhibitors at the summer shows in the same venues, as well as at retail shows around the country, complained of fewer buyers and slower sales than in previous years. However, since we usually visit with craft artists during lulls in sales activity, we thought we might have gotten an overly negative version of those shows. We think readers will find their plans as well as their thoughts about the crafts industry in general to be very enlightening. One thing is certain: artists at all levels and all points in their crafts careers found 2002 a difficult one financially. It should be encouraging to everyone in the crafts field to realize that while the economic struggle is universal in scope, many artists are busy mapping ways to succeed in a new year. This month we also present the first installment of a two-part article on payroll taxes by business writer J. Tol Broome Jr. We think his clear and detailed review of this complex subject will be helpful to artists with one employee or many. And, in her Business Wise column, Mary Stope gives us an inside look at the world of permanent wholesale showrooms. Artists who have never attended a wholesale show may be surprised to realize there are wholesale outlets for their work all year round and right in their own state.

102. ChinaSprout - Chinese Cultural & Educational Products Year of the Monkey, Chinese new Year, Chinese Books, Chinese Music, Chinese Clothing, Chinese Arts crafts, Chinese Videos, CDROM. Welcome to ChinaSprout! http://www.chinasprout.com/form/wishlist_add.php?section=shop&category=artscraft

103. New York Family - NEWYORK - Parenthood.com - A Checklist for new Parents. Activities, Health. Sports crafts Camp. Allergies Dental Obesity. Adoption, Infants. Adoption family Issues. Colic Baby s first Year. http://newyork.parenthood.com/categorydisplay.html?IDENTIFIER=80&subcats=374&AG=

104. JDC | Programs Worldwide | Africa/Asia | India | A "New Year Connection" Brings of High Holiday Seminars create their own new Year s card with Peninah, an unemployed 72 yearold widow who lives in I was worried that arts and crafts for the http://www.jdc.org/p_aa_ind_ps_build_jsc.html

mission history awards speakers ... > Turkey back to index A "New Year Connection" Brings Together the Jewish Communities of India Peninah, like 250 other Bene Israel Jews, lives on the Konkan coast, a four-hour drive south of Mumbai, India. Due to rough seas during the Monsoon season (July – October) there are no ferries from Mumbai to the secluded and impoverished village of Rewdanda. It is only accessible this time of year via a four-hour drive along a treacherous road. Because of this, the Jewish community that lives in Rewdanda is often cut off from the rest of the community and the Jewish world, especially during Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Peninah and the others though were not forgotten this past High Holiday season. For over ten years JDC has provided a social worker to the Kokan villages. Refy, a JDC social worker, carries on the effort by visiting the deprived Jews in Rewdanda and the other villages along Konkan coast to make sure that they have their basic needs taken care of, including medicine. During the month of September two JDC Jewish Service Corps (JSC) volunteers, Yitzhak and Julieta, joined Refy on his visit and together they conducted a High Holiday seminar. The seminar, held at a synagogue (built in 1842) in Rewdanda, was aimed to educate this isolated Jewish community on the subject of Jewish High Holidays. Thirty people attended and learned about the Rosh Hashana celebration, the Shofar , Yom Kippur Repentance, and the importance of all Jewish communities around the world feeling a part of

105. HoustonChronicle.com - May 30: Medical Center Crafts New Flood Plan 10 projects citywide, the program is expected to begin by early next year. new proposals include investigating the use of pumps to accelerate drainage and a http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/storm2001/1432008

HoustonChronicle.com Pick a section Home Page Business Classifieds Columnists Comics Community Directory Entertainment Features Health Help Inside Story Marketplace Metropolitan Page 1 News Search Archives Site Map Space Sports Travel Weather Section: Front page Section: Page 1 Section: Tropical Storm Allison Current stories in Tropical Storm Allison: Two years later, Allison's fury still felt Outlook: City at watershed moment Rebuilding wrecked school brings joy ... Printer-friendly format May 30, 2002, 10:29PM Med Center's flood plan calls for team effort Many facets would be used to ease Allison-like effects By TODD ACKERMAN Only a multiplicity of well-coordinated projects can prevent the crippling effects of another Tropical Storm Allison-like flood, says a 42-point master plan released today by the Texas Medical Center. The plan, which mostly pulls together existing proposals and projects, calls for improvement at four scales individual Medical Center institutions, the Medical Center campus, the South Main Street district area and the entire Brays Bayou watershed and participation by government and other players. It would take 10 years to fully implement. "Nothing can prevent the damage from a 500-year or more flood, but this would certainly mitigate those effects. But it will take a large number of steps."

