Re: [lace] Czech Lace SA exhibition and website

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
le 22/09/05 12:36, Carolina de la Guardia à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : http://klk.pp.ru/index.php thanks Carolina for sharing . the patterns are really nice . by the way : for those of you who haven't been there already , click on the fifth button to the right .. the ones before are about

Re: [lace] Lace in book

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
le 24/09/05 2:29, Jane Viking Swanson à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi All, DH has been reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini ISBN 0-375-82670-X It's the second in a series started with Eragon. so there's a second book . now that's good news!! i loved Eragon . will have to order Eldest in

[lace] Visiting Virginia

2005-09-25 Thread Andrea Lamble
on Tamara's advice I am posting this on lace as well as lace-chat. Dear Spiders, DH and I are coming to the US for a 'road trip' around the Virginia area at the beginning of October for 18 days. We're starting from Washington DC and travelling via Shenandoah Valley/ Blue Ridge Mountains, across to

[lace] Russian website

2005-09-25 Thread Margot Walker
On Sunday, September 25, 2005, at 04:05 AM, romdom wrote: le 22/09/05 12:36, Carolina de la Guardia à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : http://klk.pp.ru/index.php thanks Carolina for sharing . the patterns are really nice . by the way : for those of you who haven't been there already , click on

[lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Arachnes I have a friend who has asked me to help her sell her collection of baby gowns/Christening dresses, assorted pieces of lace and embroidery (nothing very spectacular), embroidered/beaded bags and a couple of fans etc. My friend is now almost blind, so unable to appreciate her

Re: [lace] IOLI reimbursments

2005-09-25 Thread Clay Blackwell
Thanks, Ricki, for explaining some of that language to us! I really think that the bottom line is that officers in IOLI (and all of its many chartered guilds) are volunteers for one reason - there are no funds with which to pay them!! Because our conventions tend to be reasonably large, the

Re: [lace] Tonder book/abebooks

2005-09-25 Thread Barbara Joyce
I've ordered through Abebooks several times. The only problem I've had is that once or twice after I've placed my order, I got an email back saying, Sorry, the book is no longer available. Almost all of the books I've ordered were from overseas, and no problems with credit card payments or

Re: [lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-25 Thread Barbara Joyce
Dear Brenda, We've bought and sold many times on ebay. My husband sells postage stamps to collectors, and I buy bobbin lace supplies! FWIW, here are some thoughts. Yes, you should open a PayPal account, but you do not need to open a merchant account. Personal accounts are free (while merchant

[lace] Lace in Malta

2005-09-25 Thread Pat Hallam
Hi, I shall be spending most of January next year in Malta, has anyone addresses/contacts for lace makers there??? I shall be taking my lace pillow probably another one with me to make sure I have lace to keep me company. Many thanks, Pat Pat Hallam Nottingham, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for

[lace] Re Selling on Ebay

2005-09-25 Thread Karen
Hi Brenda, my husband uses Paypal regularly. There is a deduction for money others pay into your account - a small standing charge plus a percentage. There is also a transaction charge if you transfer small amounts (less than £50) from your paypal account to your bank account, though this

[lace] Re: Tonder book

2005-09-25 Thread Addicks
The Tonder book is included on the Lace Archive CD's. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Art Fairs

2005-09-25 Thread Aurelia Loveman
Well, on Friday I learned something I didn't know (happens to me all the time). Friday's Wall St. Journal (yes, those $$ types are interested in art too) carried an article entitled Fair Plays, this under the heading of Art Money. It appears that most major cities run a type of art show

[lace] Re: Selling on eBay

2005-09-25 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I've also been selling some things on eBay. One thing I haven't seen mentioned is to check on similar items that have sold or are selling. In the US you can click on Completed Items (I think that's what it's called) on the left and see similar items that have sold (or not) already. I

Re: [lace] Re: Tonder book

2005-09-25 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Which disc is the Tonder book in please? Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - Original Message - From: Addicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Tonder book is included on the Lace Archive CD's. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Re: Tonder book

2005-09-25 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Noelene - According to the index I've stored with my discs, the Tonderske Kniplinger det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum Udstilling 1908 is on Disc one. (It was a short search!!) Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Noelene Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Addicks

