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Pantone’s Color of the Year: Marsala

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Your True Colours Vol. 1 Issue 9

Some of our guest writers for this issue: Monica Bundy is passionate about improving the lives of others through promoting healthy lifestyles. After working closely with her clients and seeing the need for a more comprehensive program and approach to healthy living–Monica forged out on her own to develop a system of support, information, strategies and techniques that have garnered proven results with her myriad of satisfied clients. Because of her ability to relate and connect with her clients, Monica has become a motivator, teacher, and coach to those who are battling through their own journey to change their ways of “being” so that they can truly “LIVE”.

Linda McMahan is happily married with two children and lives on a hobby farm in a small town in North East Victoria. Successful in party plan from the word go, she regularly topped the monthly sales in her region for over three years. Linda also reached number one in the world for her individual sales for her company in February 2004. Linda also has experience in network marketing, so she knows what questions to ask the top net workers. Inspired by flexible working hours and creating stronger families, Linda explores the world of women who work for themselves through a series of in-depth and raw interviews with specially selected women. Linda not only discovers their secrets of success, she highlights their courage,

uniqueness, determination and compassion.

Hazel Palache is a certified coach, clinical hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner as well as the President of Your Stairway to Wealth. Hazel says; “Wealth is not just about money. Good health, a joyful spiritual life and financial freedom equal wealth. Additionally she is an Amazon best-selling author. She teaches women entrepreneurs 45+ how to stop negative mind chatter, increase their confidence and become more empowered so they create success in life and business. All coaching is phone based. For more information about Hazel and her services please visit; http://yourstairwaytowealth.com or email Hazel at [email protected]

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table of contents

Monthly Columns:

Spotlight Artist: Anna Marie Wisniewski 6

Great Finds: For the Kids 8

YTC Life Image – Setting Realistic Goals 11

Wellness by Kally Efros - A Brand New You Using Vintage Techniques for Health & Wellness 23

Cool Skin Tones/Warm Skin Tones - Alexis Apparel 55

From Dancing Shoes to Cowboy Boots: Brian Wells by Sherry O’Connor 95

Articles

The Retro Toys, Always Classic 14

Workout Routines from Home by Monica Bundy 15

How to Stop Negative Mind Chatter by Hazel Palache 19

Eyato, Handmade in London 31

Participating in a Vendor Show by David Zimmerman 37

Jennifer Somoza: Unique Materials Make Unique Fashions 45

Preparing for the New Year! Is It Business as Usual Ladies? By Linda McMahon 51

In this Issue:

Maeberry Vintage, vintage clothing on line and in the store in Salt Lake City UT.

Pantone has announced the color of the year, who can actually wear it and should it be the

color of the year?

Princess Courture Tutus, custom made for the Little Princess in your life. There is even a

Frozen theme!




Table of Contents (Continued)

Pantone’s Color of the Year, Marsala by Carolyn Bendall 57

5 Reasons to Wear Vintage Jewelry by Melinda Lewis 59

The Personality is Expressed Step by Step by Cristiano Silenzi 63

Princess Couture Tutu’s 67

Maeberry Vintage: Gently Used Clothing Ready to be Loved Again 71

Vintage Style at It’s Finest: Lindy Bop 79

Hemp’s Useful Textile Purposes by Kenyon Gibson 89

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From the Editor’s Desk

Happy New Year!

Are we really ready for a new year? Our Your True Colours Life Image tackles this subject. One of our contributing writers also tackles that subject from your business’ view. Let’s walk together through this New Year and really achieve reachable goals.

We keep goals for about a week in Januarys. Instead let’s set up ONE real goal that we know we can achieve. Then, let’s set another one, and so forth.

My favorite part of this New Year issue is the vintage fashion; from new items made to look vintage from England to gently used true vintage pieces found in Utah in the USA. Then, we have fashion that has taken other materials than we usually think about and created some fun pieces.

As always, please let us know what you like, and what you want to see!

