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2012 Get Out The VOTE Buttons, Stickers and More !

Congratulations President Obama ! We Do Believe !

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These Products are Created in Good Spirit !
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To Raise the Awareness that Everyone has a Voice
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Be INcluded ! Get Out The VOTE ! Promote The VOTE !
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365 Photoshop brushes

365 Photoshop brushes - one Photoshop brush for each day in a year!

Every single day I plan to add one brush to this lens. This resolution would not be so difficult unless I decided all of them to be my own brushes. So, no surfing and adding links t...

48 Ways to Advertise and Increase Traffic to Your Zazzle Gallery

Zazzle is the print on demand t-shirt service that graphic designers use to create their own shirts and apparel, then charge their own royalty rate markup. The site has a huge marketplace, with hundreds of thousands of unique items. The Zazzle market...

49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses

...or 10 or 100!

It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right.

Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more.

Congrats. That's the best pl...

80s One Hit Wonders

The 80s gave birth to so many fabulous and fascinating performers. It, as all eras, was a highly competitive time in the music industry. Not only did you have to sound good for radio play, but you had to look good and come up with interesting videos...

80s Trends- New Romantic

"New Romantic" was a term given to a music and fashion revolution that began in the early Eighties. New Romantics often dressed in exaggerated counter-sexual or androgynous clothing and wore cosmetics in the New Wave extension of (or reply to) punk f...

80s Trends-Synth Pop

Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and pop music, closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and mid-1980s, in which synthesizer is the dominant instrument. Germany's Kraftwerk and Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra are often cited as the sty...

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

I'm a little bit of a hippie, a little bit Goth, a little bit cowgirl, and a little bit pseudo-intellectual art snob (well, maybe not that last part).

Abundant Treasures Antiques & Gift Shop

Abundant Treasures shop, located at 1421 S. Broadway on Antiques Row in Denver, Colorado, opened in February 2009.

The shop carries an eclectic range of merchandise ranging from vintage Catholic medals, crucifixes and rosaries to country home and ga...

Add Borders to Your Lens Photos on Squidoo

Would you like to jazz up the photos on your lenses? You can use borders on your images to give them much more impact and to help them "pop." You just need to use a little bit of simple HTML magic.

I have included easy instructions for a variety of...

Adventure Workers

Welcome to the world of adventure work. These are jobs "outside the box", maybe even just OUTSIDE! Every year National Parks, ranches, resort and wilderness lodges (amongst others) hire thousands of employees from around the world to staff...

Air Supply

Air Supply is a soft rock duo comprised of British guitarist and vocalist Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. The two-some had a succession of hits worldwide during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Their 1980 album, Lost in...

ALtEReD Art ~ Mixed Media Art ~ Collage ~ Found Objects ~ Recycled Art!

The 70's called it "Jazz-it-up".

The 80's...."Glam-it-up".

The 90's "Embellished" everything.

Now, we are full blown into "Altering" EVERYTHING!

A true altered art artist has few, if any, boundaries.&nbsp...

Amazon Kindle DX Big Screen E-Reader

After months of speculation, the new, big-screen Kindle DX from Amazon.com is here! On Wednesday, May 6, 2009, Amazon.com announced its latest version of the popular Kindle wireless reading device and started taking orders. The Kindle DX is now in s...

Amazon Kindle DX: The Big Screen Version

On May 6, 2009 Amazon had announced that there were coming out with a Kindle DX which is a bigger ereader than the previous Kindles out on the market. The release date was in june 2009. I have been reading in their forums and some people are upset th...

Amber- A Precious "Stone"

Amber is considered a precious "stone" in the jewelry world. Except, amber is not a stone at all. It is fossilized resin from trees which lived many millions of years ago.

The "ancient" cultures of the Mediterranean were familiar with amber and it i...

Ancient Egyptian Faience

Over a thousand years before glass was first created, people in the Nile River valley created a beautiful material called faience. Faience is a special type of ceramic with a tin-based glaze. Faience pieces are recognizable due to their turquoise col...

Another Peaceful Venture

Another Peaceful Venture promotes the peace art of Barbra Drasby. Barbra Drasby is passionate about creating art which promotes both peace and diversity. Her devotion to this cause can be seen in her statement about the T-shirt, "Forever Friends?" at...

aquariann . the fantasy art of kristin cornell

aquariann, a combination of my sun sign and middle name, is the alter ego that's given me the courage to share my art with the world.

I've always been on the shy side and have used my creativeness to quietly express myself. I've wanted to be a write...

Are You a Squidoo Nobody? How to Become a Squidoo Somebody in 6 Easy Lessons

Who is this little orange guy? That's what everyone wants to know! So, why are you leaving us in the dark?

"This is my bio. I can edit it later." Well, little orange guy, later has arrived. The time is now! Come out from behind your orange anonymity...