Re: [lace] Visiting Virginia

2005-09-25 Thread CLIVE Rice
I don't belong to Chat so am posting this to Lace, please indulge me... Betty Ann Dear Andrea, Since I live at the Southern end of the Shenandoah Valley and know the Blue Ridge Mountains by heart, I wish I were here to welcome you. Unfortunately for the both of us, Clive and I will be in

[lace] Re: Lace in Malta

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 25, 2005, at 12:51, Pat Hallam wrote: I shall be spending most of January next year in Malta, has anyone addresses/contacts for lace makers there??? Obviously, you're not a member of OIDFA g OIDFA's current president - Margaret Crocker - is a lovely lady, an ex-patriate from UK,

[lace] Lace worth more than gold

2005-09-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
The Late Gabrielle Pond signed my copy of her book, and gave me an insert for it, which states:- Extract from the Tablet of Memory. London 1787 p66. LACE. - more valuable than gold - one ounce of fine Flanders thread has been sold in London for £1. Such an ounce made into Lace may be

[lace] Re: Selling on eBay

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I've never done any selling (or buying) on E-bay, but I do have a couple of splinters to add to the general chip-pile... 1) PayPal definitely *does* charge for the conversion of the funds from one system (like GBP) to another (like US dollars); they'd been doing it even before our credit

[lace] Re: Art Fairs/fair arts (and crafts)

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Not lce at all, but I couldn't resist... On Sep 25, 2005, at 17:15, Aurelia Loveman wrote: Well, on Friday I learned something I didn't know (happens to me all the time). Friday's Wall St. Journal (yes, those $$ types are interested in art too) From bits and pieces people have been sending

Re: [lace-chat] coffee and tea preference

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
Jenny is right, the water makes a difference. absolutely right . i use mineral water for both coffee and tea and it does make a difference . i love coffee and drink too much of it but definitely not instant . i must say instant coffee to me is not coffee; it's nescafé , drinkable but

Re: [lace-chat] Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
le 23/09/05 17:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I wonder also whether people will want to return to live somewhere where they have experienced such devastation - I think I would be one who would get to the highest ground, and furthest from the Gulf states, just in case

Re: [lace-chat] RE:tea and coffee preferences

2005-09-25 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hello Spiders All, I am a coffee person through and through! I will drink tea at Lace Days, and that's the extent of my tea drinking, and that is mainly because I never drink the 'Instant' type of coffee.I love the strong coffees, but whilst on holiday found - in Tesco's!!! - a canned

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Tonder book/abebooks

2005-09-25 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 9/25/2005 8:36:14 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've ordered through Abebooks several times. The only problem I've had is that once or twice after I've placed my order, I got an email back saying, Sorry, the book is no longer available. Hi All --

[lace-chat] Humour

2005-09-25 Thread David Collyer
Subject: Duh!! Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing, and concludes by saying: Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in an accident Oh No, the President exclaims. That's terrible. His staff sit there, stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the

[lace-chat] ebay plans for craft projector

2005-09-25 Thread susan
here is a craft project to make that enlarges or projects an object onto paper to draw or copy. this would be a great find if i could use it to copy my bobbin lace patterns. i just recently had to print mine on white paper because the printer wouldn't take contact paper. i'm sure there is

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 24, 2005, at 22:58, susan wrote: every 2 or 3 months it will cost the government about 800 million dollars to rebuild Not the government, which is a very unclear concept quite often.. You, and me, and he and she will be paying. Same as we're paying for scores of other bright ideas,

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread RicTorr8
Hi All -- Some people might be interested in this article on rebuilding New Orleans -- at least, I thought it was interestingBut then again, I'm easily amused! (Even if it's really not funny) http://www.realestatejournal.com/regionalnews/20050922-corkery.html?rejcontent=mail Regards,

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:18, romdom (Dominique) wrote: i read in a paper that's the old french quarter didn't get flooded because it had been built higher than the flood level . the ancients did have good ideas sometimes.. And more options? If you study the history of the development

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread Martha Krieg
Perhaps the fact that Rita has also caused flooding in New Orleans will wake up even those who feel that a 100-year-event is guaranteed to come only every 100 years... I love you, Jane, but your comment that because the river hasn't flooded your area in 250 years and you're in a 100-year zone