Thanks,

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Life Image – Realistic Goals

A New Year traditionally brings on New Year’s Resolutions. We see the beginning of a new year as the time to begin to shape ourselves into the person we dream of being. This is not a bad thing, however, there is a flaw in this thinking because within the

first few weeks (or days) of the year those resolutions have been broken, forgotten, and left to the preference of keeping on as if no plan had been placed in action. And, therein lies the problem; no plan placed in action.

We decide that we must look like the ‘norm’ that fashion dictates we must look; we decide that we must be as perfect as our neighbor or friend; and we decide that all of this must happen within the first few days of making the resolution. And, therein lies the rest of the problem; unreal expectations.

Rather than make a full year resolution (who in the world can bite off that elephant!), simply make one resolution that will span 7 days, no more and no less. For one entire week, I will fold the laundry as soon as it comes out of the dryer or when I return home (this is allowing for those times when we throw something in the dryer while we are getting ready for work and there was a load already in the dryer). Check list time. Yes, check list time. Just pull out an index card and make an ‘X’ for each time you folded the laundry each time it came out of the dryer. You can write ‘Laundry Folded’ at the top and then have all of your ‘X’s’; or you can divide it up into 7 days of the week and put your ‘X’s’ inside each day. Then, you do this two more times for a total of 21 days. Now, it should be habit. If you mess up, just keep going, no need to start over.

Some people need an accountability buddy. This person shouldn’t be a spouse, partner, or significant other. (This is very important, to reduce the likelihood of brewing up disagreements on all levels.)

Some people need a plan, they cannot develop the ideas of what needs to be done on their own. Usually this is because they see so much that needs to be done. Creating or purchasing a goal setting guide will assist this type of personality.

However you plan on developing your resolutions, at minimum, please make them realistic. If you want to lose 50 pounds, do not make that your goal. Your goal is to lose 1 pound a week, and you only weigh yourself once a week. Now, the goal is achievable. Well, it is if you have also resolved what dietary habits you are going to change to help you achieve your goal. You want to read all of the Harry Potter books; start with the first one and resolve to read at least one chapter a week. Saying you are going to read the entire series is too difficult to comprehend; one chapter a week, doable.


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The Reverend Don Mowery has just completed a fascinating account of his more than 50 years as an Episcopal Priest and his work with Youth Service, Memphis and Youth Service, USA. The book, Spiritual Networking: Father Don Mowery and Youth Service, is written by Darrell Uselton and David Yawn.

During his tenure with the agency, Youth Service established four major youth training programs locally and expanded three of them to over 100 U.S. military bases across the country. Most notable among the projects is the successful Bridge Builders program, which evolved into BRIDGES, Inc., a platform that continues to train local young people in leadership and

community service.

Father Don has devoted his life to serving others and established key relationships with countless individuals through his “spiritual network.” These partnerships grew to include Elvis Presley, who grew up in one of the Memphis housing projects served by Youth Service, four U.S. presidents, three Joint Chiefs of Staff, representing the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, along with many other notable contributors who helped forge success for Youth Service programs.

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The Retro Toys, Always Classic

WE ALL REMEMBER THOSE TOYSWE HAD GROWING UP, ANDWISH WE CAN PASS THEM ON TO OUR KIDS. The good news

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Classic games never fade from popularity! Games like checkers, Chinese checkers, chess, and labyrinth are timeless. Those classic toys like Rock’Em Sock’Em Robots will always be in style.

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Workout Routines from Home By Monica Bundy

FOR MANY PEOPLE STARTING A NEW

EXERCISE ROUTINE THEY WANT TO

WORK OUT FROM HOME. THIS CAN BE

DUE TO MANY REASONS. You may not feel comfortable going to a gym yet. You may not have the correct equipment or no clothes to wear. Or you just could have time constraints that keep you at home.

If this is the case for you then there are plenty of exercise choices for you. You can easily pick up an exercise DVD and pop this in at home and then

exercise when you can.

When choosing an exercise program think about what you are interested in. Do you want to learn yoga, Zumba dance or even belly dancing? Exercise can and should be fun!

If you follow shows like the Biggest Loser then grab one or two of their DVD’s and follow along. You can even combine this with signing up for an online program where you can record your exercise and keep track of your goals.

