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Zazzle Shop Pros and Cons

Jan 2, 2009, the addiction to having a Zazzle shop began. (Any reference to starting in Dec. 2008 were incorrect.) Zazzle offers a free shop to set up. Here, I will break down the pros and cons of Zazzle with some comparison to having a CafePress Bas...

Unleash the Animals 

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eBay History Facts, Selling Weird and Bizarre

It was September 4, 1995 in San Jose, California, when a computer programmer Pierre Omidyar put up "AuctionWeb" as part of a website for his online consulting firm Echo Bay Technology Group. Omidyar tried to register the domain name EchoBay.com, but...

German Shepherd Would Make a Great President

Buddy Boy Mertens (German Shepherd) Buddy Boy Mertens, the presumptive Canine Party presidential nominee, has teamed up with Ringo Timm, (Border Collie) as his vice presidential running mate. Buddy and Ringo were the head of the pack at the Canine N...

Dog Gone Missed Opportunity

Do you ever have one of those 'Dog gone missed opportunities'? This is when an opportunity comes along and you totally miss it. Then afterwords, you say to yourself, "Dog gone it! I missed it!" This happened to me and I totally missed it. I failed...

History of the German Shepherd

The German Shepherd is considered to be one of the newer breeds of dogs. 1891 became the start of the breed that we know today. A group of shepherding dog enthusiasts in Germany formed the Phylax Society with the intention of creating standardized d...

Know Your German Shepherd

Is a German Shepherd right for you? How will you know unless you read the owner's manual? Too many pets are brought back to animal shelters or worse, because of inexperience owners. Not just the German Shepherd, but any pet. You need to know as much...

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My Dog Turned 50

Buddy Boy (Buddy for short) joined our family in August 2003. Born February 2, 2002, he had come from two broken homes and was serving time on death roll at our local Humane Society when he found us. He was not a social dog with his own kind. Buddy w...

Best Dog Breeds on Twitter

The American Kennel Club has compiled a list of the top 10 dogs of the year for 2008. Will this list change for 2009 and beyond? The American Kennel Club, a not-for-profit organization that maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the world...

Dog T-shirt Lens 

Dog T-shirts on Zazzle

New on Zazzle starting this Spring of 2009 are dog t-shirts. I found this out while visiting someone's Zazzle shop. Some of the products on Cafepress like the dog t-shirt, clocks and teddy bear, I had wished they were on Zazzle. Now Zazzle finally ha...

Wisconsin and Friends 

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Egg Harbor Wisconsin

This beautiful picturesque village is the perfect place to relax. Come stay at one of our inns or campgrounds. Here you will find beautifully groomed gardens and restored historical buildings. Walk along the main street and you will find a wide varie...

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Here you will find that we are more than a football community. Although it might be interesting to know that we have the smallest city in the United States to host a professional sports team, the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay has a west and an east s...

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup has long been known as one of the best healthy comfort foods. When we think of chicken noodle soup, we feel emotionally secure. It is what our mother had given us when we were sick with a cold. Or even with the flu. I remember my...

Noah's Ark Waterpark

Wisconsin Dells is known as the waterpark capital of the world. Within the Dells is America's largest waterpark called Noah's Ark Waterpark. Children of all ages can have fun at Noah's Ark. We are a family of daredevils when it comes to amusement ri...

Wisconsin - the 30th State

Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848. It is part of the twelve Midwestern States. Wisconsin borders two of the five Great Lakes (Lakes Superior and Lake Michigan) and four U.S. states (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota). Wisconsin's capital...

Groovy Pop Art 

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Border Collie Would Make a Great Vice President

RINGO TIMM (Border Collie) Ringo Timm has been picked by Buddy Boy Mertens (German Shepherd) as his Canine Party vice presidential running mate, representing the Canine National Party. http://embracethehill.com Just who is Ringo Timm? Ringo is a 3...

Pop Art History

Pop art is an art that has regained popularity. The history of pop art emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the 1960s in the United States. Now in the 2000s, pop art has regained popularity. Pop art is about techniques of commercial art it imi...

History of the Border Collie

Border Collies have been well known to farmers as early as the 1700-1800s. Border Collies are the descendants of herding dogs used in many countries to help shepherds manage huge flocks of sheep and other cattle. This breed of herding dog that origin...

Big Island of Hawaii 

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Big Island of Hawaii

Aloha and welcome to beautiful island of Hawaii. This is also called the Big Island. We hope you enjoyed your 11 hour flight. Before you leave, make sure you have all your belongings. Check under your seats and the overhead cabinets.

Anti-Valentine's T-shirts, Gifts & More 

Anti-Valentine's T-shirts, Gifts & More

I entered my designs in the Cafepress.com Anti-Valentines Design Contest. This is taken off the site. Entering your design is over, but the winner won't be determine yet. Enter the Shopkeeper Anti-Valentine's Day Design Contest Think Cupid's stoopi...

Sandyspider's Winter Scares 

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Snow Shoveling Humor

December 8 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we fel...

Snowfall Records for December 2008

It is not just the United States, but all over the world, the weather has been a bit weird. There seems to be a cool down, despite the Global warming. In fact according to the Old Farmer's Almanac: Global cooling may be underway for winter 2008-2009...

Winter T-shirts and More

Mid-western weather can be long. We have nine months of winter and three months of construction. OK, maybe a slight exaggeration! I feel forced to stay in my house. Walks with my dog have gone from three a day to zero. He is getting fat and I am get...

Happy National Zucchini Day! 

Happy National Zucchini Day!

