Entries from December 12th, 2006

We’ve added a couple more wicker repair experts to the Furniture Repair Directory lately to include: Peter & Susan Tanzini owners and of Dovetail Antiques in Columbus, New Jersey and Ben & Janet Dunk, owners of Dunk Antiques in Torrance, California.

Have your precious wicker pieces expertly restored by either of these businesses, who are both also antique dealers, besides being restoration experts. So you can get your repairs made, and shop to your heart’s desire for that special wicker piece for someone on your holiday gift giving list!

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Just in time for Christmas gift giving! Wouldn’t hubby be surprized if you created his own special deer antler basket, using all those cast-offs or non-trophy antlers he has laying around in the garage or attic?

I have finally figured out all the coding necessary to set up my webpage and the PayPal shopping cart to offer my Antler Basket Patterns for sale from my website! http://www.WickerWoman.com/antlerpatterns.html

So far, I have posted 17, but there are more that will be coming in the future. This page is a separate one just for the antler basket patterns, with separate pages coming soon for the traditional basket patterns and the seat weaving patterns, too.

Take a look and let me know if you encounter ordering or website errors, so I can hopefully, correct them. Weave On!

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For the fourth year in a row, Minnesota has been declared the healthiest states in the report by the United Health Foundation, a nonprofit group formed by health care company UnitedHealth Group.

Minnesota has been ranked No. 1 in 11 of the 17 annual reports issued since 1990. The report said Minnesota stayed on top thanks to ranking best in the key categories of fewest residents without health insurance and lowest cardiovascular deaths and premature deaths.

The report weighed a series of factors in determining rankings, such as prevalence of obesity, smoking, infectious disease, cardiovascular deaths, infant mortality, child poverty, immunization rates, workplace deaths and auto deaths.

Read the rest of the article written by Will Dunham Tue Dec 5, 3:07 PM ET for Reuters, brought to you by Yahoo! News to find out how your state ranks!

http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/nm/20061205/us_nm/usa_health_states_dc

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If any of you are thinking of some wicker furniture books to suggest to those that are giving you presents, take a look at the selection here on my Alibris Affiliate.

There are some really great buys to either stock your own personal reference library with, or to consider giving to others on your Christmas list!

Wicker Furniture Books

Chair Caning Books

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