You don’t even have to go out and purchase anything to start exercising at home. You can design your own fitness routine by combining some cardio with strength or resistance training.

Here’s an example:

Cardio – 20 minutes Jumping jacks

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Strength training – 2 times a week for about 20 minutes Sit ups

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Wall squats

Leg raises

Lifting light weights – use soup cans or water bottles

You can mix and match the exercises until your find a routine that works for you and are comfortable with. As the exercises become easy add some more or increase your weights. For cardio try to increase the length of time or your intensity level as it becomes easier.

Working out from home has a couple of benefits with the main benefit being that you don’t have to pay for a gym membership. You also don’t have to worry about buying fancy gym clothes either. On the downside you may find that it is harder to make yourself motivated each day and you might get lonely working out alone.

As you can see there are many workout routines that you can do from home. You definitely have no reason not to exercise. Dig down deep inside you and discover why you want to start exercising and write these reasons down. Post them in a place where you can read them every day and use your reasons as a motivator

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How to Stop Negative Mind Chatter! By Hazel Palache

How to Stop the What If’s and Anxiety!

Everyone at some time or other is going to go through unnecessary anxiety. I confess, many years ago this was something I could be heard quite often to be saying. “What if this, or what if that!” The only thing I created, as many people do, was allowing anticipatory anxiety to take over my life.

Anytime you have to take some kind of risk or something is not within your comfort zone, it’s quite common to create stress for yourself by going to this place. However, there are ways in which you can change this pattern and make life much less stressful and more fearless for yourself.

Assuming you are not doing something that could create the outcome of death or injury, the first thing to do when something comes up that you are not sure about is to ask yourself; “What’s the worst that can happen?” Usually once you see this answer nothing looks quite as bad as it might have been. To read the tips for decreasing anxiety and stress.

Learn to put in place stress releasers so that they are there when you need them.

Deep breathing. Yes, it may seem a bit cliché but it works. For many centuries Buddhist monks have used conscious deliberate breathing during meditation. If you can, sit in a chair with your feet flat on the

floor and start breathing in and out slowly allowing yourself to take in really deep breaths and slowly exhaling. Deep breathing oxygenates your blood, centers you and clears your mind.

Laughing is another way to release anxiety and stress. It releases endorphins and tricks your nervous system into making you feel happier.

Since caffeine has a tendency to create stress, instead of reaching for coffee or some kind of energy drink that just makes you feel stimulated, try a decaffeinated herbal or green tea which will relax you rather than feed into the stress.

Learn to practice ‘mindfulness.’ Yoga, pilates, and tai chi can actually prevent stress from taking over in the first place.

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This doesn’t mean you have to go to the gym for a workout. Maybe just a short walk, a change of environment or just stretching. Music is also a great stress reliever, turn on some music and let yourself free dance. You will find the what if’s and anxiety disappear quite quickly.

Sometimes when a stressful situation occurs it can interrupt your sleep pattern because you are so anxious about an outcome that you find yourself not able to sleep. Stop using your computer or phone and turn off the TV at least one hour before you intend to go to sleep so your mind is not stimulated.

Put these tips into place in advance so if something does happen that might cause some stress you have a strategy on hand to reach for.

Stressful situations that cause anxiety are often unavoidable in life but it doesn’t mean you have to actually have anticipatory anxiety. Always think about what will happen if the worst doesn’t take place, you will have created all that anxiety and stress in your body and mind for no reason.

With some patience and a few simple strategies, you can stop the “what if’s” and you can reduce stress.

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Wellness: A Brand New You Using Vintage Techniques for Health and

Wellness By Kally Efros

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES IN THE

UNITED STATES? YET, IT IS EASY TO NOTICE THAT WE ARE NOT GENERALLY LIVING VIBRANT HEALTHY LIVES.IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IN OUR HIGH TECH SOCIETY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE LOST SIGHT OF BASIC

WELLNESS PRINCIPLES AND NOW WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE?

