Strength, Support and Creativity: DivaTribe Steps Up
(ContentDesk) October 1, 2005 -- DivaTribe, an online women's community that has been on the web since late 2001, touts itself as a women's community of strength, support and creativity.
In October, DivaTribe is putting its money where its mouth is, donating a portion of its sales to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and highlighting other women-owned businesses that are raising funds as well.Jennifer Thompson, owner and manager of DivaTribe, says she wants DivaTribe to take an active role in finding a cure for breast cancer.
"I have a dear friend fighting breast cancer right now.
If my site can do anything to help her, and every other woman who will ever face breast cancer, then I have to try."DivaTribe's online boutique (http://www.divatribe.com/catalog/) will donate 10% of all sales in the month of October to the Susan G.
Komen Foundation.
In addition, Ms. Thompson will donate 30% of all October sales of her own items in the store to the Komen Foundation.To raise more awareness about breast cancer, Thompson has put together what she calls her Breast Cancer Awareness Shopping Guide for 2005 (http://www.divatribe.com/catalog/artists/breastcancer.php).
The guide promotes 19 women-owned business that are raising money for various breast cancer-related organizations.Visitors to DivaTribe and the other shops featured in the shopping guide will find 100% handmade items, including clothing, purses, jewelry, bath and body products, and accessories.
With the holidays quickly approaching, now is a great time to do some shopping for the gift-giving season and raise money for an important cause at the same time.Says Thompson, "If DivaTribe is going to use the words 'strength' and 'support' in its tag line, then it needs to make sure it takes an active role in helping other women whenever it can."For more information, visit DivaTribe (http://www.divatribe.com)..
POSH Handbags
Posh? was founded by owner & designer Tori Alvarado in the Spring of 2002. Tori was a creative-child and has always had a flair for Fashion. Even as a little girl she always seemed to have a knack for handbags & the idea of creating something unique & stylish that was very much her own.
Growing up Tori was heavily influenced by both her Mother & her Grandmother.
Designing was a family trait and always highly encouraged.After working six years in Corporate America in the Computer Industry Tori resigned from her corporate job to stay home with her new baby.
While adjusting to Motherhood, she started putting her handbag designs to paper & decided to start a business that she truly loved based on her creative ideas. She had a real passion for doing something hands on and knew it was time to turn her designs into reality.
Reality for Tori is purses!More recently, Tori collaborated with artist & friend SHANO to create a line of unique limited edition bags...
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Designer Handbags are all the rage
Without a doubt, designer handbags are all the rage!
Women seem to collect them the way young boys collect comic books.
Without a doubt, there is a handbag to suit your many styles and moods, from sophisticated and chic to adventurous and playful.
Designer handbags all have unique traits that distinguish one brand from another.
Designers purposely create unique symbols or details to accentuate the differences between themselves and other designers.
Louis Vuitton is one of the most popular and best-selling handbag designers.
These bags are known for the high standards of quality and state-of-the-art craftsmanship put into each and every design.
Elegant, but astonishingly innovative, Louis Vuitton guarantees perfection in his multitude of high quality products.
Uniquely branded with a patterned design, Louis Vuitton handbags tower above the competition.
Chanel handbags are well known for their clean...
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Guilt-free exotic salmon leather products mean every part of the salmon is utilized, similar to the ancient tradition of the Northwest Coast Native peoples
November 19, 2003, Seattle, WA - Salmon leather?
Yes, it's true. For more than a hundred years, the skin of the salmon has been discarded, cast off , dumped and otherwise treated badly by the salmon canning industry in an effort to extract only the choicest morsels from nature's delicacy, Oncorhynchus keta, more commonly known as Chum Salmon.
Ivory Jack's Trading Company has worked over the last several years perfecting fine quality salmon leather that stands up to current rigorous fashion standards.
The leather is fascinatingly strong and has the look and feel of snake skin.
But, due to the formerly discarded nature of the material, it is guilt-free exotic leather more widely available to mass consumption.
The Pacific Northwest Coast Indians used the salmon, skin and all, for hundreds of years as they inhabited the salmon rich coastal lands of Alaska, British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State.
They traditionally tanned the hides...
