Use the Place Card Holder As a Vacation Present

Last yr I struck ‘gold’ while I came across miniature decoration place card holders. I had initially purchased a dozen for one dinner celebration I was throwing. Then I set them up at the whole setting, and as my visitors sat down on their respective seats, there was many the ‘oohing’ and also ‘ahhing’ over them (that I had anticipated!) However I had not anticipated their requests to bring them home to use them as photograph and memo holders within their own houses. Then it hit me:the mini decoration place card holders became terrific and reasonable vacation gifts for every one on your list!

Why they are so terrific?

* they’re extremely useful when they’re utilized as:

Tree embellishes, place settings, photograph holders, Memo holders

* they’re affordable costs at often beneath $10 every set.

* they’re stunning to look at or display

I discovered that grandparents or mother and father have been particularly delighted to use them as photograph holders. They put photographs of their youngsters or grandchildren in embellishes and place them all through their apartments. They put the smile on their faces because they like these holders so much. (and some thought that these holders have been so beautiful and distinctive that they kept them all the years).

While giving them, it may be useful to attach a tiny present tag that explains they may be utilized as in 4 capacities talked about above (tree embellishes, photograph holders, position settings and memo holders). It is a nice gift, isn’t it?

Past and Present of Jewelry Pins and Brooches

From the earliest ages of man, fashion has been present. In fact, accessories have long been a standard way of expressing ones fashion sense, and jewelry pins and brooches have long been popular. Fashion brooches are very popular because of their incredible versatility.

Jewelry pins and brooches were originally created as a way to secure a large piece of cloth around ones body. These early jewelry pins and brooches were not as fancy as those that we see today. When they first emerged as a way to secure a cloth as a garment, it was usually a simple thorn. However, as the years passed jewelry pins and brooches began to evolve.

As man’s capabilities grew and changed so did the fashion brooches that they were able to produce. During the Byzantine era, fashion brooches embraced the eras fascination with color as well as incorporating a traditional safety pin fixture. From there, fashion brooches continued to change having gemstones added onto them and intricate design work adorning the metal that the brooch is fashioned from.

Today jewelry pins and brooches are very prevalent when it comes to the world of fashion accessories, and there is great variety in the styles that you can choose from. In fact, there are so many styles on the market that it can be difficult to narrow down your options. Thankfully, it does not need to be difficult. With a few small decisions, you will be able to find the perfect fashion brooches for you.

The first thing that you want to decide is how formal you need your jewelry pins and brooches to be. Generally, fashion brooches with precious and semi precious stones on them are much more formal than simple metal or colored pins. Additionally, you are going to want to give some thought to what type of metal you want to have. There are silver pins on the market, gold pins, and even beautiful rose gold brooches. If you want to expand your accessory collection, you may want to get a few pins of each metal.

You also want to give some thought to the shape of the jewelry pins and brooches that you are looking at. Think about what you need the fashion brooches to do. Are you looking for something to put on your jacket lapel? If so then you might want to look for a medium sized pin that is somewhat seasonal. Or if you need a pin to secure a scarf you may want to choose a large sized pin, but try to keep its design simple so that you do not detract from the design of your scarf.

Finally, you want to make sure that you really like the style of the jewelry pins and brooches. Do not feel like you need to buy something because it might be a good addition to your accessory collection. If you do that you may get stuck with pieces that you will never wear. Instead, choose fashion brooches that you really love that way you will know that you will get your moneys worth out of them.

When Presenters Run Out of Ideas, It’s Time to Read a Book

Sometimes when we are called on to give a presentation, we sit down to create the presentation only to find that our creative juices have somehow run dry. Oh, oh – this can be a big challenge. What always just seemed to “be there” can go missing just when we really need to draw upon it. What’s a presenter to do?

Despair not fellow presenters! This situation has happened to me and other presenters and we have a fairly simple solution that will get you out of this pickle: read a book.

Katherine Meeks is a New York City based speech consultant and language coach. She’s spent a lot of time with speechwriters and has made a not-so-amazing discovery: those of us who read a lot seem to have the best thoughts, the best style, and the most precise ways of using our vocabulary to make our presentations memorable.

I can hear you now: “Hey, I have a subscription to People magazine – I’m well read!” Umm, nope that’s just not going to cut it.

How often do you work on expanding your vocabulary? Probably not all that often. It turns out that once we are out of school, the size of our vocabulary stops growing as fast as it once did. Reading turns out to be one of the most effective ways that as adults we can continue to grow our vocabulary. Once again, a word-of-the-day desk calendar is not going to get you to where you want to be.

If you want to become a great presenter, then you have to become a great reader. In order for this to happen, you need to discover interesting books. The best way to do this is to simply ask other people that you know what they are reading. The key here is to find a way to filter the unending stream of books that are produced every year into a manageable trickle that you can have a chance of reading.

Other good ways to fette possible books for you to read include seeing movies and then reading the book. I was touched by the movie “Pursuit of Happyness” and just had to follow this up by getting and reading Chris Gardner’s book that the movie was based on. Wow – the book was much different from the movie, I was very glad that I read it. Another way to pick out the books that you might want to read is to spend some time with the book review section of your local newspaper – this can be a great way to spot stinkers.

Once you’ve created a list of books / authors that you’d like to read in order to have your presentations become inspired, the next thing that you need to do is to get your hands on some books. This is actually quite easy to do, but you’ve got to remember that you’ve got a lot of choices. Remember when you used to go to the library as a kid? Well guess what – the library is still there. When was the last time that you went?

Other sources for books include your local used book store (why pay full price?), the local Borders / Barnes & Nobel, and your on-line friend – Amazon. It really doesn’t matter where you get your books from, just make sure that you get them and that you read them! Your audiences will thank you…