Art on the Edge

One of my goals in life is to earn a living from my creative pursuits, whether they be "real" or "virtual". To chronicle this journey, I developed an art blog called Art on the Edge, which began with the intro post below:



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Art With A HeART

My heart put in to my art

Art4TH Gallery

Art4TheHomeless Zazzle Gallery is a place where you can shop and watch your money make a difference in someone's live. Art4TH donates ALL of the profits to the homeless shelters in America

Artists-with-Online-Galleries

This lens is dedicated to various artists that promote their work online. I have several Zazzle galleries and Imagekind galleries, examples below. Also, you will find links to galleries that belong to some of the artists that I admire. If you have an...

Asia Major- Fine Arts from Asia

Asia Major gallery serves anyone who loves the colors and design styles of Asia, specifically the Far East of Japan, China, and Korea.

We carry a wide range of posters, greeting cards, ceramic mugs, magnets, handbags and keychains featuring imagery...

Assemblage & Shrine Making

shrine
n.

A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.

For artists, shrines and assemblages are generally sculptures incorporating found objects. A shrine might not be for sacred objects, but for the celebration of a theme or idea close t...

Be Positive: Like Joan Adams

Joan Adams has inspired me, motivated me, and garnered my esteemed respect more than any other person I've met online — in my 12 years on the Internet. Let me introduce you to a very positive, wise, and inspiring lady...











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Blogging for Artists - Resources for Artists

Are you an artist and want a blog? Or maybe an artist who wants to work on improving your blog?

If you are then read on - you'll find links on this site to sources of advice, information, and all other matters which are relevant to blogging for arti...

BUSINESS CARD SHOP : MAKE YOUR OWN, ONLINE!

Looking for unique standout design Business card for yourself or business? Well here, you will find some of the best designs available online that you can personally customize with your details, and get it sent to you right to your door, worldwide!...

Cafepress - Tips for Making T-Shirt Designs that Sell

Selling t-shirt designs on Cafepress can be a frustrating, yet rewarding experience. It is possible to earn some nice extra cash selling your ideas on Cafepress, however you have to make sure that you're actually selling t-shirts.

For some reason, a...

Casual "Fun" Custom Shoes for Back To School & Off To College

You can now create your own custom designed shoes for yourself of to sell at Zazzle. The design features are seemingly endless. Want a special pair of Keds for that special occasion, back to school, off to college, for a costume, or as a gift? This i...

Celtic Creations-Celtic Themed Art & Attire

Failte. Welcome.
Celtic Creations is for lovers of Celtic art, design and culture.
Our products reflect a passion for Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Breton history.

It is our goal to offer the finest Celtic designs for you to wear to Celtic festivals, con...

CF World Emporium

The CF World Emporium(short for CrypticFragments, their creator's, pseudonym) is a collective of seven separate but related Zazzle galleries, each focusing on gifts and design from a different region of the world, plus two "sister" gallery shops feat...

Charity Quiz Lens

Inspired by playing along in bdkz's lensmaster quiz last night, and having been looking for a way to create a lens to donate to charity, I have come up with this Charity Quiz lens.

It's simple and straight-forward. Answer the poll questions and see...

Charter for Compassion

The Charter for Compassion is a collaborative effort to build a peaceful, harmonious global community. Bringing the voices of people from all religions together, the Charter seeks to remind the world that while all faiths are not the same, they all s...

Christianity in Islamic Countries

It may come as a surprise to some to learn that Christianity is very much alive in countries westerners generally associate with Islam.

Of course there is the obvious location, Israel, where Judaism, Christianity and Islam all maintain a very strong...

Clip Art Crafts Ideas and Projects

It's easy and fun to design your own clip art crafts - you can make gifts, cards and crafts for friends and family with graphics, borders and clip art photos or pictures. The projects you design with clip art don't necessarily need to be pri...

Clip Art Lensography - Pastiche's Graphics Lenses

This Squidoo lensography features Pastiche's lenses featuring clip art collections, graphic borders,graphics and downloadable fonts for blogs, web pages, scrapbooking, flyers, school projects or crafts.

Searching for good quality themed clip art can...

Compare Print-On-Demand Sites

For those who have started, are going to start, or want to start their on T-Shirt store you either are or should be familiar with "Print-On-Demand" websites. Basically they are websites that allow you to create merchandise and print directly on it. T...

Connie's Craft-a-Holics Club Group Member Roster: Etsy Shop Owners

Connie's Craft-a-Holics Club is filled to overflowing with those of us who love crafting, but our Etsy shop owners take their passion to the next level.

Their crafting expertise is obvious, but their Etsy shop is living proof that they are smart mar...

Country and Cottage Style

According to the design experts at HGTV, "country style" is a "wide-ranging style depending on geographical location but in general exemplified by primitive furniture, muted colors, milk-paint finishes and vintage fabrics."

People across the US and...

Creating and Using Your Writer's Notebook

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record all the flash inspirations the Muse sends them.

Thoughts are fleeting.

If you have a good idea for a writing project, you need a place to write it down. The logical place, the place thousands of writ...