106. DESIGN FORUM - ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FINNISH SOCIETY OF CRAFTS AND DESIGN FOR THE the past year, and Design Forum / The Society of crafts and Design has During the past year the brief for the use and layout of space in the new centre has http://www.designforum.fi/servlet/dfpage?did=1094

107. Paper Crafts the front door of one s home in the twilight of Lunar new Year s Day, it In most cases, paper made from mulberry bark was used for traditional paper crafts. http://www.korea.net/koreanculture/imagesofkorean/image_18.asp

Images of Korean Culture Hanbok Kimchi and Bulgogi Hangeul Jeryeak ... Gardens Koreans have a centuries-old history of paper-making and have long enjoyed using high-quality indigenous paper. Korea's oldest paper, called maji, was made from hemp. Maji is produced using roughly the following process: Scraps of hemp or ramie cloth are soaked in water for some time and then shredded into tiny pieces. These pieces are ground in a grindstone to produce a slimy pulp, which then is steamed, cleansed with water, ground and placed in a tank. This raw material is pressed onto a frame and sun-dried while being bleached. This method of papermaking was most popular during the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.-A.D. 668). In Baekje (18 B.C.-A.D. 660), one of the Three Kingdoms, paper thus made served as a chief medium for documenting historical events in the second half of the fourth century. Notably, Damjing, a Korean Buddhist monk and painter of Goguryeo (37 B.C-A.D. 668), another of the Three Kingdoms, introduced techniques of papermaking to Japan in 610, the 21st year of Goguryeo's King Yeongyang. From all this, it is obvious that Korea had already developed an advanced method of papermaking by the early part of the seventh century. In the Goryeo era (918-1392), Koreans began to make paper from mulberry bark, or dangnamu, which made it possible to produce paper in large quantities, and in the 11th century, Korea began exporting paper to China. Between the 23rd year (1145) of King Injong's reign and the 18th year (1188) of King Myeongjong's reign, mulberries were grown all over the Korean Peninsula as the private paper manufacturing industry became a thriving business. The Government encouraged papermaking by setting up a jiso, an administrative agency designed exclusively to promote the production of mulberry paper. Eventually, Goryeo succeeded in producing fairly thick and sturdy paper whose obverse and reverse sides are both quite smooth and glossy. In later years, Korea's papermaking techniques further advanced, leading to the production of hanji, a traditional Korean paper.

108. Kath's Korner Crafts Cross Stitch Links. Fox Needle Craft Based in Palmerston North, new Zealand. About 4 times a year they send out a wonderful catalog in the mail. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~kathskorner/html/crafts.html

To Kath's Korner Crafts Page With four children I don't get much time anymore for crafts but at least once a week I like to sit down and relax, and do some cross stitching or knitting. I like to think it keeps me sane and that it is the only thing in my house that stays the same when I've done it (unlike housework J Currently I am cross stitching the Millennium Sampler by StitchWorld for my oldest son Jonathon. It really suits him, he's into learning about other countries and explorers. Just before midnight on New Years eve 1999, I got him to put the first stitch on, in a slightly different colour so he could see it. Already he is proudly pointing 'his' stitch out to anyone whose interested! It's only taking me nearly three years to do so far. Then I'll do the Celestial Navigation picture in the same booklet for my 5 year old son Alex. This picture reminds me of the flying ship in Peter Pan! One of Alex's favourite movies. I finally finished Paula Vaughan's Good Neighbours! I am sooo pleased with it! This was the picture that Alex, when he was only 2 years old, scribbed on the back of it with a pen. I'm too scared to wash it now as the ink might run. But I love this picture! When Jonathon saw it completed, he said it reminds him of the Anne of Green Gables movie, which I am thrilled about because the Anne of Green Gables series of books are some of my favourite books. Unfortunately I'll have to save some money to have it properly framed. It is a big picture, so I can't buy a frame from a shop and put it in myself. And after all the work (2 and a half years!) I would love to have it properly framed like they have it on the brochure.

