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Feasting on the Farm
It was all about Redlands - local produce growers, local caterers, local breweries, local wine suppliers. And Redlanders ate it up, literally, at "Feasting on the Farm," Redlands Conservancy's third party in the 2010 Parties for the Necklace series.

Can I Make Money Selling My Handmade Jewelry Designs On Ebay?

If you've ever tried to sell your work on the tremendously competitive and crowded pages of Ebay, your quick answer to the above question may be no. But don't be so quick to answer. If you keep these few things in mind, you can have a successful jewelry business on Ebay.
Before I started my website, http://www.a-zjewelrydesign.com/, I sold my jewelry designs exclusively on Ebay. And, as with any business, with an Ebay business, you need to have a business plan. The odds are against you on Ebay if you simply make a few pieces, list them, and hope for the best. Your chances are much better if you spend enough time to develop a significant inventory of several types of items that show your individual style. After all you may only have one chance with an Ebay buyer... if they visit your auctions, and you have only a few unrelated items up for sale, they may never come back. But, on the other hand, if they see a nice inventory of things that they would love to buy, they will bookmark your store.
You will also need a listing/sales strategy. There should be two types of items in your storefront:
Store Items: Have a well thought out inventory of items in your Ebay store. (These items will always be there at a fixed price.) All you need to do is make a sample, upload a photo, and remake the pieces as the orders come in. (Earrings are great store items.) Ebay has a low store-listing price of $.05 per listing, and a monthly $15 store fee. Remember, you will have to sell enough to cover this Storefront expense above and beyond the per piece profit, however.
Auction Items (or fixed price listings): These listings are much more expensive per piece, but, no will find your store without them! It may unnerve you to start a listing at $.01; but, your best bet is to start your auction listings low. Let me give you a typical example that I have seen a hundred times: Sue starts a choker at $9.95, because that is what she paid for the materials. Lisa starts the same choker at $.01. Sue's item gets zero bids. Lisa's item sells for $30. Here's the lesson: The final bidder was willing to pay $30, but she was tempted by the idea that she could get it for nothing. Ebay buyers are always looking for a bargain!
Featured Listings: Another very important thing I learned is that you must have at least one Featured Listing at any given time. You pay a premium for Featured listings on Ebay ($19.95), but they put your listing in the top page of your category for the duration of the listing. Featured Listings are your best portal into this very competitive market of jewelry artisans. You cannot think of the expense of a Featured Listing as a selling expense against the one-featured piece, but as an advertising expense for all your listings and storefront. (For instance; if you have twenty auctions in a week and one is featured, you can consider that you've spent $1 per piece to get ebay buyers in the door to your store.)
You must understand that you will not get rich selling handmade jewelry on Ebay! I always felt that what I averaged per piece on Ebay was like wholesale prices. But - let's face it - if you are selling through stores that resell your work, you will not be making retail on your work either. Plus, you will be running around, schlepping your work, and most likely leaving it on consignment with boutiques. After all, wholesale on ebay is pretty good when you're able to work from home, list the things you want and make your own hours doing something you love!
The biggest mistake jewelry sellers on ebay make is to step into it too casually. You must have a certain amount of patience, and understand that there will be upfront expenses that will not come back to you immediately. (In what other business venture would we expect such a thing?). If you take the time to study Ebay, watch what the successful sellers are doing and develop your own inventory and a strategy - you can be successful on Ebay!

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Fetched Heart

What is the ending to the Korean drama "New Heart?"?

I started watching the drama, and I got pretty far into it, but I feel like I am wasting my time (I know this is stupid...) but I am watching it solely for the romance and if the two leads don't end up together I will be very sad. I've heard random things about leukemia...? That sounds a little far fetched to me, but it *is* a korean drama so...

The ending would be much appreciated (And no links to the last episode. That is no help)

wow new heart i love that drama i don't like the ending it ended to fast but they end up together and there both doctors its pretty good

Pool Toys for the Young and the Young at Heart

Pool toys have come a long way over the years, so what is available today may be a far cry from what you may remember using as a youngster. More choices and better materials have made shopping for pool toys so much more fun. The are cheaper to buy and last longer as well and you may be surprised at what your money can buy now.

One new amazing development to hit the market is super easy to set up inflatable pool slides for instance. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and you will be surprised at how affordable they are as well. There are even floating inflatable pool slides that the kids can have a great time with, climbing on and using out on the water.

Another new development is soft and spongy foam filled, floating pool toys that never have to be inflated. They are made of newer high tech materials that stand up bettor to heavy use. No air leaks means that if they are properly stored between uses they can last for years.

The choices in pool games has also expanded greatly. However; when you shop for pool games you have to be aware of the age group that they are recommended for. Older kids like competitive water sports games, such as pool basketball while younger kids like the fetch games that involve retrieving toys that have been thrown in the pool.

If you don't buy pool toys that are specifically designed for pool use then like it or not, the kids will find their own toys to bring in the water. This can become a problem, because any hard plastic or rigid toys can cause harm especially to the younger kids.

So when you are buying any toys such as balls for instance, bear in  mind that at some point in time someone is going to get hit by what ever it is that you are buying right in the face. Make sure that balls that you bring into your pool are soft and light, because heavy balls, such as a football or basketball will quickly become a nuisance for this reason.