Creative Photo Ideas and Photo Collage Projects

When you want to create unique photo crafts, creative photo gifts, custom scrapbook photo pages, add text, borders or artistic special effects to your digital photos or photographs, make the investment and buy Photoshop. Photoshop is not as hard as...

CrypticFragments CafePress Shop

Hey there! Long before I discovered the Zazzle site, I had already set up a CafePress shop, English Visions, and I do still have a number of items available from my pages there!



If you are interested in unique custom designed decorative tiles, jour...

CrypticFragments Design

CrypticFragments Design focuses on travel photography, original artwork, and a few computer generated graphic images.
Artwork is featured on posters, mugs, magnets and keychains. The sections below will go into more detail.

CrypticFragments is the p...

CrypticFragments Jewelry and Ethnic Design

Welcome to the showcase for CrypticFragments' Jewelry and Ethnic Design.

CrypticFragments is the pseudonym for artist and author Tammy Winand (that's me!). I love creating jewelry from wood, gemstone, glass and silver beads, found objects, and charm...

CrypticFragments Original Holiday Greeting Cards & Postage

CrypticFragments, aka Tammy Winand, is an artist and self-taught graphic designer who operates shops on a variety of print-on-demand sites, mainly Zazzle and Greeting Card Universe.

With the biggest holiday season of the year rapidly closing in, she...

CrypticFragments Top Ten Lenses

This statistics lens is intended to be updated at the start of every new Squid-month.
In case you haven't noticed and stumble here first, I do have 3 new lenes which are now in the top ten but will not appear there until I refresh the stats below.

C...

CrypticFragments Zazzle-ography

This is my Zazzle lensography...an easy way to reference every Zazzle lens I have published.

I am an artist, photographer, and budding self-taught graphic designer who uses the pseudonym CrypticFragments for all my online promotional work. My real n...

CrypticFragments' Digital Photography Showcase

Sweeping landscapes, architectural images, still lifes offering commentary on our world... you will find these and more at CrypticFragments Photography.

This page is an introduction to my work and my perspective on photography.

I pursue this passion...

CrypticFragments' Lensography

Well Squidkins, I was renamed a Giant Squid a few months ago and currently have 54 published lenses with around 4 WIPs in various stages of developement, and a few more ideas I'm playing with.

Most of the lenses which you will find here are my perso...

CrypticFragments' Poetry

All of the poetry included in this "online chapbook" was written between 1986 and 1992 by Tammy Winand.

Tammy is an artist, traveler, writer and photographer with a lust for adventure and a wide open heart that sometimes bleeds for all the world to...

Custom Keds by CrypticFragments

For a few years it had been a creative dream of mine to create custom painted shoes. I even painted my own tennis shoes with acrylics and rubber stamped designs.

Then Zazzle introduced Custom Keds, real Keds tennis shoes which artists can put their...

Custom Postage Stamps and History

Letters were first hand stamped or postmarked with ink. Postmarks were the invention of Henry Bishop and were at first called 'Bishop mark' after the inventor. Bishop marks were first used in 1661 at the London General Post Office. They marked the da...

Customized College Major and NonTrad Student Tees

Tams Tees on Zazzle is pleased to introduce a new line of shirts designed specifically for college students!

Tam created this line of shirts for non-traditional students when she was, not long ago, trying to make her own mid-life return to school. T...

Designer Business Cards

Doctor, lawyer? Architect? Artist? Coffeeshop Owner?

If you are in business, no matter in what capacity, you need a card. It is your introduction, your first impression.
Business card options are everywhere, online as well as off.

One of the best c...

Developing Personal Style

This is a look into how my style evolved over the years. I went from bell bottoms and smock tops in the 70s, to that 80s stuff that I don't even want to get into, to the corporate work wear where I developed my style again. No more blue jeans there....

Digital Art by D & D Art Studio

D & D Art Studio is the mother/daughter team of Peggy & Bonnie. Our Original Digital Computer Art & Photography encompasses many different themes, styles and colors. I design Logo Wear, Kaleidoscopes, Found Object Art, Fractal Art and Staine...

Digital Scrapbooking Freebies - Where to Find the Good Stuff

So, you want to know where can you get your hands on the BEST free digital scrapbooking downloads? Here is my elite list of over TWENTY wonderful links to Digi-Scrappin' sites along with a listing of freebie blogs, too! Enjoy them all and remember to...

Do You Have The Courage To Ask For Help?

The inspiration came from a blog post on "Men with Pens": Do we have the courage to ask for help? Are we too proud to "bother" our friends in times of need? Is it embarrassing to ask for support when we fall short in our basic requirements for living...

Domestic Violence Info and Resources

Has domestic violence affected your life?
Would you know a domestic violence victim who was in need of help if you were talking to her right now?
Would you even know HOW to help?

Look at my photo. Do I look like a domestic violence victim? A survivo...

Duran Duran

OK I admit that I was in love with John Taylor when I was 14 years old. It was 1984 and Duran Duran was the most popular band on MTV. My friends and I were obsessed with them. We even had our friends father drive us through the worst snow storm...