I have been working with people for over ten years and over and over again I can see that most of the health challenges people are facing can be remedied with seven basic principles. I have developed a program called:

Seven Simple Steps to Health and Wellness:

Water, Food Rest, Exercise, Own Your Power, Environment and Play

They really are simple steps! They are not new. I like to call them ‘vintage’ techniques for health and wellness. Let’s look a little closer:

1. Water. You need to drink about half your body weight in ounces daily. For example if you weigh150 pounds, you would need 75 ounces of water. Dr. F. Batmanghelidj discovered that 75% of the reasons Americans go to their doctors was dehydration for conditions from inflammation, depression, sleep issues, sickness, constipation and more. New: Spend lots of money on bottled water, water products

and flavored water. Most, if not all, offer no real health benefits. They have added sugars and artificial flavorings. That includes the products labeled as natural. I personally never ever buy enhanced water. Vintage Technique: Carry a water bottle, and drink your water. If you want enhanced water, add fruit to it. People actually used to do that. Make herbal tea. Drink water as your primary beverage, just like it used to be. Photo credit by Danilo Rizzuti at FreeDigitalPhotos.net



2. Food. The food you eat is your fuel. Without ahealthy diet, your body cannot make repairs,power your immune system or provide yourbrain with energy. You need real food asopposed to “food stuff”. The My Platestandards are pretty simple to follow. Proteincontains the amino acids to REBUILD your body,while fruits and vegetables provide yourvitamins and minerals.New: Processed foods with added nutrientsthat look better, store longer and travel fartherto the store. Fake foods like chemical sugarsubstitutes or tons of preservatives added.Convenience and speed outweighs nutritionand quality. Mono eating, eating the same thing each week and an extremely limited choice ofvegetables and fruit. Food that has been hybridized so much that we are missing key nutrients.Vintage: Momma always said to eat your veggies. It turns out that momma was right. In theold days, we had tons of variety, providing the diversity of nutrients needed for optimal health.

Eat food grown closer to home, in your own garden or purchased fresh from a local farmers market. You will be healthier when you eat a well-balanced meal. In my local community, there wasn’t a grocery store until well into the 20th century. Historically, grocery stores sold dry goods. You grew your own produce, butchered your own meat, and milked your own cow.

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3. Rest. Adults need 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night, teens need 8 to 9 hours, younger childrenneed 10 to 11 hours, toddlers need an average of 11 to 14 hours of sleep and infants need asmuch as 14 to 16 hours of sleep. There is a connection between sleep and health.New: Modern lifestyle keeps us busier and wetend to squeeze more into a day than is realistic.We have access to TV and technology that candistract us and keep us awake. The average adultgets around 7 hours of sleep or less per night andmost complain that their sleep is not restful. Weload up on energy drinks during the day becausewe are not well rested, and that makes sleepingmore difficult.



Vintage Health and Wellness (Continued)

Vintage: Go to bed earlier and make sleeping a priority. When you rest you restore. Get enough sleep so that you wake up refreshed. Avoid the ‘I need to do it all’ mentality. Grandma’s advice often included “sleep on it and it will make more sense in the morning”. As it turns out, research has proved that sleep allows you to access information that is remote to the initial problem. Your brain chills out and things can become clearer. Photo credit by David Castillo Dominici at FreeDigitialPhotos.net

4. Exercise. We all know that movement is essential to life. Regular exercise helps with weight,combats health conditions and disease, improves mood and actually boosts your energy. It isimportant that you get a variety of exercise including strength, aerobic, and stretching.New: You need a gym or expensive equipment to work out and exercise.Vintage: Our grandmothers didn’t have a gym, butthey did a lot more work around the house. Youcan replicate that with tasks around the house.Growing up I had a lot of chores like choppingwood, feeding the animals, milking, gardening andhousework. I definitely stretched, built strengthand stayed in shape. While you may not have afarm, you can still focus on strength exercise bylifting your babies, playing with them or lifting cansof food and some basic calisthenics routines like squats, push-ups, lunges, crunches and more.Get moving, stretch, jog in place, do some jumping jacks, jump rope, or take a walk with afriend.Photo credit by imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

5. Own Your Power. Embracing the whole you and believing in yourself leads to positive steps inyour life. Live in the present moment and speak your truth.New: Someone else is to blame for my problems. Over-extending, trying to do too much ortrying to make everyone happy. Social media and modern advertising contribute to envy andkeeping up with the Jones’. There is always a new therapy out there, the self-help movement ishuge.Vintage: Og Mandino said, “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”Eleanor Roosevelt said, “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” NormanVincent Peale said, “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble butreasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” Takeresponsibility for yourself and your happiness. Don’t dwell on problems. Look for the silverlining as the old saying goes.