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Written by Jolie Kreppenstein. Now you can learn all you wanted about Pool toys as well as Pool slides

Silver Red Coral

cray fish /african claw frogs/General help needed?

thx for the earlier advice lads......i forgot to mention i have 2 albino AC frogs also info/advice would be much appreciated also another 120l tank in this i have
2 silver dollars
3 angels
8 tiger barbs
1 rosy barb
2 rainbow
2 bala sharks
pleco
cray fish
red tail shark
have them all over 10 months...no problems what soever...again have i problems down the road ...my substrate is coral sand with caves in each if that matters ...PH/nitrate in each spot on..ANY advice much welcome

Just read through your other questions. Here's my opinion, didn't read the other answers, so may be repeats here.

Here's a conversion calculator-your tank is the equivalent of a 31 US gallon.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/weights_and_measures/index?p=volume

First, the general rule for oscars is 1 oscar for a 55 gal(208L) minimum-and that's no other fish. That's because oscars do grow large, and are fairly messy eaters, and are sensitive to high nitrates. Causes all kinds of stress for them, including hole in the head disease. Oscars can be mixed with other fish, but generally in my experience, they need to grow up with the other fish. I've had some weird combos, but they grew up together, when I added new fish he ate them.
As far as the African's with the oscars, your best bet with Africans is to have them in a species only tank, meaning a tank of only Africans IMO.

As for the above lists, your tank is a tad overcrowded for a 31 US gallon tank. The silver dollars will/should get to about 6 inches. I'd be worried the barbs would nip the angels as well. Is the pleco a common pleco? They can get up to 2 feet long. The bala sharks get up to 10 inches. And, the cray fish with frogs? I'd be afraid the cray fish would attack/eat the slower moving frogs. The problem is the larger fish are going to end up getting stunted(growth) which isn't good for them. Shortens their life span considerably. Just my opinion there, you've had it for 10 months though lol. Looking at one of your other questions, you have airstones, but you do have filters on there as well correct? The air stones really won't help, more of a decoration piece really. I'd look into a much larger tank, or rehoming some of the larger species IMO.

Also, I remember reading years ago about frogs, the only true aquatic frog is an African Dwarf Frog, the small ones. The only way to tell the difference between them and the African Clawed Frog was the ADF have webbed feet. The ACF aren't total aquatic, and they grow quite large.

Good luck, and hope some of this helps!!

Here's some links to look over.

This one, look over the different fish species, and get an idea of their care & requirements.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/categ.cfm?pcatid=830

Here's some info for the oscar, also on the top left, view the section titled articles, lots of good info there written by people with good experience:

http://www.oscarfish.com/

An article on stunted fish with photos

http://www.oscarfish.com/cms_view_article.php?aid=605

Collecting Evil Eye Jewelry Today

Amulets and talismans are worn for protection and the appearance of these evil eye charms will vary according to culture. Some designs are very simplistic and may include red thread, cords or horseshoes. As discussed, some amulets take the form of a hand along with a representative blue eye. This is common today in lands like Greece and Turkey. Turkish women are fond of eye jewelry, and sterling silver evil eye charms. Not only are they available in blue colors, but they also come in much more fashionable Turkish evil eye designs.

In Egypt one might expect to find amulets made of various materials, including faience and steatite. Wall plague sized horseshoes with blue colors are also common. Another type of charm to look for is the buckle of Isis charm, which represents Isis, the mother of Horus, nursing her young, a strong protective image for newborns.

The Middle East favors blue faience evil eye beads, also called donkey beads, which protect livestock from the curse. In addition to smaller eye jewelry The Middle East is also known for large, wall-hanging ceramics dedicated to protection against evil eye curses. These ceramics are usually blue in color and inscribed with prayers.

Why the popularity of the horse shoe? The horseshoe is thought to represent the lunar crescent, and in pastimes (and still today) were attached to doors in order to stop the evil eye from entering a person's house or barn. In addition to protecting residents against the evil eye, the horseshoe was also believed to bring good luck.

In India, evil eye charms of cord are common especially among newborns. Whenever the cord starts to decay (which will be years later) then it is believed that the child is old enough to have outlasted the curse. Gypsies in India take a more aggressive approach and mirror back the evil eye with multi-colored mirror charms. These evil eye charms are also braided, crocheted and covered with beads and other jewelry. Among more expensive Indian clothing, such as wedding dresses and accessories, small mirrors are actually crocheted into the cloth. Throughout India, Israel and various Arabic territories expect to find eye-in-palm evil eye charms made in bone or perhaps metal-cast. In Nepal, the eye of Buddha serves the same purpose as the evil eye amulet, while in North Africa evil eye charms are usually made from eye-agate stone along with the classic hand design.

In Italy, evidence of the eye can be seen in the tradition of placing a familiarly shaped lemon above a doorway, as well as pinning a piece of rue plant to one's clothes. There are also evil eye silver charms that are designed to physically resemble a plant along with evil eye necklaces. A man who is threatened by an evil eye may seek gold evil eye charms or silver evil eye charms which are in the shape of a fig hand or horned hand gesture, obviously influenced by Roman aesthetics, and resembling a phallus. Besides gold and silver, this eye jewelry may also be carved from red coral. The Italian horn is also a common shape for protection and for good luck

In recent years however, more Italian-American women have been wearing these distinctly male evil eye charms, though the red coral varieties are becoming pricier due to rarity. Reproductions of red coral horned hand charms are now rising up in America.

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