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Oyster card wallets are the most practical and portable marketing tool, with long existing life-time and lastingness. They make really functional personalized item, to put your brandname in front of your wide audience almost every day of the year and can really aid your business enterprise to win in a aggressive global market. They are a great investment and permit a number of promoting opportunities for you and your business. They are very suitable for your business organization identity growth and enable you to contend globally and also to gain faith and commitment for your business organisation. These Oyster card wallets make quite useful wares, for your potential customer, will stop them from being binned.

1) They make an ambient medium to carry your advertising messages, efficaciously. Oyster card holders can be created with your brand name and easily create popularity for your company or organization. They can be inflamed and printed with your company name or logo and make an quality present for your customers or beloved ones.

2) It is obtainable in a variety of colours, with clear windows with pvc edges and back slip wallet. It has sufficient space for easily holding a driving license or travel cards. You can mark your logotype in fascinating patterns and deep colourings. You can pick out from a wide range of cute looking graphics or pictures to make it look genuinely different.

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As a chocolatier, you know everything there is about preparing chocolate confectioneries. For one thing, you know, for sure, that you have to use a good quality chocolate in confectioneries than those used for chocolate fudge. It’s true that when you employ pure chocolate, this chocolate must be tempered correctly in order to attain that crisp snap, glossy sheen, creaminess, long life and the capability of maintaining its form at room temperature.

Chocolate that have not been through chocolate tempering tend to be dull, crumbly, speckled, possess a shorter life and will not last beyond two days. The white blotches that you’ll see over the chocolate surface were the result of blooming due to improper tempering.

Chocolate is tempered because of the cocoa butter. The fatty acids in cocoa butter have a polymorphic attribute during crystallization, possibly forming six different types of crystals. Tempering will create the right features of the finest quality chocolates such as the glossy patina, crispness, smoothness and creaminess. All the three types of chocolates, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate have to undergo the tempering process.

Like any other substance, cocoa butter has molecules that have to bond to create a crystalline structure. The type of formation that the crystalline created will rely enormously on the temperature prevailing during tempering.

Every liquid has its own melting and freezing states, including chocolates. Freezing is the point where any liquid substance turns into its solid form. Water, for example, melts at a temperature of 32F; at a temperature lower beyond this will cause the crystals in water to bond quickly so that at 0F, water turns into ice.

When a substance move into its freezing point, the molecules will unite together to create crystals. The crystals will pack up all the space that was formerly occupied by the molecules in liquid. As the temperature drops down further, all space will be full of crystals until the entire liquid turns into a solid mass. The consistency of the solid will largely depend on the density of the crystals that has been formed.

The crystals in chocolate also form just like the crystals in water do. When it is in its solid stage the crystals that composes the chocolate are already bonded and it will take a great force to make changes in its form. A well tempered chocolate will stay tempered even at room temperatures. The chocolate would’ve completely melted at 98F. At this stage the crystals will separate from its bonds so tempering will be necessary again, to re-form the bonds. The temperature will dictate what kind of crystal bonds will be formed.

This is why chocolate temperature is important in chocolate tempering. Chocolatiers get themselves a Mercury-Gauge Chocolate Thermometer, to make sure that the temperature is accurate. This thermometer is designed for the purpose of chocolate tempering.

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Today’s quilter has access to an endless selection of quilting notions including marking pens, cutting tools, threads, rulers and templates to name merely a few. Once in a while it may seem challenging to decide which materials to pick and where to begin when it comes to creating an unique quilted item. A good place to start is with a quilting ruler called the Double Diamond Ruler.

The Double Diamond Ruler offers a marvelous way for you to add a diamond-shaped embellishment to any project. Producing a diamond pattern was rather cumbersome to accomplish prior to the invention of the Double Diamond Ruler. In the past you would have had to draw a design onto fusible interfacing, iron it onto the material and then snip the lines you drew using a pair of scissors. Talk about time consuming! The Double Diamond Ruler ended all that.

With two sizes available the Double Diamond Ruler now helps you easily create either 1 1/2″ and 3 1/2″ wide diamonds. Utilize the 1 1/2″ Double Diamond Ruler to create an eye-catching eyeglass case or shoulder strap for your handbag. Add distinctive, dimensional diamonds to a table topper, wall hanging or even table runner using the 3 1/2″ Double Diamond Ruler.

Once you have determined which size Double Diamond Ruler works best for your design you’ll want to pick out 3 quality fabrics to work with: a main fabric, contrast fabric and background fabric. Solid color cloths work best but the diamonds do not show well when you use large prints. However, small prints can produce an intersting effect.