Vintage Health and Wellness (Continued)

6. Environment. It has become painfully apparent that our environment is becoming more andmore toxic from our air to our water, and dangerous pesticides on our food. It all can contributeto illness and allergies.New: New farming techniques often come at a price to the consumer in the form of chemicalscausing problems. Modern lifestyle contributes to the pollution of our water, air and land. Evenrural communities are at risk for increased pollution and contamination.Vintage: Get old fashioned air with air filters and house plants. House plants really do helpclean the air. Get vintage water with a good water filtration system rather than polluting theenvironment with water bottles. Choose organic produce or produce that is grown withoutchemicals.

7. Play. Everyone needs down time and play time. Play is essential for problem solving, creativityand relationships. The World Health Organization considers play time an essential right for allchildren. Adults do not lose the need for play as they grow up. Play time improves your mentalhealth and reduces stress.New: Play is dismissed as wasted time and unproductive, we’re too busy. Play time has becomeheavily dependent on technology. Play time for children has been replaced with classes andmore structured extra-curricular activities.Vintage: It has been common place throughout theages to take time to celebrate together, play games,and relax. In the old days, kids were sent outside toplay. Everyone needs the freedom to play for aportion of the day. You don’t need expensivetechnology. Enjoy board games, building blocks,sports (the real thing), or play with your pet. Learn ahobby like gardening, quilting or model trains. Interactin the real world. Connect with your friends andneighbors.Photo Credit by Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

I hope you can now see that time tested methods passed down from generation to generation do not need to be replaced with modern conventional wisdom. In fact, just the opposite is often true. The path to a vibrant healthy life can be made simple by following these basic steps. If you are interested in learning more about my Seven Simple Steps Program, check out my website: www.wellnessandtoys.com. We’d love to tell you about our favorite air and water filters. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/indigomountain for tips in implementing the Seven Simple Steps.


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January 7: A Whole New You, Seven Basics Steps for a Wellness Makeover. Are you often overwhelmed with the huge amount of information about your health? Everyone has an opinion and a new twist. Join us for a conversation discussing simple, common sense information about health and wellness.

January 14: Goal Setting - Getting Organized for the Year. Are you like most people setting lofty goals and then forgetting about them 1 month later? We used to be like that, and then worse - not setting goals. We've got some tips to help you accomplish realistic goals.

January 21: Weight Loss Secrets and Tips. Many advertise weight loss secrets and you have to pay big dollars to get them only to find out, there wasn't anything new. Kally has helped hundreds lose weight. She will share with you some of the things she has learned.

January 28: The Color Code - A Look Inside the Mind of a Red Personality. When you understand personality science, you have a key to understanding all your relationships better. Today we'll dive deep into the mind of the "go-getters". They can often seem intimidating, they seek challenges, and have the gift of vision. But they can come across as demanding. Reds are the "life-blood" of humanity. Join us to learn how to understand them better.

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WHEN MOST COMPANIES DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHOW, THE FIRST THING -AND OFTEN THE ONLY THING - THEY THINK ABOUT IS WHAT THEIR EXHIBIT SPACE

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Product. No matter how well you do everything else, if your product not something the people attending that show want, it's not going to sell. Maybe no one wants it, or maybe you're at the wrong show.

Price. Shows are a marketplace, which means your competition will likely be there. If you're being under-priced, and don’t have a competitive advantage to compensate, you may be in trouble.

Presentation. This is the actual exhibit, and there are books written about how to create an effective one. The basics are: do not block people from entering your exhibit; have a solid backdrop with signs, graphics or merchandise that makes it very clear what you do; put down carpet or floor covering; and do something that shows people what you do. Good lighting can also make a huge difference.

