[lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Personalised stamps have been around for quite a while in the UK and can be ordered through the Royal Mail web site. They are an additional stamp attached to one of an existing set of decorative stamps, so it's like two stamps joined together. As far as I can see, it's only for photographs of

Re: [lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread anneke reijs
Jean wrote: Personalised stamps have been around for quite a while in the UK and can be ordered through the Royal Mail web site. We have the same in The Netherlands. It does not have to be a photo of people, it can be lace or whatever also. When you order 10 stamps it is about 3x the regular

Re: [lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 20/12/2004 08:38:29 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Personalised stamps have been around for quite a while in the UK and can be ordered through the Royal Mail web site. They cost 14 pounds 95 pence for 20 - quite expensive, but rather nice for a special

Re: [lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Dmt11home
I am not sure I have the ability to print digital photos on stickers, being not very computer sophisticated. But I like the personalized sticker idea. Once my husband and I were stranded at a movie theatre waiting for my daughter to come out of a movie. In the lobby they had a booth where

[lace] wearing art-felted jewelry

2004-12-20 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/19/2004 9:30:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (What, by the way, is a felted piece of jewelry? I've never heard of it before) This felted jewelry is very unusual and I think, rather unique to the artist. She claims that she has researched it

[lace] Re: Christmas Snowman Raffle

2004-12-20 Thread Sue Babbs
Well that was a lot of fun! And thank you fro all your Christmas greetings - it was worth doing to receive all those nice messages - all 58 of them! Sorry not to be able to provide a kit for everyone (!) but the snowman can be worked in other threads - try chenille and something finer to put

Re: [lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Laceandbits
There are many inexensive software packages designed for printing on labels, mine came included in my WordPerfect package. The labels are all made in set sizes and so you just tell the computer which photo to use on which size label and it more or less does it for you. So, you could do

Re: [lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Claire Allen
There is photobox.co.uk where you can upload your image and have it printed as a sheet of photo labels. Your image just needs to be a JPEG and not necessarily a photo. Not sure of the prices but most of their products are very reasonable. Claire Kent UK On 20 Dec 2004, at 1:57 pm, [EMAIL

[lace] Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread W N Lafferty
Australia's had personalised stamps for some times - a sheet of 20 is $23.00 for $10.00 postal value, decreasing with greater quantity. But it has a Post Office design on two thirds of the sheet, you can only add your photo to the right hand third. Several designs to choose from, but limiting

[lace] Re: Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:47 AM 12/20/04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure I have the ability to print digital photos on stickers, being not very computer sophisticated. Anything you can print, you can print onto sticky labels -- just put a sheet of special paper into the printer. For people who are

[lace] New Round of Secret Pals

2004-12-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Arachnes With everything else that's happening at the present time I'm a bit late in sending out this invitation to join the next round of Secret Pals. The new round will start in January 2005 and I will endeavour to have all the pairings done by 2nd or 3rd, so please start thinking

Re:[lace-chat] holy moly! thanks!

2004-12-20 Thread Eva Von Der Bey
Thank you all, who helped me in this quest! Arachne is good for an (and not only one) answer or each and every question. You're great! Eva, the happy moly tea To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Is this correct?

2004-12-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Sorry to raise something political, but DH had this sent to him yesterday. Knowing that what the US does, the UK usually follows (year grades in schools, SATS, etc), is this correct? As part of our tightened security since 9/11 passports have to be produced for internal air travel here, which

Re: [lace-chat] Is this correct?

2004-12-20 Thread Avital
That depends what you mean by correct. The piece you quoted is an editorial written by a free-lance writer named Jonathan Wheeler. http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=72546;title=APFN It's fairly widespread on the Internet (more on fringe sites than mainstream news

[lace-chat] Mathematical Crochet

2004-12-20 Thread Louise Bailey
I don't see anyone else mentioning this - so thought I would. There is a picture on the bbc news link below. Mathematicians have made a crochet model of chaos - and are challenging anyone else to repeat the effort. Dr Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf, of Bristol University's

[lace-chat] Is this correct?

2004-12-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Avital wrote: That depends what you mean by correct. The piece you quoted is an editorial written by a free-lance writer named Jonathan Wheeler. Ah. That's why I don't read newspapers - they tend to be one person's slant on something rather than just facts. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] what do you do for christmas?

2004-12-20 Thread Leeann Withers
Merry Christmas to everyone. Since it is only 4 sleeps to go, ( in Geelong Australia ) so my daughter Madeline (6) keeps telling me , what does everyone do for christmas day? We are not religious so its more the celebration of family. On christmas eve my family : children Madeline Sebastian (

Re: [lace-chat] Is this correct?

2004-12-20 Thread Steph Peters
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:29:41 -, Jean wrote: As part of our tightened security since 9/11 passports have to be produced for internal air travel here, which means that, not having been outside the UK since 1959 and therefore not having had need of a passport, currently I can't fly from

Re: [lace-chat] what do you do for christmas?

2004-12-20 Thread Alice Howell
At 03:00 PM 12/20/2004, you wrote: Merry Christmas to everyone, what does everyone do for christmas day? Ahhsome people have more exciting plans than we do. Our Christmas varies according to when the big family gathering is. This year, it's a few days after Christmas, so our Christmas

Re: [lace-chat] Is this correct?

2004-12-20 Thread Alice Howell
At 04:25 PM 12/20/2004, you wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:29:41 -, Jean wrote: As part of our tightened security since 9/11 passports have to be produced for internal air travel here... I think you have been given only part of the story here Jean. I took a flight from Manchester to

[lace-chat] Re: Mittens on small folks

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:05 PM 12/18/04 -0500, Lynn Carpenter wrote: My Dover copy of Mary Thomas's Knitting Book mentions special glove needles used for knitting glove fingers. I wonder if anyone still sells glove needles? Must ask my Historic Knit list . . . After making a set of glove needles and finding them

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] wearing art-felted jewelry

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
Moved to Chat because my reply has nothing to do with showing off lace: In fact, in New York, it is not uncommon for people to dress entirely in black such that you sometimes feel that you have stumbled into a mime convention. When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian

Re:[lace-chat] holy moly! thanks!

2004-12-20 Thread Martha Krieg
Thank you all, who helped me in this quest! Arachne is good for an (and not only one) answer or each and every question. You're great! Eva, the happy moly tea To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

re: [lace-chat] Mathematical Crochet

2004-12-20 Thread Bev Walker
ahh, the Lorenz manifold - it looks like an escapee from a lava lamp. Their paper is quite interesting and though their math is impeccable no doubt, I do wish they had checked the spelling of 'crochet' (it is not chrochet - at least not in English) and had taken some advice on the use of the verb

[lace-chat] RE:Christmas day

2004-12-20 Thread Helen Bell
Well, in answer to what we do on Christmas Day - it's part Christmas and part birthday (just as well we're not religious, with all that to deal with!). In the past we've gone for a cruise around the neighbourhood to see some of the lights - which the kids (now 9 and 6 1/2) enjoy - on the 24th. I

[lace-chat] New Round of Secret Pals

2004-12-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Arachnes With everything else that's happening at the present time I'm a bit late in sending out this invitation to join the next round of Secret Pals. The new round will start in January 2005 and I will endeavour to have all the pairings done by 2nd or 3rd, so please start thinking