If you’re unsure how to begin then you will want to check out the online idea gallery at Bright Quilting Notions. In addition to ideas, there are patterns, kits and even an instructional video to help you get started. Take the first step towards creating your very own masterpiece and order a Double Diamond Ruler today.

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Ask anyone their view on graffiti, and you’ll get opinions of love and hatred : some individuals see it as vandalism, others a subtle artform. On the one hand, graffiti artists like Banksy have turned graffiti into an aesthetic pleasure, using stencils to create technically difficult graphics loaded with a nuanced political point. This sort of graffiti was likely to get trendy with both the masses and the artworld : visually pleasing and intellectually satisfying. This sort of graffiti is even purchased as graffiti prints, and hung in suburban households and corporate meeting rooms.

All the same, what about the other end of the spectrum? - the tagger, the gangbanger variety - this is just seen as vandalism, an offence perpetrated by the untalented. But this is to misinterpret graffiti as purely an art form. To lots of people, it’s not only an artform, but a means to put your stamp on a district, or even two fingers up at society : anti-establishment, anti-social, even anti-art.

Spraying has invariably been a clandestine pursuit, although the effects are public. The targeted audience is oftentimes unidentified. Is it for a competing gang? A communication to a single person? To the public at large? Perhaps it’s simply uncalled-for and out of nothing else to do.

Whatever the causes, there seems to be some kind of enduring demand to spray on walls. Some town councils have admitted that graffiti isn’t going to go away, so they’ve marked off areas where graffiti is permitted - usually derelict areas, but now and again more civic zones like temporary boarding surrounding inner city construction sites.

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It is a very difficult job selecting a piece of African art and it is even tougher to establish whether the piece you picked is original or not. Usually there are very minor differences between the original African art pieces and the fake ones and to a lay viewer both look the same.

But one can sift the grain from the chaff if one asks the right questions and evaluates the art piece on that basis. To pick an original African art piece you need to ask the local dealer or any online dealer some pertinent questions. Here they are:

Is the carving of the art piece good and smooth?

Is the patina showing signs of wear at places where the chances of being touched are the most?

What is the rare or unique quality of the art piece?

Has the piece been restored or repaired?

Can the origin of the piece be traced back?

Is the size of the art piece similar to that of the traditional size and use of similar kinds of pieces?

If the piece has been repaired? It it has been restored, is the price reflecting that status?

Is the art piece unusual?

What is the auction price of similar art objects and works from the same tribe?

Is the style of the piece you want to buy consistent with other pieces from the same tribe or era?

Do you like the piece well enough to spend such a huge sum of money?

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Usually a gift is much more important than what it is, indeed a true gift is such only for what it represents. Wedding favors are for sure, a perfect fit to this category. Of course, somebody doesn’t attend a wedding thinking about the favor that they will get in return, on the contrary, people enjoy sharing an important day with their friends and relatives, as many claim that their wedding is the most important day of their life. To express gratitude and appreciation for the attending guests, couples that get married enjoy giving back something to remember their day. Although, usually favors are kind of generalized, and standardized, sometimes couples take their time to hand pick a specific favor for a specific person, this gives a special identity and recognizes a true personal feeling.

Wedding favors became much more than simple thoughts, they became true memories, small items to represent a real bond between people. There are all kinds of wedding favors available on the market, with different prices and very different styles. Some of them are classical and elegant, while others are extravagant and on the cutting edge. Usually, these last ones are very widely used by young couples that decide to celebrate alternative weddings.

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To make an alphabet scrapbook for a child, I suggest using an 8×8 album. My sister takes hundreds and hundreds of pictures of her daughter. I remember thinking “there she is with a banana”, and “there she is with an apple”, thus the idea of an alphabet scrapbook developed.

I like stencils. I created all 26 letters using a stencil. I then mounted the letters on the opposite corners. For example, “A” was in the upper left corner, while “B” was in the upper right corner of the adjoining page. I’ve also seen alphabet scrapbooks with the letter centered on the top of each page. The option to put the letter in the bottom corners or centered on the bottom is also there. Or create your album mixing all of the above with the letters in various places throughout the album. Try putting the letter in the center of the page and then building your photos around the letter.

Your “A” page can either be the child holding an apple, or it can be mom and dad inside an airplane. Maybe you have a pet named Ben. That could be the focus of your “B” page.

I think it is so much fun to go through photos and specifically look for those photos that belong to a certain letter.

It’s also fun to create your ABC scrapbook, taking photos during the year, making sure to get one photo of your child for each letter. Children learn to recognize and read letters usually after age 3. This gives you 3 years to take photos. When the alphabet book is a book of pictures of the child, the child will look at the book over and over again, reading the letters, and reading the words. Children like to read about themselves and learn about themselves.