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Three New Titles for the Crocheter?s Collection
Kernersville, N.C. (ContentDesk) August 12, 2005 -- Three new crochet books hit the shelves last month from designer Maggie Weldon.
Hand crafted accessories have been among the most popular projects in the needlework world this past year.
Weldon has taken her best fashion accessory designs and published them under the titles, "Ponchos," "Purses" and "Scarves."
Weldon has mixed texture, color and style to craft smart and fashionable accessories to the modern wardrobe.
There is a little something for every crocheter in these pattern collections, with projects for beginners as well as experts.
Weldon enjoys blending new novelty yarns with traditional standbys, making projects that both the traditional and the chic crocheter can enjoy.Weldon's goal has always been to publish easy-to-follow patterns, using yarn readily available in most craft and hobby stores.
These new publications are no exception.
With color pictures, diagrams...
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Timothy's Take-Out-First Novels Just Don't Come Better Than This
(ContentDesk) September 22, 2005 -- Conceived in the Eighties, refined over the decades like some exquisite piece of artwork, "Timothy's Take-Out" has finally been released to the public. And, surprise of surprises ? the public is embracing not only the novel but also its author, Paul J. Barker. People seem tickled that a humble restaurateur could explode on the literary scene with a novel capable ? indeed, more than capable ? of standing its ground against the industry's heaviest hitters. Copies of Barker's remarkable debut effort can be seen peeking out of purses and back pockets all over the globe.
Just about everyone has held a job they despised at some point in their lives, and this is undoubtedly one reason for "Timothy's Take-Out's" appeal. People who hate their job will commiserate with the lead character; people happy in their work will thank their lucky stars they are not this man."Timothy's Take-Out" is basically the story of Carl Fellows, a not-so-lovable loser whom...
Timothy's Take-Out-First Novels Just Don't Come Better Than This
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Washington, D.C. Purse Designer's Whimsical Handbags "The Next Big Thing" in South Korea
Frankly, My Dear, a Washington, D.C.-based business specializing in whimsical custom purse designs, has teamed up with Bohochild, a South Korean website offering a selection of fashionable, one-of-a-kind handbags from around the globe. More than a dozen Frankly, My Dear Bags ? including such adorable offerings as "A Fish Tale," featuring sushi and miso soup on a funky yellow background ? are now available in the "girly glamour bag" section of www.bohochild.com.According to Soyun Lee, owner of Bohochild and herself a handbag addict, the "truly adorable purses" are sure to be "the next big thing" in her native South Korea. Frankly, My Dear's playful, whimsical designs are also available at www.franklypurses.com. The site features nearly 100 purses, with new handbags being added every week until Christmas. Frankly, My Dear's fun and flirty purses ?...
Washington, D.C. Purse Designer's Whimsical Handbags "The Next Big Thing" in South Korea
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14 Tips to Make Moving Day Easier
14 Tips to Make Moving Day Less PainfulCommonSenseLiving.com ? 2005 It's that time of year again for a lot of us. Here are some tips to make your moving day less painful, both mentally and physically.1. Lighten the load. Dispose of as much as possible before you start to pack. Donate to charity, have a yard sale or throw out.2.
Use the same size boxes. They will be easier to stack both while you are packing, and in the truck. No more spending time trying to figure out how to get all those different sized boxes stacked so they won't fall over. 3. Use smaller boxes.
Then you won't have big heavy boxes that will wear you out fast. You, and your moving team will be able to keep going without struggling. 4. Use a good quality tape and tape gun. The couple extra bucks will save you tons of frustration.
5. A couple of wardrobe boxes are always a good idea. They keep your clothes clean and ready to hang. Plus, you can throw boots, shoes, and purses in the bottom. 6.
14 Tips to Make Moving Day Easier
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HDTV: Buying Guide, Part One
There's never been a better time than now to buy a high-definition television (HDTV). Whether your primary source of television programming is local over-the-air broadcasts, cable or digital satellite TV, you will find that there is now a wealth of high-definition programs available. If you have a standard-definition television you will also enjoy
all of your widescreen-format DVDs that much more on a HDTV. And with Toshiba now shipping their first-generation HD-DVD players and Blu-Ray...
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