ETSY Shop keepers announce your promo here!

ETSY shop users, your attention please! Welcome to a new great way to announce your shop promos in real time!

This also works, of course, for people having sales on other sites... just tell us your current discount, inc any special info needed, and...

Fashion Candy - Kawaii Jewelry for All Ages!!

Glitter, rainbows, and candy...OH MY!

Fashion Candy is a wonderful place where you can go to find the cutest jewelry on the planet!! Each piece of jewelry looks so sweet you'll swear it's candy!

All the jewelry you see here is handmade by me! It's...

fat*fa*tin art & design

Hi,

Welcome to my lens! I'm an illustrator and designer who really enjoys creating stuff! You can buy my art on cards, postcards, t-shirts, mugs, mousepads, canvas prints, posters, buttons, magnets, business & profile cards, ties, postage, stickers,...

Flickr Traffic Secrets

Tips for getting tons of photostream views, comments, favorited photos and awards. Ultimately, these traffic generating tips will help you get into Flickr Explore.

Always remember the basics:
1. Take great photos and upload your best
2. Write a prop...

Food and Beverage Art

Throughout history, man has depicted food in various art forms, from cave paintings of the animals he hoped to hunt and kill for food, to the Impressionists of the 19th century. In the 20th century food began appearing as posters, and product labels...

Free Images and How to Use Them

This is a listing free image resources to use on your lens or website.

Also, it includes several detailed How-To sections on how to add the necessary HTML to control and enhance the images in your pages (or lenses). Examples included.




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Greeting Card Expressions

Even in this technological age where emails and tweets have replaced snail mail as the primary form of written communication, there is still a place for paper greeting cards.

Cards are sentimental and can be kept as keepsakes, posted on a fridge or...

Handmade Soaps

Welcome to my soap page! My name is Lindy Ortiz and I make soap. In this page you will find how to make gorgeous handmade soap. Once you experience the wonderful benefits of handmade soap, you will never go back to using commercial bars of soap that...

Hey Mom What's For Dinner

Grilled chicken?
Hamburgers?
Lobster tails?
Pizza?
Tacos?

Leftovers?

Reservations?

What's for dinner is by far one of the most important decisions you'll make all day. Here's a chance to show off your classic culinary ideas, boast about your meal...

Hike for Discovery - Grand Canyon

I'm joining the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in their quest to find a cure for all blood cancers within 15 years by raising $4,000 on a Grand Canyon hike.



If you share my committment to helping ease the suffering for the kids and adults who...

Hiking My Way to a Novel

On September 25th, 2000, I completed a six-month journey from one end of the Appalachian Trail to the other, a 2,200-mile walk from Georgia to Maine otherwise known as a thru-hike. Along the way, I embarked on another type of journey, a creative adve...

Hiking The Grand Canyon, Rim To Rim

There is SO much one could write about hiking in the Grand Canyon, but here I want to focus on hiking rim to rim, specifically using the popular "Corridor" trails. I usually do my rim to rim treks from south to north, so that's the orde...

Hip & Trendy Business Cards

Networking with people at business mixers, conferences, events and other social gatherings has become commonplace in modern day life. It is important to make a great first impression, but that doesn't always guarantee that you will be remembered. Tha...

House On The Rock

For over 60 years, the House on the Rock has been a majestic work in progress. It all began in 1945, when Alex Jordan decided to build a man-made retreat as awe-inspiring as the view from the rock upon which the house would eventually be built.

Over...

How are you going to Change the World? Tick-Tock

Doom and gloom just simply isn't my thing. Do you want to change the world? The clock is ticking. Tick-Tock. I'd like to challenge every single person to set a goal of where you want be by Sept 1, 2009. That's 3 months, the entire Summer. Remember th...

How To Bathe a Cat

Here you'll learn not only how to give a cat a bath, but when a cat bath is necessary. I'll also share with you the 8 things you must do while bathing your cat and my step-by-step trauma-free way to bathe your cat.

Bathing a cat should not b...

How To Create A Beautiful Squidoo Lens For Your Zazzle Gallery

Welcome to "How To Create A Beautiful Squidoo Lens For Your Zazzle Gallery".


Here's how you can create a perfect Lens for your Zazzle Gallery with the new Zazzle Gallery Lens Builder!

How to Heal Your Inner Child

The Seven Layers of Healing created by Cathryn Taylor is designed to neutralize the fears that sabotage you as you seek personal growth and success. This process systematically enables you, as the adult, to help the inner child heal so it can also le...

How to Host an 80's Theme Party!

The most important part of your '80s party is your guest list! Invite the most fun folks you know! Have your guests dress in costume for this super party idea!

What to wear to an 80s party? Just take a look at the photos for some super ideas! Is tha...

How to Make a Wooden Canvas

When it comes to creating art, I often like to start from scratch. Not only is it a way to save money on supplies, but I enjoy the process too. It gives me a chance to experiment from the ground level, and my artwork is all about experimentation.

I&...