109. New Orleans Jazz&Heritage Festival Heritage Fair at the 35th new Orleans Jazz of four tented areas – Contemporary crafts, Congo Square American Village Marketplace, this year’s presentation http://www.nojazzfest.com/pr/pr040704_crafts.html

JAZZ FEST CRAFTS BLEND LOCAL AND NATIONAL FLAVORS 300 artists will present their work in four areas at the Fair Grounds Contemporary Crafts Congo Square African Marketplace Louisiana Marketplace and Native American Village Marketplace Contemporary Crafts will feature 60 artists each weekend from across the country. Special banners will salute the 14 Louisiana artists displaying their work this year, while honoring the many gifted Louisiana artists that have exhibited in Contemporary Crafts over the years. In addition, the area will showcase five demonstrating artists each weekend of the Festival, including a dazzling display by Studio Inferno of beautiful blown glass pieces that will catch and radiate sunrays over the Fair Grounds. The intricate patterns woven into beautiful wearables by Cheryl Dunworth on her handmade loom, and the decorative eye-catching furnishings and accessories by mosaic artists Cindy Jones and Louis Weiner are not to be missed. Congo Square African Marketplace will feature 60 artists and vendors each weekend, including New Orleans photographer Clifton Faust who will demonstrate his technique of photo transfer on fabric and wood. Paul Deo and Terrance Osborne, both also of New Orleans, will share their painting, collage, and mixed media art making methods. As well, Congo Square highlights two African artists: James Acheampong, a celebrated Ghanaian sculptor and performer who will share his technique of hand carving drums; and Zimbabwean stone carver Richard Tauravinga, who will create a serpentine stone sculpture. Millinery and fabric artists are also featured this year.

110. FamilyFun: New Year's Fun Guide Tools. Party Planner. Game Finder. Cake Finder. Craft Finder. Checklists. Birthday Party Planning. Celebrate the start of the new year with easyto-make party hats http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/specialfeature/doca1202_sf_newyears/

Search FamilyFun Tools Party Planner Game Finder Cake Finder ... Solutions A to Z Celebrate the start of the new year with easy-to-make party hats, homemade confetti, and festive foods the whole family can enjoy. Happy New Year! Let the Fun Begin 11 Great Ways to Start the New Year A Perfect New Year's Eve Blast from the Past Bubble Wrap Stomp ... Ten-year Letter Cheers! Holiday Drinks Party Punch Party Gear Confetti Wands First Night Kazoos Flower Hat Giggle Shakers ... Weather Hat Festive Foods Nacho Cheese Tortillas Fondue Fun Swiss Cheese Fondue Chicken Dip ... Family-friendly New Year's Brunch

111. National Clearinghouse For U.S.-Japan Studies Japanese. Hagoita HAGOITA (paddle) A wooden paddle used in hanetsuki, which is a traditional game played during the new Year holidays. http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/toys.html

Japanese Toys Please use this picture book to see and download pictures of Japanese artifacts. Click on the images for enlarged jpeg files. DARUMA (daruma doll): Originally representing the Indian priest Bodidharma, who founded Zen Buddhism in China. He lost the use of his arms and legs after sitting nine years meditating in a cave. Today, daruma dolls are used as charms to fulfill wishes. There are other types of daruma dolls. In some regions, the daruma doll has a female figure. In others, the doll has no eyes at all. [Japanese] HAGOITA (paddle): A wooden paddle used in hanetsuki, which is a traditional game played during the New Year holidays. One or both sides of the paddle portrays good luck symbols or women. Some paddles have raised cloth surfaces. Some larger paddles with more complicated designs are made for room decoration. [Japanese HINA NINGYO (hina dolls): Special dolls for Hina Matsuri (doll festival), which is a festival for girls held on March 3rd. They are a set of dolls representing the emperor, the empress, attendants, and musicians in ancient count dress. [Japanese] KOINOBORI (carp windsock): Flag(s) representing carp. From the phrase "koi no taki nobori," a carp leaping up a waterfall. Koinobori are symbolic of success in life. They are hoisted over houses on the Boys' Festival which is held on May 5th. Formerly they were made of paper, but today they are made of cloth.

