Gift Ideas - Crystal and Glassware

Gift Ideas - Crystal and Glassware

Whether for weddings, new homes, new babies, birthdays, or anniversaries, crystal and glassware are the perfect gift choice. They are not the sort of item that one routinely purchases for them self, making it the ideal gift.

From crystal vases or stemware to colorful hand blown art glass pieces, there is a gift for everyone and every occasion. SPCrystal.com has a beautiful selection of Murano vases and sculptures, as well as crystal vases and contemporary glass art pieces that are sure to please. Be sure to take a look at the Murano Glass Animals - we love them for anniversary and baby gifts especially.

ConiArtGlass.com is another Web site that we love for finding gift and home decorating items. Many of thier lovely mouth blown glass items make great wedding or party favors as well, such as the hand blown colored glass balls, or the small colorful vases and oil lamps.

Whatever the occasion and whatever you choose, you'll always be welcome at any event with a gift of crystal or glassware.

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Shabby Chic French Decor for Home

Shabby Chic French Decor for Home

You have most likely heard of the shabby chic decorating trend. It can be done in many styles, but one of the most interesting is the shabby chic French decorating style. While you may call it by other names, no matter what you call it, this style of decorating can be affordable, comfortable, livable, and downright gorgeous.
Characterized by colors such as muted green, pastel pink or blue and faded gray, shabby chic decorating celebrates the less-than-perfect, even once-discarded furniture and accessories. Vintage bedspreads, well-worn rugs, tables with peeling paint -- they all have a place in the shabby chic home. Even sofas and chairs that may seem ready for the trash can be easily revived with inexpensive slipcovers and paint.
So how do you go about introducing the French shabby chic look into your own home? Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Look around your attic or basement (or better yet your Mother or Grandmother's attic or basement.) Carefully examine discarded or unused items and determine if they may be usable. Remember this: "If it has good bones, you can use it."
• Go to your local flea markets and yard sales. Try to imagine how pieces that you find will look with a fresh coat of paint.
• Forget about the traditional purpose of objects that you find. Old trunks can make great coffee tables. You may use quilts as sofa throws, and large, newly painted baskets can hold everything from toys to fresh linens.
• Shabby chic is all about comfort. Put extra pillows on your sofa or bed - make everything cozy.
• Shabby chic French decor for home design means lots of blue and yellow, white painted furniture, or pickled pine. Mix it up.

If you're willing to invest some time hunting for treasures, you'll be surprised at the amazing bargains you can find. Wherever you travel, or right in your backyard there are some amazing finds.

Shabby chic French decor is an easy style to achieve because it can include almost anything you love. Have fun, be creative, and enjoy the shabby chic lifestyle!

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Feng Shui

Feng Shui

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement; literally translated, Feng Shui means "wind and water". The philosophy is that often energy is blocked in a space or moves too quickly through a space.

Use the principles of Feng Shui to adjust the energy or the flow of "Chi" in your spaces, and change the way your home or business looks and feels. Follow the nine areas of the "bagua" to understand how to adjust and enhance the areas of your home or office. Using the elements, sounds, colors, movement and more can change the flow of energy in your home and other spaces. Just removing clutter can open up new opportunities to the home or business owner, or painting a door red can add spark to a home and invite more money into the home. Who doesn't want that??

In Feng Shui you will find that it is important to use your front door often and have everything in the house in good working order. Using Feng Shui can bring in a life partner, more money, new career, happier family relationships, better health and more. Feng Shui is for everyone.

It is an art, and a way of life. Learn more about Feng Shui:

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