How to Set Goals with Pictures

Set your goals and dreams in a different way! Using pictures from magazines and cut-out words, you can create a picture of your goal/dream. It's fun, it's easy, it's effective! You certainly need to give this technique a try -- make at least one page...

How To use A Coffee Mug - drink, pleasure or storage?

Your morning cup of coffee, a spot of afternoon tea - or if you just want a cup of milk with some cookies, or a place to keep the kids crayons...ceramic coffee mugs are the best thing since sliced bread!

Coffee mugs can make a statment for you, abo...

How To Wear A Hat

Here I am in a 1920's style cloche (say CL-(long O)-SH - the French word for bell), in a picture taken by my good friend Mr. Zan for a photography class, circa 1986. 

When I moved out on my own at the age of 19, I got my first REAL job at a...

HTML and CSS

HTML and CSS work closely together. Let me tell you one thing about myself. I've been playing with HTML since 98, but the past few years, i've been using it even more and most of what I have learned, I've learned on my own. I even know css which is a...

HTML for Photos: A Tutorial for the Semi-Clueless

How often do you look at a really great Squidoo lens and wonder how they changed colors or backgrounds or add photos somewhere other than the upper right-hand corner of the module? They use HTML. I'm not a genius at this sort of thing, so every time...

Hydrangea Bushes

Hydrangea bushes are some of the most beautiful flowers around. I love the many varieties that this bush comes in. These bushes produce large round flower heads that generally bloom in mid-summer. There are two types of flower heads. The first being...

I Love Funky Hats

I love hats of all kinds... cowboy hats, Victorian fashion, fezzes and fedoras. Putting a hat on is playing dress-up. If you ask me, putting on a hat just always makes you feel better!

However, somewhere along the line, I acquired a strange habit. M...

I Made 68 Cents On Squidoo And You Can Too! A Humorous Lens On How I Made 68 Cents On Squidoo And How You Can Too

No, really, I made 68 cents on Squidoo! And you really can too! I will teach you how. This is all the information you need to know on how to build 25 lenses and make 68 cents. This is no scam folks. I promise. You REALLY can make 68 cents on Squidoo....

In Love with Handmade Jewelry and Finds

I love making it, I love looking at what other people make, and I especially love buying beads!
I have a whole site devoted to it.

Incense Emporium

Throughout history incense has been used for many purposes in almost every culture on the planet.

It is used in religious ceremonies, often believed to carry prayers to heaven or as a means of purifying a space ("smudging", a common Native American...

Independent Travel Photographers

Photography is one of my passions, and has been since childhood.
A little over a year ago, I choose Zazzle as the print on demand platform for reproducing and selling my images on the web.
Since then I have met numerous other extremely talented indep...

Isis, Goddess of Egypt

In the Book of the Dead, Isis was described as:
* She who gives birth to heaven and earth,
* She who knows the orphan,
* She who knows the widow spider,
* She who seeks justice for the poor people,
* She who seeks shelter for the weak people

I was i...

Islam for non-Muslims

Islam for non-Muslims is my attempt to help others understand this very misunderstood religion and the culture and beliefs of its followers.

I am not a Muslim. My only Muslim friends are pen pals. I am a seeker of peace and understanding which I bel...

Islamic and Arabian Jewelry

Some of these items can be personalized - with your name in Arabic letters for instance. Others feature Allah or the Kaaba. I hope you enjoy my selection of Bedouin and Muslim jewelry.

Janusz a Squid Angel

Welcome to my Angel Lens :)

I thought after bieng awarded LOTD & making Giant, it just couldn´t
get any better... BUT it just did :)) Yes, I´ve been awarded my wings & will
be flying around the Squidoo Community bestowing Blessings where
deserved...

Japanese Candy

Japan's sweet candy products are not only tasty, but they come in some amazingly beautiful packages which tempt the eye. I fell in love with Japanese candy at the Japan Pavilion at EPCOT years ago, and still can't get enough!

Recently I decided to c...

John The Baptist

According to all four Gospels the precursor of Jesus Christ, born in Judea, the son of the priest Zacharias and Elisabeth, cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus. John was a Nazarite from birth and prepared for his mission by years of self-discipline in...

Kab's Fab Squid Squad

Hey there, fellow lensmaster. So, you're trying to become a Giant Squid, eh? Or, what's that, you're shooting for Giant Squid 100 Club? Well, welcome to Kab's Fab Squid Squad, a team of lensmasters just like you in a race for their lives (and when I...

Kaffe Fassett Fabrics

Kaffe Fassett is a fabric artist, quilt designer, and mosaic artist. These are just a few of the "titles" which apply to this unique creative soul.

Kaffe creates wildly colorful fabrics, quilted collages, and intriguing vivid ceramic mosaics.
I love...

L'Afrique, African Art and Design

Welcome! L'Afrique is a Zazzle-hosted gallery gift shop dedicated to offering quality products bearing imagery of and from Africa, with an emphasis on Colonial themes including safari animals, antique maps, botanical prints, and original art designs,...