You can also create a book for nieces, nephews or a good friend, if you are with them often enough to take photos of the child with each letter of the alphabet.

Have fun being creative with the 26 letters of the alphabet!

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Shadow embroidery is a technique that creates mysterious shadow effect on the stitched cloth. It is also known as a Whitework technique. Shadow embroidery is done on dress accessories, children’s clothes, lingerie and household linens.

The procedure of making shadow embroidery may sound confusing for the first time, but actually it is extremely easy-to-make. The stitch is worked on sheer, transparent or firmly woven threads. For the ground fabric you may choose whatever you like: viole, batiste, fine linen or muslin, synthetic or sheer silk and so on. Ready made clothes can also be embroidered with the shadow effect stitches. There are few things you have to learn about shadow embroidery. Work double back stitch on the right side of the fabric.

On the reverse side of the cloth will be gradually formed a herringbone stitch. These herringbone stitches make for the shadow effect. Another thing is closeness of the stitches. If the stitches are close to one another, a deeper shadow is produced. If they are not so close together, a lacy effect appears on the right side. Tiny separate stitches follow the lace as an outline. Best for producing shadow effect are silk or cotton yarns. You can also use one ply of embroidery floss, and a number 7 or less crewel needle with a hoop. Colours can be stronger if you add extra plies to the fibers. Here are two examples of using shadow embroidery to create something beautiful.

1) How to embroider a flower using shadow stitches? Stems are made with fine back chain stitches on the right side of the fabric. To create the centre of the flower, around which the petals are, use French knot clusters on the right side. Petals and leaves should have an outline, filled up with shadow stitches. Use green for the colours of stems and leaves. Petals can have any colour. You can add white floss on the white canvas for some details and gain fantastic results. When choosing a design, use transfer patterns or make up something yours. Stitch on the wrong side of sheer material and examine the effects of shadow embroidery on the right side.

2) How can you make a small pillow or a cushion using shadow embroidery? To create a pillow you need the following materials: number 7 or finer crewel needle, two 9 inch squares of sheer fabric, plain muslin, embroidery hoop, embroidery floss, dressmaker’s carbon paper or hot iron transfer pencil, one yard ruffled lace, matching thread, and small quantity of polyester fiberfill.

The design you want to embroider has to be transferred on the wrong side of the pillow top with the usage of hot iron transfer pencil. Then it is time to put fabric in the embroidery hoop. If, for example, you want to embroider a flower, follow the Number 1 suggestions, using French knot for the centre and shadow stitching for the petals. Close herringbone stitch is just perfect for making flowers. The ruffled lace should be stitched around the perimeter of pillow top. With a seam you should stitch together pillow top and bottom sides. Make sure you leave one side unseamed for the pillow filler to place inside. Trim the three sides and the corners. The muslin and polyester fiberfill can serve as fillers. Sachets of potpourri can also be put inside before seaming the fourth side of the pillow.

Before trying onto larger areas, practice shadow embroidery on smaller surfaces, such as pockets, belts, hats and so on. Be careful when using the iron for covering up minor creases on collars, belts and other smaller areas. It may ruin the shadow embroidery.

Article by Robbie Darmona - an article writer who writes on a wide variety of subjects.

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Would you like to add more creative appeal to your scrapbooks? Here are three methods to add more depth and creativity to your scrapbook creations.

A good way to make your own personal seals is with Crayola Model Magic. Simply, roll out a small ball of the clay. Then, imprint this ball with a small rubber stamp or a brass seal. In this way, you can create whatever stamp impressions you can imagine.

Also, who would of ever thought ripping or tearing your project would be a good thing. Well here’s how tearing actually adds character to your scrapbook.

As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms. Tearing creates an artist look to backgrounds, borders, and embellishments.

Be aware however, because tearing does not comply well with all themes. In some more formal themes tearing appears unprofessional. However, when used correctly it really adds a nice look to your work.

Fraying can create extremely interesting and artist border accents. Fraying looks especially good in children’s scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends. Be careful, fraying does not comply well with all themes. In some more formal themes fraying creates an unprofessional appearance.

Just cut your paper border about an inch larger than you need. Then, dampen this border by dipping only the edges of the paper into a shallow dish of water. Then, the edges of the paper can then be easily pulled off.

Mia LaCron is the founder of 101-scrapbooking-tidbits.info - http://www.101-scrapbooking-tidbits.info - devoted to helping individuals record, store, and preserve their most cherished memories via the art of scrapbooking.

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