Personality. The person working your exhibit needs be friendly, want to be there, and approachable. Approachable includes staying off their cell

phone, and to remain standing. If they cannot stand the entire time, get a high stool or directors chair. That way they are at least on eye-level with people walking down the aisle.

Professionalism. According to a national survey, the number one thing people remember about an exhibit is not the exhibit - it’s the person working the exhibit that they spoke to. That person needs to be an expert on whatever you



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Pre-promotion. The best way to have people enter your exhibit is to have them come to the show looking for you. Let your customers, prospects, and the general public know you're going to be there. Better yet, give them a reason to seek you out.

Post-show follow through. If your business involves follow-up selling after the show, you need to have a clean and efficient way to collect information about the people

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Preparing for the New Year! Is it Business as Usual Ladies?

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THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL IMPACT ON MOST WOMEN’S

BUSINESSES. WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT, THERE ARE

MANY COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT YOUR TIME AND RESULTS.

This means you’ll need to work smarter in the hours you do have. You may have to start earlier or work later at night, depending on when you will be least interrupted. You may also need to think outside the square as to what your target market is looking at investing in at this time of year and why and how you can be the solution to their desires.

It’s great to have holidays, but if you have to work through them, or if like many of us are working part of the time, here are my top seven tips to assist you in working smarter and being more productive and get off to a great start in 2015.

1. Goal Set Correctly. Gain laser focus on your heart goal- something that really lights you up and stretchesyou. This is usually something that has nothing to dowith your business – however, your business is themeans via money and time to allow you to pursue it.Ensure the way you work towards your goals arecongruent with your values and that you set upsustainable steps that don’t overwhelm you. Whenthis is all done correctly, everything else flows somuch easier.

2. Communication. Inform your family and/or friendswhat you want to achieve in the holidays. If possible,let them know what’s in it for them; “I may need towork extra hours this week so we can go on holidaysnext week or earn extra income for holidays.” Paint the picture of what is in it for them.

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5. Keep motivation levels up. Keep your vibration levels up over the holidays by reading orlistening to inspiring books and audios. If possible, also meet socially with other business owners that you click with.

6. Planning. Good planning for the New Year comes inmany forms. Plan on not doing everything on your own – become part of a group or mastermind and outsource where possible. Set up support systems at home and in the office. Map out your marketing campaigns for the full year and get in front of as many people as you can face to face. Stay on track and don’t get distracted by shiny objects. Stay true to your values, do what feels right and have fun along the way.

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Five Reasons to Wear Vintage Jewelry By Melinda Lewis

IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH FOR THE JEWELRY ENTHUSIAST TO HAVE A REASON TO WEAR VINTAGE JEWELRY. I

I LOVE VINTAGE JEWELRY. I SLEEP, EAT, AND BREATHE THE STUFF NEARLY 365 DAYS A YEAR. My experience of most vintage jewelry aficionados is even days fraught with feeling downtrodden can easily be spun into light-weight experiences by wearing a piece of vintage jewelry. But emotions aside, there are practical reasons for wearing vintage jewelry.

Trend Current One great reason to seek out vintage jewelry, or to start your collection, is that styles are revisited. Even at the turn of the 20th century, the vogue for “grandma’s old earrings” from the 1850s, were all the rage. . A little stash of earrings from the 1920s through the 1980s can have you ready and styled for any upcoming trend. A great example of a comeback trend is the “statement earring.” I have favorite statement earrings from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s including flashy or tailored designs. All are big and dramatic with slightly different styles. This year, statement earrings with rhinestone glitz (also

1940s screwback-earrings Napier c. 1940s tailored gold-tone screw back earrings.



Five Reasons to Wear Vintage Jewelry (Continued)

known as shoulder dusters) are the upcoming fashion─ at least temporarily from the end of winter to early next year. But that’s not a problem if your collection includes smaller demur pieces from the 1940s or, dare I say, earrings even from the 1960s. Nevertheless, you’ll be right in step with the forecast of modest earrings taking precedence in the spring.