August 8 is National Zucchini Day or "Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors' Porch Day." Due to overzealous planting of zucchini, citizens are asked to drop off baskets of the squash on neighbors' doorsteps. This might annoy some neighbors, but a n...

Passion of Tulips 

Passion of Tulips

The tulip originated in Persia and Turkey over ten decades ago. They were named turban from the headdress that the Persians wore. When the flower became fully opened it was thought to resemble a turban. Europeans brought back these flowers to the Net...

Chocolate Lenses 

Chocoholics Unite! Zazzle Gallery

No better way to say it than with chocolate. This is for all chocoholics. Chocolate interacts with brain chemistry. It is natures feel good drug. Men, but mostly women crave it. Some of us just can't get enough of it. Chocolate comes in many differe...

Confessions of a Chocoholic

I am a chocoholic. I love chocolate. At times it is my best friend. Some times it is my only friend. I can eat it at any part of day. There have been times where I have eaten an entire 16 oz. bag, small box of candy or giant size bar of chocolate in...

Favre Lenses 

Favre Undecided Zazzle Gallery

Brett Favre started his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. A year later he was picked by by the Green Bay Packers. For 16 years he played for the Packers, from 1992 to 2008. Then in 2008 Favre had a brief retirement before being traded to...

Brett Favre Diva vs. Legend

Brett Favre Is a Diva not a Legend Brett Favre is a Diva, Prima Donna, an attention getter, a baby! What ever words you want to call him, he is no legend. A legend is not a person who sucks everyone in time and time again to believe that he is retiri...

Tip Lenses to Turn You Into a Geek 

Lens Rank and Traffic on Squidoo

Now that I have learned how to improve on the aesthetics of my lenses, it is time to find traffic. Without the traffic to your Squidoo lens (or even website) it really doesn't matter how beautiful you make your lens. Even with the best quality conten...

Squidoo Widgets, PayPal and Tools

Squidoo has some great internal widget modules. But what if you wanted to add a Playlist or a different type of Amazon module? This is where external widgets come in. Once you get the hang of it, it becomes easy. Squidoo is a different type of Squid...

HTML Text and Image Squidoo Tips

I am constantly working on improving my lenses to make them look the best that they can be. I was a Newbie when I joined Squidoo, July 2008. I wasn't familiar with how different type of text formats worked on Squidoo. For one thing Squidoo is a diffe...

HTML, CSS Backgrounds on Squidoo

I am constantly striving to beautify my lenses. Just like many Squidooers starting out, my first lenses are a little plain looking. However there have been vast improvements within Squidoo itself since I began Squidoo in July 2008. For instant, "Text...

Spider Fighting Lens 

Spider Fighting the Tradition

Spider fighting is a big sport in Japan and the Philippines. The Kumo gassen is an annual traditional event of spider-wrestling match. This event is a long unbroken tradition for four hundred years. Most people in Kajiki rear samurai spider. All the...

Artwork of the Not So Famous on Zazzle 

Artwork of the Not So Famous on Zazzle

Zazzle is a fantastic print-on-demand shop for anyone to upload their photos and artwork to. Many people have uploaded their "not so famous" artwork on Zazzle. Seeing your child's artwork on these products gives your child a boost of self confidence...

Halloween Lenses 

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Free Crochet Toy Pattern

Aside from maybe a mouse, the biggest thing that I have crocheted is an afghan. This throw blanket was fun to make even though it wasn't perfect. It started out with stitches too tight and towards the end, it was too loose. But it was the first time...

Scary Halloween Costumes, Movies and T-Shirts

The tradition of dressing up in a costume for Halloween began with the Celts over 2000 years ago, with a festival known as Samhain. This is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. The Celts would disguise themselves among th...

Pumpkin Carving and Gifts

The longest lasting Jack o' Lantern that we had in our household was not carved out at all.The pumpkin was left completely intact. The face was drawn on with marker. This pumpkin lasted well into Thanksgiving. But if you want to cut out a face or des...

Black Cat Myths and Halloween Gifts

Witch hunts were taking place across Europe in an effort to stamp out pagan religions back in the 15th century. Many believed that witches were the caretakers of small animals which included frogs, birds, snakes and cats. Many elderly lived isolated...

Happy Zazzle Halloween!

You are invited to an online Halloween party. Naturally, it would be EXCELLENT to have you right here at my house. We could wear and show off our favorite Halloween t-shirts and hats. Maybe wear some Halloween Zazzle ties, drink out of a favorite Pu...

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Custom Keds Shoes and History

Ked shoes come in many styles. * Lace Up * Wedges * Skimmers * High Top * Mary Jane * Mule * Boot * Sandals There are many custom shops where "you" as the shop owner get to create your own design. Zazzle is one of those shops for custom Keds shoes....

sandyspider's Zazzle Gallery Showcase

Living in the snow belt of Wisconsin where the weather can be harsh, can warp the mind! That is why my designs look a little twisted. I started my Zazzle site when we were having a record breaking snowfall for the winter of 2008-2009. I envisioned th...

Chocoholics Unite! Zazzle Gallery

No better way to say it than with chocolate. This is for all chocoholics. Chocolate interacts with brain chemistry. It is natures feel good drug. Men, but mostly women crave it. Some of us just can't get enough of it. Chocolate comes in many differe...

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...

Greeting Cards on Zazzle

The history of the greeting card traces back to the ancient Chinese. They would send messages of good will for the New Year. Europe began exchanging handmade paper greeting cards in the 1400s. But it was in the 1850s that the commercialize greeting...