New law banning toxins in toys threatens handmade craft businesses
However, the law will require her to send finished pieces to a lab ... I mostly sell items for adults, so in that sense the law will have minimal effect on my business. I very much value the ability to buy handmade, USA made items for my family, and ...

Holiday House lights up for the 51st year
She was raised deep in the heart of the Delta, on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River, in Helena, Ark. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.S. and M.S. in accountancy ... student at Charles England Elementary, and is a Girl Scout ...

Down Your Way – West Briton
Tabletop sale A tabletop sale in aid of the refurbishment of Carnon ... Now is the perfect time to buy plants for your garden, so you can choose from a great selection of locally grown bedding plants, perennial plants and shrubs, vegetable and herb plants ...

Creative covers for containers make easy gifts
Pairing them with small, handmade items, however ... is thicker and sturdier than the sheets you'll find in the craft section, even if you use acrylic felt instead of the pricier wool-blend or 100 percent wool felt.) 1) Measure the height ...

Brit Fashion: All Wool and a Yard Wide, Part II
Use of the Guernsey spread to the British navy in the 1800s, and several modern divisions of the British armed forces still have Guernseys as part of their uniform items ... finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun ...

Felt craft container covers make easy, fun gifts
Pairing them with small, handmade items, however ... is thicker and sturdier than the sheets you'll find in the craft section, even if you use acrylic felt instead of the pricier wool-blend or 100 percent wool felt.) Measure the height and ...