Uniqueness Being stylish is about finding your niche, and accessorizing is a large part of pulling your “look” together. But with so many stores selling much of the same, it’s hard to find your independent style. Nothing could be more dreadful than to show up looking like the woman across the room. If you’ve gone to the trouble of pulling together great fashionable clothes, you don’t want to fall short on your jewelry.

Vintage jewelry offers so many choices that you are sure to be the one wearing unique, yet fashionable, accessories at every event. By choosing a bracelet, necklace, or fantastic pair of

earrings, you create your unique style. The selection from your vintage jewelry wardrobe doesn’t have to contrast with the current trends, but can complement them. Be daring and experiment a little.

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ou’ll enjoy the conversations you’ll have while wearing that fabulous necklace.

Eco-Sensitive We are all concerned about the environment, and the manufacturing of jewelry certainly had its set of environmental worries due to the chemicals used in the plating process. This concern has long existed not only with regulators, but manufacturers as well. Since the 1970s, great progress and change have been made in the jewelry industry. Today’s concerns are more about saved resources, rather than environmental damage caused by manufacturing. By wearing vintage jewelry the environmental

footprint left from manufacturing pieces of yesteryear piece is moot, and it leaves the possibility of decreases manufacturing demands by vintage lovers by being removed from the market base.

Great Quality Hands down one of the most prominent characteristics that separate vintage costume jewelry from most mass-produced costume jewelry of today is the quality. Although mostlydesigned and sold as disposable, fashion and costume

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jewelry of the past century, outranks today’s jewelry in weight, design details, plating, and stones. To the connoisseur or purist of vintage jewelry, it is far superior to most mass-produced jewelry manufactured today. That’s not to say; there isn’t exquisite great quality jewelry being manufactured, but today’s market with retail stores like Twenty-One don’t hold a candle to the past. And sadly, even stores with names that speak grandeur from the golden days of fashion, sell jewelry that would have never made the cut 60 years ago.

One Key factor that makes vintage jewelry a standout is the surface finish. Luxurious finish work is almost always unmatched. Cast carvings were refined; metalwork was substantial when needed to complement the design, stone setting was often done by hand and with precision, and plating was often heavily applied─ often made to rival fine jewelry. In short, vintage jewelry will still outlast most pieces manufactured today.

History If you’ve been reading my articles for YOUR TRUE COLOURS, you’ll know that as a jewelry historian, I love the history that the vintage jewelry brings. Not only for its nostalgia, but for the window of understanding it gives us to social and cultural trends of the past. Pick up a piece of vintage jewelry, and you are instantly connected to the past!

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MASTRO CALZOLAIO IS AN ITALIAN GROUP OF SMALL

FACTORY OF ARTISAN’S SHOES THAT ORIGINATES

IN THE LOCAL TRADITION THAT DATES BACK TO

1400.The artisans are the result of generations of successful entrepreneurs who have made the shoes the main activity in this area of Italy. The valleys of the shoe Marche, between the provinces of Fermo and Macerata, also called District of shoes in Fermo, a highly dense area of shoe factories, workshops and warehouses third parties for raw materials that make this area one of the most famous and productive in the country.

The product specialization of the district is the shoe for all categories of consumers (women, men, children) and the production of all the components and materials of the shoe. The production in the province of Fermo is geared for about 85% of the medium-high and high footwear market. There are also several SMEs operating in the areas of support and manufacturing machinery for the leather industry, leather and footwear.

Prevalent in the district are three different



Step by Step (Continued) productions of specialized products: the area surrounding the town of Montegranaro, where they

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Much of the most beautiful Italian shoes are made in the district of Fermo and Macerata: a wealth of knowledge, workers of excellence, quality and passion that absolutely must be preserved for the benefit of the whole country.

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CHEMICALS, AND OIL SOURCED FROM FISH LIVERS. Textiles, paper, medicine and edible oils are but a few of the products that hemp provides; it is a simple-to-grow plant that can be cultivated on all continents save the Antarctic. Part of the whole enigma is that hemp is a plant of great varietal variability, lending itself even to experimentation as the great Russian plant geneticist Vavilov proclaimed. Thus it can produce tall slender stems with high cellulose fibre, or it can grow short and branched with many flowers which can contain high levels of THC and other cannabinoids. These compounds make some strains valuable to medicine and also appealing to marijuana smokers; most strains do not provide much in the way of medicine of drugs, but there is such a volume of literature on the marijuana culture that the general public at times associates all hemp with marijuana. There is also a large body of literature on hemp as an industrial plant, spanning centuries.