LindaButterfly's photography

The other morning, when I was eating breakfast, the early morning sunlight turned the dew on the garden to glowing discs. I dashed outside in bare feet, grabbing the ever ready camera. Shoving it onto f5.9 I crouched in the wet grass, clicked and hop...

Literary Arts Lenses by LindaJM

Since I read and write a lot, many of my lenses are about books and the skills it takes to write them. This lens lists my literary arts lenses.

This is a supplement to my regular lensography - created because I know I'll be writing dozens of literar...

Louise Hay

Louise Hay (b. 1926) is a motivational author and the founder of Hay House publishing company. She has authored several self-help and New Thought books, and is best known for her 1984 book, You Can Heal Your Life.

(the following is paraphrased from...

Lowell Observatory And Life On Mars (Hill)

The first time I heard of Lowell Observatory was when my future husband, Steve, brought me to his hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona in 1995, shortly after we'd met. On that trip--an extended second date--we visited his childhood friend, Charlie, who...

Make Friends With Rutabagas And Parsnips

Usually when something is tasty it is loaded with salt, sugar and fat.
But not this little guy.

Here, in North America, we call it the rutabaga, but in Europe and Scandinavia, they named it "swedes".
It doesn't matter what you call that vegetable, i...

Making Fun of Sarah Palin - Has Political Humor Crossed the Line?

Making fun of political candidates isn't anything new and with the arrival of Sarah Palin on the scene, the comedians are out in full force. It's expected, but is it right? What about when the families of the candidates are included in the so...

mbgphoto's lensography

Welcome to my lensography. I am Mary Beth Granger, aka mbgphoto or Grandma MaryBeth to three special little girls. I have been married to my best friend, Ray, for 40 years and we have two wonderful children, Linda and John.

I retired three years ago...

Mission to Morocco Gallery

The Mission to Morocco gallery on Zazzle ( print-on-demand company) offers brilliant Moroccan and other Middle Eastern designs on a variety of products.



Proceeds from this gallery are ear-marked for use to help support women's empowerment volun...

Movies We Watch On Board

I'm writing about movies because we watch a lot of them aboard the schooner Leopard Normand III, where I live and work. What is more, we watch some of them a great number of times and extract something new out of them every time. It makes me very cro...

Mug Mania

Are you a tea or coffee addict?

If so, you need a great mug. And, if you're like me, one great mug just isn't enough. You need variety in your diet, not just different flavours of tea and coffee, but also different visual stimuli!



Well, r...

My MAIN Lensography - Look At All The Lenses I Built!

My lensography is a collection of all of my lenses. Topics include, Business, Autism, Shopping, Zazzle, Squidoo, People, Health, Disneyland, Weddings, Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties, Halloween, 9-11, World Records, Alcohol, Social Networking, Holi...

MY MySpace

 Welcome! Are you a MySpace user? I am. In fact, I probably use it more than I "should". Over the past several years I have monitored and maintained 12 different profiles, each for a specific purpose, different aspects of my life and i...

MySpace Marketing For Nonprofits

Hi, I'm Andi. I made this lens. (A 'lens' is Squidoo's word for a user-made page. You can make them too - for free!) I'm a social network marketer, helping businesses grow on MySpace.

'Marketing' and 'Nonprofit' are sometimes words that people balk...

Original Christmas Cards

Sending Christmas cards is tradition that many people cherish and will go on although today more and more people simply send SMS with greeting message! Still it's great to both send and receive a Christmas Cards - makes Christmas somehow more about f...

Original Photographic Postcards

Hi there !

I am an amateur photographer who enjoys travelling around the place. So I thought I'd bring you the combination of the two by creating original postcards from my photos from travels around the world.

The photographs have been taken on ei...

Peace Clip Art

The peace sign and other symbols for peace are popular subjects for artists, graphic designers and designers. You can find peace symbols as a key element in many works of art, on posters, cards and stickers, peace symbols on clothing, and even peace...

Peace Coloring - The Color of Peace

Children love coloring and themes of peace. Peace coloring book activities and drawing peace pictures teaches children how peace, kindness, conflict resolution and positive behavior can improve their lives and the world around them.

Children enjoy c...

Photo Cards, Invitations and Announcements

Well at Tiny Prints, we're all about changing the way people establish and maintain relationships through these important life events by creating the stationery that creates precious memories. The quality of our stationery, beauty of our contemporary...

Pink Flamingo Theme Party

I have lived part of the year in Florida almost every year since 1992. I love tropical design, decor, clothing and themes. Down here we can enjoy outdoor living almost year round.

What better way for everyone else to hold onto in a tropical mood as...

Planet Japan Podcast with Amy and Doug

Join Amy, a humor writer for The Japan Times and Doug, fabled raconteur and man-about-town, for a light-hearted look at life in Japan.

Plastic Flamingos - Tacky to the Core

You've entered the realm of the lawn god known as the plastic flamingo.  You know him, you've felt his call...the call of the flamingo.

You have tried to resist his charms.  He's plastic, you tell yourself, and so tacky...but as yo...

