Beading Basics - Beading Craft is a very interesting and fulfilling Hobby:

If you're looking for an easy craft projects for kids, look into beading crafts. One of the key findings of the Craft and Hobby Association survey was that beading craft is a very interesting and fulfilling hobby. Young girls and boys can be to helped to learn the fun and addictive craft of beading. Projects can include making - Blue Bead Girl Tote, Craft Beaded Jewelry, Beaded Travel Bag etc. -

Romy’s fashion show plays to packed crowd (Fort Morgan Times)
A packed crowd watched eagerly as Romy’s Closet models walked the stage in a fashion show Friday night at Cafe Lotus. “It was an awesome turnout,” said Sommer Bellender, owner of Romy’s in Fort Morgan.

Create perfect holiday serving gift to thank hostess for party (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Don’t you just love all the glitz and glamour of the holiday season? The lights twinkle. The ornaments sparkle. Even holiday clothing shimmers with beads and sequins.

Winning words, art and music of four area veterans highlighted at a national arts festival (Rapid City Journal)
They are four western South Dakota veterans who served during different eras, who endured physical or emotional wounds and who come from a range of cultural and life experiences.

Baby Steps (Sun-Sentinel)
Slowly but surely, 4-year-old Ayelen is making progress with the help of determined, devoted people. Six steps. That's how far she walked. From the mirrored bedroom wall where Ayelen held herself steady to the bed where Daddy sat while Mommy watched, tears streaming down her cheeks. It took endless therapy and countless prayers, but Ayelen did it. At 4, she finally walked on her own. For many ...

Dressed up for the holidays, but first a few fashion tips (Belleville News-Democrat)
Thinking about wearing that reindeer sweater again? Cynthia Nellis of About.com's Guide to Women's Fashion, has some advice for the fashion-challenged:

Ridding society of prejudice can't be done with a code (The Olympian)
My disability is rather inconsequential, yet I still experience prejudice. When I was in high school, I had long blond hair, green eyes, I was 5-feet 2-inches tall and weighed 105 pounds. Guys would follow my car, I would get the looks, until they saw that I had only one arm.

The bride princess (The News & Observer)
Long before the rage over a must-have Marc Jacobs handbag or a pair of 7 For All Mankind jeans, "it" girls in the Triangle wanted a Willie Otey Kay. To have one of her handcrafted dresses -- for a prom, a debutante ball or a wedding -- was considered a style score.