Hemp’s Useful Textile Purposes By Kenyon Gibson

With the advent of metal ships running on steam and petroleum sails became almost obsolete, and abaca from the Philippines replaced hempen cordage on modern ships. Despite a dramatic downturn in


demand in the maritime industry, this plant continued to be grown into the 20th century, providing a range of products from paper to food. It excelled in both of these categories, as its long and strong fibres interlocked perfectly for long lasting paper (the oldest existing fragment of paper is 2,000 years old and contains hemp) and its Omega 3,6 & 9 rich seeds full of all essential amino acids were excellent for food. Farmers also found the plant not only easy to grow in most countries of the world, but it acted as a natural pesticide (with one US cotton farmer sowing it on one third of his land at a time to rid the soil of pests).

Many changes in the law, however, in the 1930s to the 1960s in the US and other nations made hemp illegal, as these laws mistakenly lumped all forms of Cannabis sativain with high THC producing strains known as marijuana. A few nations continued to cultivate hemp; mainly China, which today profits from its policy. Western nations havehad a reawakening due to activists who struggled to make hemp not only legal but in some countries a subsidized species. These efforts have largely paid off, and there is presently a thriving hemp textile and hemp oil industry.

All of which might bode well for the US, as hemp, which was such a part of its history that the first US flag was made of it, can be grown in all 50 states. However, the present status of hemp is prohibitive, even with the recent ruling at the federal level that states may decide for themselves whether to allow its cultivation. So far, only two states have made cultivation legal: Colorado and Kentucky. Both were largely responsible for the change in the federal law, with farmers in the former sowing 60 acres of hemp in a field before the change; thus challenged, Washington lawmakers saw the gauntlet on the ground and conceded. Soon afterwards, a complex battle in the Kentucky House ensued, perhaps an epic note in American history, with both Republican senators, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, supporting the hemp issue in Washington, while a Democrat worked hard to keep it illegal. The governor promptly signed the bill, allowing the Bluegrass state, which was in the 19th and into the 20th century the hemp-basket of America, to regain its heritage.

While hemp is still illegal to cultivate in 48 states, and not yet produced in any quantity in Colorado or Kentucky, many American businesses manufacture hemp items, the largest sector being the hempseed oil industry, which sources its oil mainly from Canada, where farmers are profiting greatly from America's ban. A number of other firms manufacture hemp clothing, such as Minawear in Texas, which started in 1998 in California when the hemp movement was still rather small. The years of manufacturing hempen apparel by this and other companies has brought hemp to the awareness of the general public and has helped to restore the crop to legality in the US.

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this field is Canvasland, which makes artist's canvas - which are not only archival quality but true to original material; the use of hemp for canvas is of such longstanding practice that the very word 'canvas' derives from 'cannabis'; canape in Italian, chanvre in French. Hemp was a major crop in many Renaissance countries, including Italy and the Netherlands. Not only was the textile used in art, but also the oil, which is clear and long-lasting. This last mentioned use of hemp is one that is not yet available on a commercial level, but is being researched by artists with a view to only bottling hemp oil as an art supply but also in finding the best variety among the thousands of varieties of hemp for this purpose, with the possibility that in the future it will replace linseed and safflower oils, both of which are prone to some degree of yellowing.

From the innovative to the well established, hemp has many uses, making it an essential part of the economy, as well as being a top choice ecologically, given the fact that it needs less water than

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LIFE HAS A WAY OF CHANGING THINGS AS WE GROW. EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU

JUST KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO DO. For Brian Wells, this change began with a trip into a new life.

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In 2006, Wells found himself at a turning point in life that sent him to Nashville. More than listening, he felt the music and knew he wanted to write songs to move people. The singer/songwriter was born.

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