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113. Survey: Christmas And New Year Homepage. new Year questions. http://www.japan-guide.com/topic/0001.html

Survey Christmas and New Year Homepage Travel to Japan Living in Japan Language Food History Arts and Crafts Forum Japan PenFriend Discussion Forum Question Forum Live Chat Classifieds More Photo Gallery Link Directory Marketplace Local Surveys japan-shop.com Contact us Survey Results Please note that this survey is not representative. Read the article on the left for detailed information. Christmas questions New Year questions Back to Survey Home In December 1999, we sent questionnaires to 1044 people who were registered in the category of Japan of our pen pal service and who indicated that they are willing to participate in surveys. We received 208 valid responses from Japanese people who live in Japan. However the participants are mainly female (75%), single (89%) and between 10 and 30 years young (82%). In addition, we must consider the fact that all participants are registered in an international pen pal service, which may mean that they are overall more internationally oriented than the average Japanese. Christmas in Japan Less than 2% of the Japanese are Christians, and

114. Online With Mary Engelbreit | Shop Online | ME Craft Books | Page 2 those dark winter months with this collection of fun craft projects. Spruce up your home with new projects for Christmas, Hanukkah, new Year s, Valentine s and http://www.maryengelbreit.com/OtherStores/AmazonAffiliate/ProductPages/MECraftBo

Craft Books (view larger image) Buy this book at Creative Touches Knit for a Queen Mary's trademark art turns a simple knit sweater into five enchanting projects. Choose from 12 adult sizes and make with worsted weight yarn. Select a look that strikes your fancy and get ready to brighten your wardrobe with a pretty pullover. 8 1/2"x11", 46 pages, paperback (view larger image) "Breit" Ideas for Fabric Crafts From adorable pillows and cheery window treatments to enchanting lamps and glorious guest towels, these 27 easy-to-make accessories are sure to dazzle and amuse. Includes patterns and stitch instructions. 8 1/2"x11", 44 pages, paperback *Currently not availble for purchase online. To purchase, visit a Michaels craft store near you. (view larger image) Buy this book at Amazon! Mary Engelbreit's Autumn: Craft Book "Mary Engelbreit's Autumn Craft Book" shows you how to make the most of fall's arrival. You will find a wealth of ideas themed to the new school year. Homecoming, Halloween and Thanksgiving. You can decorate a book bag, make a fun garden witch, throw a tailgate picnic, design personalized canning labels, or even set an elegant harvest table for Thanksgiving dinner. In these pages you and yours can create keepsakes to cherish for years to come. 5"x6 1/2", 80 pages, hardback

115. An Extraordinary Film School New York Film Academy - One Year in the first semester that explores the craft of film and direct their films in the oneyear program and CINEMA STUDIES The first semester of the new York Film http://www.nyfa.com/workshops/OneYear_Frameset.html

116. RaisingOurKids.com - Christmas Articles, Decorating Tips, Gift Ideas, Holiday Cr Related Reading Christmas Around The World. A Mother s new Year s Resolutions by Sabrina Altman. Here s a short list of one mother s new Year s resolutions http://www.raisingourkids.com/hol/christmas/mothersnewyearsresolutions.shtml

Holidays For Families Valentines St. Patricks Easter Spring ... Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Related Reading: Christmas Around The World A Mother's New Year's Resolutions by Sabrina Altman In the past, making New Year's resolutions was a fun exercise in self-analysis, often a time to laugh at myself as I catalogued my foibles. Now that I'm the mother of an infant daughter, I'm putting a little more thought into my resolutions for the coming year. Here's a short list of one mother's New Year's resolutions: Smile at my reflection in the mirror. I'm not a supermodel and I don't play one on television. In order to model a positive self-image, I resolve to stop sneering at myself in the mirror and believe my husband when he tells me I'm beautiful. Eat well-balanced meals and forget fad diets. A box of Captain Crunch Berry cereal is not an acceptable dinner. In order to model healthy eating habits, I resolve to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats and an occasional piece of chocolate cake. Be a smart shopper. Writing the shopping list while picking items off the store shelves is not the way to thrifty heaven. In order to model good spending habits, I resolve not to buy a lot of knick-knacks because I am bored.

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