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Whether you’re looking to insure an engagement ring, wedding ring, heirloom, watch, or other type of fine jewelry, a standalone jewelry insurance policy is often the best way to protect these pieces. To find the best jewelry insurance companies, we compared the largest jewelry insurers nationwide based on features like plan costs, plan benefits, ease of getting coverage, and appraisal requirements. If your jewelry is stolen, damaged accidentally or in a natural disaster, or mysteriously disappears, BriteCo will pay to repair or replace the item....

Some of these free puzzles are in Adobe PDF format. Make sure that you have the latest version of this software installed. Printable Word Searches Parents and educators looking for printable worksheets on Canada can make use of these easy to challenging games, listed in order of difficulty. Canada word search: Three word-search games for beginners can be found here. A good choice for early readers, the easy version of the puzzle uses pictures as well as words to denote the five themed entries....

The patterns and projects listed here can fill so many community needs at places like shelters, hospitals, nursing homes and more, that it’s a shame to not sew to meet the needs of the places that need our help. Consider using production sewing methods to mass-produce the project of your choice. Old band T-shirts can make for especially cool and unique dresses. Little girls like lots of different styles, this is a chance for you to get creative!...

Christmas Word Search Puzzles To Print For classroom solving, we have a variety of free printable Christmas word search puzzles listed by difficulty level from very easy to challenging. Several of these puzzles are in Adobe PDF format. Christmas Word Search Puzzles: This has four hidden word puzzles celebrating Christmas: a very easy six-word Santa word search, a 10-word reindeer word search, a 15-word Nativity word search, and a 20-word challenging Christmas word search....

Vacuum The first thing you should do when you get a vintage piece of cross stitch is to vacuum it. Cover the nozzle with a pair of stockings or mesh and vacuum the dust out. This will also get rid of some of the musty smell that the piece has acquired while in storage. If the piece is just old without stains, this may take care of it and will make it ready for display....

The American Numismatic Association in 1972 pioneered third-party coin encapsulation services. Realizing that the coin collecting industry needed an authentication service that could provide an independent third-party opinion, they founded ANACS. The next major player entered in 1986 with the founding of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). The following year Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) began operating. The Authentication, Grading and Attribution Process The services that these companies provide begin with authentication....

These distinctive figural vases adored by many “head hunters” today did indeed hold flowers at one point. Florists sold artfully arranged bouquets in these fancy wares. In fact, that’s how most of them ended up in American homes during the 1950s, ’60s, and early ’70s, although a few were produced earlier. There are a number of common head vases available for $50 or less through online auctions and at local flea markets or estate sales, but a handful will sell for hundreds and even $1,000 or more in the right market....

What Happens if You Don’t Upload Videos Consistently? We have seen in several YouTube channels that if there is a significant gap between uploads — YouTube traffic goes down. This happens more significantly if your videos are highly suggested by YouTube. It makes us believe that YouTube algorithm takes the upload consistency also into account while deciding which videos to recommend. We have seen that both watch-time and subscriber count begins to falls if you do not upload a new video for, let’s say, a couple of weeks....

Today, there are so many options, it’s hard to know where to start. Refer to this list of commonly used cords in jewelry making before you purchase materials for your next project. Hemp cord is available on cards or spools and comes in .5 mm, 1 mm or 1.5 mm thicknesses. Hemp cord is good for macrame, crochet, knotting and other jewelry making techniques. The cord size may be listed by weight in which case 10 lb cord is approximately 1mm and 20 lb is approximately 1....

Samplers have a rich history, going back hundreds of years. Traditionally, they have been one of the first pieces of embroidery that a new stitcher might work on. Different regions and eras had some unique styles for their samplers, and those may influence what you picture when you think of a sampler. In modern embroidery, most sampler patterns employ a good number of stitches so that you can learn to work more than just the very basic stitches and show off your skills....

A bento box quilt block pattern explains how to assemble each corner of the block separately. This is a simple method that will help you create a variety of quilt layouts if you like to use a wide assortment of fabrics to make a quilt. If you like to sew with strip piecing techniques, be sure to look at the nine-patch bento box quilt pattern, which was a design used for the 2015 New Year’s Day mystery quilt....

If you thought that through emoticons Facebook is capable of expressing merely smiles and sadness -then think again! Below is the complete list of emoticons (aka smileys) that are supported by Facebook platform. But before that here is an extra tip! By the way, if you want to impress your friends even more, you can post text art on Facebook. To make text bold in Facebook chat; enclose the text in * For example, if you type the following in your Facebook Chat: Tips about Facebook Chat from TechWelkin The output would be: Tips about Facebook Chat from TechWelkin Likewise, if you enclose text in underscores (i....

History of the Flying Eagle Penny In 1849 the United States Treasury Department became concerned with the rising price of copper. In 1851 the price of copper subsided somewhat, but by 1853 the price rose again to the point where the mint was losing money for every large cent they were producing. In the spring of 1856, the mint began experimenting with a mixture of 88% copper and 12% nickel to be used for a new one cent coin....

What Is a Fragrance Oil? A fragrance oil is a mix of various chemical components, some natural (from plants or even animals), and some synthetic. They are carefully formulated and/or blended to the exact specifications of a perfumer—an artist who is trained in depth on the concepts of fragrance aesthetics and who is capable of conveying abstract concepts and moods with their fragrance compositions— whose goal is to design a scent....

Below you’ll find free printable labels for envelopes, canned goods, wine bottles, and water bottles, and even some vintage labels. They’ll dress up and give a new look to whatever you put them on. This is a great way to dress up a quick gift such a jar of jelly or bottle of wine, create some labels for a party you’re having, or add a special touch to an envelope or decorative bottle....

Nowadays, all the smart phones are equipped with cameras and with camera comes a flash light. The same flash light can quickly be used as a torch when need to light up a dark area. All your mobile phone needs is an application that can control flash light and make it act as a torch. Tiny Flashlight+LED is an app for smartphones based on Android operating system. It can be downloaded free of cost from Google Play Store....

This form of embroidery—which also is popular in quilting—uses straight or curved geometric designs stitched in a repeating pattern. The Japanese word sashiko means “little stabs” and refers to the small stitches used in this form of needlework. In this collection, a set of eight designs—patterns 9 through 16—is provided. You will find a full-size pattern for each design, as well as a diagram showing you how to work the sashiko stitch....

If you plan to sew quilt blocks side-by-side, vary the colors and/or color values used in the corner triangles. Otherwise, four like-patches will intersect when blocks are joined, creating what appears to be a large square of a single fabric and eliminating an opportunity to add that extra bit of visual interest. Other Friendship Star Quilt Blocks You’ll see lots of variations of the Friendship Star block used in quilts, and some will probably be tagged with a different name, depending on the configuration of their corners....