Religions of Iran

While the government of Iran is a theocracy (a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler, or a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are rega...

Retro T-Shirts

These unique retro t-shirts and gift items bring back 1980's pop, 70's rock, 60's peace and 50's nostalgia. Created by talented independent artists and graphic designers these t-shirts, sweatshirts, girl shirts, stickers and girts are custom designed...

Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry

Roxy Music is an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards).
Brian Eno, who played synthesizer and is probably best known for his extensive work with U2, was a member for awhile.

Roxy...

Rutabaga

I was first introduced to the rutabaga in Ireland, where it is known as a turnip or "swede" (swedes are an oversized rutabaga crop grown in northern Europe). Sometimes also known as a "yellow turnip" or "neep" (in Scotland), the rutabaga originated a...

Sad Sad Songs

Sometimes you just need a good cry. Music, our ever-faithful friend, is always happy to lend a hand with this.

Sad songs are classic songs of love lost, lives ended, dreams never realized. They are found in country music, pop music...all kinds of mu...

Shaun Cassidy Musical Showcase

Shaun Cassidy is an American actor, singer, writer, and producer who became a teen idol superstar during the 1970s.

He is actress Shirley Jones' oldest son, and the second son of actor Jack Cassidy (who is also the father of Shaun's half-brother Dav...

Short Stories

I've always loved short stories. Where else can you read something in 10-20 minutes and still be entertained?

I've been writing short stories for almost ten years now, and while I don't have as much time to do it as I did in the past, I still enjoy...

Show your Personality with a Special Coffee Mug

My husband has long been a collector of mugs. We have hundreds of mugs of all different types. As I was sorting out the mugs on the shelves, I began to think how much you can tell about a person from the mugs that they use.

We have mugs from all of...

SNS on Etsy

SNS is a weekly gathering of Etsy shops featuring special sales, discounts, and bonuses. Discover unique hand-made gifts, chic vintage clothing, art, jewelry, crafts supplies, ACEOs, pottery, bath and beauty products, candies, candles and more from t...

Squid Art Too

It seems as though the SquidArt has grown so much, that another lens was needed! In keeping with the SquidArt spirit, I hope you enjoy some of the characters below. To use these images, please see the fine print at the end.

In addition to the origin...

Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo

Historical Adsense Payouts, Buying and Selling lenses, Affiliate payouts and more make up the mountain of ways you can make a few bucks using squidoo. Here is the history of these things and how they evolve through the life of Squidoo.

Swarovski Christmas Ornaments

Swarovski is well known for its lead crystal glass, used for crafting a lot of jewelery, as well as miniatures, sculptures, couture and home decor. Did you know, that Swarovski is also designing Christmas ornaments? In fact you will find a lot of ite...

Tam's Tees Indie Fashion

A gallery shop for those who love tees! Art tees, graphics tees, travel photo tees, tees with inspirational sayings. Tees for men and tees for women. And a small selection of ties thrown in for good measure.



If you or anyone you know wears a lot of...

Tammy Winand- A Vibrantly Creative Soul

Hello there! Thanks for visiting this page to learn more about my creative pursuits. At least, I assume that's why you're here.

Most of you will know about my graphic design and other pursuits which I feature on Zazzle (for a full list please visit...

Tees for Peace

If there is one main thing you should know about me, it is that I am passionate about PEACE. I am dedicated to helping others learn more about their differences, and also to FOCUS more on their similarities.

I firmly believe that education is the ke...

The Anthropology Book Store

Welcome to the Anthropology Bookstore.

For the casual browser who may not be familiar with the term, the following is a definition of Anthropology as taken from Wikipedia:

"Anthropology (from Greek: anthropos, "human being"; -logia) is the study of...

The Art Of Glass

The beauty of glass inspires art, and this site was designed to be a source for reference and information pertaining to it.

Here you will find the history of the types of glass and how each type is made. From the ancient glass money bead to today's C...

The Beauty of a Rose

The beauty of a Rose is something one will always remember. The most popular flowering shrub in the world over. It is known to express and evoke love, beauty, friendship and passion! No other flower can deliver such a variety of sentiments! I recentl...

The Fun of Balloon Hats

Balloon hats are made by twisting long, skinny balloons into joined sections so that they hold their shape and fit onto the head. After that, almost anything goes!

I recently did a project that left me with a lot of twister balloons, and I decided t...

The Funky Side of CrypticFragments

Look at the girl in that whacky hat!
tee hee...that's me, Tammy, aka CrypticFragments.

This page was created with the intent of introducing all the unique and sometimes unusual passions and pastimes I get into.

It is just another way for my friends...

The Stewing Method: No Recipe Required!

If you've visited any of my other cooking lenses, you'll know that I'm not a huge fan of recipes. What I am a huge fan of is understanding how ingredients work together and the chemistry of cooking in general and then taking that knowledge and making...

The Stylish Squid - Cool Graphics To Deck Out Your Lens!

Does your lens need a little extra something? Find it here at The Stylish Squid! Here you will find some of the most original banner and divider graphics tailored specifically for the Squidoo Community. It may be just the push you need to make your...

The Vintage Vamp on Zazzle

At The Vintage Vamp we obtain high quality images of vintage artwork. Then we use state of the art technology and editing to bring back to life the most compelling images from the past. Unlike a lot of posters sold on the Internet, ours have been ref...

The Write Prompts

What is a writing prompt? It is a word, picture, phrase, quote or set of directions to help you kick start your writing for those days when you just can't get anything to percolate.

In this lens you will find a few of the above options to help yo...

Thrifty Soup Recipes

You can possibly argue if we are, or are not in a recession, but the fact remains; everyone likes to save money and most everyone likes soup!
The beauty of making a huge stock pot of soup is that you can freeze what you don't use, and enjoy it at ano...

Top 100 Rated Lensmasters

Here are the Top Rated Lensmasters, based on how many stars their lenses have received from fellow Lensmasters, across all of their lenses.

This is calculated from the data collected for
the Advanced Dashboard on SQUIDUtils.com.
(see Lensmaster Tool...

Totally Whimsical Shoes

Dog lover shoes, dog breed shoes, pirate shoes, sushi shoes, vegetable shoes, cocktail shoes and more!

Tropical Items On Zazzle

Living in South Florida provides many opportunities to take beautiful photographs of tropical scenes. Whether it's the beaches and ocean, the colorful palm trees and vegetation, or the unique wildlife that you get in Florida, the scope is there to ta...

U2 Videography

As a lifelong U2 fan, I felt it was time to do a little something for myself and anyone out there who may not have access to all the band's "old" or rare video material.

With Squidoo, using the features of YouTube, I was able to compile a fairly com...

Unique Calendars & Art for 2010

Calendars are the least expensive way to have beautiful and unique art on your wall year round. Travel the U.S. and the World right from your kitchen or add some cute and fuzzy baby animals to the wall and start your day with a smile. 

You get...

Unschooling Teens: Freedom And Education

Hi, I'm Andi. I wrote this lens. (In case you don't know, a 'lens' is Squidoo's name for a user-made page about a topic.)

From the time I was six, I was homeschooled. From the time I was twelve, I was worldschooled. Then, this spring, I graduated....

Virtual Tour of Provence

Provence is an a popular tourist area in southern France with a long and rich history, scenic beauty, and numerous cultural attractions. The area produces a number of unique quality products which are sought after by visitors, from local wines and he...

Weird 80s Music Videos

The Eighties were all about music videos. Mtv was born in 1981, and for a few years it actually played videos almost exclusively!

From the very first time "Video Killed the Radio Star" aired, the game was on to create ever more uniquely memorable mi...

Western Skies-Western & Southwestern Art

Western Skies is all about wide open magnificent spaces, from New Mexico and Arizona to Wyoming.

The gallery is devoted to bringing you the best southwestern and western photography and southwestern Indian design. We feature landscape photography fr...

What is your favorite gem?

There are so many different types of gems with different colors and properties. It is just so hard to select a favorite gem sometimes. Do you have a favorite?

What's the Last Thing You Ate?

Okay, let's face it. Everyone loves to eat. And even if for some strange reason you don't LOVE to eat, the fact is, you have to eat to survive.

So, we want to know...what is the last thing YOU ate? Even if it's as simple as a snack. And especially i...

What's The Most Interesting Thing About YOUR Town?

If you're like me, when you travel, you don't want to be a "tourist" You want to see a place as it is from an insider's point of view. You want to get a feel for how the locals actually live.

So I thought it'd be a great idea to have everyone say a...

Who is CrypticFragments?

You may have seen my lensography or read my profile bio or visited my lensmaster page. But a list of lenses I've made or enjoy cannot explain ME, and the bio is far too short to get properly acquainted.

As of May 2009 I decided to complete...

Words Hurt: Writing online has consequences

Many times we aren't aware of how the words we choose online or in real life can affect others. This lens gives some examples of why we need to choose the words we use.

Remember this old saying when you were in school? Parents used to tell us that w...

World Tribal Jewelry

All around the world, different tribal cultures wear traditional jewelry. Some represent the wearer's marital status, while in other regions jewelry may denote the wealth of the person wearing it or simply be an expression of what the people consider...

You're Addicted to Squidoo When...?

ADDICTION...Or are you an addict? In the dictionary it says "enslaved to a habit or dependent on something habit forming". Well you just might be an addict. You love to wake up every morning, turn on your laptop, hit the bookmark icon and head to Squ...

Zazzle Christmas Gifts

'There's no place like Zazzle, there's no place like Zazzle...'

Isn't it true? Who else gives you such a fantastic range of wonderful products to design for and offers easy customizing tools as well as being t...

Zazzle Dazzlers

What is Zazzle? Zazzle is the only on-demand retail platform for consumers and major brands, offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products. Individuals, just like you, may open your own shop and display your own artwork to the public fo...